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DEADLINE FOR YOUR GOOD NEWS ARTICLE FOR THE COMBINED AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2010 ISSUE: Can you spare a morning or afternoon during the third week of the month to help compose some pages in the GOOD NEWS? You do need to type and have some knowledge of computers and be willing to learn some more and proof-read. If this is something you would like to help with, please call the church office, 369-1433 to let them know you are available. THANK YOU! Want to be part of the stuffing and folding team?? Give the church office a call (369-1433) to be added to our as-needed volunteer list. There's a wonderful group of people already helping out, but more hands would be great! Remembering your promise to support the church with your time, your talents, and your resources, please seriously consider helping in any of these programs . . . Our Daily Bread needs help with cleaning up the kitchen after lunch is served; this would mean an hour or so on Mondays, Wednesdays and/or Fridays beginning at 1:00 pm. Youth Program needs a new multi-media computer to use in its worship services. You may make a donation by marking your offering “youth computer” and sending to church office or placing in the offering plate. Worship Committee needs help with:
CUMC Bus needs more drivers; we currently only have two licensed drivers and the usage would be greatly enhanced with more persons able to take turns transporting people to Sunday school, worship services, etc. This means taking the written and driving tests for a CDL-C with Passenger Endorsement license. Crossroads Preschool needs office help (contact Hester Jones at 369-7521). If the Lord is leading you to become more involved, please check with the church office for more information on any of these jobs. The Lord and CUMC need your increased participation in all church events. THANK YOU Les and Barb Whaley for sharing a bulletin from Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church. Charles and Hester Jones for sharing bulletins from the First Baptist Church, Amory, Mississippi. Cheryl Marsh attended with her mother and father on Mother's Day at Lely Presbyterian Church, Naples, FL. (Please check if the bulletin you are bringing in has the town and state where it is located. If it doesn't, please write it in.) EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES SUNDAY WEDNESDAY NIGHT Girl Friends Forever - Last Tuesday of month at the parsonage; contact Ester Otero 368-1089; all women 50’s and younger A few round tablecloths belonging to United Methodist Women are missing from their slots. If you know where they might be, please bring them to the Church Office or call Ruth Moses, 368-6996 THANK YOU Beverly Gregory wishes to thank everyone for their visiting her during her illness. She presently is at home but does appreciate all the cards, more visits, sunshiney good wishes and concerns. THE FLOWER COMMITTEE does a wonderful service to our shut-ins, those recuperating at a rehab facility, or in the hospital. Those folks that receive the beautiful Altar flowers and a visit from a church member are most appreciative. Those that do the delivering are most humbled and blessed. Won’t you pray about becoming a part of this Committee that takes so little time but brings so much pleasure to both the delivery persons and the recipients? If you can give one Sunday afternoon every other month, then give John & Anna Hughes, a call. 369-9306 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; 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! 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. 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 |