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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                   184