Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Weekend To Remember - Our church has regularly participated in the Weekend to Remember marriage retreat. The Dayton retreat is scheduled for February 29-March 2, making it a perfect Christmas gift for your spouse! If you're interested, contact Jeni Berger for information about group discounts.
Children's Christmas Musical dates Is your child participating in this year's Christmas musical? If so, mark the following dates on your calendar; Wednesday, December 5- practice from 4:30-6pm - Wednesday, December 12- practice from 4:30-6pm - Saturday December 15- practice from 9:30-11:30am. If you have any questions, please contact Shelly Warner or call the church office for more information.
Clothes Drive - This is an opportunity for you to serve kids in this community by donating some basic necessities (coat, shoes, underwear, etc.) to underprivileged kids who may not receive any Christmas presents. There is a sign up sheet with a list of items on the table in Narthex.
Community Unity Christmas Fund Drive - NEEDED BELL RINGERS - for 1 or 2 hr. shifts, inside at Krogers on the 14th, 21st, & 22nd of December. Starting at 10 am ending at 8 pm, sign up in narthex. If you have any questions, see Randy Kress. "All donations stay in Darke County."
SHAKE Postal Service - It's that time of year, when you're sending out all your Christmas cards. Why not use this as an opportunity to support the Youth Group at the same time? How it works, you donate $5 to the youth group, and we'll deliver all your Christmas cards for you. The cards must be for people in our body. Delivery day will be Saturday, Dec. 15th. The deadline for turning in cards is Wednesday, Dec. 12th.
HELP FOR HONDURAS - A family from our church is heading to Honduras over Christmas break to work with a church plant and help with VBS. As a church, we would like to send sweaters/sweatshirts to the church by December 23rd. A few guidelines for the shirts: 1) No American symbols printed on them. 2) Not a lot of printed words (branding like "Nike" or "Adidas" is okay). 3) No camouflage.

Divorce Care-Monday nights from 7-9 pm
Preacher's Workshop-Monday night @ 7pm
SHAKE- Wednesday night, 7-9 pm
Saturday - Men's Prayer Breakfast - 7am
JOY Christmas Luncheon - Dec. 8, 11am at the Pearson House Restaurant, 28 N Miami St., West Milton, carpool from church at 10:30am.
BAPTISM COMING- Lord willing, we will be having baptisms on December 9th. If you are interested in being baptized, please contact the office immediately to set up an appointment.
LIFE GROUPS- If you thought the beginning of the fall would mean the end of our nagging you about LIFE Groups, you were wrong. Seriously, we can’t encourage you enough to experience all the “one anothers” that Scripture describes through this ministry. LIFE Groups are just starting up, and it is not too late to join. Just fill out a green card on the table and return it to the office. We’ll take care of the rest.