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Growing Deep Roots to Share God's Love
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In this edition, you won't want to miss these stories:
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Who doesn't want the band back out for at least one more song? The encore is always the best they've sounded and the loudest the crowd sings. The same goes for Jesus, as he defeats the hold death has on us and energizes his disciples with the gift of the Holy Spirit. As we conclude our 40-chapter sermon series we launched in January, we'll see for the first time in Our Story the crowd start to take a bigger role in Kingdom building. This week's scripture is calling us to celebrate our part in Jesus' liberating encore performance. On Sunday, let's close our sermon series where it all begins.
Consider reviewing the following scripture verses ahead of our sermon:
Mark 16:1-20
Matthew 28:1-20
Luke 24:1-53
John 20:1-18
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Feedback on the sermon series? What new information have you learned? We'd love to hear from you.
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October 16
Chapter 40: "Encore!"
October 23
Growing Roots so Life Can Happen
Worship Services at 9:30 and 11:00 this Sunday Only
Building Campaign Celebration Event 10 - 1 p.m.
October 30
Growing Roots Through Learning
November 6
Growing Roots in Sharing
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UPCOMING EVENTS
October 14
Lovejoy ISD Leopard Friday, Come see Creekwood's Teacher Dunking Booth!
October 15
October 18
Creekwood MOMtourage, 6:30 p.m., Creekwood Worship Center
October 23
Two special worship services: 9:30 & 11:00 a.m. Please make note of times.
November 6
November 20
Stewardship and Growing Roots Commitment Sunday
November 24
Thanksgiving; Church Office Closed 11/24 and 11/25
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Volunteer Highlight
There are many, many volunteers working behind the scenes at Creekwood, and we love to share stories of how people are giving so
graciously of their time and talent.
Today we're featuring two members currently focused on growing roots, and not of the arborist variety!
If you haven't noticed, Julie Stelly and Jim Genrich have been pretty busy the past few months. They've been at the helm of the "Growing Roots" building campaign
that we'll officially kick off next Sunday, October 23, with two
special worship services - 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. - and a celebration by the pond from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Our fearless leaders have been dutifully collating information, coordinating the meetings of key players, formulating strategy and hammering out the path for this
next important step in our church. Want to learn more about the campaign?
Click here
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Jim shared of his co-chair Julie, "She is a kind, intelligent and hardworking person.
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Julie with her son, Aaron, and daughter, Leah.
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Julie brings great passion and energy to the building campaign and is an "unofficial cheerleader" in her own words. She is more than willing to cover meetings or activities that I cannot attend by herself. Members cannot help but get excited about this campaign if they spend any time around Julie. I am extremely lucky to have her as my co-chair on this campaign."
Julie humbly shared, "When David asked me to co-chair the "Growing Roots" building campaign, I felt
completely unequipped for the job. Thank God, and David, for pairing me with Jim!
Jim has such passion and dedication to making this campaign a success. Where I am the big picture person, Jim has all the answers about
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Jim with his wife, Sara, and daughters Nicole and Rachel.
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all the details. I'm not kidding! He is so capable and is such a blessing to all of us at Creekwood. I'm convinced that God has His hand on our project, and I'm quite sure that God hand picked Jim to lead our charge. It is my pleasure to work alongside Jim. He makes us all better!"
Neither Jim nor Julie is new to serving Creekwood. Jim has participated in several of our youth mission trips, is active with Habitat for Humanity, gives of his time to Family Promise, serves as an usher many Sundays and is very active in Bible Study. Julie also participates in Habitat, steps in to serve as a Family Promise overnight host (one of our hardest volunteer slots to fill), served on our Finance Committee and, yep, you can find her most Sundays standing behind the do-nut counter in the kitchen, graciously greeting everyone with her big heart and Texas charm. Both have also served on our Board of Trustees.
Long-time Creekwood member and staff member and current Director of Missions, Annmarie Barajas, shared, "Julie and Jim both embody humble servitude. As long as I have been at Creekwood, they have both been instrumental in serving, studying and inviting others to participate in this amazing congregation. They both exude joy in serving whether it's hauling a trailer full of beds for family promise or a trailer full of beds for people that don't have any beds. They see a need, and meet it. It is a blessing and a privilege to know them and observe their dedication to following Christ."
We invite you to join us in thanking Jim and Julie for stepping up for this important cause. Let's thank them for caring so deeply about Creekwood. Let's thank them for picking up the torch and running, consistently and efficiently as we approach the official "Growing Roots" kick off. The best way you can thank them is to actively pray for and participate fully in the "Growing Roots" campaign in whatever way makes most sense for you/your family.
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 What Would You Do
if You Found Your Teacher in a ....
Dunking Booth???
Tomorrow, Friday, October 14. Creekwood will have a booth at Lovejoy's Leopard Friday. To be certain, we'll have a dunking booth! We've got at least five Lovejoy teachers on the schedule for dunking! Let us know if you are interested in working at our booth (no, you don't have to get in the dunk tank). It is a great way to share Creekwood with others in our community. We've partnered with the Lovejoy Band; all proceeds raised at the booth will go to support the band.
Plan to come by and see us and support a good cause!
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Join Us at the Fall Festival This Saturday, 3 - 6 p.m.
A Few Volunteers Still Needed
Plan to stop by the 2016 Fall Festival this Saturday between 3 and 6 p.m. We promise lots of fun. We'll have a petting zoo, a bounce house, carnival games, balloon
animals, face painting, a children's craft table, a hayride, popcorn, cotton candy,
hot dogs
, and much more!
It takes many volunteers to make this important community outreach event a success, and we could still use a few more helpers.
Click here
to review the full list of remaining volunteer opportunities.
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Don't Forget, October is Pastor Appreciation Month
If you want to share a note of appreciation with Pastor David
click here, or Pastor John
click here. Notes and words of encouragement will mean the most to them but if you're thinking about a token of appreciation, you might consider the following, because we got the scoop:
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Pastor David Likes ...
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Pastor John Likes ...
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Apples, oranges, grapes & pineapple
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Saxby's Coffee
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Trail mix/nuts, raisins & cranberries
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Nuts
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Chocolate milk & Arnold Palmers (iced tea/lemonade)
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Cheese
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Peppermints & Trident mint gum
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Unsweet Iced Tea
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Top Golf & Star Wars themed Sudoku
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Home Goods Store
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Reese's peanut buttercups & peanut M&Ms
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Gift cards to local-to-Creekwood lunch spots
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Zoe's Kitchen, Freebirds, any Mexican food!
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Pumpkin Patch
Plan to stop by and pick up some pumpkins! All proceeds from the Creekwood pumpkin patch will go to support Creekwood Youth mission work. We're open daily 9 a.m. to dusk.
We rely on volunteers to run our pumpkin patch, and youth volunteers can earn service hours.
Click here
to sign up to staff the patch for a few hours in October. Recruit a friend and use the time to catch up!
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Get to Know the New Website!
Did you get a chance to review our Missions page last week? Find the sermon archives? This week we'll browse over to the Events page.
Want to know what's going on at Creekwood during the month of October? Ready to sign up for a volunteer shift at the Pumpkin Patch? Wondering when we'll have the Live Nativity this year? You'll find this information and more on the
Events Page of our new website. Check it out. Let us know if we're missing something.
We'd love to hear your suggestions for the new website. Click here to share them.
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Growing Deep Roots Building Campaign
We're just over a week out from our "Growing Roots" campaign launch! On Sunday, October 23, we will offer just two, special worship services:
9:30 traditional and 11:00 contemporary. From 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. that Sunday, we invite you to join us behind the worship center for food, fun and games as we officially kick off this important next step for Creekwood.
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Watcha' Cookin'?
Did you know our Care Team has a Catering Team? The team is made up of members on standby to make meals for those in our community/congregation in a time of need, be it a family member hospitalized, an accident, a new baby, an injury or something else. If you've ever been a recipient of a delivered meal from our care team, you know how nice it is to have a square meal when you are not able to pull one off for youself or your loved ones. Do you feel called to serve in this capacity? You don't have to be Julia Child--we all have a special recipe or two that is our signature gift. Share that gift. Contact
Linda Mints to sign up.
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Second Habitat Build This Saturday 10/15 - Join Us, We Could Use Five More!
Creekwood's next Habitat for Humanity build at the soon-to-be Escamilla residence in Princeton will be held this Saturday, October 15 from 8:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. We need a total of 20 volunteers. If you've completed the Habitat training, consider committing your time and skills to this important cause. This will be our last build of 2016; the November build has been postponed. For more information, contact
Lyndsey Lessner. Learn more abou
t the Escamillas
here
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We're Hiring
We are looking to hire two part-time Sunday School teachers/child care workers in our Little Explorers Classrooms (ages 0-5). The pay is $11 an hour. You must be 18 years old, able to pass a background check and have two solid references. It is mainly for Sunday mornings between the hours of 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., but there are occasional weekday childcare needs as well. Please contact Melissa Fritzsche the Director of Preschool Ministries at
mlfritzsche@gmail.com or 972-849-7479 if you are interested.
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Have an infant through 4th grader and not currently receiving our weekly Children's Ministries' newsletter, Explorers' Times? Please
email us to be added to our distribution list.
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2015 Costume Contest
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Costume Dodge Ball October 30, 5 - 7:30 p.m.
CSM is hosting a Halloween event featuring food, games, a costume contest and a dodge ball tournament. We'll be in the Lovejoy Elementary School gym next door to Creekwood. Students in grades 7 - 12 are welcome. And, we encourage you to bring a friend!
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Sunday school
is held each Sunday from 10:15 - 11:15 a.m. 5th - 6th graders will meet in the
tile room of the Children's Center.
7th - 8th graders meet in the garage of the Student Center and 9th -12th graders meet in the Student Center.
The Rise is held in the Student Center on Sundays, from 5 - 7 p.m. All youth are welcome to these evenings of worship, fellowship and fun. Meals are provided; a $5 donation is encouraged. If you are looking to help our awesome Student Ministry by providing a meal, or part of a meal, for The Rise click here to pick a date and sign up. We promise you'll have fun feeding and visiting with our students.
Middle School Bible Study is held Wednesday evenings, 6:00-7:30 p.m. Bring your Bibles (and dinner, if you'd like) and join us for fellowship and study. Contact Donna Bartholomew for more information.
Let's stay in touch.
Students and parents wanting to stay up to date with current activities, events and services, please text @elevatecu to 81010.
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Have a 7th - 12th grader and not currently receiving our weekly Youth Ministries' newsletter? Please
email us to be added to our distribution list.
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See what is happening on our Creekwood social sites.
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