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October—Pastor Appreciation Month |
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All pastors face an uphill
battle each day often characterized by weariness and discouragement. Yet they
hold fast to their dreams. They, like the Apostle Paul says in Philippians
3:14, “press on toward the goal; to win the prize.
”Most of you know that October is Pastor Appreciation Month. This is an
opportunity for you to say “Thank You” to our pastor, Rev. Jeff Matthews, and to
recall the times he has stood on the front lines of the spiritual battle for you
and your family. This is our chance to say thank you, we love you, and we are
praying for you, your family, and your ministry.
What can we do to say thanks to Pastor Jeff? A simple card of encouragement, an
invitation to breakfast or lunch, a promise to pray for him and his family, how
about washing his car, or surprising him on a snowy Sunday morning and clearing
the snow from his car after the service. These are all wonderful statements of
love and appreciation. It cost nothing to say, “Thank You for everything you
are doing. I can see the Lord working through you.” These words mean so very
much to our pastor.
Don’t Pastor Jeff and his family deserve this kind of recognition? Do something
about it this month.
Yours in Christ,
Don Heffner
Chair, Pastor-Parish Relations
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2005
9:00 a.m. — 6:00 p.m.
Green Valley United Methodist Church
Home-Made Crafts & Decorations
Baked Goods & White Elephant Sale |
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Christian Ed News |
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SPROUTS—Witnessing for Jesus
Christ Through Loving God and Neighbor
Introducing “Sprouts” a special ministry based on the Covenant
Discipleship program of the United Methodist Church. Sprouts is for children in
grades four and five who want to “witness Jesus Christ in the world, and to
follow his teachings through acts of compassion, justice worship, and devotion
under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.” Sprouts participants will have an
opportunity to grow as Christian disciples. Participants learn to practice
daily Acts of Kindness (helping others) Weekly meetings include Devotion
(relating to God), Acts of Kindness (helping others), Acts of Justice (helping
our world), Acts of Covenant Time, a snack, and Justice Time.
Parents and children are invited to an informational meeting on
Saturday, November 19 at 11:00 a.m. Child care will be available for younger
siblings and a light lunch will be provided.
Sunday, December 4 Family Advent
Celebration
Craft table leaders are needed. If you would be willing to lead
a table or have and idea for a craft, please contact Penny
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AN EXCITING EXPERIMENT FOR OUR CHURCH
A NEW EARLY WORSHIP SERVICE TIME
BEGINNING DAYLIGHT SAVINGS SUNDAY
OCTOBER 30, AT 8:45 A.M.
After many months
of studying our morning worship and Sunday School time structure, the
Administrative Council at their September meeting decided to try moving our
early service back 15 minutes to 8:45. The reason for this change is to assure
that the important ministry of the Sunday School will have time to function
well. The first
proposal of a change in time was brought to the Administrative Council in
November of 2004 by the Education Team. It has been debated off and on. The
Pastor-Parish Team has been hearing concerns that the Sunday School time is too
rushed. The proposal was again
introduced at our
last meeting by the Worship Team. Our prayer is
that we can try this experiment and see how it works. We know it is
early, and it will be an adjustment for people with small children and also
people who need a while for their bodies to get going in the morning. If
we can see that it is only a 15 minutes change that may solve one of the
concerns brought by many parts of our church. There may be some
bugs to work out as we make the changes. Please be patient as we face
each one of the challenges, and try to solve them. The Worship Team will
monitor how the new times are working and the Administrative Council will
analyze the experiment in
December. The new time will
begin on Sunday morning October 30, 2005. It is the day when Daylight
Saving time begins, so we hope it will make the first Sunday of our experiment
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MAN IN THE MIRROR — STUDY FOR MEN
Led by Rev. Jeff,
on Saturday Mornings, at 7:30 a.m.
At the church, Rolls and Coffee!
The purpose of this study book is to help men
understand the person who stares back at them in the mirror each morning. It
has 24 chapters that talk about the most difficult problems that men face in
their everyday lives.The hope is that this will be an inter-generational study
that includes our high school guys to our older men. The chapters are about 12
pages long with a page of questions in the back.
A few of the chapters are: The Secret of Job Contentment
Broken Relationships, Children: How To Avoid Regrets, Pride, Anger, How To
Decide What’s Important, Integrity — What’s The Price?, How Can A Man Change?
The book has sold over 2 million copies. It allows for great
discussion and insight. It is a great way for older men to share the things
that have worked or not worked in their own lives.
The reason for the early time is to allow men to get their kids to 9:00 soccer
games, and not pull away from quality time with family. The group will start
Saturday, October 1.
In our Sunday Schools classes, men of about the same ages share
together. One of the strengths of this group is guys from high school age to 80
grow from this book and the sharing that takes place.
The beauty of this study is that each chapter stands alone. If
you can not come for a week, you do not get behind. This is an exciting
challenge for the men of our church. Our prayer is that we can become a unit of
men who continue to challenge each other in living our faith.
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Greetings from your Green Valley Youth Leaders! |
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We all had a fun time at the youth group
kick-off picnic and we had a great turnout! Thanks to all who came and helped
out! A special thanks to rev. Jeff and Joyce for delivering the message and
sharing in the fund!
This is going to be an
exciting year for our youth! We are going to be starting a project this fall of
reconstructing/redecorating the Youth room downstairs in the church.
First, we would like to ask the church to
pray for our project as we map out our plan, seek donations for
materials/equipment, and begin to work on the room.
We would like to ask the church for any
“handyman” kind of guys that would like to help us with our reconstruction
(carpentry/carpet installation, etc.) also anyone that is skilled at electrical
work to help us install some new light fixtures, and anyone with artistic talent
to help us design our walls. We would greatly appreciate your expertise!
We do have a limited budget, so we would
like to ask anyone in our church that would like to donate funds or items that
are new or in good condition from the following list to let Cathy or Carlo know
(330-896-8638).
Snack/Juice Bar Table (to go by sink) Big
Screen TV/Flat Screen Dart Board
Stereo/CD Player/Boom Box Game
System/PS2/X-Box Digital Camera
Booths (like in a restaurant) DVD & VCR
Player/Movies Air Hockey Table
Refrigerator Large Chalkboard/Corkboard
Foosball Table
Microwave Ping Pong Table/Billiard Table Bar
Stools
Christian Music Collection/CD’s
Sport Balls: Basket balls, footballs, kick
balls.
Funds for: Paint, Carpet, supplies, lighting, furniture/couches/chairs, etc.
We would like to give a big “Thank You” to
Vern & Joyce Smith for donating and preparing our delicious youth meal Sept.
18th! We all appreciate your work, love and service for our youth!
Anyone that would like to donate a meal for
our youth one Sunday evening, please let us know. Thank you
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