This Week at FCCLW 7/31/16

Published: Thu, 07/28/16

July 31, 2016

Stewardship Seminar

Are you interested in learning how to sustain and grow the financial resources needed to continue to fund our practicing community of faith,mercy, and justice? On August 6th and 7th, we will welcome Rev. Patrick Rogers, former CPA and current pastor of Fort Lauderdale United Church of Christ for a seminar on church stewardship. For more information, click here.

The Passion of Prayer This Sunday we explored Luke 11:1-13, Jesus' teaching to his disciples on prayer. You can watch the service on our website and try your hand at writing your own prayer based on Jesus' model. Remembering Ed Yokie On Sunday, July 17, we gathered to say our goodbyes to Ed Yokie, a long-time member of First Congregational United Church of Christ. You can read more about Ed over on our website. Engaging the Lectionary We are engaging and experimenting with the Revised Common Lectionary, the three-year cycle of readings followed by many churches around the world. For each Sunday, there are three readings: one from Hebrew Scripture (the "Old Testament"), one from the four Gospels, and one from another part of Christian Scripture (the "New Testament"). For each week there is also a Psalm. We will be weaving all four scripture passages into our worship each week in different ways including music and video. If you would like you can participate in reading the daily scripture passages leading up to each Sunday. You can find them on your Connection Card each Sunday, and on Pastor Jason's blog. Save the Date! For more information, click here. Facebook First, go to our page and "Like" us. However, just liking us does not mean that you will see everything we post. Each of our Facebook posts only goes to about 2% of the people who like our page. To make sure you see everything, after you like us, go to the pull-down menu on the "Like" button and click "Get Notifications." This way everything that we post will show up on your own Facebook wall. If you are on Facebook, you can keep up with what is happening "between Sundays" on our Facebook page. Hey, Thanks! You're sharing this newsletter with your friends! More people read (or at least opened) our newsletter than we send out. If there is something here that interests you, it may interest someone else. If a friend sent this to you and you would like to receive it regularly, you can subscribe on our website.		Mission Moment Our Missions Committee is hosting our refreshments after worship this Sunday. They will be collecting money for a Heifer International project in Nepal, empowering women by teaching them to create and market items to support their families. Give as you can! New Enneagram Podcast If you were a part of our enneagram group this summer or just would like to learn more about this tool for understanding who we are, you might be interested in this new podcast hosted by Suzanne Stabile, the teacher for our Enneagram Journey group and Ian Cron. They explain the enneagram and interview guests from each of the enneagram numbers. You can find it at The Road Back to You. School Supply Drive We are once again collecting school supplies for North Grade Elementary School. Check out our website for a list of supplies. Summer Breaks Our Sunday morning Bible study and our Thursday evening Cennacle Meditation group will both be on hiatus until September. Enjoy your summer! Toiletries Needed On the first Tuesday of each month we distribute toiletries to our Community Dinner guests. We are currently in need of small soaps, shampoos, deodorants, feminine hygiene products, wash cloths, tooth brushes and tooth paste. Opportunity to Help Mary Ellen Bryner has recently had multiple medical issues and has not been able to work for some time. A "GoFundMe" page has been started for her to give her friends the opportunity to contribute to help her with medical bills and day-to-day expenses. You can help Mary Ellen by going to her page here. Audio Visual Team Our audio visual team is continuing to grow and they need your help. If you are willing to learn our sound and/or projection system, help create worship presentations, or help run our camera on Sundays, please see Vickie Grimes. Online Giving Have you explored the opportunity of electronic giving? You can choose to have a set amount taken from your bank account on a regular basis or you can make a one (or more) time gift by checking account or credit card on our website. Your regular electronic giving means that your gift is available for ministry even when you are away (or forgot your checkbook!). Thank you for your continued support of the ministry of First Congregational Church!