Notes from Molly

Notes from Molly, the Pastoral Assistant:  


Hello!  I just wanted to say how thrilled I am to be working as your new Church Assistant.   Pastor Gayle and I have many new and exciting ideas that I cannot wait to bring to fruition.

* We are very much in need of a fellowship host & liturgist for November 28th.  (Please call the church right away if you are interested--sign up sheets are always in the back of the church)

* Jody is still looking for teaching partners in Sunday School for the month of December

* Please have your pledge cards turned into the church office by  December 1st

* I would love to have updated addresses, emails and phone numbers, if you could get those to me.

Thank you
~Molly Bryant

Charge Conference

Novemember 13th

A short message from the Pastor

A meditation from W. M. Wright sent to me and shared with you as we are ending our week and looking toward Sunday when we gather in God's name. Whatever your week has been like, with all its challenges, surprises or everydayness, please take time for sabbath...



Sabbath time. Sabbatical time. Jubilee time. Time to rest, to delight in what is given, to breathe in the beauty.


Time to be fallow, to heal wounds, forgive, regenerate. Time to restore the world to its primal pattern. Time to anticipate a new world in which justice, mercy and peace truly flourish. Time that anticipates the end and fullness of all time when tears, mourning and death itself will yield to the bountiful, blooming garden of God's own time.


Blessings,
Pastor Gayle
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CHOIR MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

The Choir is looking a bit thin!  No, they haven't been on a diet, they have lost a few members due to winter (snowbirds) and other reasons, so the choir is having a membership drive!   They are inviting YOU to join.
Choir practice is held on Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m.

They are also looking for a 'drum player' for the Christmas season. This would be a hand-held type of drum, like a bongo.
Contact Choir Director Laura Pike for more info.


STEWARDSHIP
Pledge cards will be arriving in the mail soon for 2011.  Please prayerfully consider what you can give and be sure and turn it back in to the church.
It matters not if you can give  'one dollar bill' or 'a billion dollars'...  what matters is making a budget.   The finance committee needs  numbers to work with, to build a budget.
Please keep their task in your prayers.

Stockholders Banquet

On Saturday, October 2nd, members of the congregation, who bought stock in the  Youth Group previously in the year, were treated to a banquet by the Youth to thank them for their support and  help  in sending them on different mission trips this past spring and summer.   The congreation were treated to a sit-down dinner of Tri-tip, baked potatoes, salad, vegetable, roll and dessert, not to mention entertainment too.  Jeanette Jones  delighted the diners with her accomplished piano playing during the evening.

We all should take great pleasure and pride in the involvement and commitment of our Youth Group.  Albeit small, they can move mountains with their faith.

Worship in the Great Outdoors

Water Canyon Worship Service

Sunday,  September 12th.

Thank You Sharon!

Our thanks to Sharon McAllistar for her years of service as secretry to the Pastor.



Important Church news!

This Saturday, September 11th, the United Methodist Women will  have their annual fall brunch at the home of Debbie Stone.  It will begin at 10:00.  All the women of the church are welcome to come... just bring a potluck dish to share if you do.   Coffee and juice will be provided.

On Sunday will be our first ever  (and 2nd for the year) Fall, outdoor worship service in Water Canyon.  It should be beautiful.  The service will begin at 10:00am.  Bring a lawn chair, a blanket and maybe a hot cup of coffee!  Please join us --and bring a friend--as we revel  in His awesome  nature surroundings.

When through the woods

And forest glades I wander

I hear the birds

Sing sweetly in the trees;

When I look down

from lofty mountain grandeur

And hear the brook

And feel the gentle breeze;

Then sings my soul,

My Saviour God, to Thee,

How great Thou art!

How great Thou art!

Then sings my soul,

My Saviour God, to Thee,

How great Thou art!

How great Thou art!

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MAC is coming!

The new Ministry of Arts and Crafts begins on Saturday, September 18th at 10:00.

A new ministry which will showcase all the talents of our congregation and take place about six times throughout the year.  Call Vicki Nye if you would like to "show-off" your talent and be kind enough to teach a one-time class.

Would you like to learn to do this:

Gail Andrews will lead our first class. Come to the church on Saturday the 18th and she will show you how to do Hawaiian embroidery.  This pillow above is her great handi-work.

Items you need to bring:

scissors for cutting cloth

white thread

and 18-inch embroidery hoop

18x18 pre-washed  square of fabric--your choice  (think calico or flowers)

embroidery needle

For more questions call Gail or Pastor Gayle.

This should be fun!

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Missionaries to talk at WUMC

On Saturday, October 16th at 10:00am,    Joseph and Marilyn Chan. missionaries with the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church, who have been serving in Phnom Penh Cambodia since 1998,  will be speakers at a brunch hosted by the UMW.  The Congregation is invited and encouraged to attend.