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DEADLINE FOR YOUR GOOD NEWS ARTICLE FOR THE JANUARY ISSUE: DO YOU HAVE THREE HOURS AVAILABLE? If you do, Y-O-U can volunteer to be the Church Receptionist. Think about which Friday suits your schedule to “sit” the office from 9:00am till Noon, then call Helen in the office to put your name on the list. 369-1433 ADULT VOLUNTEERS OF ALL AGES NEEDED to help with Youth Activities. See Jeremy Have you been ill? Were you in the hospital? Did you call the church office? 369-1433 Please have someone from your family, or a friend, or a neighbor call our church office to let us know if you are not well. Maybe “back home” those hospitals did call churches, hospitals here in the Lehigh Acres/Ft. Myers area don’t offer that service to us. We do want to minister to our members and friends that are ill, hospitalized, recuperating, those in a rehab facility, or shut-in, but unless someone tells us we have no knowledge of such a situation. W.O.W.! We would like to invite you to our healthy eating support group that meets on Saturday morning at 8:30 am in the Chapel. We each follow our own diet that works for our own particular situation. A scale is provided and we each weigh and track our own weight privately. In the past 16 weeks our group has lost nearly 100 lbs!! Activities include: This is one of our recent devotions: For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? (Romans 8:24 NIV) Gwen stopped by the dress shop every few days to look at the gown she had picked out. Though it was a couple of sizes smaller than she wore, she dreamed of the time she could fit into it. It was a perfect gown. She could visualize in her mind’s eye how stunning she would look in it. For the next month, Gwen stuck to a strict diet and made her dream a reality. She lost the two sizes and bought the dress she wanted so badly. SECONDS COUNT….ESPECIALLY WHEN DIETING. Pancake Breakfast 9:00am Sunday December 14 Cub Scouts Pack 11, will be serving some super pancakes beginning at 9:00am until after our Worship Service. This is a fundraiser for the scouts to go on an overnight trip to Busch Gardens. You can even watch them flip the flapjacks they’ll make for you. We have been blessed with the presence of a Lay Pastor from the New England Conference. Israel Lozano is looking for a job. If you or someone you know can help him, please call 239-823-3033. Thanks and Blessings We appeal to you once again for BLANKETS. We will accept NEW or ALMOST NEW (please be sure they are C-L-E-A-N!)
For the shelter at Friendship House in Immokalee. This is a church with a H-E-A-R-T for those less fortunate.
Would you be interested in going with us when we deliver them? CHILDREN’S CHURCH—We are in need of teachers and helpers every Sunday to help out in Children’s Church. Please sign up in the back of the church and be prepared to be blessed. We are also in need of volunteers to teach Pre-K thru 5th grade on Wednesday night from 7:00—8:00pm, as well as Nursery volunteers. Please call Debbie Dittmar if you can help. 693-0936 CAN YOU HELP? If you have a few hours available to help enhance our Worship Service please consider these “positions”: USHERS — Adult & Youth—see Ray Zitko; Mark SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6 on your calendar NOW! COME! ENJOY!
Get “into” the CHRISTmas Season!
Attend the Preschool Program In the Sanctuary.
Then walk over to the
Fellowship Hall.
Get to know our
Members and Friends in an enjoyable holiday atmosphere. GET INVOLVED! Can you spare a few hours to “man” a table, or just be available for whatever “job” needs to be done? Talk to Blanda & Laurel. How wonderful it would be if other CUMC groups would
GET INVOLVED! Christmas Bazaar Saturday,
December 6 Christmas Bazaar is being planned for December 6, 2008. Start working now on your handmade items that you can donate. Questions? Call Maude Coleman, 247-4824 or Betty Mitchell, 560-3822. WE WILL WRAP GIFTS! GET INVOLVED! Can you spare a few hours to “man” a table, or just be available for whatever “job” needs to be done? Talk to Blanda & Laurel. How wonderful it would be if other CUMC groups would
GET INVOLVED! Here’s TEENA WEBBER’S CHERRY DUMP CAKE recipe Teachers and volunteers are needed We are in need of additional teachers and helpers for Sunday school and/or Children’s Church on a rotating basis. Curriculum is provided. If you can serve even one Sunday a month there is a sign-up sheet in the Narthex for you to indicate which day you can help or call the church office at 369-1433. Food Pantry A BIG thank you to all who has contributed to the Food Pantry in June. We were blessed with a large variety of items and lots of food. However, it goes out almost as fast as it comes in. We are designating every 4th Sunday as FOOD PANTRY DAY. Bring canned, boxed or bagged food items and place in the box in the Narthex. Some suggestions are: cereal, fruit, hamburger helpers, jelly, canned meats (tuna, chicken, salmon), rice, black or red beans and spaghetti sauce. Hours for pick up are Wednesdays and Thursdays from one to two pm. Questions? Call the church office at 369-1433. Upper Room Please note that the prices on the Upper Room have gone up. The small print is now 50 cents and the large print is now $1.00. Methodist Children’s Home We are now collecting items for the “Campus Wish List.” Personal hygiene items, twin bed sheets, school supplies, etc. can be left in the laundry baskets located in the Narthex. New Worship Schedule:
On Sunday, May 18th we began one service. Our new schedule will be: Sunday School — 9:00 a.m. THANK YOU Our “THANKS” to Doug Compton and Ralph Hemingway (representing the Mission Committee) who went to LaBelle and purchased food for the church food pantry. |