This week in worship:
Date: 9-Oct
Theme: Be Grateful
Plan: Iris Boswell
Speak: Beth Richardson
Piano: Ruth Anderson
PA: Eldora Engebretson
Acting Deacon: Dean Speer & Kyle Brittan
PPT: Donna Greenwalt
Greeters: Scott & Diane Sloan
Nursery:
New announcements are purple
Halloween Rest Stop is just around the corner. Kyle and Carla are looking for candy and baked goods donations as well as volunteers to help set up, run and tear down for the event.
Diane Sloan is in search of Blessing Bags stories – stories of your experiences with our Blessing Bag project for the service she is planning on October 16. Please write up a short experience story and either email it to her at sasdms@aol.com or give it to her at church.
Alyssa Brittan is selling candy bars to assist her dance troupe. Only $1 each!
Saturday, October 8, 1:30 pm @ Phx Central – Celebration of Life for Winston Howell.
Sunday, October 9, 5-7 pm, at Phoenix Central. CCY (Community of Christ Youth). See Amber Pope for details and a ride if necessary. More details – http://tinyurl.com/haklxkj
The Walking Club will meets on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 6:00pm. We will walk in Eldora’s neighborhood this week and discuss where we will meet next week. Please email Heather at heather.featherstone1972@gmail.com or text/call her at 623-229-4214 to let her know you are coming so we don’t leave you behind.
October 21 & 21 – “Building an Inclusive Church†The Building an Inclusive Church trainings help you design and implement a process for your congregation to publicly and intentionally welcoming people of all sexual orientations and gender identities and expressions. Building an Inclusive Church equips you with ways to create dialogue – deepening relationships throughout the congregation rather than sparking debate and division. Please click here for more information and to register. PLEASE REGISTER BY OCTOBER 6TH to ensure we meet the minimum required registration.
Saturday, October 22, time – TBA @ TBW – Celebration of Life for Katherine Ramey.
Sunday, October 30, 9:30am – Budget meeting
Schedules are here – http://tinyurl.com/zsczltf (If you wait for the page to load, you should be able to see tabs either at the bottom or at the top of the page with the month names – you click on the month you are interested in and it should open. If you still are having problems, please let me know)
Want a printable calendar of events for your fridge? Click here – http://tinyurl.com/z72jlcu, and then click “print†in the upper right corner. Want a different month? Click the down menu on the left side with the month name.
Any announcements that you want in the weekly updates should be sent to this email address (thunderbirdwest.cofchrist@gmail.com) with the subject line “For Announcements”. The Weekly Update goes out on Wednesday evenings so any submissions for the email should be sent no later than Noon on Wednesdays.