a.)     Setting the table with a teaching about stages of faith.

Have you heard about a special General Conference in February and been unsure what it meant?  Do you know what the bishops are recommending for how the structure of the United Methodist Church may change as a result of the General Conference?  Are you curious what it will mean for Aldersgate? On Monday October 22 at 7:00pm members of the CRC committee presented information from the conference and the UM news service and distilled it into a few handouts and slides. Many spent the evening listening, responding, and questioning together. We ended the evening with a short prayer time for the church and the denomination and our siblings and family members in Christ throughout the world. Here is a link to the slides we used  on Monday for you to read. We are open to your questions!  Contact is Joe Lee, chair of the Core Leadership Team.

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who helped with the RUMMAGE SALE! Thank you to those who set up and took down tables and signs, those who donated and bought items, those who organized, priced, cashiered, sold, packed and hauled.  The team work made it happen and your contributions of time and energy were greatly appreciated.   All together we made a grand total of $2,350 for the mission travel fund and the youth retreats.  And we were able to find "good homes" for our extra items at: The Baby Corner, The Friends of the Library, Sophia Way, Mary's Place, The Men's Homeless Shelter, and Goodwill. A special thanks to the wrestling team at Newport High School who hauled away leftovers to Goodwill to support their fundraiser.   If you donated items to the rummage sale, click here   for a donation letter for your tax records.

Remember that the Stop the Bleed class is Monday, October 29 from 6:30-8:30pm. At this time the class is FULL. If you are interested in the class, call Dorothy Bennett to see if there is room, 425-641-0871. In this class, Evergreen Hospital volunteer instructors will teach how to stop bleeding properly for all types of injuries and for all age groups from infants through the elderly. The number of deaths in large disasters or even in home accidents can be reduced if someone is trained to stop the bleeding.

Club 345 is open to all 3rd, 4th and 5th graders and meets once a month on Sunday evening for dinner and a fun activity. The next meeting is November 4 at 5:00pm. Volunteers are aklways needed to host the Club 345 activity or to provide the dinner.  Please sign up on the CYF bulletin board by the church office.  C ontact is Jen Hoerber .

Harvest Dinner Volunteers Needed

To make the Harvest Dinner a big success and enjoyable for all, many volunteers are needed to sell tickets on Sundays, to prep food and carve turkeys on Saturday November 10, and, on Sunday November 11, peel and mash potatoes, set up and decorate tables, help in the kitchen, serve food, and obviously cleanup. We also need to borrow muffin pans and electric oven roasters. If you can help, please sign up on Sunday's attendance form or at the table in the narthex, or by contacting Patty Ferguson at [email protected].