This Week at FAITH

THIS WEEK AT FAITH

October 4, 2020

No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey you are welcome here.

Our Welcoming Statement

FAITH UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

5992 Route 378

Center Valley, PA 18034

610.282.3939

www.faithchurchucc.org

You can watch past worship services on our YouTube page!

FOCUS ON FAITH

OCTOBER ISSUE

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Join us this World Communion Sunday, October 4th for our Service of Worship. Thanks to Darin Jellison and Bryan Jones for providing special music, to Mim Allison for reading the scriptures and to Noah Jellison for editing the service.

Click on the date to print a bulletin to follow along:

10/04/2020 Worship at 10:15 am

Sunday is World Communion Sunday. Please prepare the elements prior to watching the service so you are able to take part in communion.

If you have prayer requests you would like Pastor Bruce to share during worship please click here and fill in the information. Please keep in mind that he records the services on a Thursday so if your request is not received by Thursday morning it will not be shared until the following week.

Our services are available to watch on Facebook and on our website. Remember, these services can be watched at 10:15 am and again afterwards at any time for those who miss it. Past services are available on our YouTube page.

Dear Faith Family and Friends,

I had my follow up visits with my doctor and the surgeon this week and they both assured me that things are progressing as they should be. They also told me this will take time so I need to stop trying to rush it! Ha - that's hard for me to do but I'm trying:) I'll be on medicine for 2 1/2 months to reduce the inflammation found in my colon. Then we will work on finding a medication to maintain things.

Thanks again for your continued support, cards, and messages. The smiles you are bringing to my face are helping me heal more than you can imagine.

Sandy

OCTOBER'S SPECIAL OFFERING

Neighbors in Need (NIN) is a special mission offering of the United Church of Christ that supports ministries of justice and compassion throughout the United States. Neighbors in Need grants are awarded to UCC churches and organizations doing justice work in their communities. These grants fund projects whose work ranges from direct service to community organizing and advocacy to address systemic injustice. This year, special consideration will be given to projects focusing on serving our immigrant neighbors and communities. To learn more about Neighbors in Need go to https://www.ucc.org/nin.

Neighbors in Need offering will be taken during October. Please designate your contribution as NIN. Tithe.ly users will find this designation online.

On Sunday, October 18 (Laity Sunday) the Mission Team will be leading the worship service. The service will be a celebration of the many missions we support along with sharing our Angel Mission Projects. Please plan to join us!

And following worship you are invited to join your Faith friends on Zoom at noon. Grab your favorite dessert and a cup of your favorite hot beverage and get caught up with everyone you've been missing for months!! The link for zoom will be included in this email the week before the 18th.

Let's remember our Forget-Me-Not's and others as we continue through this pandemic.

Dorothy Miller has moved from her home in Center Valley to LifeQuest Nursing Center. Her address is: Dorothy Miller - Room C16-B c/o LifeQuest Nursing Center 2450 John Fries Hwy Quakertown, PA 18951

Click here for a list of birthdays and addresses. Some phone numbers are also included if you'd like to give a call! Also included on the list are names, addresses, and phone numbers of members who usually attend services but don't get to see the recorded services on a regular basis. Feel free to reach out to them and say hello or fill them in on the weekly news!

Listen to Our Services on Your Phone!

We are hopng by next week you can participate in our weekly worship services over your phone! Simply call the church on a special phone number and you can listen to the service. To make it even more simple we can set things up so that you will receive the phone call from our system. Watch for the details next week and if you would like us to set this up so that you receive a phone call on Sunday at 10:15 indicating that the service is ready for you to listen just let me know.

Pastor Bruce

UPDATE - PLEASE READ

November was to be our month to assist the families at BLP but that will not happen this year. However, we are still responsible for donating 100 bottles of laundry detergent for the month.

To make this easy we will be having a drive-thru

collection drop off on:

Saturday, October 24

At Faith Church

From 11:00 AM until 1 PM

If you also wish to donate food items we could really use boxed potatoes, canned ravioli, and hamburger/tuna/chicken helpers and any condensed soup EXCEPT tomato soup.

AND…All donors will receive a

Halloween Treat from Faith’s Mission Team!!

All are invited to bring food donations to the pantry on Wednesday mornings between 9 and 10 am. Please remain in your car, drive up around the perimeter of the parking lot and stop at the tents outside the pantry. Volunteers will take bags from your trunk or back seat to minimize contact. You may also drop your donations at the Southern Lehigh Library or Coopersburg and Center Valley Post Offices.

Thank you for your continued support!

A Special THANK YOU to all who continue to financially support our ministry as you are able. Through these uncertain times our financial obligations continue and our regular bills are still coming in. Again we'd like to remind you there are several ways you can do this: