There is much that connects us to each other in this community of faith. Please keep these thoughts in your hearts and minds in the days to come.

•         We celebrate Jeff & Xiomy Fahs at the birth of their son, Leonardo Gabriel Fahs, on November 13. Leonardo is the grandson of Joan Fahs and the nephew of Jan & Andy Fahs Brown. Everyone is well.

•         Those who were unable to worship with us due to their current health limitations, including: Beth Stone, Erma Petry, Fred & Lois Roop and Raymon Eller.

•         Phyllis Pettit who is having knee replacement surgery Monday, November 15.

•         Ed Gilbert recovering at Timbercrest Healthcare following back surgery on Friday, November 12.

•         Emerson Niswander continuing to heal and recover from his broken hip at home after a time in Timbercrest Healthcare.

•         Jo Reinoehl’s son-in-law, Harry Hensely, who is ill.

•         Our sister church in El Salvador, Emanuel Baptist. We pray for the 165 leaders and more than 1600 children and youth touched by the Vacation Bible School program this month.

•         We pray for peace.

It had come to our attention that there were some problems with our stewardship mailing, but over time we are hearing that the problems were more widespread than we initially thought. It appears that several people did not receive stewardship letters at all, while others received a letter but no commitment card or a commitment card but no letter. If you were one of these persons, I would greatly appreciate hearing from you as we try to assess how wide spread the problem was and take steps to ensure that it does not happen again.

Thank you.

Kurt Borgmann

The Family Life Center is open from 8 to 10 am for walking and exercise. Nursery School may use the FLC from 10 to 11.

 

  9:30 am    Peace Patch Preschool / FLC            

10:30 am    Staff meeting

  5:00 pm    Weight Watchers – Room 220

  6:00 pm    Yoga – Narthex

  7:30 pm    Volleyball

9:30 am Peace Patch Preschool / FLC

7:00 pm    Executive Board

7:00 pm   Circle of Trust

 

 

       2:00 pm Circle of Trust

 

 

 

If you have changes in your contact information that you’d like to share with the church family, be sure to let the office know. A rough draft will be available in the Narthex again this year for you to edit between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The 2011 directory will go to the printer’s after the first of the year.

Mel & Anita Sautter:      melsautter@gmail.com

                                 ansautter@frontier.com

Parks & Paula Adams:    ppmadams@frontier.com

James & Sandra Grossnickle:   crimsonridge@frontier.com

Leona Campbell’s phone:    1-574-354-7950

Melinda Lantz:                mellantz@frontier.com

Steve Naragon:      stevenaragon@frontier.com

Pam Higgins:             pamhiggins@frontier.com

Denny & Becky Unger: d.unger1@frontier.com

Ron & Cristi Karg:       kesmax57@frontier.com

David & Mary Lahman: david.lahman@frontier.com

Susan Klingler:               sklingler@frontier.com

Jeff & Jeannie Trachsel: jl2trachsel@frontier.com

 

Sunday evening, November 21, 7 pm

In our sanctuary

Speaker: Tim Morbitzer, Victory Christian

Special Music: Manchester High School Choir

Please bring a non-perishable item for the Food Pantry as your offering!

The Children’s Christmas Giving Project is again in support of the Fellowship of Churches “Angel Tree” project. Angel gift tags can be found on the Narthex Christmas Tree November 28 and December 5. Tags will indicate the age of the recipient and a gift suggestion. Children are encouraged to choose gifts for other children (with parental assistance). Please limit your gift to one per tag, to ensure recipient equality. Wrap your gift, attach the Angel Tree tag, and place it under the Narthex Angel Tree by Sunday, December 12. Questions? Contact Laura Gable at the church (982-7523) or at home (982-2864) or on her cell (578-0378).

 

The Senior High Youth will be delivering to our community's food pantry on Sunday, December 5.  Please bring your food items and financial gifts this advent season and place them in the Pie Safe in the vestibule.

·       Combined SS class - Nov.28 - Dec.19.  Nooma dvd's on Advent and Christmas themes.  We'll join up with All Things Considered and Jubilee.

·       Friday, Dec.3 - Parent's Night Out Childcare.

·       Be at the church by 5:15pm.  Just the girls/guys to follow at Sautter's/Chinworth's 

·       Next Pantry will be December 5

 

Middle School Youth 

·    Nov.20-21 - Fall Retreat at Koinonia.  Be at the church by 4pm on Saturday.  We'll return by noon Sunday.  Your registration form is due now! 

·    Saturday, Dec.4 - Caramel Corn making.  9am in the church kitchen.  Sales take place the next day after worship to support our Heritage Tour/National Junior High Conference trip. 

·    Friday night fun - Dec.10 in the church FLC. 6-7:30pm 

·    Sunday, Dec.19 - Next Sub Sale

Do you ever wonder what you would need to do for a choking child or how to respond to someone feeling unwell and maybe it is chest pain?  Monday Dec 6^th from 6-9pm you can learn these skills along with CPR and AED training. We need to know if you plan to attend by Nov 22^nd. For those of you interested in CPR training and certification and this date will not work for you, let us know so we can plan another training session.

Call the church office, Debbie Chinworth at 982-4881 or Ann Hartsough at 982-6131.

 

 

Thursday, November 18 at 3:00 pm

At Congregational Christian Church

310 N. Walnut Street

sponsored by DuPont & Associates and Medicaid Planning Coaching Systems

Trash cans, eco lyrics and great music:

Vocal Trash brings its eco-message to Manchester College. The one-night performance on the North Manchester campus begins at 7 p.m. on Nov. 20 in Cordier Auditorium. Sponsored by campus Conference Services, tickets are $20, $10 for students (including Manchester College students) and anyone under 18.

 

Standing Committee Delegate Jeff Castetter has scheduled Special Response Hearings. These are facilitated discussions to assist the Standing Committee of Annual Conference in formulating its recommendations to next year’s Annual Conference regarding the 2008 Standing Committee Statement of Confession and Commitment and the 2009 Query: Language on Same-sex Covenantal Relationships. Please put this hearing on your calendar to participate in the process of listening, as well as giving input:

·       Saturday, December 4, 9:30-11:30 am at Grandview C/B

  

Many thanks to those who contributed to the “Trick or Treat for UNICEF” event, through supper provisions, meal prep, as drivers, or super supper hosts! A big thanks to all the children who participated in canvassing the Timbercrest Neighborhood Apartments and the Timbercrest dining rooms! We appreciate the wonderful assistance of the Northfield High School Key Club and Manchester College Circle K Club. Thanks to the Spiritual Life Committee at Peabody for allowing their October Chapel offerings to be donated to UNICEF. Through the generosity of everyone who donated, we are thrilled to report a grand total of $1000 was collected! May God continue to bless these efforts.

 

Cliff Kindy, District Disaster Ministries Coordinator, requests volunteers for the Winamac Project. The week of December 13, the Manchester Congregation is asked to provide volunteers for painting, and finish work as the project winds down. If you are able to help either of these weeks, please call Cliff at 982-2971.

 

1) Winamac, Indiana, Flood Recovery project this coming December 12-18, which may be the final week to complete that project. If you can help, contact Cliff Kindy at kindy@cpt.org or phone 260-982-2971.

2) The Haiti Workcamp information packet is available in the church office.

3) Chalmette, Louisiana, Hurricane Katrina for October 10-16, January 2-8, May 29-June 4, June 5-11, and June 12-18. Contact Jane Yount at jyount_gb@brethren.org or call 800-451-4407.

4) How can we build a strong disaster response network in our district? One suggestion has been $50 or $100 per year.