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.

 

•         The family of Ken Brown. Ken died early Wednesday morning, November 3. The memorial service is Sunday, November 14 at

2 pm in Cordier Auditorium on the Manchester College campus. 

•         Wayne Ross recovering following a recent hospitalization.

•         Those who were unable to worship with us due to their current health limitations, including: Jane Cassell, Barbara Smith, Don & Dorothy Gable, and Eunice Brightbill.

•         And we pray a prayer of Thanksgiving for the rich, full life of Edith Weaver-Mann, Martha Bowman’s aunt. Edith died this past week in Pennsylvania at the age of 105.

•         Our sister church in El Salvador, Emanuel Baptist. We celebrate with the members of IBE and Sarah Hall as she is welcomed to serve among them in ministry. We hold IBE and Sarah in prayer and offer our love and support.

•         For those attending the Progressive Brethren Gathering this coming weekend here in our building.

•         We pray for peace.

Chris & Kathy Garber:

 cwgarber@gmail.com

Eric & Jennifer Reichenbach:

 ericjenny@frontier.com and ereichenbachmd@frontier.com

Virginia Nixon: nixonvirginia@gmail.com

 

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 after Thanksgiving again this year.

 

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

2:00 pm        Nurture Commission

5:00 pm         Weight Watchers – Room 220

6:00 pm      Yoga – Narthex

7:30 pm    Volleyball

9:30 am    Peace Patch Preschool / FLC

12:00 pm      Pastors’ lunch at Timbercrest

4:00 pm   Children’s Program Rehearsal  

6:00 pm   Food-Fun-Friends

 

Senior High Regional Youth Conference at Manchester College

 

9:30 am Worship. Kreston Lipscomb preaches. Kurt Borgmann is worship leader.TaizéChoir

The new church web-site is schedule to “go live” on Tuesday, November 16. When that happens, you will be notified about how to access the site, the newsletter and other links. There will be no more e-mail newsletters because you will be able to go on-line at your convenience! We celebrate this transition and appreciate your patience with the project.

A new phone system was installed on Thursday, November 4, and staff received training on new and improved features. Thank you for your patience as we work through this transition.

 

Church of the Brethren Women’s Fellowship

CBWF needs old sheets or similar fabrics for crib comforter projects for charity at our next meeting, Thursday, November 11, from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. Thanks. Questions? Call Esther Rupel (982-1410)

 

The All Things Considered Class will be selling our church cookbook in the Narthex on November 14 during Fellowship Hour. The cookbooks are $10 each. They make great birthday or Christmas gifts. Thanks.

 

This week at Food, Fun and Friends we'll welcome 8 students from the Manchester College African Student Association.  They will share a 15-minute program that includes a quick geography orientation to the continent of Africa, common stereotypes, languages, art and music.  There will be time for questions.  Their program will begin at 6:30 pm.

Serving the Pizza, Wednesday, November 10, from 6 to 7: pm. The season will continue on the second Wednesday of December –the 9th. A fabulous pizza and salad bar awaits you. . . so come hungry! Note: Children’s Christmas Program rehearsals will precede both of these meals. Call Joel Eichenauer (982-1509) or the church office (982-7523) to make reservations.

  

 

*Saturday, November 13 - Food prep for Sunday brunch.  Please bring all your ingredients to the church kitchen by 2pm.  We'll work until about 4pm.

*Sunday, November 14 - Serving brunch for the Progressive Church Conference.  Set up and food prep begins following worship.

 *November 20-21 - Fall Retreat at Koinonia

 

 *November 13-14 - POWERHOUSE 2010, a Regional Youth Conference at Manchester College.  If you would still like to attend with the others, contact Jim Chinworth in the church office, 982-7523.

 *December 3 - Child care for Parent's Night Out.  Meet at the church by 5:15pm.  Afterward we'll gather for "Just the girls/guys" at Sautter's and Chinworth's.

The Living Gift Market will be Saturday, November 13, at Timbercrest. Our Church will be sponsoring the goat display. We will have information about how the gift of a goat can help a struggling family, and we will have goat milk lotion and goat cheese to sample.

We need volunteers to host the display table for one or two hours between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm. If you can help, please call Jan Fahs at 982-6405 or email

 fahsbrownplumbing@frontier.com

 

The third Progressive Brethren Gathering will be held on November 12-14 at our church. The conference will explore the theme: Forward Together: Conversations Towards an Enlivened Community. Cost of the two-day event is $120, with limited scholarships available and special rates for students and children. On-line registration is available at www.progressivebrethren.org..   For additional information, please contact Carol Wise at 612.343.2060, or email cwise@bmclgbt.org

 

 

 

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

 

Cliff Kindy, District Disaster Ministries Coordinator, requests volunteers for the Winamac Project. This week, carpenters or those with framing skills are needed. 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.

 

At its October 30th meeting the Indiana Camp Board chose names for the building that will house the office and dining services formerly located in Becker Lodge that was destroyed in a July 11th fire. Names of all facilities at Camp Mack are named for Brethren leaders. The first new building will be called the John Kline Welcome Center. John Kline, a minister and doctor from Broadway, Virginia during the Civil War era traveled across the Mason-Dixon line treating the injured or sick on both sides.

The kitchen and dining rooms will comprise the Kate Warstler Dining Center in honor and memory of Kate Warstler, a long-term and beloved Camp Mack cook. Kate was the first full-time cook at Camp Mack beginning in 1977

The new offices will be called the Manly Deeter Office Complex in memory of Manly Deeter.   Deeter was a member of the locating committee that chose the land for Camp Mack and also a member of the Incorporating Committee. 

On November 1st, construction began on this large multipurpose structure. Earth was moved preparing for the foundations that are expected to be done as soon as possible. The goal is to have this building operational by June 1, ready to serve the coming summer’s campers.

Persons are invited to give to Camp Mack’s building fund whether the gift is a dollar, a million dollars, or somewhere in between. Because of the financial support of countless persons, for 85 years Camp Mack has been a sanctuary where people connect with God through faith formation, experiencing creation and building Christian Community. 

To donate to the building fund, send checks to Camp Mack, P.O. Box 158, Milford, IN 46542 or visit www.campmack.org and make your donation on line.

November 13 at Timbercrest

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

If you could have any gift you wished, what would it be? Peace on earth, an end to hunger, preservation of the environment, education for a child? These gifts are available to you, one small piece at a time. Heifer International works toward dreams like these through people like you.

There comes a time when your mother has enough sweaters, your clients have more holiday food than they can eat, and another toy will just be lost in the shuffle. If you’re looking for a different way to honor the people close to you, attend the Living Gift Market.

A Living Gift Market “sells” food and income-producing animals like pigs, bees, chicks and heifers. The animals go to hungry, rural families working to improve their lives, and are delivered with technical training in animal care and concern for the environment.

Whole communities are changed through your gifts. Along with training, Heifer International provides a female animal or starter flock to each family, and one or more male animals to the community for breeding purposes. Veterinary services, extension advice, and organization support ensure lasting benefits.

You’ll get attractive gift cards for those you have chosen to honor. They include the story of Heifer International’s work through food and income-producing animals.

Buy a gift animal such as a goat, rabbit, pig, bee or heifer. Each Market gift gives over and over again. You honor a friend or loved one with an attractive card stating your gift. Heifer Turns Recipients Into Donors. One gift turns into many as more lives are transformed through Heifer’s cornerstone of “Passing on The Gift.” Each recipient of a Heifer animal promises to give back to the community by passing on an offspring of their animal to a neighbor in need-extending the reach of hope to create a living chain of giving.

Heifer had 928 active projects in 54 countries and 28 U.S. states in fiscal year 2009. Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses: Programs: 75% Fund Raising: 18% Administrative: 7%

For more information contact Jim Myer at 982-6343 or jmyerwdw@yahoo.com.

 

Peabody is hosting a Veteran’s Day Service in the Peabody Chapel on Thursday November 11 at 2:00p. Everyone is welcome to attend!

 Along with that, if anyone would like to help push people in wheelchairs, we can use some assistance transporting veterans to the service who live in our health center. If anyone is willing to help, they’ll be needed at 1:00 on that day. Please have them contact me if they’re interested at 260-982-0741, or Haley.Brandenburg@PeabodyRC.org

 Thank-you!