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Should we pay taxes to Caesar?
The Pharisees begin by handing Jesus a coin, and Jesus asks them, "Whose head is this, and whose title?" They reply, "The emperor's," at which point Jesus makes the famous statement, "Give . . . to the emperor the things that are the emperor's, and to God the things that are God's."
I sure wish life was really that easy.
But we live in an ambiguous world in which the things of Caesar bump up against the things of God. When we are in the middle of life, how can we tell the difference between the things of Caesar and the things of God?

En Agape',
Rev. Michael



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This Week's Calendar
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Monday: November newsletter deadline
Tuesday: Meals on Wheels - Don Moore
Wednesday:  Women's Prayer Group - 10:30 a.m.
Choir - 7:00 p.m.
Saturday:  Ruritan Brunswick stew sale
Youth Group Cake Decorating - 10:00 a.m.
Sunday:   Children's Choir - 9:45 a.m.
Fall Festival 4:00 p.m.


Congregational Meeting Update
Board Meeting


The next Congregational Meeting will be held immediately following a One Worship Service On December 3, 2017.  Please plan to attend this important meeting to allow the Church to move forward with our 2018 Ministry. Please lift the 2018 Ministry Plan up in your prayers.

Items from Sunday:
Updates to Facility Use Guidelines that cover the new pavilion
Nomination of 2018 officers 

2018 Slash Leadership 
Reggie Martin, Moderator
David Bremner, Vice-Moderator
Leslie West, Secretary
Gen Bohannon, Financial Secretary
Steve Harrison, Treasurer
Sandra Loving, Assistant Financial Secretary
Shanna Penley, Assistant Treasurer
Helen Kersey, Membership Clerk
Dianne Jones, Historian
Diana Harrison, Trustee (Board)
Harold Manahan, Elder (Board)
Nancy Farrell, Elder (Board)
Chad Baugher, (Diaconate Board)
Julie Moore, Diaconate (Board)
Jean Smith, Diaconate (Board)
Meredith Farrell, Jr. Diaconate (Board)
Trustees :  John Haines (2020), Lloyd West, (2019), Diana Harrison (2018)

Elders:    2020: Harold Manahan (Board), David Bremner, Patsy Fowler
                2019: Mark Highfield, Ted Jones,Madelyn Logan
                2018: Reggie Martin, Nancy Farrell (Board), Judy Pierce
 
Diaconate:
2020: Chad Baugher, Elana Gant, Deborah Sadler, Norma Miller, Keith Dalton, Carlton Shelton
2019: Barbara Davis, Keith Davis, Heather Ostrander, Jim Ostrander, Pat Penley, Jared Pierce, Jean Smith (Board)
2018: Angie Dalton, Amanda Matassa, Don Moore, Julie Moore (Board), Alex Smith, Sherri Beth Smith
 
Jr. Diaconate:
2018: Chris Benson, Wendy Benson, Kendall Dalton, Olivia Gant, Meredith Farrell, Logan Markley, Brenna Peterman, Ruthie Weeks
 

 


Outreach Opportunities

Spread the warmth by joining us to help families sleep tight as
CARITAS prepares to serve families during the colder months. 
Donate new or gently used Blankets, Pillows and Sheet Sets. 
There is a box in the hall of the Educational Building to accept donations through December 10th.  Contact Steve Harrison for more information.

Teachers and Members :  It is time to mail our old Sunday School materials to Edwin L. Hodges Ministries in Alabama.  They in turn ship them to third world countries and use them for teaching and training pastors and lay people. They ask for Christian materials, books, DVD's CD's, as long as they are in good condition.  They especially need bibles.  Please bring all materials to the Loving Building (room with the piano) by 12-1-17.  If you have any questions please contact Betty Sue Martin.  
 

The "Knitters" have been hard at work knitting hats for our Hanover Christmas Mother.  The hats along with pairs of gloves, will be shared with those in need this winter.  Glove donations may be placed in the boxes in the Loving and Educational buildings until November 12th.  We need lots of gloves!  If you have any questions, please contact Betty Sue on 804-798-4553 or June Chappell on 804-730-1418.  Thanks again!


~Greg Rapp (bike ride across Israel for the Arava Institute for Peace)
~Charles and Anne Goodman (brother-in-law and wife of Barbara Jean Goodman; Huntington W. VA; Both have been recently hospitalized with multiple and serious health issues) 
~H.T. Loving (Home,  hospice care)
~Sandra Loving (home)
~Christine Harrison (home)
~Jo Richardson (Sheltering Arms for rehabilitation)
~Lynn Black and baby, Becca (home)
~Bob and Barbara Henderson 
~Dianne Jones (impaired vision; trouble reading; please call on phone)
~Carolyn Putnam (recovering from knee surgery) 
~Gail Hellermann (under the weather)
~Bob Raiford (father of Michelle Weeks; seizures)
~The Berrocal Family in Puerto Rico (family of Don and Julie Moore)  
~Sheryl Snellings 
~All those affected by the hurricanes, earthquake and fires
~Leroy Horn (friend of Madelyn Logan)
~Kathy Goodman (aunt of Carolyn Putnam)
~Conner Bartz (nephew of Carol Kurz)
~Darlene Webb (friend of Gail Hellermann; acute leukemia)
~Luella Markley (grandmother of Logan and Lauren; cancer)
~Cara Wehman Bradshaw (friend of Matthew Harrison)
~Duff Green (neighbor of Steve Harrison)
~Walter Loving (brother of Brooken Loving)
~John Doty (friend of Becky Baugher; ALS)
~Whitney Bush and Gene Harmon (friends of Patsy Fowler)
~Donald West (brother of Lloyd West)
~MaryLee Jones (home)
~Iris Epps (friend of Gail Hellermann)
~Pam Brown (friend of Gail Hellermann)
~Carolyn Nash
~Norma Jennings (home)
~Vaughn Schmitt (family friend of the Weeks') 
~Polly Vaughan, Beverly Vaughan
~Nancy Hooper (sister of Brooken Loving)
~Charlie Hunt (friend of Judy Pierce; leukemia treatments)
~Shot Mangum (brother of Judy Pierce) 
~Jack McGuire (uncle of Michelle Weeks)
All military personnel, first responders and their families
Unspoken prayer concerns

Love and sympathy are extended to...
Torrie Goodman and family upon the death of her uncle, Tracy Epps
Helen and Don Kersey upon the death of Helen's sister, Faye Galaspie
Heather and Jim Ostrander upon the death of their son-in-law's brother, Kelly Long

Joys
~Sandra Loving, Christine Harrison and Jakob Hellermann were with us in worship on Sunday
~Shanna, Pat and Diana back from Iceland

 

We will see you Sunday!
Slash Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
11353 Mt. Hermon Rd. | Ashland, VA  23005 | 804.798.4520 
 



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