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From Sunday:

September 17, 2023

Devoted: Living Immersed and Empowered

Acts 2:42-47, Hebrews 10:23-25

Devoted to Fellowship

The early church was extremely devoted to several areas of faith. One of the most important and empowering being their commitment to regular fellowship with one another. This weekend we will explore the importance of meeting together as Christians.

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En Agape',

Rev. Michael Weeks

FALL SCHEDULE!

Splinters from the Board

Chad Baugher, Moderator

Next Board Meeting:

November 19, 2023; 11 a.m.

In His Love,

Chad Baugher, Moderator

Reconciliation Ministry Special Offering

Sound the Trumpets:

Unmuted Ministry, Uncommon Love, United in Service

Why Give to Reconciliation Ministry 2023?

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2023 Fall/Winter Bible Study

Tuesday at 10 am at Slash

Wednesday at 7 pm on Zoom

starts this week.

How can we hold onto assurance of our faith? How can we discern the truth from a lie? How can we know God loves us?

In three short letters, the apostle John reminds an early church facing division, deception, and doubt to hold fast to what they know and to live like they believe it. And he reminds us, as well. In this 10-session Bible study on the letters of 1, 2, and 3 John we will find help for similar challenges that we face in our daily lives.

All are welcome to join us here at the church on Tuesday mornings or from home on Wednesday nights.

Zoom meeting ID: 335 637 2572

Our youngest disciples need you!

Please sign-up by the nursery to keep the nursery for a Sunday morning; 9:45 to 11:15 a.m. Thanks!

	Nursery Volunteers
9:45 a.m -11:15 a.m.	Adult	Youth (1 per week)
9/24
10/1	Anna Oliva	Gentry Moyer
10/8

	September Elder on Call Norma Miller
9/24	Norma Miller	Claudia Wells Owen Highfield
	October Elder on Call Jessica Colbert
10/1	Harold Manahan, Jr.	Keith Davis Elena Highfield
10/8	Don Moore	Pat Penley Hailey Pierce
10/15	Amanda Matassa	Deb Sadler Daniel Peterman
10/22	Carolyn Putnam	Keith Dalton Tristan Goodman
10/29	Norma Miller	Melissa Chouinard Barbara Davis

Zoom Room Meetings this week for Slash

(Instructions for Calling on the Phone instead of Video are included.)

10:00 a.m. Coffee & Prayer

Save this Link so you can Join in All Slash Meetings

You can join your meeting by following this link.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7808501748

Meeting ID: 780 850 1748

Password: Slash

You may call from your home phone and join the meeting without video.

+1 646-558-8656

3 Steps to Join by Phone:

1. Enter the Meeting ID when prompted: 780 850 1748#

2. You will be prompted for the participant ID. Just press #.

3. You will be asked for the Password. Enter 950320#

Please join the Disciple Women as we celebrate the upcoming weddings of both Erin & Madison Payne. Feel free to shower them with recipes, gift cards, and notes full of love and your best wishes. Baskets for both couples will be in the back of the church through October 1st.

Disciple Women September Luncheon

Youth Group Dates

Upcoming dates:

Sept. 24th Youth group 5-7pm

Oct. 6th-8th Fall Work Weekend at Craig Springs (parents welcome)

Oct. 22nd Youth group 5-7pm

We discussed going on a mission trip to Maumee, Ohio with Group Workcamps June 16-22, 2024. We will have a parents meeting soon!

Please reach out with any questions you may have. My cell number is 804-929-7751. Texting is the quickest form of communication with me.

Looking forward to a great year!

Kerby Dalton

Youth Director

Slash Christian Church

This month we will kick off a new outreach project:

Operation Christmas Child.

The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world. Through this project, Samaritan’s Purse partners with the local church worldwide to share the Good News of Jesus Christ and make disciples of the nations. Operation Christmas Child delivers great joy and the Good News of Jesus Christ to children in need around the world through gift-filled shoeboxes. Each box packed full of quality toys, school supplies, and personal care items becomes a tangible expression of God's immense love for the child. For many, it is their first gift ever! Delivered by our local church partners, shoebox gifts provide an opportunity to present the Gospel to boys and girls in a clear, child-friendly way. We will be providing boxes to children of all ages including babies. In September each week Slash will highlight an item the church will collect for this project and return to the church. In October the church at the fall festival will host a “packing party” for all to join in the fun and pack the boxes for distribution in November. See schedule below and item suggestions.

Week of September 17th: Wow Item

• Doll • Soccer ball (Make sure to include a manual air pump.) • Stuffed animal

• Small musical instrument (such as a harmonica or woodwind recorder)

• Foam ball • Kickball (Make sure to include a manual air pump.) • Finger puppets • Slinky • Small kite • Etch a Sketch® • Interactive toys that include push buttons, lights, noise (include extra batteries) • Small Frisbee • Hacky sack • Toy cars • Baseball and mitt • Tennis ball• Skipping rope/Jump rope • Backpack • Puzzles • Binoculars • Compass

• Chalkboard and chalk • Sewing kit, fabric (1-2 yards), and ribbon • Laminated decorative pictures with looped ribbon attached as a picture hanger • Gardening kit with gloves and trowel hand tool (Do not include gardening seeds.) • Playing cards • Skipping rope/Jump rope • Tool set with work gloves • Fishing kit • Brightly colored rope or twine • Magnets

• Kaleidoscope • Playing cards • Marbles

Week of September 24th: Clothing & Accessory Item

• Shirts and pants • Pillowcase dress (loose-fitting sundress) • Underwear • Shoes and socks • Flip-flops • Hat/scarf/mittens • Sunglasses • Tote bag/purse • Hair bows • Friendship bracelets (woven with yarn or embroidery thread) • Wrist watch • Bandana

• Bead jewelry/bead kit • Hair accessories (clips, ribbons, elastic hair bands, etc.)

*All items must fit in the shoebox we are providing

*Reminder: Do Not Include

Candy; toothpaste; gum; used or damaged items; scary or war-related items (toy guns, knives, or military figures); chocolate or food; seeds; fruit rolls or other fruit snacks; drink mixes (powdered or liquid); liquids or lotions; medications or vitamins; breakable items such as snow globes or glass containers; aerosol cans.

You can also choose to build a shoebox independently. See Torrie Goodman or Justin Moyer if you would like a shoebox to fill and return back to the church.

Virginia Disciples Women Fall Retreat

October 6-8, 2023

Place: Hilton Garden Inn, 4025 Wards Road, Lynchburg, VA

Hotel Reservations must be made on your own.

For reservation call 434-239-3006

Moments of Hope - Clothing Station

5300 Chamberlayne Road

Richmond, VA 23227

Join us to volunteer at the Moments of Hope - Saturday Servings program at the Clothing Station. We would like four volunteers on the third Saturday of each month from 12:30 to 3:00 p.m.

Please click here to review available time slots and sign up.

Adults only can volunteer at this event. This is a rain or shine event so please dress appropriately. Reach out to Torrie Goodman with questions.

Needed clothing items:

Men's and Women's T-shirts (L, XL and XXL, XXXL/men mostly largest size),

Jeans and shorts for men and women

Tennis shoes or comfortable shoes for men and women

Underwear; belts

Thank you!

Meals on Wheels

The Disciple Women invite you to sign-up to deliver meals for Meals on Wheels. Drivers are needed on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. Delivering meals is a simple and rewarding way to help seniors and people with disabilities in need of hot meals and a daily visit from a friendly face, and you can do it over lunch! Meals are picked up at 10:45 a.m. at 1st Baptist Church,800 Thompson St., Ashland, VA 23005. Instuctions and delivery route are provided. All you need to do is sign-up!

SEVA Food Truck ministry to the Homeless

Website information

Above is the link to a website that talks about the food truck and mission that Justin Moyer spoke about in church. He invited us to join him and his family in their ministry to the homeless.

Please sign-up to help through the link below.

New dates have been added.

If you have questions please contact Rev. Michael.

The 2023 Flower Chart is posted by the office door. If you would like to purchase flowers in memory of or in honor of a loved one please sign up on the flower chart by the office, fill in an order form and return it to the office. You may call (798-4520) or email the office as well. The flower price is $27.00 with checks made payable to Slash Christian Church. Orders do not have to be prepaid.

Next available dates are October 15 & 29.

ACES is in need of the following items:

Our food pantry is very low!

Pantry:

Canned beef stew, Canned corn, Canned fruit

Peanut butter, Jelly

Instant potatoes (small and medium size boxes)

Oatmeal (smaller sizes, or instant packets)

Laundry detergent

Children’s Clothing:

Boy’s and Girl’s fall clothes (sizes 14 – 20)

Boy’s and Girl’s fall pajamas (all sizes)

Boy’s and Girl’s socks (for shoe sizes 1 – 5)

Boy’s and Girl’s shoes (sizes 8 – 13; and sizes 1 – 5)

Diapers (size 4, 5, 6 and 7)…we do not need pull-ups, Baby Wipes

Adult Clothing:

Men’s athletic shoes and work boots (all sizes)

Men’s jeans (all sizes but especially size 28 – 38)

Men’s boxer briefs (sizes M, L and XL), Men’s undershirts (all sizes)

Men’s athletic socks (all sizes)

Women’s sanitary products

We are truly thankful for all that you have done for ACES and the vulnerable families of central Hanover County.

Please note: Because our storage facilities are limited, we prefer that clothing donations be limited to fall/winter clothing.

The Right Time to Foster a Child Is Right Now!

HopeTree is in search of people like you to become a foster parent for a teen in your community. Foster care is temporary care for a young person during a time that he or she cannot live with his or her birth family. HopeTree provides you with the training, support, and resources you need in order to care for youth in foster care. To hear more about this opportunity, or for more information or to RSVP contact Dejene Young-el or visit our website

You can attend one of the virtual training session dates below or schedule an individual virtual session for a day/time that works for you!

September 21st - 12:00 PM

September 28th - 6:30 PM

October 12th - 6:30 PM

October 19th - 12:00 PM

October 26th - 6:30 PM

The Concerns

~All impacted by the earthquake in Morocco and Hurricane Idalia

~Friends in Hawaii

~Victims of gun violence

~All those in Ukraine

~Prayers for those who suffered a loss

~Prayers for those dealing with depression

~All those who are sick and suffering the effects of Covid-19 and the variants

~Prayers for kids in unstable homes

~Prayers for those affected by substance abuse

~All military personnel, first responders, medical personnel, and their families

The People

Assisted Living: Doris Talley, Betty Pierce (Hospice; Hanover Manor Room 112)

Homebound: Margaret Gentry, Dianne Jones, Don & Helen Kersey, Frank Burkett

~Gail Hellermann

~Bill and Joan Frazier (brother-in-law and sister of Jean Smith)

~Amy Rice (friend of Irene Wells; cancer)

~Jeannette Williams (lingering cough)

~Sue Goodman Franz (daughter of Barbara Jean Goodman: hospitalized)

~Lynsey Tinsley (daughter of Julie Moore; pregnancy complications)

~Brad King (friend of Don Moore; fungal/viral infection)

~Dee Bowles (sister of Torrie Goodman; rehab)

~Kathy's daughter, Kristy (friend of Claudia Wells)

~Claude and Judy Pierce (friends of Judy Pierce; rehab)

~Helen Robertson (mother of Torrie Goodman)

~Vicki Redman (cousin of Julie Matthews and Claudia Wells)

~Tom Brown (friend of Becky Baugher; advanced stage esophageal cancer)

~Jim Brumley (friend of Madelyn Logan; cancer)

~Joanne Meagher (granddaughter of Julie Moore)

~Tallulah Heatley (friend of Michelle Weeks)

~Frankie Cornwell (mother of Ginnie Caudell)

~Unspoken prayer concerns

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