November 22
Bag pick-up for deliveries 11 to 1 p.m.

We are going to bring a little bit of the holiday spirit to all our families this season! We have a reusable bag with some gifts to make the season a little brighter.

For all our families to receive the Advent bags, we are going to need you to help with a holiday delivery. Last year we did an all-member delivery during the capital campaign and this will be very much the same. When you sign up, we will give you a list of 6-10 addresses in the same area for bags to be delivered. You can knock on the door and say hello, or just hang them on the door knob; we’ll let them know you’re coming.

We will need about 100 people to make deliveries, but we hope to make it fun for you, too! Picking up bags will be a drive thru in the alley behind the church. You’ll be greeted by the staff, handed some hot cider or hot chocolate and a Christmas CD of our very own choir to listen to as you make your deliveries!

If you are willing to do this fun job (a little bit of Santa dropping by) or have any questions just send an email to Marcia Foret at marcia@flccs.net We look forward to hearing from you!

We set a goal of $2,000 for food for the hungry to reflect what we’d normally collect during our ingathering months. You smashed the goal by giving $3,500 to feed the hungry this month through Care and Share. Great job! Thank you! The church exists to bless those beyond our walls and you have come through as you always do. Well done, good and faithful servants!

On Sunday, October 4, we will be hosting an outdoor, masked-and-distanced concert by the principal woodwind players of the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs. Enjoy music for flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon on our lawn! Admission is free, but reservations are required through the Chamber Orchestra website, and seating is limited. The program begins at 1 p.m. and will be repeated at 3 p.m. For more information, or to register, visit www.chamberorchestraofthesprings.org/winds-in-the-trees.

Let us greet one another!

Every Sunday morning many of you would come to church and head into the sanctuary to claim your spot in your pew. Perhaps before the prelude or after the postlude you would chat for a moment with the people around you. Certainly, most would be accustomed to sharing the peace with those scattered around you, also in their regular seat.

We would like to continue that time of community and sharing the peace with a monthly zoom gathering of your “pew partners!”

We’re going to need a little help from you to make this happen! While the pastors and Marcia are pretty good at remembering who sits where, we can’t remember everything! Click to sign up here.

Please note that even if you don’t use a computer or tablet you can call into a zoom meeting with just a phone number, so you might not see faces that way, but you’ll be a part of the conversation! When groups have been formed we’ll send you an email with your zoom link and you’ll be set to share the peace!