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Message
"Peacemakers"
Pastor Doug

Come Out Sunday Night 
5:15 p.m. Evening Worship
6:30 p.m. YouthWorx (2nd & 4th Sundays)

In Prayer
Please continue to be praying for Pastor Joyce, as she
has taken her last treatment and recovers.
Cards may be sent to Pastor Joyce at her home address 
or in care of the Church Office.

Happy Birthday!
Jim Clemmer is turning 96!
Join us in wishing him a happy birthday 
by sending cards to his address
or through the Church Office.


ANNOUNCEMENTS

September 24 - YOUTHWORX CAR WASH at Pep Boys
Next Saturday, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., come to the Quakertown Pep Boys and let our Youth get your car squeaky clean.  Also, we can you donate some supplies for us?  We need clean old towels and rags, sponges, and a hose splitter.  If you would like to volunteer with our youth, please join us at 9:15!  Thank you!

September 24 - FREE FALL at the Main Street Park
Free Fall is an absolutely free youth event put on by  FCA  (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) and various other local churches (including First Church) and  sponsors . The day will include a bunch of fun, lots of free stuff, an an opportunity to hear about the greatest free gift of all, Jesus. Activities include a  skateboarding contest BMX contest 3 on 3 basketball tournament , participant testimonies, free food, music, free games, lots of free giveaways, and much more...  The event is planned with middle school and high school students in mind, but the whole family is welcome to come out and enjoy the afternoon.  For more information about Free Fall,   click here!

SUNDAY SCHOOL AND FAITH FACTORY at 10:30-11:30
Everyone ages 3 through 12th grade meet in classroom #6, everyone else meets in their class room
We have a class for everyone!  
  • Birth-3 Years Old
  • 3 Years Old (potty trained)
  • 6th Grade
  • 7th Grade to 12th Grade
  • College Age and Young Adults in the Coffee Cafe' 
  • & 2 Options for Adults: in Parlor and in Classroom by parking lot doors
We are looking forward to seeing YOU!

ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL in the parlor
All are welcome to the Adults in the Parlor Class as we join together in fellowship, and through various DVD's, we learn, discuss and share, as each is able, our understandings, thoughts, and personal growth.  We will view and discuss two DVD's based on the devotional book, Streams in the Desert, written by L.B. Cowman, Part One, "Discovering God's Call" and Part Two, "Words of Life." 

ADULT FORUM (in the Classroom by the parking lot doors)
The Book of Daniel is much more than the story of Daniel and the Lion's Den.  Learn what God says Daniel's dreams mean in the book of Revelation!!!  Starting today at 10:45 a.m. 

EVERY WEEK-SUNDAY EVENING WORSHIP
Come out at 5:15 p.m. for our Sunday Evening service in the Chapel for a time of music, teaching, and discussion. 

YouthWorx meets every SECOND AND FOURTH Sunday each month.  Join us from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. in this new semester!


NOT-YOUR-TYPICAL LADIES BIBLE STUDY
Join us for an exciting change to our regular Wednesday morning!  Together we are "creating" a meaningful prayerful activities (crafts) and praying for our church, our community, our state, our country, our world, missionaries around the world, children of our church, community, schools, and around the world, widows, widowers, orphans, leaders, the earth and its resources... the list goes on and on!  We start at 10:00 and go no later than 11:30 a.m.  Try it out this week - you will be so glad you did!

GREETERS AND USHERS
October is our month to bring baked goods, cookies, fruit, crackers and cheese, etc. for the Fellowship Hour following the service.  Please let Virginia Servas or Kathy Felix know what you can bring and when you can help in setting or cleaning up.  We thank you for your help.

October 4 - WOMEN'S GUILD
The October 4 Women's Guild meeting will feature Debbie Parker Schwartz, a native of Quakertown and currently pastor of Trinity UCC in Leesport.  Debbie will present a program on her experience walking the Camino de Santiago (The Way of Saint James), a 500 mile spiritual pilgrimage across northern Spain.  The full schedule for the coming year will be included in the October newsletter. 

October 9 - FAMILY THANKOFFERING
Sunday, October 9 is Family Thank Offering.  The Family Thank Offering envelope in your packet is a reminder to be thankful for the blessings we have and also gives us an opportunity to help others who are less fortunate.  Joanne Kramer and Valerie Melroy from Outreach Care will tell us about this local group which aids homeless people in Quakertown and Upper Bucks County with help in housing and support in sustaining daily living conditions.  Our Thank Offering for this year will be divided between Outreach Care and help for flood damaged Louisiana.

October 9 - CROP WALK
The 2016 Crop Walk is scheduled for Sunday, October 9.  Envelopes for donations are being handed out by Barry Tice. You don't have to walk to participate. A donation can be placed in the envelope and given back to Barry. If you decide to walk, bring a can of food to be donated to the starting point in Memorial Park. Registration to walk is 1:00 p.m. at Memorial Park.  The Walk starts at 1:30.  Our Church is a rest stop for the walker's.  Our congregation always makes chocolate chip cookies to give to the walkers as they rest.  I am asking our bakers in the congregation to once again bake those famous chocolate chip cookies.  They can be dropped off in the kitchen on Sunday morning, October 9.  Please help to stop hunger and donate again this year.  Thank you. Cheryl and Barry Tice

OCTOBER 15 - 2016 AUTUMN ALIVE!  
This a great opportunity for First Church to involve ourselves into our community.  Autumn Alive! draws in a huge crowd from all over the region.  First Church has the "sweetest" tables at the event!  The children in the community are welcomed to help themselves to cupcake decorating.  We provide them with the festive treats and they enjoy the time decorating!  In order to make this event a success, we are in need of many cupcakes (with no icing), tubs of icing, and all sorts of toppings.  Please bring your donations to Church Office on or before October 16, or you may bring them to Autumn Alive! on Saturday October 15 by 10:00 a.m.  Our table will be set up at our "normal" location which is across from Sine's 5 &10.  Volunteers are also needed to run the cupcake decorating tables.  A sign-up sheets are on the wall outside Fellowship Hall and in the Narthex.  You are welcome to sign up for as many 2 hour shifts as you would like.  As always, many hands make light work.  The sign-up sheet also includes assistance with set up and clean up.  Thank you in advance.


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