Tomorrow is the sixth day of Advent. Observe Sabbath time. Turn everything off in the evening. No computer, no phone, no television, no radio, no screens. Listen for God’s still small voice.
Day Five
November 29, 2017 By
Tomorrow is the Fifth day of advent. Write a short “I beleive…” Manifesto and share it on facebook.
Here are some examples: “I beleive despair will give way to hope.” “I beleive being a vegetarian reduces suffering.” “I beleive everyone has a story worth telling.” “I beleive He was born.”
Day Four
November 28, 2017 By
Tomorrow is the fourth day of Advent.
Subtract one thing from your day today – and use the extra quiet time to pray for better relationships between people, especially races, in our country, our city, and our neighborhoods.
Day Three
November 27, 2017 By
Tomorrow is the third day of Advent.
Write “You are Beautiful” on a steamy bathroom mirror and watch it reapear for days(God loves writing with invisible ink!)
Look for other ways throughout the day that God is writing you messages.
Day Two
November 26, 2017 By
Tomorow is the second day of Advent.
Deliver Sweets to a neighbor or bake a yummy casserole for a family with a new baby.
Day One
November 25, 2017 By
Tomorrow is the first day of Advent. Light one candle.
Meditate: Hope looked down and saw despair. “I will go there,” said Hope. Read Isaiah 2: 1-5.
Pray: God, open our eyes to despair all around us and fill us so full of hope that we can each be a light.
We will light the candle of hope during service tomorrow if you’d like fr that candle lighting to be your day’s devotion.
The Salt Project
November 22, 2017 By
Thank you to the Salt Project for the printable advent calendar resource. Pick up your packet of cards in the narthex or follow the devtions here. A devotion will be posted at noon each day for the devotion of the next day.
Christmas Card Shower
November 22, 2017 By
Membership is hosting a
Christmas card shower for our special
needs friends. Boxes are in the narthex.
Please place a Christmas card in a box
for each individual.
Outreach News
November 22, 2017 By
This holiday season we adopted 10 families, including 19
children, to provide for on Thanksgiving and Christmas. We had a
good response from our congregation on helping us. With
monetary donations and a gift card from Meijers, we were able to
purchase 10 turkeys and all of our perishable items. Families
picked up their food boxes on November 20th
.
On December 3rd, we will hand out food requests plus gift
requests for all of the children for Christmas. We will also dust off
our “Hat and Mitten Tree” which John Newby designed for us
many Christmases ago.
On November 8th, Dave and Linda Lombard, Linda Poynter
and Sharon Amburgey attended the city-wide SHALOM meeting. It
was uplifting to see so many churches represented in a unified
effort to help the homeless population in our community. We will
again partner with Christ United Methodist Church during our host
weeks. Our first week begins on Sunday, December 31st. Our
second week begins on January 28th. Representatives from both
churches met on November 13th to finalize our hosting
responsibilities. We will be asking for many volunteers to sign up
in December to help us in this very meaningful program.
In the mist of preparing to provide for our adopted
families, we were again blessed by a huge donation of clothes
from SanMar Corporation. We filled three trucks with wearing
apparel and with the help of Sally Williamson, SHALOM
representative from Christ United Methodist Church, we worked
for two days to sort items that could be used immediately by the
homeless. We will store part of the shipment for a later
distribution.
CWF News
November 22, 2017 By
CWF Executive Board met on Oct. 15th after church and set
some dates for the following activities: Blanket Sunday will be Jan.
28, 2018 and the dedication of Blessing Boxes will be on Mothers’
Day – May 13th. We have set a tentative date for a Craft Show and
Luncheon to be held on March 17th of next year. On December 3rd
,
we will have a meeting of the Executive Board and any others who
may be interested in planning our Spring Craft Show and
Luncheon. We will meet in the Memorial Room after church that
day. On Nov. 25th, CWF will host a funeral meal for the family of
Pauline Ginter. Thanks go out to all who are able to help with the
luncheon or to bring in food items. We also thank Matt Thomas
for his help with the food preparation.
Sarah Circle has decided to move our meeting date to the
first Thursday evening of the month. Our first meeting on this
schedule will be on January 4th at 7:00 pm at the church.
