The Alaska Missionary Conference

The Passion: Opportunities for Discipleship

Family not in this area?? Alone for Thanksgiving?? NO WAY! We will have a Thanksgiving Dinner here at the church for anyone and everyone who would like to come. It’s another potluck, but there is always LOTS OF FOOD and I’ve never heard anyone say they didn’t enjoy the day. It’s unstructured – bring what you particularly like for Thanksgiving, and you don’t even need to dress up! We just have a good time eating, talking and if someone wants to play games or whatever. That’s here too.

Please let me know your upcoming events so I can get them on the calendar. If I don't know when you need the building (or even a part of it) there may be someone else scheduled in at that time. My calendar is pretty bare for December and January, and I know that is one of the busiest times of the year.
Lila

If you have an announcement for this page, please get it to Lila by Tuesday of the week you need it inserted

UMCOR still needs funds for hurricane relief. Mark your checks for "UMCOR hurricane relief".

More boxes of 24 crayons are needed. Steve Eldridge is leading a VIM team to Mexico and will take them. The need is great .

We are looking for someone who will coordinate the coffee and goodies for Sunday morning fellowship.
Colleen and Kay have done it all, including furnishing the goodies, for over a year and they are tired! They need a break.
If this is something you feel led to do, please contact the church office.
More than one led to do this? Wonderful. Many hands make the work go faster and is more fun!

"Inspire:

Our Wednesday night program for the Whole Church Family to feed your body, nurture your faith and inspire your soul!

Childcare provided.

Even if you can’t come for anything else, please join us for a hot, homemade, child-friendly meal. Fellowship around the table has formed the heart of Christian community and the United Methodist Church from the beginning! Each week the meal will be provided, a freewill donation basket is available if you would like to contribute toward the cost.

If you would like to volunteer to shop for ingredients, prepare the meal for a specific week, or show up around 5:00 to assist with cooking on occasion, please talk to Tori, Robert or call the church office (376-3109) and let Lila know.

The adult class has been looking at different ways people see God, and how that is reflected in Scripture and our hymnody. Our children have been studying David and Goliath and next will be spending time with the story of Zacchaeus. The MYF (United Methodist Youth Fellowship) has been working on developing a vision for themselves and spending time in Scripture.

Join us for dinner, a class, to make music, or simply to do some little projects around the church. Come on Wednesdays to build relationships and nurture your faith! We hope to see you there!

Four Legs to Sit On!!

You still have a chance to help contribute toward the costs of our new chairs! After looking at several options, the Trustees will be ordering chairs very soon that will hopefully include some bench seats as well as individual seating. We are looking at chairs that have racks on the back of the chair for easy access to hymnals and bibles, rather than under the seat. They will have a solid wood frame, creating a beautiful as well as durable chair. If you are able, you are invited to contribute $40 toward the cost of one of the four legs to sit on, $80 for two of those legs, $120 provides three legs, $160 gets all four. But don’t stop there, you are also welcome to contribute toward the costs for more than one chair, or maybe even a whole row!! The choice is yours, the result will be chairs that are attractive, comfortable, sturdy, will allow us to use our space more effectively and creatively, and will be a concrete step toward our eventual construction of a new worship space. Please make out your checks to Christ First U.M.C. and designate "new chairs" on the memo line.

New Pictorial Wall!!

If you haven’t noticed, our Pictorial Wall in the Fellowship Hall is out of date and missing lots of faces, so we are in the process of taking new pictures of everyone in our church family for the wall. This will help new people learn names and faces, as well as help those who have been here for a while learn the names and faces of all our new people. If you normally attend with family members, we want them in the picture, too! So, be prepared to have your picture taken following worship over the next several weeks, and don’t be afraid to smile!

STEWARDSHIP

The third quarter growth did not quite keep up with the first six months of this year, but the summer is normally a time for everyone to take some time off for recreation and relaxation. Our statistics show:

In addition to the General Fund income we received $5,416 toward the purchase of chairs for the sanctuary and $545 for UMCOR for the hurricane relief. The PFD really helped out in September. Thank you to all who tithed their bonus checks.

Erika still offers the opportunity to have your pledge charged to your credit card. See her for the forms, or there are some in the office.

WORDS OF WISDOM

Some words of wisdom from that famous writer, Anonymous:

• "For a child of God, prayer is kind of like calling home everyday."
• "A skeptic is a person who, when he sees the handwriting on the wall, claims it’s a forgery."
• "The mighty oak tree was once a little nut that held its ground"

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS

Have you ever wondered how everything gets done at the church? We have a number of friends in the congregation that volunteer for the many little things that keep our church running and the friendly place we all want it to be. Some of those unheralded people are:

Dick Webb - greeter and usher
Daryl McRoberts - photographer
Joan Taylor - the new phone books
Colleen Dewey & Kay Briggs - goodies after church
Frank Dewey - coffee!!!!
Becky Gerard & Frances Graves - Family Promise
Jeff Robison, Ron DeGarmo - assistant ushers
Amy Wright & her elves - children’s church
Phyllis Sullivan - recruiting liturgists & adult Sunday School
And many more that haven’t been caught doing these random acts. If you catch them, please let Tori or Lila know about them...

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