Faith Works & News 2021-10-8

Ushers are urgently needed for the 11:00 service

TO SERVE ONE SUNDAY PER MONTH. 

You can sit and attend Holy Communion with your family. 

Sign-up at the Visitor Center or call or email. 

Need more information? Contact, Gil Bowers or the church office.

Do you like to SMILE?  Meet new people? 

Would you like to be on a Greeter team at our church?

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP TO BE A GREETER

(Deadline to sign up is Nov 8th.)

We encourage ALL members (including children) to consider greeting! 

“Welcome him in the Lord with great joy!”  -Philippians 2:29.

Any questions, please text or call me.
God’s Blessings,
Kathy Craig, Greeter Chair (church box 38)

This Christmas season, the Chrismon Committee needs your help spreading Christmas cheer to residents at local nursing homes. The committee is planning on giving out 20 wreaths to residents that have family far away or that do not have any family. We need your help to raise funds for this mission project. Each wreath costs approximately $20 to make and we will be taking donations before and after church services October 17 and 24 . The goal is to raise at least $400 for this project as well as take any additional money collected to make more ornaments for the sanctuary. The committee will have an example of the wreath as well as 20 angel pins for purchase for $10 each. Any amount donated will be greatly appreciated for our mission project as well as providing more Chrismons for the sanctuary. If you write a check, please add “Chrismons” in the memo line of your check. If you have any questions, please feel free to email Kim Herndon or the church office.

Chrismons are Christmas tree ornaments that use Christian symbols. The word, Chrismon, is a combination of Christ and monogram (meaning symbol). These symbols of Christ on a Christmas tree help Christians to remember that Christmas is the celebration of Jesus’s birth and a look into His life, and the ultimate gift – His death and resurrection. The story of Jesus is explained through the ornaments in traditional colors of white and gold. White is the liturgical (or Church) color for Christmas and symbolizes that Jesus was pure and perfect. Gold symbolizes His Majesty and Glory.

• FLP hired two new teachers: Ms. Jessie (Advanced Pre-K), and Ms. Jen (3-year-olds)
• FLP enrolled two new children! (We’re now up to 45 students.)
• FLP will be adding a second 3 year-old class in November, and adding another teacher!
• FLP has two spots left for their “Parent’s Night Out” tonight from 6:00 to 10:00 PM
  (Contact Sabrina at director@flpreschool.com)

      Thank you for your prayers and support of our preschool at Faith!

A Grief Support Group will be offered on Sundays from 9:45 a.m. until 10:45 a.m., beginning on October 31, 2021.

This will be an open group.  You can start any week, attend as frequently as you want and discontinue when you want.  This will be a safe place to share the story of your loved one and how their loss has impacted your life.   We will practice confidentiality. 

We will gain strength as we share our experiences, consider Scripture and pray.  We will gain hope as we know that God is close to the brokenhearted.  You are invited to attend whether your grief is fresh, or if your longer-term grief still needs additional processing. 

Contact the church office if you would like more information or would like to talk with the Facilitator, Dolores K.  For planning purposes, it will be helpful if you can let her know that you plan to attend.  

4TH ANNUAL CAR SHOW

Would you help us provide Angel Tree gifts for 80+ girls at the Upbring New Life Children’s Center in Canyon Lake? This special outreach ministry is a way of sharing some Christian love with formerly abused and troubled teenage girls.  THREE WAYS TO HELP:  Shop for an Angel’s Gifts, Make a Monetary Donation, or Purchase Gift Card(s). Contact Danny Swafford if you would like to shop with a wish list.  

Christmas gifts, clothing, and contributions are due before THANKSGIVING!! Blessings on your considerate donations. Thank you.

The Sunday School Mission of the Month is Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, an international relief organization.  Their mission is to provide local partners around the world with shoeboxes filled with small toys, hygiene items, and school supplies, as a means of reaching out to children with the Good News of Jesus Christ.  We ship these gifts outside the US to children affected by war, poverty, natural disasters, etc, and to children living on Native American reservations in the US.  Now’s the time to gather up a few shoe boxes with detachable lids.  They can be cardboard or even plastic shoe bins.  The SS Mission Offering will help pay for shipping of the boxes.  To build your own, amazing shoe box,  CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF ITEMS RECOMMENDED FOR EACH AGE GROUP. Thank you!