SUNDAY SCHOOL TO START ON SEPTEMBER 7TH AT 9:45 A.M.
Children will be meeting downstairs in the gathering room for songs and devotion. We will continue with the workshop format, utilizing the art room and the game/drama room. We will start the year out with Paul and his activities throughout Acts. Making fruit, playing games for prizes and a courtroom drama are likely to unfold during the next month. Come and see how the love of Christ affects us all!
Adult Sunday School will continue to be held upstairs. We are always looking for new leaders and while you are upstairs don't forget to check out the library. There are many materials available for you.
WANTED: If you are interested in selecting books to be put on the cart and wheeling it into the fellowship hall on a monthly basis, please let me know.
ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES
Three exciting opportunities for nurture and education will be available to adults during the Sunday School hour (9:45 - 10:45) on Sunday mornings.
1) Starting today, Todd Haworth will be leading a study on Galatians in the large room upstairs
2) For five Sundays from September 21 through October 19, parents of young children (roughly third grade and under but you decide) will gather with Pastor Ted Mattie in the room adjacent to the nursery for conversation and fellowship
3) Beginning on September 28 and continuing through October 19, Shirley Cruthers will provide leadership training for those who will be helping with the worship services at Park View Villas or in our own sanctuary.
Everyone is invited to participate.
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
NO, it’s not time to; pack up our shoebox gifts yet, but I would like to suggest that you keep them in mind throughout the summer. Watch for sales on items you would like to include in your box. Consider buying multiples when you spot a good buy. Extras can be shared with others who are filling boxes, or sent on to the “shoebox hospital”. Consider summer items that may not be available, or maybe you’ll find a good gift idea when you’re traveling. Just remember—no liquids, no chocolate, no war toys, nothing used or strongly fragrant. For those unfamiliar with this project, in November we pack small gifts for individual children in shoeboxes, and they are distributed to children living in difficult situations around the world by the Samaritan’s purse Organization.
