ANNOUNCEMENTS
Christmas Ornaments and Decorations
There is a table of Christmas ornaments and decorations in the dining room at church for you to take if you wish. They are free (no charge or donation) We would just like to share them with you. Help yourselves to them.
Poinsettias for Christmas
If you would like to bring a poinsettia to decorate our church for the Advent and Christmas season, you may do so this Sunday, Dec. 11 or Dec. 18. Please put your name on a slip of paper and put it in the plant so you will get your own plant back. We would like to leave these poinsettias through Christmas Eve or Christmas Sunday. Thank you for sharing with us.
Blue Christmas Tree
Our Blue Christmas tree is in the front of the sanctuary and will be lit each Sunday in memory of loved ones who are no longer with us. If you would like to take a tag and write their name/s on it and hang it on our tree so our prayers can be with them and with you this Christmas. The tags will be on the stand beside the tree and take a prayer with you.
Want to make a child happy this Christmas?
We have a great way for you to do that!
We are again this Christmas helping CAPCO give their children a great Christmas by giving a child a gift. The giving tree is in the Narthax and has colorful tags hanging on it with either a Boy or a Girl and their age. Please take a tag (or however many you want to) attach the tag to the gift and bring your gift to the church and put under the tree, do not wrap them (they have the moms select a gift to wrap for their child) Thank you for your generous hearts to help these children!
Giving Tuesday - November 29
Giving Tuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, is the largest giving movement throughout the world.
Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving.
Giving Tuesday is the perfect day for you to support the Raise the Roof Campaign for our church! Your gift will reach beyond the 24 hours of giving as it will be an investment in the long-term sustainability of our church and all the activities that take place under its roof.
Please consider helping us out and please share this message on your social media by asking people to make a gift to our capital campaign.
Thank you,
Raise the Roof Campaign Committee
AmazonSmile
Do you shop online with Amazon? Why not use Amazon Smile and support Cortland First United Methodist Church at the same time? When you shop using AmazonSmile, Cortland First UMC will receive a percentage of your purchase amount as a donation. Sign-up for AmazonSmile is FREE.
AmazonSmile sign-up:
Use the following link for your donation to be processed rather than shopping directly through amazon.com: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/15-0564067. Just log in with your existing Amazon username and password.
New to Amazon? If you do not yet have an Amazon account you can create one by going to the AmazonSmile main page at https://smile.amazon.com Click “Sign in” then click “Create your Amazon Account”.
Please share this message with your friends since we hope many people will sign up to make an impact. All donations we receive will go to the roof replacement campaign. After the campaign has ended, we will continue with this program and all Amazon donations will go to the general operating fund.
Food Basket for the Food Pantry
We will have the Food Basket at the front of the Altar the first Sunday of the month, for your second mile giving to our Food Pantry. Bring a food item/s to offer to support our Food Pantry
Sunday School and Youth Group
Sunday School happening during the 10:00 worship time. Classes will be for Kindergarten through Second Grade and Third through Fifth. Pastor Eunice and Mary would like to start a Youth Group for Grades 6-12. More to come on this. Help needed for both Sunday School and the Youth Group. Please see Mary Frankel or Pastor Eunice if you are interested in helping.
Raise the Roof Campaign Update
The total raised to date through donations and fundraising has reached $50,659. We are now 36% of the way to our goal with 49 individuals/families having donated.
To those that have already made a donation, thank you for contributing toward this effort. If you haven't yet contributed and are interested in helping us reach our goal of $140,000, we ask that you prayerfully consider doing so now.
Checks can be sent to the church payable to Cortland First United Methodist Church with "Raise the Roof Fund" in the memo line.
Gene Signor
November 3, 2022
Cans for the Roof Fund
We are looking for your cans! Please donate your cans and soda bottles to the trash can in the church entry way or the cages at our parking lots entries on both Rt. 222 and Fairview Dr. our donations will contribute to our Raise the Roof Fund. We appreciate persons attending the Murray Center for picking them up and cashing them in for us as part of their program. We will have an update on the total collected from cans for the Roof Fund soon, Your donation of cans are greatly appreciated!
Help Wanted!!
At the Food Pantry on Wednesdays, 3:30 - 5:00
Meetings this Month
Church Council - Wed. Dec. 14 at 12:00 Noon
Christmas Eve Service - Dec. 24 at 6:00
Christmas Day Worship Service - Dec. 25 at 10:00
SPCA - Dec. 27 at 5:00
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