Archive for October, 2011
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
All Saints Sunday falls for us on the Sunday when we begin our Stewardship emphasis [this year]. So it was interesting to think about the two at the same time. And the emphasis for us is “Steps Along The Path”; that’s the theme for our stewardship time this year. And we’re borrowing from John Ed Mathison’s [book] “Treasures of the Transformed Life”… Mathison centered his comments around those topics that are our membership vows: prayers, presence, gifts, and service…. and witness…..
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Thursday, October 27th, 2011
Greetings to you, My Friends,
Well, the first-in-awhile Dover Area CROP Walk took off last Sunday! It was great fun. There were about 106 walkers (not including those who just came along for the fun of it). The very rough guesstimate at this point of money raised from all the walkers is $6,700. We had about […]
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Monday, October 24th, 2011
KATRINA MISSION TEAM PUBLIC SUPPER DECEMBER 10, 2011
Our next Louisiana mission trip takes place during school vacation, April 21-29, 2012. Returning to St Bernard Parish, we are again partnering with The St Bernard Project. Several teens and adults have already expressed interest in joining us. Our mission teams are a very small part of […]
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Monday, October 24th, 2011
The Women’s Book Group meets the first Monday of each month at the home of one of its members. During the preceding month we will have read the selected book, and we will then discuss it together, with one of our members serving as facilitator.
November 7th we will be discussing “Chariots of the Gods” by […]
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Monday, October 24th, 2011
Mark your calendar, November 1st, All Saint’s Day, will be our “Revised Pumpkin Stroll” from 6:00pm - 7:30pm. We will have warm cider, snacks and music. Please come and see how our Sunday School Students have revised this stroll! If you would like to help with this event please call Wendy Kettlewood 742-9676.
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Monday, October 24th, 2011
There will be a practice on October 29th at 1:30 for all those interested, just show up and join in the class and then off to the Harvest Costume Party!! If you have questions please talk with Janet Warfield.
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Monday, October 24th, 2011
Harvest Costume Party! Have the kids dress in their costumes and join us for games, crafts, costume parade, snacks and more! October 29th 2pm - 4pm in Hartford Hall. Your child is welcome to bring a friend with them to join in the fun. Please sign up on the rolling bulletin board in Hartford Hall. […]
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Monday, October 24th, 2011
We will have our blood pressure screening on October 23rd at 10 AM in Hartford Hall. Please join us and have your blood pressure check. The next clinic will be on November 20th.
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Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
Today is the final sermon in a series of three that we’ve been sharing together about St. John’s and discussions that we’ve been having for over two years now, about whether to become a Reconciling Congregation. Reconciling Congregations are United Methodist congregations which say intentionally to the gay and lesbian community that they are welcome here.
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Thursday, October 20th, 2011
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Greetings to All!
An old hymn that I like very much begins this way: “Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine! . . . This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long.” Living in a world that experiences change as rapidly as the twenty-first […]
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