Opening
Song: If the war goes on
STJ
66
Children's time
Scripture:
John 17:11-19
Message: "What does it mean to be different?" Reuben Sairs
Sharing
with prayer
Song:
How can we be silent
STJ 61
Announcements ( Offering during announcements)
Closing
Worship Leader: Leland Ropp; Song Leader: Titus Kg; Children’s Time: Vicki Sairs; Piano: Anita Tws
Visitors
are
invited to stand and introduce yourselves during the sharing time so we
can welcome you.
Visitors and regular
attendees
are invited to submit the “I wish card” found in the back of the
hymnal.
Through the end of
2007 the Sunday
morning schedule is as follows:
10:00-Worship begins
11:15-11:30: break
for
visiting and refreshments
11:30-12:15: discussion
with the guest speaker. (Adults meet in the sanctuary with
speaker. Youth attend Sunday School or at times meet with
adults. Children K-5 attend activity time. Preschoolers and
infants
attend nursery).
Sunday School for elementary age and younger children occurs during church. Children will be in the service until after the "children's time." They will then go to their
Sunday School classes or to the nursery. They will have refreshments together with the adults between worship and adult Sunday School. During adult Sunday School,
preschool children will be in the nursery until 12:15. K-5 children will return to their Sunday School room for planned activities which will last until 12:15.
Preschool children will have their Sunday School class in their old room. Nursery will still be in the regular nursery room. Elementary age children will
meet in the adult classroom with the big table in it through the end of 2007.
SHALOM COMMUNITY CHURCH
HAPPENINGS
Small Group Opportunities: the following groups meet regularly and are open to interested persons in the SCC community. You can drop in and ‘drop out’ as you wish. Call the contact person for information, dates, times, direction or location.
· Patti Sr
Poetry
Meeting : Saturday, November 10, 7:30
a.m. home of
Hu English
· Don Ty
Peace and Justice Interest Group, Monday, November 12, 7:30 p.m., at
Ws’
· Gertrude Wn
Readers Club: Sunday, November 4, 7:00 p.m., at Tws'
Book: "F5: Devastation, Survival, and the Most Violent Tornado
Outbreak of the 20th Century," by Mark Levine (Hyperion, 2007)
· Priscilla Cn
Slow Cookers: Tuesday, November 13, 6:30 p.m. at Rys’
· Gertrude Wn
Meetings:
Finance
Committee
Nurture Comm. Meeting
Worship Committee,
Monday,
November 26, 7:30 p.m., Wks’
Congregational Life Committee, Tuesday, November 27, 7:30 p.m., Mr Pys’
Congregational Business Meeting, Sunday, November 11 after potluck
Service – Outreach Committee, Thursday, November 29, Brs’
CONGREGATIONAL
BUSINESS MEETING
The
late fall congregational Business Meeting will take place on Sunday,
November
11 following potluck. Everyone who attends Shalom, regularly or
otherwise,
is encouraged to attend and give input on the 2008 Budget and other
items of
discussion. The Agenda for the meeting will be forthcoming.
Dwelling in the Word: A corporate spiritual discipline of being attentive to God through the practice of meditation on Scripture.
· Suggested passages for the reading are Isaiah 42:1-4, or 1-7, and John 15:1-11, or 1-17.
ANABAPTIST
VOICES: GUEST SPEAKERS AND RESOURCE
MATERIALS:
November 4 -- Owen Gingerich --
former research professor of Astronomy
and History
of Science at Harvard and senior astronomer emeritus at the Smithsonian
Astrophysical Observatory. He will
speak on “Is the Universe God’s?” On
Saturday evening, November 3, he will
speak at a meeting of the Science and Theology discussion group
organized by
Rolf Bouma, a group that meets monthly to discuss topics in science and
religion. It will be at
the Ann Arbor
Christian
Reformed Church (1717
Broadway -- Just off
November
18 – John Blosser – painter ,
professor of art at
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**College
Student Care Packages --Every
year we collect goodies, or money to buy goodies for our college
students to
get care packages before their final fall term exams.
These packages have gotten rave
reviews and many thank you’s.
Betsy Hy will be collecting money or goodies until November 11.
She will
deliver the majority of the boxes to students or their families on
Sunday
November 18. She will also need 12 boxes the size xerox paper comes in. The current students are: Paul V.,
Rachel V, Anne S., Jon S., Jordan P., Dan P., Jenna B., Clarrisa L.,
Zack S.,
Ben H., Liz G., Noah W.. If anyone has been missed, please let her
know--phone
or by email.
**Rotating Potlucks -- Rotating potlucks will occur on January 19, February 16 and March 15. Sign up to be a host and or participant by calling or emailing Betsy Hy. Rotating
potlucks are small potlucks that take place at people's houses and include anywhere from 6-16 people. If you participate, each month you get to eat with a different group of people
each time. If you host, you host once (generally.) These potlucks are an excellent way to get to know new people whether you have been around a long time or are new yourself.
You can participate once or each month. The host family plans the menu and assigns food to each of the guests. These are total family affairs. Most everyone in the church
participates. Betsy Harvey is in the process of compiling the lists of folks who want to participate and host and would appreciate you emailing or calling her and letting her know
if you want to join the fun. Please respond whether you have participated before or not.