Wednesday eBlast, November 29th

Wednesday eBlast

Church Updates, Missions, Around Town, Youth/Family Activity

November 29, 2023

REMINDER: If you haven’t had the opportunity to return your Stewardship Commitment Card, not a problem. Your cards may be returned to the church office in person, by US Mail, or placed in the offering at a later date.

Volunteer Bell Ringers Needed!

Ring a bell......help change a life!

It is time again for our annual participation in the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Bell Ringing! This year we will be ringing on Saturday, December 2nd at the

Waterville Kroger location.

Bells, kettle, aprons, and sign are provided. Dress warmly as you will be standing in the Kroger Lobby.

There is only 1 spot left to sign up for! If you're interested in the 3:00pm spot, you can reach out to the church office or sign-up on the sheet in the Gathering Space.

With the holidays fast approaching SPRC wanted to send a reminder to remember our staff this holiday season. If you wish to give a monetary gift, please mail to the church office or place in one of the church offering boxes and label as "Staff Holiday Gift".

We will be decorating our sponsored tree on Thursday November 30th for the Festival of Trees at Browning. If anyone is interested in helping, you can meet Pastor Teresa at Browning at 11:00am.

Results:

Michigan - 250 items

Ohio State - 257 items

What an awesome turn out to support the AW Food Pantries! Thank you to everyone who contributed items.

The Children's Christmas Program "Lights of Christmas" will be held on Sunday, December 3rd during the service.

Youth Alive is back in action starting Sunday, December 3rd at 6pm. Join us for our Meet ’n Greet where you can get to know the new Youth Directors and have some fun while enjoying fellowship. Dinner will be provided.

We will also have a Lights before Christmas trip on December 10th. If you’re interested in attending, please sign up on the sheet in the Gathering Space.

To stay up to date on all things Youth Alive, make sure to follow the Youth Alive Facebook page.

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Help Serve Communion with

Pastor Teresa

We are looking for volunteers to help serve Communion with Pastor Teresa. We need 3 people for each service.

There is a sign up sheet on the Welcome Table for those that are able to help.

A Mission Opportunity for Anyone Who Sews

For many years, Carl & Marilyn Fox from our congregation have graciously sewn hundreds of School Kit bags for our July - August Mission Project, which sends the kits across the world through Church World Service. As of this year, the couple have decided to hang up their needles, so we are in need of crafty people who would be willing to sew up some fabric tote bags. It only takes 1/2 yard of sturdy fabric (45" wide), thread, and a sewing machine. A perfect project for those winter days and evenings when we are tucked at home!

We are in need of about 80 bags each year, but if several of you were able to just make a few, we would have it covered in no time.

The pattern can be found on the Welcome Table in the Gathering Space.

Contact Karen Wiggins for details at 419-350-1211

December Mission Focus

The Angel Tree

Our December Mission will be The Angel Tree. We are working with Anthony Wayne neighborhood bridges to help families in our district have a nice Christmas. We were blessed with 6 families to sponsor this year.

Each family has a designated ornament shape/color that will have the children’s age, gender, an item they wished for, and a specified letter of the alphabet. The letter will help us keep the families organized.

Please be aware: there will be two ornaments put together, so that when you take it you can write your name and phone number on one to drop in the basket, and keep the other for when you are shopping. This is our way of tracking the names to make sure they are returned and nobody is left out. Please do not forget to do this.

We know this will be a great success and we will have some smiling faces on Christmas morning. Please note the gifts are to be wrapped and the ornament attached upon return. We need them returned by the 11th of December. You can return them to church on December 9th between 9a-12p. If you are unable to bring them in this time frame, please reach out to Pam Cook at 419-340-2631.