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Growing Deep Roots to Share God's Love
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This Sunday Only, 10/23, Worship Times:
9:30 Traditional & 11:00 Contemporary
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In this edition, you won't want to miss these stories:
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Join us Sunday as we kick off a special sermon series: "Growing Roots." Focusing on our vision, we'll consider how God is moving in our congregation to accomplish His vision. We start this week with the basics - life. Our lives move at a fast and furious pace but we mustn't forget that God calls us to something deeper, something rooted in the living water of Jesus Christ.
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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 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.
This Sunday Only: No Sunday School Classes
October 30
Growing Roots Through Learning
November 6
Growing Roots in Sharing
November 13
Growing Roots Through Service
November 20
Giving Thanks
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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
Austin Street Shelter Thanksgiving Serving
Thanksgiving; Church Office Closed 11/24 and 11/25
November 27 - December 4
Creekwood Hosts Family Promise, Student Center
December 4 & 11
Plano Santas Angel Tree
December 5
Creekwood Church Council, Open to All, 6:30 p.m., Worship Center
December 7 & 8
Live Nativity, Creekwood Barn, Shows On The Hour and Half Hour, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
December 18
Christmas Cantata f/ Creekwood Choir, Handbell Choir and Children's Choir, 7 p.m., Worship Center
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Ministry Highlight - Boy Scouts
A twist on our volunteer highlight, today we're treated to a ministry highlight. The work of our church expands beyond our traditional church walls and church family so we'll use this section to highlight some ministry areas not known to everyone. Today, we're talking Boy Scouts.
Boy Scout Pack 358 to be certain. It was chartered by Creekwood United Methodist Church and is comprised of young men from Allen, Fairview, Lucas, and surrounding communities. The Troop meets year-round on Monday evenings from 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. and is a boy-driven program with an active advancement program.
Many new scouts earn the rank of First Class within their first year. In the past two years, the Pack has had 13 members achieve the rank of Eagle Scout. One Creekwood member who is currently working on achieving Eagle Scout is Johnny Dorlon. In
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Yeppers, that is a pumpkin launcher.
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addition to earning a minimum of 21 merit badges and serving in positions of leadership within their troop, Eagle Scout candidates must complete a service project. As a way to give back, Johnny asked what he could do for Creekwood, and he got his answer. For his Eagle
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The birth of a pumpkin launcher.
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project, he designed and built .... pumpkin launchers-- because who doesn't want to launch pumpkins? These impressive gadgets, which will become a mainstay in our annual Pumpkin Patch, will provide entertainment for the community while raising money for youth missions. As an active youth at Creekwood, it seemed like a win-win situation to Johnny. The launchers can also be used to launch water balloons, but no, not spouses.
The launchers will debut this Sunday at our "Growing Roots" Building Campaign celebration kick off, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Plan to stop by and launch an unassuming pumpkin.
Pack 358 has given back to Creekwood in other ways, too. You may have seen the scouts unloading pumpkins, helping tear-down after VBS, or working the Fall Festival. Another Creekwood member, Dylan Smith, recently built, for his Eagle project, benches by the sand pit for the preschool summer camps, and added sand and new borders to keep the sand in the pit.
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Boy Scouts Serving Pancakes
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You may recall the scouts made us all pancakes after worship last spring to say "thanks" for the support.
Don't forget to join us for the Growing Roots Building Campaign kick off this Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Come launch at our campaign launch! You can thank Johnny for the opportunity ;)
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 "Growing Roots" Building Campaign Kick Off This Sunday
As part of our campaign kick off this Sunday, we will have worship services at two special times:
9:30 traditional and 11:00 contemporary. From 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 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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Boo! A Surprising Prayer
Join with the Lay Leadership team of Creekwood in "BOOing" your friends and neighbors this Halloween season. But, instead of candy, offer them prayer, and a chance to pray for others. It's simple. Print off the "Boo Prayer" at
this link, tape it to your neighbors' or friends' doors and let the Holy Ghost do its thing.
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About That Fall Festival!
We had record attendance at the Fall Festival this year. Though we had not official attendance tracker, we estimated 1,200 attendees joined us for the food and fun. THANK YOU to everyone who showed our guests Creekwood hospitality. We especially want to thank our dedicated volunteers who worked so hard
(in the very non-Fall heat) to
make it all happen, and all those who donated candy and baked goods. It was a blessing to see so many smiling faces.
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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
We're getting another load of pumpkins this Saturday, October 22. Looking for a fun workout? Come help us unload the 300+ pumpkins. The truck should be here by 10 a.m. We'd love your help and company.
All proceeds from the Creekwood pumpkin patch 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! We are in need of volunteers for this Saturday and Sunday.
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Joyful! Joyful!
Did you miss the contemporary service flash mob last Sunday? Want to check out all the smooth moves again? We've got a video here just for you! No one ever said Creekwood services are predictable!
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Contemporary Service Flash Mob 10/16/16
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The week of October 16-23 is National Family Promise Week.
Family Promise of Collin County is one of 202 programs across the country uniting the faith community to help children and their families who are homeless. Family Promise Week will raise awareness about the issue as well as celebrate the service of our congregations and others who serve our brothers and sisters in need. If you would like to learn more about Family Promise of Collin
County, please visit their website at
familypromiseofcollincounty.org
Click here
to sign up to serve at our next hosting November 27 - December 4. C
ontact Sarah Brown for more information.
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They Came, They Built
The Creekwood crew made solid progress on the
Escamillas
' Habitat house this past Saturday. The volunteers primarily did painting and caulking. Watch for more information to
come on the next build, which will take place in January.
For more information, or to sign up for first-time volunteer training, contact Christina Sheppard via email or at 972-510-9083.
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Miss our beautiful Children's Choir performance last Sunday? Check it out here. Now, we can't guarantee this song won't be stuck in your head afterwards.
Arky, Arky......
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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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