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MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF FAITH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

OCTOBER 2018

This month is all about VISION. The last Sunday of October (the 28th) will be VISION SUNDAY. Not only will we hold our Annual Congregational Meeting on this day, we will also launch our 5-Year Vision for the future of Faith Church! On VISION SUNDAY, we will walk through the process your leadership has taken to construct our 5-Year Vision, and we will begin to work together as a church to set our own goals in the programs, ministries, small groups, and individual lives of Faith Church.

Our 5-Year Vision is focused on “growth.” Our motto will be “Growing Together in Faith.” Our hope and determination is that our church will grow in many ways, numerically and spirituality. The pillars of our vision are “Inviting New People to Faith” and “Growing in our Relationship with Christ.”

Inviting New People to Faith

We will actively share our faith with others by engaging in Conversations about Faith and Inviting People, of all ages, to experience life as a Christian and life in our Church. We will also connect with our community through Community Activities and Church Marketing. Conversations about faith mean sharing with AND listening to people about how God is already moving in our lives. When the opportunities present themselves, conversations can then become invitations to events, small groups, or worship services at Faith Church. Getting to know our PSL neighbors and raising community awareness of Faith Church is an important part of invitation. This can take place through community activities and church marketing.

Growing in our Relationship with Christ We will create Personal Spiritual Growth Plans, that will utilize Small Groups and other Church Activities to encourage our Spiritual Growth and help us Invite New People to Faith. Mentoring will be a priority, especially for those in Leadership. When we “grow” spiritually, we examine our own relationship with Christ and his church, and we set short-term goals for ourselves that can encourage us to go deeper in our understanding, appreciation, and commitment to Christ. Everyone has room to grow spiritually!

So what about the Mission of Faith Church? Actually, our 5-Year Vision will help us to accomplish the Mission of Faith Church. We say every Sunday, “Our mission is to express God’s love to all, invite others to know Jesus, and make faithful disciples.” Since I arrived at Faith Church (four years ago this month...can you believe it?), I have been to be impressed with the LOVE that the members of Faith Church share with one another and with people in our community. However, I have also noticed that we can use some work in the other two areas of our mission. That’s where our 5-Year Vision can help us!

Our 5-Year Vision will help us know exactly how we can “invite others to know Jesus.” It’s through conversations about Faith and invitations to events, small groups, or worship services at Faith Church. How can we spread the invitation into our community? Through community activities and church marketing.

Our 5-Year Vision will also help know exactly how to “make faithful disciples.” In order to MAKE disciples we have to BE disciples. Our vision to have Personal Spiritual Growth Plans will help us to strengthen our own discipleship and then be able to share with others exactly what has encouraged our own spiritual growth. The vision to add more Small Group opportunities and the emphasis on mentorship will also help us to make and to become growing disciples of Christ.

I’m so excited about our past, our present, and our future at Faith Church. I would ask that you join me in praying that this month we be renewed in our understanding of how God has led us in the past, how God is with us today, and how God is taking us into a bright future! A future where we are “Growing Together in Faith.”

Sisters in Faith will be holding our annual Fall Fling Luncheon & Fashion Show on

Saturday, October 20th at noon at the church. Tickets ($10 each) are available from

members of Sisters in Faith. We will be serving chicken salad. We will be raffling off

Mike Young’s famous cheesecake ($2 each or 3/$5)! Marcia Steiner

is graciously donating one of her beautiful wreaths as a door prize!

Bon Worth will be coordinating the Fashion Show and will have

clothes available to purchase after the luncheon.

Ladies you will not want to miss this event! It is

always a lot of fun with good food & fellowship! Tickets are limited

so purchase your tickets early. We look forward to another

successful event. Proceeds from this event help us to continue our

mission work in the community and beyond.

If you haven’t picked up your boxes yet, it is not too late! Starting

October 7th we will have boxes available every Sunday morning.

We need the boxes back no later than November 7th. Please let

us know when you return the boxes so that we can keep track of

how many are still outstanding. The shipping and handling cost is

$9.00 per box. If you would like to donate funds to help defray the cost of shipping or

are unable to get to the store and would like us to purchase things for the boxes, we

will be glad to take care of it for you. You can write on check for your offering and

this cause, just write “Sisters in Faith” on the second line of your envelope.

If you have any questions please speak to Gladys Dolan or Karen Overly. Thank you

for your continued support of this special ministry.

Have you had a loss in your life and could use the support of fellow

Christians? Our group meets once a month on the third Tuesday.

Our next meeting is October 16th at 7 pm. If you have any questions

about the group, please contact Gladys Dolan (772) 871-0877.

Collecting Any ITEMS for children ages 2-14

that will fit in a shoe box.

Please sign up for boxes…

See Gladys Dolan for more information.

Have you experienced a significant loss?

Meeting is October 16th

(Group Meets Every 3rd Tuesday,

7:00 pm

at the Church)

See Gladys Dolan for more info.

COMMUNITY KITCHEN VOLUNTEERS

NEEDEDTable Set-up Wait Staff

Drink Stations Bus Person

Greeters Dish room

Pick up Bread/Desserts

See Karen Overly or Patty Hesser

for more information.

FAITH STAFF

Pastor Rob Hunter

Pianist & Choir Director Hazel Graham

Administrative Assistant Frank Grieco

STEERING OFFICERS

President Marcia Steiner

Vice President Wilma Osterhoudt

Treasurer Kelly Phillips

Secretary Paula Akucewich

MINISTRIES OF THE CHURCH

Community Outreach Ministry Patty Hesser

Discipleship Ministry

Bob Santom

Property Ministry Rich Pecho

Stewardship Ministry

Ron Knepshield

Worship Ministry Carol McDonnold

READINGS FOR OCTOBER 2018

October 1 Malachi 1-4

October 2 Matthew 1-4

October 3 Matthew 5-6

October 4 Matthew 7-8

October 5 Matthew 9-10

October 6 Matthew 11-12

October 7 Matthew 13-14

October 8 Matthew 15-17

October 9 Matthew 18-19

October 10 Matthew 20-21

October 11 Matthew 22-23

October 12 Matthew 24-25

October 13 Matthew 26

October 14 Matthew 27-28

October 15 Mark 1-3

October 16 Mark 4-5

October 17 Mark 6-7

October 18 Mark 8-9

October 19 Mark 10-11

October 20 Mark 12-13

October 21 Mark 14

October 22 Mark 15-16

October 23 Luke 1

October 24 Luke 2-3

October 25 Luke 4-5

October 26 Luke 6-7

October 27 Luke 8-9

October 28 Luke 10-11

October 29 Luke 12-13

October 30 Luke 14-16

October 31 Luke 17-18

2-Charlie Blakeslee

13-Donna Mealy

14-Lisa Nandhavan

19-Patricia Beck

19-Christine Hill

20-Kathy Worthington

20-Wayne Penn

22-Tom Scott

24-Maria Burford

28-Scott Whiting

30-Jhamir Joshua Simpson

30-Thelma Plumlee

30-Ken Osterhoudt

10-Judy & Vinny Byrne

23-Anita & Charlie Moreland

26-Icilda-Leilda & Audley Silvera

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1

2

Scouts 6:30 pm

3

Bible Study 10 am

Faith Ladies

Brunch 11:30 am

NO Choir

4

Community Meal

5-6:30 pm

Bible Study 7 pm

5 6

Sisters in Faith 10 am

7

NO Choir

Worship 9 am

Sermon:

How Do Two Become One?

8

COLUMBUS DAY

9

Stewardship

5:30 pm

Steering 6:30 pm

Scouts 6:30 pm

10

Bible Study 10 am

NO Choir

11

Community Meal

5-6:30 pm

Bible Study 7 pm

12 13

GOLF TOURNAMENT

8:30 am

14

Choir 8 am

Worship 9 am

Sermon: Who Really Knows You?

15

16

Scouts 6:30 pm

Growing

Through Grief 7 pm

17

Bible Study 10 am

Choir 7 pm

18

Community Meal

5-6:30 pm

Bible Study 7 pm

19 20

Sisters in Faith Fall Fling

Luncheon & Fashion Show

12 pm

21

Choir 8 am

Worship 9 am

Sermon: Is That Fair?

Shepherds 10:15 am

22

23

Scouts 6:30 pm

24

Bible Study 10 am

Choir 7 pm

25

Community Meal

5-6:30 pm

Bible Study 7 pm

26 27

Church Work Day

8 am

28 Choir 8 am

Worship 9 am

Sermon:

The Next 5 Years

Annual

Congregational Meeting 10 am

29 30

Scouts 6:30 pm

31

Bible Study 10 am

Choir 7 pm