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Bruce Rodegerdts |
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Pat Ward |
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Maria Bueno |
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Mark Decker |
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Pauline Hill |
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Barabara Wright |
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Lydia Swenson |
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Janice England |
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Jason Thornton |
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Dorre Clayton |
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Don Heim |
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Tara Clancey |
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Sacred Shoreline,
Thanksgiving Eve
Service, PASTOR'S
COLUMN,
Worship Plans
for November 2008,
Sanctuary!!!,
Youth and Young Adult Ministry Leaders Attends
Convention in Sacramento,
Youth Ministry,
Adult Education,
Communion and
Special Offerings,
Do you
want to help make a difference?,
Memorial Christmas
Tree,
Thinking About
Stewardship,
Decorating for
Christmas,
Wreath Making,
Thanks From LaVonda,
Special Thanks,
Flowers
Schedule for November,
Slide Show With
John Sublett,
Music Schedule,
Columbarium,
United
Methodist Women,
Welcoming Ideas,
Guinda UMC Update,
Nursery Task
Force Reestablished,
Hospitality Task Groups/ Hospitality Leaders,
Ark Preschool,
Aerobics
Class, Tents of Hope,
Children's
Ministry,
Taize Service,
Worship Environment Team Members Needed,
NEW MEMBER
"SACRED SHORELINE"
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Dinner and a Show
Nov. 16, 2008
Dinner 5:30, Program at
6:10
Sacred Shoreline
a dramatic, panoramic visual and music meditation on the
spiritual gift of the coastline in our lives. Having
photographed the coast for over 40 years, Don Baldwin
has gathered the most stunning and memorable images
together in this celebration of the shoreline. Through
the beauty, mystery, and power of the ocean, heart and
soul are fed. This audio-visual journey of the Pacific
coastline, from California's Big Sur to the Olympic
Peninsula in Washington, offers an experience that
serves, not only to inspire, but also to suggest ways we
can live in deeper harmony and communion with the sacred
Source of all creation.
Now, for the first time, over 40 years of images have
been gathered together for the production of,
"Sacred Shoreline,"
which Don will be
presenting at our church on Sunday evening, November
16th. Don has cultivated a specialty in presenting
dramatic panoramic slide shows on the beauty and wonder
of God's creation. This program utilizes a 27-foot wide
triple screen, 6 projectors, stereo music, and
inspiring narrative of scripture and nature poetry. It
is truly a moving andcaptivating experience.
Thanksgiving Eve
Service
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November 26th at 7:00pm
at Woodland United
Methodist Church
Sponsored by Woodland
Interfaith Ministries
Let
us come together as a whole community to give thanks for
all the blessings we have received. As a whole
community we have helped to make the Wayfarer Center a
reality. What a wonderful success it is having
providing a wide variety of services to help end
homelessness. In recognition of this amazing work and
to support its continuing needs, this service is
dedicated to the Wayfarer.
We
will hear from graduates of the Wayfarer who are now on
their feet and doing well and the from in house choir
from Walters House. Everyone in the community is
invited to join us this evening.
Dinner: Dinner
will be served at 5:30
PASTOR'S COLUMN
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Dear Members and Friends-----
We are in the grip of momentous times. A
critical election is about to take place. The economy,
and our anxiety about the economy, is continuing
to roller-coaster. Most of the people around us if not
we ourselves are profoundly unsettled. What does God
have to say to us when we are disquieted and thrown off
balance? How do we hear God’s word for us when it seems
like the whole world is yelling at us at the top of
their lungs.
It occurs to me that the above is an apt description of
a holy time. Read the Psalms; read the Prophets; these
are the times when God is at work. These are the times
when God upsets history to do a new thing. God creates
out of chaos, whirlwind and fire. God’s new way
emerges from the uproar of a disgruntled, disrupted,
thrown off balance world.
Is it comfortable? No, it sure isn’t. Is there any
place to hide? Only in the shadow of
God’s wing;
only in the lee of the
Almighty rock;
safety is only found in
Thee,
says the Psalmist.
In some ways we could say, we have ridden out these
sorts of times before. What’s happening now is actually
not as painful or destructive as any number of difficult
times we could name from the last 50 or even 100 years.
And that would be true. But is this upheaval only about
surviving? Is it not a time to examine our ways and
determine if we need to make some changes?
I believe that at the heart of a Christian response to
times like these is the
desire to tune our hearts to God: to pay attention, to
center themselves on the enduring love of Christ, to
seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit. We start with
ourselves. Have we done what we ought to have done?
Are our lives on track? Are we living generously with
our neighbor, caring for the stranger as well as our
loved ones, and giving our all to our God? Let us put
our hearts and lives in order.
And then we look at the world around us and ask: where
is God at work bringing change and new life? How can I
make a difference?
Change is upon us, and the rippling of change will have
as yet untold effects. It’s very scary when literally
nobody knows how things will turn out. If we can stay
secure in our faith, certain—not that we are right about
all things—but that the One who has made the Universe
will ultimately make all things right, then we have true
security.
Peace,
Pastor Ardith
Worship Plans
for November 2008
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Traditional Service Celebrate
Service Sanctuary Service
at 9am
at 11am 3rd
Saturdays at 7:30 pm
November 2 All Saints Day
Communion Sunday
Matthew 5: 1-12 Revelation7: 13-17
“For All the Saints”
Today we will honor all the folks who have died in the
congregation in the last year and those whom we
individually want to honor and remember from families or
friends. This is a wonderful service of remembrance and
thanksgiving.
November 9
Matthew 25: 1-13
“Get Ready!”
What does it mean to be wise and foolish today? How do
we get ready for that which we cannot see coming? God
asks us to be faithful, to be ready, to use the
resources we have been given for God’s purposes. Where
are we with that?
Dramatic Presentation: “Unfinished Projects”
November 15
Sanctuary Service
7:30 pm
“Hope”
How do you get through when you just don’t see it?
Chris Thompson preaching.
November 23
Thanksgiving Sunday
Deuteronomy 8: 7-18 II Corinthians 9: 6-8
“An End to Scarcity”
All the resources we need are right here or God will
find them for us
when we need them. We are partners with God in creating
the future.
With praise and thanksgiving we prepare to give
our all for Christ’s sake in the world.
November 26 Community Thanksgiving Eve Service 7:00 pm
Sponsored by Woodland Ecumenical Ministries
The service will be held here at our church.
The whole community is invited to come together to give
thanks for the blessings of this last year and to
support the Wayfarer Center.
Speakers and Music will be from the graduates of the
Wayfarer Center program.
November 30 First Sunday in Advent
Mark 13: 32-37 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-24
“A Waiting Game”
We begin the count down to Christmas with this first
week of Advent.
Our scholarship recipients will be the leaders of the
service and share their gifts with us.
Sanctuary!!!
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sanctuary this month will focus on “Hope, when you just
don’t see it”
Chris Thompson will be
offering the message this month as he has a unique
perspective on this subject. The service will be on
Saturday Nov. 15th
at 7:30pm. If you haven’t been to a sanctuary service
you just might try it.
Youth and Young Adult Ministry Leaders Attends
Convention in Sacramento (Back to Top)
Once in awhile, people who serve the church need a
little fill-up. The gas tank gets a little bit (or a
lot) below “E.” And the world is a rapidly changing
place, with societal norms shifting and the constant
bombardment of information making it more difficult to
find and maintain a spiritual anchor. This is why we
sent eight members of our congregation to attend the
Youth Specialties’ National Youth Worker Convention in
Sacramento from October 10-12: to help fill up their
tanks and strengthen their skills to cope in today’s
world. Each person selected various workshops and
presentations to attend; was able to worship every day;
had the opportunity for personal spiritual guidance,
prayer and alone time; and met workers in the youth and
young adult arenas from around the nation who struggle
with the same issues, have the same high hopes, and
serve the same loving God. Next month we will have a
newsletter insert with a report from each person on the
classes they took, what they learned, and how it has
helped them return to ministry refreshed and
recommitted. We are grateful that our congregation
cares enough about youth and young adults to allow us to
look forward and equip ourselves in service to the Lord.
Youth
Ministry (Back to Top)
The
youth group is in the middle of a change in focus. We
are planning a more service to others based. This
ministry would include our continued service at the
Wayfarer and GoDinners as well as other services to the
congregation. We also plan to do a lot of work on the
youth room in order to make it their own, not just the
room of others before them.
We
also plan on helping with the coming advent season with
a service project and help with one of the Sunday advent
services. More to come.......
All of the youth activities and events are on their
website:
www.woodlandumcyouth.org.
Adult Education
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Living the Questions
One last class until the new year! John
Sublett will be gone the first two Sundays of November
and no class will be held Nov. 2 or 9. The last class
in this series will be held on November 16 at 10:15 as
usual in the Lamp Room.
“The Will of God”
We will read and discuss The Will of God by Leslie
Weatherhead. The book talks about how to understand
God's will when times are tragic or difficult. I
attempt to answer the question: How could God allow
that to happen?
Advent Starts
Just at the moment that merchants and shoppers begin
their hectic preparations for Christmas, the
church begins a period of quiet reflection in joyful
anticipation of that same event. Not surprisingly, the
religious significance of Advent and Christmas tends to
get lost amid all the shopping, housecleaning,
decorating, and visiting that fill our holidays. How
can we Christians hold on to the deeper spiritual
meaning of this time? Join in an advent devotion
group.
There will be several classes lasting from 3-4 weeks.
Members of the congregation are invited to choose the
class that suits their family or personal situation.
Sign up sheets will be in the Fellowship Hall. You can
choose from:
From
Holidays to Holy Days, A Benedictine Walk Through Advent
This is a book about spiritual contemplation, described
as a “long, loving, look at the real”. The author uses
the Benedictine principles, 1) God is present everywhere
and 2) Christ is present in every person we meet, to
guide our taking a long loving look at the realities of
the holiday season. This is a daily devotional.
Hurry
Less, Worry Less at Christmas Time
Have the holiday season you long for. Chapters
include: “Whatever happened to Comfort and Joy?”;
“Creating a New Way of Celebrating”; “Less is More”;
“Growing Stronger Spiritually”. This is a weekly
devotional.
Come
to the Manger
An
advent study based on the lectionary. The booklet takes
the scriptures traditionally used in worship and
preaching during Advent. This study allows you to go
deeper into those scriptures and to enhance the worship
experience. This resource will be used in a Sunday
School Class on Sunday mornings. A weekday afternoon
class can be arranged if there is interest.
Communion and
Special Offerings
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Jesus
Christ is the center of our faith. According to his
teachings we give to others in whatever way we are
able. On some Sundays, we are asked to further the
Christian experience of our congregation by giving of
our financial resources. Our request for upcoming
months:
November 2: Pastor’s Emergency Fund:
These
funds are used by Pastor Ardith to assist members of the
community and in our own congregation with financial
emergencies.
December 7: Wayfarer Center Christian Mission:
Our
prayerful contributions support the work of the Wayfarer
Center in its work with the hungry and homeless.
Christmas:
This is an
offering for the church to help with special ministry
needs.
January 4, 2009: Amnesty International:
This
agency advocates with various governments in the pursuit
of freeing prisoners of conscience.
Do you
want to help make a difference?
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You could
help children learn to read. We have a wonderful
opportunity as
Volunteers in Mission
to do
this. We are going to support Freeman Elementary School
with their
Literacy Night,
November 13 from 6:00 to 8:00. We could use a few more
volunteers and you can sign up in the Fellowship Hall.
You don’t have to be fingerprinted to participate, but
you do have to be 16 years old or more. That means most
of us can help out.
Along with
the
Literacy Night,
we are having a
Book Drive.
So please bring age appropriate books to church for kids
k through 6. This is a great chance to boost our
ministry to the community.
Memorial Christmas
Tree (Back to Top)
Dear
Church Family,
We will be having a memorial Christmas
tree in the Fellowship Hall this year. If you would
like to purchase a Christmas star with your loved one's
name ($15), please contact Jeannine Wells. Sales will
begin on November 9th. The tree will go up on December
7th.
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These are tough times, worrisome times. How this church
finishes the year financially is still unclear and
uncertain.
Why
do we give money to this church?
· Because
all things are from God in the beginning.
· Because
the talents we utilize and develop in a paying career
are gifts from the One who made us.
· Because
God made humans to be caretakers, not just consumers.
· Because
what we give God is a response to God’s love and amazing
grace towards us.
· Because
the Bible says to give to others.
· Because
giving money is not just about budgets, but rather about
practicing a spiritual discipline. Our
personal relationship with God is more in tune when we
give.
· Because
giving helps us keep our priorities in order. God is
our higher power … money is just a thing.
· Because
we trust the brothers and sisters who are leaders of
this church, both lay and clergy. We trust their
decision-making about faithful uses of money.
· We
give money because we have witnesses the transforming,
resurrecting power of God’s love; it affects people’s
lives and hearts, in part through the ministries that
this church provides.
Because we said we would
(and so did most of you).
Between now and the end of December, how each of us
hears God’s call to be good stewards will shape the
picture and possibilities of ministry and service we
want to have for 2009. UMC Woodland’s 2009 Pledge
Campaign will not take place this fall, but will instead
happen in January.
Think prayerfully about it. How will we each live into
the promise?
The
Stewardship Team
Decorating for
Christmas (Back to Top)
We need a team to help
make the church beautiful for Christmas. We will need
people to put up trees, hang greens, and someone to lead
up the whole group and provide leadership. Are you
interested in helping with Christmas décor? Do you want
to be the leader who organizes the whole thing? Please
let the office know.
Wreath Making
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December 7th at 5:30 in
the Fellowship Hall
Bring the whole family
fore this evening of crafts, caroling, and good food.
Admission is Free! We will be making wreaths to
decorate for the holidays. There will be music to
entertain us while we work. There will be door prizes
for children. A variety of delicious soups, breads, and
desserts will be served. This is the perfect event to
get you and your family into the holiday spirit. Don’t
miss out!
Thanks From LaVonda
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I
am so blessed with so many friends and loved ones.
Please let everyone know how much this has helped me,
that I thank God for each and everyone of them, that
they are truly God's hands at work on earth and I could
not have come through this without them.
from La Vonda
Special Thanks
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I
want to thank everyone for their cards, phone calls,
visits and especially prayers during my recent surgery
and recovery. I am feeling stronger all the time.
Praise God. It is wonderful to have such a supportive
congregation.
A
special thanks to the Shawl group as well. The shawl is
beautiful! What a nice reminder of the love that
surrounds me.
Sincerely,
Barbara Graham
Flowers Schedule
for November
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Nov.
2 John and Paula Cox
Nov.9
Nov.
16 Marci Kimura for J and Dusty’s birthday
Nov.23 Thanksgiving
Nov.
30 1st Sunday of Advent
Slide Show With
John Sublett
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Saturday,
Nov 22, 2008
from 9 to
10 AM in the Fellowship Hall.
United
Methodist Men and the United Methodist Women invite the
congregation and general public to a brunch on Saturday
Nov. 22 . At the brunch, John Sublett will present a 20
to 30 minute slideshow. John Sublett will return from
New Orleans on Nov. 10 and will bring us an up to date
report on conditions there and on the work of the United
Methodist Church in disaster recovery.
John and a
group of other retired pastors are part of a Volunteers
in Mission repair and rehabilitation team. John
will present a slide show showing their work and the
current state of rebuilding in that flood destroyed area.
A
“continental” style breakfast will be served. Sign up
in the Fellowship Hall so the planners may have an idea
how much food to prepare. However, everyone is welcome
whether signed up or not. Donation will be accepted to
fund UMM and UMW projects.
Music Schedule
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Celebrate Band:
Play an
instrument? Sing? How about joining us? Rehearsals
are Mondays at 7:30.
Chancel Choir:
We’d Love
to have you! Please think about it, pray about it, then
come sing to the Lord with us. We rehearse Wednesday
Evenings from 7:30 -9:00
Glory Shakers Handbell Choir:
(for
advanced and continuing ringers) Let the music RING!
Rehearsals are Thursday Evenings from 6:30-7:30. Please
come!
Children’s
Choir:
For
children in grades k through 6th. Kids love to make a
joyful noise; let them make it with us. Rehearsals are
Wednesday afternoons from 4:00 to 4:45
Youth Choir:
Brand New!
Feel too old for the children’s choir, but still in
school? Come check out the Youth Choir. Let your voice
be heard. Rehearsals are Sundays at 12:15pm.
Columbarium
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THEN AND NOW
THEN ( a history of the church graveyard )
The traditional church graveyard had, for centuries,
served as the ideal place of burial for its
congregation members. Members were born into the church
and spent their lives involved in the
church community. After death, members remained a part
of that community by interment
(ground burial) within the graveyard.
The 20th century had witnessed an alarming trend within
our country. The rate at which members
were choosing interment in secular cemeteries was
growing tremendously. This shift was caused
primarily by the lack of space in existing church
cemeteries (many of them being landlocked with
no room for expansion) and the rising costs of land (if
available) adjacent to the church, making
growth very difficult and forcing members to go the way
of secular burial. Unfortunately, that
trend had created some distance within the church
community. Loved ones would need to travel
to the secular cemetery to meditate and pay respects to
loved ones who have died.
Although interment within the church graveyard declined,
the desire to return to the church burial
tradition remained. With the concerns of skyrocketing
funeral costs (now being one of the top 3
expenditures in one's life, averaging $8,000-$11,000)
and the lack of available space within the
church graveyard, the church struggled for a viable
option to satisfy the need for members to
remain within its community.
In conjunction with this, cremation was becoming widely
accepted (and is now a growing trend).
Members not only were choosing secular burial, but were
moving toward cremation as an option
to offset these secular costs. This was yet another need
of the members that the church had to
address.
The idea of a columbarium within a church memorial
garden was the answer!
NOW ( bringing loved ones back home to the church )
Today, the traditional church graveyard is no a longer
practical, long-term ministry. But there is
an alternative that more and more churches are adopting.
The memorial garden option answers
the needs of many of its members: Inurnment within a
columbarium allows members to remain
within the church community and it is a
fraction
of the cost of secular burial. We are born into the
church, our lives are spent involved in the church
community and now, in death, we can be
welcomed back. The memorial garden offers departed
members a true homecoming.
This new ministry will allow the church to provide
Christian care and service and gives the church
the distinctive opportunity to serve its congregation.
Churches have historically been a place for
the rest of remains. With a memorial garden, once again
the lives of those who have died can be
remembered and celebrated on sacred ground.
The concept of the church Memorial Garden is simple in
function, yet powerful in both mission
and ministry.
We will continue to answer questions and consider out
options after both worship services on November 9th.
United Methodist Women
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EVENTS:
November 16, 2008 Bake sale /
Cookbook sale
November 22, 2008
Next meeting is at
9:00 a.m. in the
Fellowship Hall
with UMM for John
Sublett’s slide show on Greece
December 6, 2008
Christmas tour/donation at 10 am
at Wayfarer
Our UMW Cookbook
is on sale again this year. Stop by our Bake Sale table
and buy one for
$5.00.
This purchase is a bargain that is chock full of great
recipes of our church women with many used for our
monthly bake sales.
WAYFARER CHRISTMAS TOUR & DONATION
**PLEASE
NOTE:
The date of our Christmas tour
AT
the Wayfarer Center has been
changed
to
6th of December
because of the Christmas parade being held on December
13.
This
year’s Christmas meeting is special not only getting a
tour of the Wayfarer Center but also we’ll get a chance
to give Christmas gifts
TO
the administration for distribution to the street
people who go there. Each gift will consist of the
following items:
1
hand towel (15” x 25” or 17” x 27” inexpensive one)
1
inexpensive washcloth
1
pocket comb
1
bath size bar of soap (3 oz. and up)
1
toothbrush (in original package)
1
small travel size tube of toothpaste
Disposable razors
1
packaged roll of toilet paper
We’ll
assemble
these items and put them in sealable one-gallon plastic
bags at the Wayfarer Center. Wrapping the presents all
together in colorful tissue paper will be the finishing
touch.
The congregation is welcome to contribute
the personal health items that are on the above list.
Put them in a labeled container that will be placed
under the mail boxes next to the Wayfarer food box.
Please
donate your good used pots, pans,
and other kitchen items that you no longer need.
Hand can openers
are especially needed. Put these items in the same
labeled container next to the Wayfarer food box. All
of these items will then be given to the center for
their kitchen.
Welcoming Ideas
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Rule of Three
For
the first three minutes after worship, only talk to the
people who don’t know. This is a prime time for
visitors to slip out with being greeted. This tool will
help address that issue.
Guinda UMC Update
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Several of our members attended the Guinda UMC service
on Oct. 5 to support that congregation and it’s new
direction. This month both LaRae Shaw-Meadows and Bud
Cassevah have preached at Guinda.
Nursery Task
Force Reestablished (Back to Top)
The
Nursery Task Force will assist the Nursery Coordinator
in keeping the room fresh, clean and inviting. They
will make recommendations for discarding toys and
equipment and for the acquisition of new toys. Our
nursery is used at lot! Several days a week the room is
made available to groups which meet here, as well as for
our own ministries and programs. Yea, for the nursery!
Our
new task force team members are:
Carla Hutchinson, Kim Hammons, Michele Setzer, and
Shelley Blanton.
Hospitality Task Groups/ Hospitality Leaders
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We
have agreed to have another follow-up meeting on
November 23 at 2pm. The last meeting was very helpful
as we heard where various task groups have gotten in
their efforts and new ideas were shared too. This
ministry continues to grow and bear fruit.
Ark Preschool
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We can see God's grace at our little school in every
nook and cranny. We're blessed to work with the most
delightful children. An LCSW has volunteered her
services to those who need it. A local gal , Sandy
Simpson, author of
Sally the Sheep,
has visited, given us a copy of her book, book marks,
and coloring pages along with a wonderful
presentation including where she got her idea for
her story. Mary Drummond volunteered her services
to help write grants and Jack Rexroad moved the gate
which allows everyone easy, safe access to the fenced
area by the office. We are inspired and grateful for the
many acts of kindness which support those in need.
Aerobics Class
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LET’S GET PHYSICAL!
All who are interested in having input into what kind of
aerobics class you would like to attend, please come to
a very informal meeting in the
Fellowship Hall at 5:30 on Thursday, November 6th.
Bring any VCR/DVD exercise videos, and
nutritional and devotional materials you may have.
Let’s try to find the perfect fit!
Tents
of Hope
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We, at Tents of Hope , found many of our interested city
residents, group members, and some tents would not be
able to travel to Washington DC for the National
gathering of the tents and felt a West Coast tent city
in Sacramento on Saturday, November 8th
would be an excellent alternative for these very
enthusiastic and hardworking people.
You are invited to join us in Sacramento on November 8th,
with any tents, and displays you have, for the
Sacramento Gathering of the Tents.
Where in Sacramento: on the lawn by the west steps of
the capitol building
Time: set up 8-9AM, event from 9AM-4PM.
Tents after the event:
Dave Weidlich, co-director of Tents of Hope Petaluma,
has made contacts and our tents will be welcomed in to
be shipped to Darfur. They can be shipped to Newark,
and they will be going to be school tents in Darfur.
If
you would like to help set up the tent or stay with tent
on Nov. 8, let the pastor know.
November is the month to remind us to be thankful. The
children are turning in their UNICEF money this month so
help them show those in need how much we care.
Children's
Ministry
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HELP WANTED:
Children’s Church
needs more volunteer teachers to join the rotation
(currently you would only teach every 4th
Sunday). THANKS to the Senior High Youth
who have offered their service to assist the teachers.
Sunday School
needs a few willing teachers to relieve or assist the
current teachers.
Pre/Kinder – Assist Patsy every other Sunday
1st/2nd
– Relieve Nancy once a month
3rd/4th
– Relieve Roz once a month
Taize Service
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November 5 at 5:30 pm
How
do we respond to the pressures around us? What do we do
when we feel helpless? Christians turn to prayer and
spiritual nourishment to see them through these ports of
days.
A
Taize worship service is a service of music and prayer.
It is gentle, focusing and releasing. It is especially
meaningful for people who want a more meditative and
reflective worship experience. Come after work. Come
before dinner. Come rejuvenate in the middle of the
week.
Worship Environment Team Members Needed
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Ever
wonder why the church always looks so nice? How the
banners always go with the season? Where the banners
and decorations come from? It is all because of the
worship environment team. This team meets to put up
banners, take them down, and even design and make new
ones. Right now, however, the team is understaffed.
Would you like to help? Give us a call at the office to
lend your time and talents to make the church a
beautiful place to worship.
NEW MEMBER
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David Gluesing
David
is a familiar face around the church. A long time
United Methodist, he has been considering himself a
“visitor” here for about a year. Now, he is officially
part of our church family. You may have noticed
David in the bass section of the chancel choir. Please
make him feel welcome!
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