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Announcements - Sunday, August 1st
TODAY
A worship service of healing will be held today,
15 minutes after the 10:30 a.m. worship service. Come to
Tennant Chapel, which is through the left door at the front
of the sanctuary. The Rev. Ellen Brubaker will lead a brief
time of prayer and anointing for the healing of body, mind,
spirit or relationship. If you would like God's healing in
your life or would like to pray for another person, please
join her.
Pastor Kennetha is away this Sunday at the School
for Congregational Development in Nashville, TN. She will
return later in the week.
Our summer worship schedule will continue through
Labor Day. We will have a 9:00 a.m. worship service in the
Memorial Garden outdoors and a 10:30 a.m. worship service in
the sanctuary.
Summer Office Hours The hours are 8:00 a.m. – 4:00
p.m. Monday - Friday. We will keep these hours through
August 20. Enjoy the summer!
The deadline is today for endowment grants to be
considered for UUMC-related ministries in the near
future. Your letter of application to the Endowment
Committee in care of Ben Eichler, Chair, needs to be
received today if you would like funds for your ministry.
Breast Cancer Donation Opportunity Patti
Oates-Ulrich and Bob Ulrich will be participating in the
3-Day Breast Cancer Walk as CREW members this year in
Michigan August 12-15! They will support the walkers by
keeping them hydrated and fed at "Pit Stop 5". Donations
accepted online (www.the3day.org)
by typing in one of their names and clicking on “Donate to…”
Forms are also available at church on the bulletin board
by the mailboxes. Bob lost his mother to breast cancer many
years ago, and we all know someone affected by this dreaded
disease. Thanks to so many of you who have so generously
supported this great cause in the past. Please submit all
funds no later than August 1. Your funds
can help find a cure, as well as prevent, educate, and
treat. You all know that everyone deserves a lifetime.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday, August 10 - 2:00 p.m. – Second Tuesday
Book Group – The book entitled Mister Pip will be
discussed at the home of Liz Doyle (347-5553). If you can
obtain a copy of this book, we would love to have you join
us. We also will be viewing the 2 hour movie made for HBO
based on the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. The next
book will be available for the September 14 meeting.
Sunday, August 15 New Member Class will be held at
9 a.m., in the Conference Room near the church offices. An
additional class will be scheduled as needed. Please sign
up on the One-Stop or contact Pastor John Ross Thompson at
johnross@tds.net if
you are interested.
Tuesday, August 17 - We again will be serving
dinner to the pastors and their families who are attending
the annual pastors' school. Help is needed Monday, August
16, to prepare food and set tables; Tuesday afternoon,
August 17, for food prep; and in late afternoon to serve the
meal and do cleanup. The sign-up poster is in the garden
lobby. Please sign up now before someone else takes your
favorite choice.
Summer Sunday School from now until August 29th
during the 10:30a.m.service: Infants through 18 months will
still be in the Nursery, Toddlers and Preschoolers will meet
in the Toddler Room upstairs, and Kindergarten through 5th
Grade will meet in the Youth Lounge in the lower level. If
you are interested in helping out, contact Krista Rowe.
SUMMER CAMP
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Fun and Fellowship at Lakeview 2010
Please join us at lovely and family friendly Lakeview UMC
Camp at Lakeview, MI, for a weekend getaway and great
fellowship. The camp is located about an hour and half
northwest of Lansing on beautiful Townline Lake. Our next
weekend this summer will be August 6 through 8. If
you have any questions, or have any camping equipment needs
please contact Jim and Karen Firos by email:
firosj@comcast.net
or (517) 669-3331. Karen's cell is (517) 896-4140
Mark your Calendar for Summer Fun and Fellowship
Camp at Pentwater August 27- 29th. This is a great
opportunity for new members to connect with members of the
church in the beautiful setting of Lake Michigan. Join your
Church family for a weekend of relaxing fellowship, outdoor
worship, beach time and only help prepare one meal for the
weekend. Contact Kelly Wheaton with questions-339-4368.
Sign - up sheet is in Asbury Hall. Platform tents are
available.
Operation Backpack
The Outreach Committee
is helping St. Vincent Catholic Charities with gathering
backpacks and school supplies for Lansing area students. If
you are interested in contributing to this cause the
committee is looking for:
New or gentle used backpacks
Please fill the backpack with ALL of the following supplies:
3-Ring Trapper Keeper Organizer that
zip shut
Folders for Trapper Keepers (must be
three hole punched)
Pencil/Pen keeper (three hole punched,
to go in Trapper Keeper)
Crayons
Calculators
Highlight & Colored Markers
Pens and
Pencils Spiral Notebooks
Pencil
Sharpeners Glue stick
Pocket folders
3X5 cards
Erasers
Ruler
Lined notebook
paper Colored pencils
Kindly return the backpack to church
on or before August
15th
If you have any questions, please contact Dur Efaw 333-4954
Adult Summer Sunday
morning Spiritual Growth Opportunities
Sunday mornings 9 a.m. Copper Chimney
Lounge
August 8th Tim Zeller, who now attends
UUMC, will describe mission trips he has led to Cuba in
recent years through First United Methodist Church of Grand
Rapids. He will be encouraging UUMC members to do the same,
and to consider being a sponsoring church for a Methodist
Church in Cuba.
August 15th David Winder Rediscovering
Values: On Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street , by
Jim Wallis. Wallis wrote the bestseller, God's Politics ,
and the book I will discuss with the group is billed as a
"moral compass for the New Economy. This book is
recommended summer reading in preparation for the Fall Forum
class. In the fall, The Forum, using this book, as a basis
will explore our faith response to a culture that seems
desperately in need of some new (or possibly old) values and
rules. You can purchase this book through area book stores
and online.
August 22nd Gene and Sue Rebeck will
introduce to us the East Lansing Community Read book
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers about Post-Katrina New Orleans.
They will share from the perspective of having their son,
David, live in New Orleans during Katrina and since and from
their participation in Post-Katrina Volunteer in Mission
(VIM) teams to New Orleans.
August 29th and September 5th
Dave Koski will share and lead discussion about
Christian theologian, philosopher, and ethicist Thomas
Merton and his relevance to how we live our Christian
faith.
Attendance Report for July 25, 2010
9:00 Early
Worship 32
10:30 Morning Worship
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