Weekly Announcements
ADVENT NEWS
COMMUNITY OF HOPE NEWS
Summer Worship Time – 9:30 a.m.
MCC ANNOUNCEMENTS - Sunday, June 27, 2010
MCC COMMUNITY GROUP - Wednesday, June 30 Concert on the Square
Meet at 5:30 p. at the King Street corner --- bring a chair & food to share. Please call Myrna McNatt (831-5759) if coming so we know who to watch for. Also, let her know if you need a ride or want to carpool.
Wednesday, July 7 - Picnic & APT Theater (if you made a reservation --- Kathy Johnson has details)
Thursday, July 8 - Brewer's game in Milwaukee (Al Wahl has details)
Enjoy a free choral concert at 7:30pm on Friday, July 9 at UW's Mills Concert Hall in the fine arts building. The music will be performed by the 60 voice Madison Summer Choir, directed by Ben Leudcke. The theme of the concert is "light" and features a piece by Morten Lauridsen called Lux Aeterna. Lauridsen is a contemporary composer. His music is very spiritual and has been well received throughout the world. The concert will be about one hour in length. Ben Luedcke is an upcoming, energetic young choral conductor in Madison. He is director of music at Lake Edge UCC as well as the Choral Arts Society Chorale in Madison. Roger Pettersen
KIDS: Get Ready
to Garden!
The MCC summer gardening program will start soon with new plans, a
large variety of plants, and lots of fun! Kids gardening at MCC will
take place after church on the
following Sundays this summer: July 11, July 25, August 8 and August 22. We will also need help in between sessions. We are piloting a new
approach that we hope will help our children make even more connections between nurturing soil and soil. We also plan to have more interesting activities for the 2nd
through 5th grade set, to draw them into the garden. Sign-up sheets will be available soon.
Pennies for Peace -
Jack Adams called to report a deposit of $62.59 which brings the Pennies for Peace total to $773.56! Jack is the new coordinator for Pennies for Peace. This worthy cause is taken on by the Women of Advent. Thanks Jack.
Interfaith Hospitality Network Week July 25-31 – Something Different –We are Hosts!
The coming week of July 25-31 will be different than usual because MCC will be hosting the 4-5 families while Orchard Ridge UCC is undergoing a remodel. That means that some of our classrooms will be turned into rooms for the families from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. each day. As usual the families will be at work, school, or the IHN day center from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. But this new temporary role means some extra opportunities for MCC.
For example, we will need help with clearing the Sunday School rooms for the week (July 22) and then later returning them to their original setup; setting up the traveling beds, linens, and fixtures on the 25th; and some extra help with housekeeping as well as the usual meal preparation and service, play with kids, shopping and overnight hosting. This is a great time to try IHN volunteering in your own back yard. New signup sheets will be posted for these great opportunities. Please call Aaron Anding (239-34
MCC Community Group – Brewers Game on Thursday, August 12
They play the Arizona Diamonbacks at 1:10 p.m. Cost for tickets with Sr. Citizen Discount is $21.50 per person. Car pool from the church. See Al Wahl if interested or call 663-4928.
MCC Women’s Lunch Bunch – Every Wednesday at 11:30 a. at the Prairie Cafe in
Middleton, across from Copps Grocery Store. Good fellowship and no agenda.
Save the Date!!
What: The Annual MCC Camping Weekend at Bethel Horizens
When: August 20-22 (Note DATE CHANGE from previous years)
Where: Bethel Horizens Campground
This is an invitation for EVERYONE - young, old, in-between, single, married, families - to join together for a weekend of camping, camp fires, singing, eating, swimming, hiking, canoeing, fellowship. Join the group for 1 or 2 nights of camping, and/or the day Saturday (we spend the afternoon at Governor Dodge State Park at a beach and potluck Saturday night back at the campground!). Any questions contact Karen Kuhn - 231-6723.
Budget Requests for 2011
The budget committee will begin working on the MCC's 2011 budget in August. If you are aware of any budget items or special needs an MCC group may have, please pass the requests to the MCC Budget Committee. This could be a repair, new equipment, increase funding for a committee, things that are needed to be updated and so on. An example: we became aware that the refrigerator in the kitchen is not working well and the MCC needs a new one. This is something that the budget committee could discuss and ask for in the MCC budget. The committee cannot promise your request will be added to the budget, but it wants to make sure all needs are compiled and presented to the Leadership Team for consideration. Please talk to Sonja Keesey-Berg, Tom Mattews, Joanna Palmer or John Rowe. If you are not sure if your idea/request should be in the budget, please talk to us anyway! Thanks, Joanna Palmer