ANNOUNCEMENTS
November 16, 2008
Sunday,
November 16
9:00
am
Elders Meeting in Gathering Space
10:15
am
Worship
11:30
am
Congregational Meeting in Chapel
Monday,
November 17
7:00
pm
Fishtones
Tuesday,
November 18
5:30
pm
Team Meetings
6:30
pm
Board Meeting
Sunday,
November 23
Thanksgiving
Sunday Service – Celebrating 120 Years of Ministry
10:15
am
Worship
11:30
am
Thanksgiving Dinner with HPPC in brick building
Monday,
November 24
7:00
pm
Fishtones
Thursday, November
27
Thanksgiving
Day – Church Office Closed
Friday,
November 28
Church
Office Closed
There will be a Congregational Meeting following worship TODAY at 11:30 am, in the
chapel.
Plan to celebrate Thanksgiving with your church family next Sunday, November 23rd.
Worship will include celebrating our 120th anniversary as a congregation and Bible
presentations in recognition of National Bible Week. We encourage everyone to bring a special Bible with them to this service. Maybe a Bible you received from Highland CC. After worship we will celebrate with a Thanksgiving dinner with HPPC with an opportunity to make some Advent crafts. SAVE THE DATE! INVITE YOUR FRIENDS! – Please sign up TODAY with Barb Flechsig for the food you would like to bring to the potluck.
120th Celebration – If you have a special item or memento from the 120 years of HCC’s
ministry, that you would like used or incorporated into our 120th service please bring it to
Pastor Sondra today, November 16th; it will help us with our celebration! Thank you!
Sign
up to volunteer at
Stewardship Campaign: If you have not had the opportunity to turn in your
pledge/commitment cards you can still do so. Extra cards and envelopes are located in the
back
of the Chapel; please deposit them in the offering plates as they are passed.
Thank you!
Outreach Opportunities... 2008 Colorado Christian Home Needs List: November batteries (A, AA, AAA, C&D), cotton balls, hair spray, hair gel, Clorox wipes, glade air fresheners (spray), holiday dinner napkins, holiday paper plates dinner size, holiday table covers
BienVenidos Food Bank – donations collected Food Bank Sunday is the first Sunday of each month, but donations can be brought any Sunday and are collected in the silver bin located in the Gathering Space. Thank-you!
Sondra’s
Sharings....
Have you ever looked up the word
“unity?” Webster’s Dictionary defines unity as: the state or face of being one; oneness;
one single thing; something complete in itself; the oneness of a complex whole;
harmony.
When we take a look around our world
we may be hard pressed to find signs of unity. It may be easy to find things
that are dividing us more than they are uniting us as a global people. We could
all come up with a list of those things that seem to cause divisions: theology,
politics, economic status, geography, culture, and the list goes
on.
When we have differing experiences
and beliefs we often view them as divisions instead of opportunities.
Opportunities to learn, grow and face our challenges with new solutions and
ideas. Facing them together, celebrating all that each of us can bring to the
Table. The Table of diversity, welcome and oneness.
As we move forward as a church, as a
nation, as a world, as the people of God – may we do so with the unity and
spirit of peace and love.
In God’s Unifying
Love,
Pastor Sondra