Monthly Schedule

Liturgists

8:30 AM Service

November 01- Lynn Cunningham
November 08 - UMW Thank Offering/Combined Service
November 15 – Dawn Ellson
November 22 – Cynthia Griffin
November 29 – Joe Deible

10:45AM Service

November 01- Richard Payne & Nancy Smith
November 08 - UMW Thank Offering/Combined Service
November 15 – Sylvia McCormick
November 22 - Nancy Jones
November 29 - Vivian Jones

ALTAR STEWARD/COMMUNION PREPARATION

Carol Hill & Beverly Bury (communion in the pews) 

USHERS
Your service in the usher ministry begins Sunday, November 1, 2009, at 10:45 a.m. Please arrive at the church at 10:15 a.m. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your captain.

SPECIAL OFFERINGS THIS MONTH

Sunday, November 1 -  Food Bank Offering- This offering benefits the Garden City Church Food Pantry.

Sunday, November 8 - UMW Thank offering

Sunday, November 15 -  Find us Faithful – Building Fund

Sunday, November 22- Spare Change Sunday – every fourth Sunday of the month.  Please bring your spare change and donate it to a good cause – our Mission Share apportionment to the Western PA Conference.

Sunday, November 29 - United Methodist Student Day - This offering funds scholarships and loans and calls the church to support students as they prepare for life in uniting faith and knowledge and  Ministry of Kindness Offering - Pastor’s Discretionery Fund -this outreach offering is taken every fifth Sunday.

United Methodist Women

Sunday, November 8^th – Thank Offering Service

Combined Service – 10:00 a.m.

On the second Sunday of November it has been our tradition to have our Thank Offering Service. This special thank offering is used to support missions in our own country and around the world. Our speaker will be Reverend Richard J. Hill.

Please begin, or continue, to save your coins as you count the blessings that you receive each day. Note: In addition to coins, we also happily accept checks (to: GCUM Women) and “paper.”

Potato Bar with All the Fix’ins will be held after the Combined Worship service. Sign up in the Narthex to let us know if you’re coming

Saturday - November 14^th – 10:00 a.m.

We will meet at Panera’s in the Miracle Mile. Lynn Cunningham will facilitate a book review of the “The Shack”, a book that may change your life. 

Sunday November 15 – Operation Christmas Child

Last day to return your Shoe box. Esther Rees is coordinating our December Shoe Box Christmas Ministry again this year. Brochures with instructions, gift ideas and what NOT to place in the shoebox are available in the Narthex. It’s not too late to make one. Bring the shoebox in and place in front of the Altar. 

December 12 - Heavenly fudge will be made and we’ll need help at this “fun time.” Daisy Leaf is “in charge.” Order form will be ready in November.

AFGHAN COUNT 1224 /INDESCRIBABLE//!!!/
183 CHEMO CAPS
214 PREEMIE AFGHANS

Our good friend, Sandy Lucas, has given us a pile of chemo caps, and this is the lady who is going through chemo treatments now. She also is the one who has given us a number of trash bag tote bags. Sylvia made a beautiful Prayer Shawl with matching chemo caps, and also an afghan and matching hat. The Quilting Needles gave us some wonderful quilts to
give to the Veterans. Robin Gerkin is the chief quilter. Dorothy has done several afghans of different sizes along with caps of different
sizes.

Esther Rees knitted a very soft yellow afghan. Irene Anderson is still bringing in fabrics for our quilting people. Pam Nelis is also supplying us with yarn. Blessing of the afghans was held on Oct. 11, 2009.

Trustees Corner

 Fall Clean-Up Scheduled: Fall clean-up has been scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 21, from 8:30 AM – 12 Noon.   The Trustees need as many volunteers as possible in order to give the church a good cleaning.  There are also many, many leaves to be raked.  Please consider donating some of your time to help us in this important project.  The last few clean-up days have not been well attended, meaning a few faithful volunteers had to do a whole lot of work!   Any amount of time you can donate to help is very much appreciated by the Trustees.

 Trustees Looking for Leaf Blower: Speaking of leaves, the Trustees are looking for anyone willing to donate an old leaf blower to the church.  That would make our leaf conquest much, much easier.

 Volunteers Appreciated:  The Trustees wish to thank Forrest Blackburn and Bob Mungo for their recent volunteer efforts.  Forrest replaced a couple of bad light ballasts in the kitchen.  Bob gave the office carpet a well-deserved cleaning and scrubbing. 

 Energy Awareness:  Almost 30 compact fluorescent lights have been installed in the sanctuary.  These are the bulbs that save significant energy (a 15W bulb gives the same amount of light as a regular 75W bulb) and last three years and more.

Black Male Teachers -Do you know any Black males who are seniors in high school who want to go to college out of state for "FREE" ? Several Black Colleges are looking for future black male teachers and will send them to universities/colleges for 4 years FREE. The 'Call Me MISTER' program is an effort to address the critical shortage of African American male teachers particularly among South Carolina 's lowest performing public schools . Program participants are selected from among under-served, soc io-economic ally disadvantaged and educationally at-risk communities. The program is a collaboration between Clemson University and four historically black colleges in South Carolina; Benedict College, Claflin University, Morris College and South Carolina State University. The project provides: Tuition for admitted students pursuing approved programs of study at participating colleges; an academic support system to help assure their success; a cohort system for social and cultural support. Visit www.callmemister.clemson.edu/index.htm for more details and the online application or call (800) 640-2657.