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Your February News & Updates
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2019 Week of Compassion Offering
More than we can imagine!
IMAGINATION.
We all have one. Do you sometimes imagine a better world where all are safe, with a place to live, food to eat and work for you to accomplish and take care of your family? It is not hard for me to imagine that for all the members of Slash, but it is not so easy for me when I look around the world and see so many in need. Our most important offering of the year will be received at the end of February. The Week of Compassion Offering funds our churches responses to disasters, food shortages and injustice around the world.
IMAGINATION.
The theme for the 2019 Special Offering for Week of Compassion is
"More than we can imagine!" That theme, based on Ephesians 3:20, reminds us that we are not alone in our imagining a better world for all God's children, for it is God's imagination that fuels and empowers ours! You see, God imagines a world where:
- No one is left to face the ravages of natural disaster alone - neighbor helps neighbor, stranger helps stranger - for we are the church together!
- Even if things will never quite be the same after a disaster, God can work through all events to bring new life, new hope, and even more resilience;
- Clean and abundant water and ample sanitation facilities are available to every person;
- Work brings security from hunger and the land is treated with respect;
- Families displaced from their homes are able to build new lives;
- Women are no longer subject to discrimination and gender-based violence.
And God also imagines Christians of many traditions including all of us at Slash Christian Church, coming together to help make these things ever more a reality for more and more people! For you see, our imagination of what might be is founded and grounded in what God envisions and hopes for. And we can help - through our gifts of treasure and talent, prayer, and presence, we can make this world ever more like the way God would wish it, ever more the way that God would imagine it!
Please take a moment and read the message from the Executive Director of Week of Compassion and watch the video in our newsletter to hear about the ways your offerings will help others.
Give generously to the Week of Compassion special offering, so that your imagination might indeed be ever more joined with God's!
En Agape',
Michael
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Reggie Martin, Moderator
Leaf and Grounds Clean Up
Come old and young alike- Bring rakes, gutter ladders, tarps and leaf blowers to clean up some areas we did not get to in the fall
Saturday- February 16, 2019; 8:00 am -12:00 noon
Rain date will be Saturday February 23, 2019
In Christ's Service,
Reggie
Rescheduled Event
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February Serving Schedule
Elders Meeting: February 5; 7:00 p.m.
Elder of the Month: Gen Bohannon
Communion Prep: Jessica Colbert
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Elders |
Diaconate |
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Sandra Loving |
David Bremner |
Jean Smith * |
Austyn Wilton |
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Brooken Loving (G) |
Patsy Fowler |
Jessica Colbert |
Corinne Colbert |
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Irene Wells |
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Hailey Pierce (J) |
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Judy Pierce |
Don Richardson |
Kelly Benson * |
Grace Rafferty |
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Jared Pierce (G) |
Gen Bohannon |
Pat Penley |
Carrie Peterman |
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Chris Benson (J) |
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Wendy Benson (J) |
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Harold Manahan |
Madelyn Logan |
Alan Goodman * |
Elena Highfield |
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Cathy Tillman (G) |
Mark Highfield |
Brenna Peterman (J)
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Ava Verrier-Naas |
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Keith Dalton |
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Daniel Peterman (J) |
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Carolyn Putnam |
Patsy Fowler |
Barbara Davis * |
Cassidy Penley |
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Dalton Pierce (G) |
David Bremner |
Keith Davis |
Adam Pike |
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Norma Miller |
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Elana Gant |
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(G) Greeter; (J) Junior Diaconate
*If you are unable to serve please find a replacement or contact
Becky Baugher
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Outreach Opportunities
Please give generously to the Week of Compassion!
"Everywhere we turn, it seems there are communities in conflict and chaos around our world. We hear of families being separated from their homes or each other because of disasters. Maybe it is because of a volcanic eruption in Indonesia, or because of wars and political turmoil in Syria and East Africa, or because of violence in Central America.
We hear of spouses being separated from one another and of children being torn away from their parents; it is happening far away in regions many of us have never visited and also right here along our own borders. Daily we hear of such news and our hearts pull us toward God. And, each day, God pulls us toward compassion. In the midst of so much suffering and uncertainty, God pulls us, calls us, uses us to be compassion. We, the Church, are called to be God's compassion at work in the world, helping to rebuild and create a better world for all.
The world we are being called to create may seem beyond what we can imagine. But it is a world that God can imagine. God does imagine this world and is calling us to help make it reality.
As your Executive Director of Week of Compassion, I see glimpses of what God imagines for the world when I meet families and visit communities where our church is making a significant difference. We are creating, together, a world where children have access to clean water in Cambodia and Vietnam, where girls have access to education and medical needs in the Republic of Georgia and Serbia. We are creating a world where families can find new homes without persecution; it is a world where there is shalom.
Our vision is for a world where God's people transform suffering into hope. Because right now, the world needs hope more than ever, and you are doing that through Week of Compassion."
Grace and Peace,
Rev. Vy T. Nguyen, Executive Director Week of Compassion
Christmas Special Offering
Thank you for your generous support of the special offering totaling $1,022.46.
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We are making plans now for the rest of the school year and wanted to pass along these dates to your families. We will continue planning Spring and Early Summer and pass those dates along as soon as possible.
- Feb. 3, Both Services collection for the Souper Bowl of Caring to benefit ACES.
- February 10, 5-6:30 pm: Junior Diaconate Training
- February 17, 5-6:30 pm: Youth Group games and fun
- March 1-2, Friday night at 8 pm to Saturday at 9 am Lock-in for Fun and Youth Sunday planning.
- March 10, 5-6:30 pm: Youth Bible Study
- March 24, 5:6:30 pm: Youth Sunday Prep and games
Youth Sunday will be
April 28, 2019
Make plans to join us for Youth Sunday. We will have ONE Worship at 11 am.
May 24-26, 2019
Spring Work Weekend at Craig Springs. We will organize soon for our weekend trip to camp. Make sure the dates are on your calendar now.
Go to Craig Springs this Summer
Remember Slash provides half price camperships to one camp for each youth in our church as well as paying 100% of the fees for our 9th-12th grade youth who volunteer as counselors at Nature Camp. Camp sign up forms will be out in the new year.
2019 Camp Dates
Nature Camp - June 23-28
Special Camp - June 30-July 6
Triple 1 - July 8-13
AMPDD Camp - July 8-13
Triple 2 - July 28-August 2
New Covenant Camp - August 4-9
Family Camp - August 9-13
Fall Work Weekend - October 11-13
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2019
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
July 20-24, 2019
Des Moines, Iowa
#Abide2019 #CCDOC
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Flower Ministry
The 2019 flower chart is posted by the office.
If you would like to purchas
e flowers
in me
mory of or in honor of a loved one please sign up on the flower chart, fill in an order form and return it to the office. You may email or call the office (798-4520) to order sanctuary flowers.
The sanctuary flower price is $27.00 with checks made payable to Slash Christian Church. Orders do not have to be prepaid. February 10 & 17 are the next available dates.
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Thank you for the prayers, cards and calls I received while recuperating from my back surgery. I hope to be "up to speed" very soon.
Appreciatively,
Madelyn Logan
Thank you for all your love, cards, calls, visits, thoughts and prayers in celebrating the life of our Mom and "Oma".
God Bless,
Ed, Gail and Jakob Hellermann, Jack Hellermann, Linda Underdown and family
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Current Needs:
Adult Clothing:
Men's underwear "boxers" - all sizes;
Men's underwear "briefs" - size XL and larger
Men's thermal underwear (tops & bottoms) - all sizes
Women's leggings;
Women's bras "new or like new condition" - all sizes
Women's underwear - all sizes;
Women's socks
Children's Clothing:
Boy's and Girl's
winter clothing (tops & bottoms) - size 12 - 20
Boy's & Girl's winter pajamas - sizes 12 - 20
Pantry:
Oatmeal,
Applesauce,
Boxed potatoes,
Jelly
Toiletries:
Deodorant,
Toothbrushes
Thank you "sincerely" for your support!
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Prayer Requests
Church Family
Julie Peterman, Madelyn Logan, Betty Pierce, Dianne Jones
Homebound
MaryLee Jones, Beverly Vaughan
Buck Hale, H.T. Loving (Hanover Manor)
Alvin Loving, Doris Talley (Autumn Care)
For Healing
Brook Milby (Sister-in-law of Kristen Wilton),
Erlyne Mangum (sister-in-law of Judy Pierce),
Jerry Kersey (brother of Don Kersey),
Families dealing with suicide,
Bob Henderson,
Carol Ann Dickerson (foot surgery),
Danny Hellemn (cousin of Ed Baugher),
Gabriel Verrier-Naas (daughter of Nancy Murdock),
Linda Slayton (mother of Melinda Gillam),
Wendy Evans (friend of Michelle Weeks),
Cindy Hill (coworker of Shanna Penley),
John Cox (mentor of Buddy Hill), R
ebecca Loving (granddaughter of Brooken and Sandra Loving),
Shelby Slaughter (friend of Elana Gant),
Jerry Van Dyke (step grandfather of Joey Oliva),
Nick Harrison (father of Steve Harrison),
Brenna Canning (granddaughter of Frank Burkett),
Whitney Bush (friend of Patsy Fowler),
Charlie League (friend of Patsy Fowler),Connor Bartz (nephew of Carol Kurz), Steve Rennick and family (friends of Shanna Penley),
Elissa Hoyt (granddaughter of Frank Burkett),
Beth Harris (niece of Don Kersey),
Jessica Thompson and Victoria & Joseph Wix (niece of Jessica Colbert and niece's siblings),
All those struggling with substance abuse and domestic violence,
Iris Epps (friend of Gail Hellermann),
All military personnel, first responders and their families,
Unspoken prayer concerns
Love and sympathy are extended to...
Margaret Gentry and Debbie and Ron Sadler upon the death of Norma Jennings
The Hellermann family upon the death of Ed's mother, Trudy Hellermann
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