Today's Sunday Morning Update
Our morning began at 8:30 with the latest gathering of our weekly adult Sunday School class via Zoom.
During our 9:45 Worship Service, we focused on Romans 1:8-17 and explored why it's so important to have an attitude of gratitude! If you missed it, recordings of all recent service are available anytime on our website and our Facebook page (find links to both below).
Our Sunday School classes gathered at 11am throughout the church. In the Family Life Center, we noticed something really special going on as our kids came together to record scenes for this year's Christmas Pageant.
*Please note that our 11am classes will not meet next Sunday due to the Thanksgiving weekend.
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If you'd like to worship with us in person next Sunday, remember that many safety measures are being taken to protect you each week. We're also continuing live streaming of our service on Facebook Sunday mornings. Recordings of our services are also available on our website and on our Facebook page. We hope you'll join us whenever it's convenient for you. It's so wonderful that we can worship together in so many ways!
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Scripture Reading
"I wash my hands in innocence, and go around your altar,
O Lord, singing aloud a song of thanksgiving, and telling all your wondrous deeds."
Psalms26:6-7
Meditation - "Washing"
Water runs over my hands. Water covers my face. Inside, my body consists mostly of water, the way the globe, too, consists mostly of water. I came to be within the waters of my mother's womb. So when I wash I like to remember that I am in my element... Your water... Your living water. Help me scrub my face free of its masks so I can return to the true self You gave me. Let my hands not be afraid of dirt, but let them come clean in obedience to You. When I wash, let me recall the Well where the water is.
Gunilla Norris, Being Home: A Book of Meditations
Prayer - "Sunday Morning"
O Lord, we sing to you and give thanks. For, despite our pains and faults, in the midst of our pains and faults, we know that you are a God whom one can only admire, praise, and love in Jesus Christ. For the world, so beautiful but so fragile; for life, so lovely but so threatened; for this immense universe in which your kingdom will spread, we praise you.
For this day which speaks to us again of the resurrection, for your church which gathers us together, we praise you. For your gospel, for our baptism, for our desire to serve you, for the promise of your eternity, we praise you. And because we can love you and love each other on the earth, in the name of the love of Christ, in peace and with joy, Lord we praise you. Amen.
Henri Capieu, A Book of Reformed Prayers
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Each week our “Taking Faith Home” information provides daily readings, prayers, devotions, and service opportunities following the Lectionary readings. It's a great resource for exploring your faith all through the week. Click here for this week's edition.
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2020 Christmas Store Update
For safety, our D.P.C.O. Christmas Store Committee has decided to forego the shopping set-up this year and instead provide the families we're helping with gift cards so they can shop for themselves for the holidays.
We really need your help! So far, we've received donations totaling $1,350 of our church's $6,000 goal, and there's less than ten days left!
You can help by purchasing any of these gift cards and turning them into the church office:
> Amazon, Walmart, or Kwik Trip (Value $50 or less)
> De Pere Fast Food Restaurants, Culver’s, McDonald’s, Starbuck’s, or Subway (Value $25 or less)
You can also "take a tag" for various gift cards from the small Christmas Tree in the church Narthex. Monetary donations are also being accepted and will be used to purchase gift cards. Checks should be made out to De Pere Christian Outreach with "Christmas Store" in the memo line.
Please mail or drop off all donations to the church office by Monday, November 30.
Thanks to everyone who can help!
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A Tasty Way to Help!
How would you like a very yummy way to help raise funds for the D.P.C.O. Christmas Store? We'll be hosting a Chicken Noodle Soup Sale coming next Sunday (Nov. 29) beginning at 11am in our church parking lot. You'll be able to purchase a quart of fresh soup for $10, and all the profit will support our activities with the Christmas Store. Be sure to mark you calendar!
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"Parent Check In" Coming Monday at 8pm
Parents of children and youth - this night is for you! Get the kids to bed or send them to their rooms for quiet reading while you hop on Zoom to check in with other parents (jammies, drinks, and snacks encouraged). Managing living in a pandemic, virtual/in person school, and work can be exhausting, so come and unwind for a bit. Check in with others feeling the same way you do! Let Pastor Meggan know if you need the Zoom log-in information (meggan@firstunitedpc.org).
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Women's Book Club is Back!
Our 4th Tuesday Readers Group will be meeting this Tuesday (Nov. 24) at 1pm in the Family Life Center with masks and social distancing. Members decided that most of them would rather meet in person. This month's book is The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah. For more information about the group, contact Sandy Steffen at steffensandy@hotmail.com.
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Financial Times - Monthly Financial Update
(as of October 31, 2020)
Operating Fund Total Income:
Year-to-Date Budget = $308,105
Year-to-Date Actual = $291,907
Operating Fund Total Expenses:
Year-to-Date Budget = $312,487
Year-to-Date Actual = $297,013
For on-line giving: www.firstunitedpc.org / For smart phone giving: ChurchPlus App / or mail your check to First United Presbyterian Church, 605 N Webster Ave, De Pere, WI 54115. Thanks so much for your support!
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