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MCC ANNOUNCEMENTS - Sunday, August 17, 2008
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Please have your announcements in by Thursday noon each week. Email announcements welcomed.
For MCC folks without email: Sonja will post email updates from Andrew Rogness on the bulletin board.
There is a HOLD on the magazine/book donations for the Jail Ministry. Your response has been terrific. This is a message from John Mix.
Volunteer Opportunities Abound!
Please stop by the sign-up board in the Shalom Room. Your help is needed!
Habitat for Humanity -- Can you help?
A big THANK-YOU to the 15 MCCers who worked with Habitat for Humanity on three separate days during July!
During August we will have MCC volunteers working on the dates listed below. If you would like to join in, please sign up on the Habitat display in the Shalom Room, or call John Rowe at 222-1132. Thanks!
Wednesday, August 20 (Women Build)
Friday, August 22, and
Tuesday, August 26
Prairie Opportunity – August 11 at PBC
Help is needed on our wonderful MCC prairies and Pheasant Branch Conservancy (PBC) to keep invasive plants under control, collect seed to continue to keep them healthy, and just general prairie management. As part of an on-going project, every first and second Monday evening May – September from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, we will be helping to manage these two prairies. At Pheasant Branch we will be working with members of the Friends of Pheasant Branch who are part of the restoration team participating in the Adopt a Prairie. They will be training us to clear invasive plants, flag plants that need to be sprayed as well as teach us about prairies and the Conservancy.
MCC Community Group – Band concert at Rennebohn Park, August 21, 7:00 p.
Meet at 6:30 p., bring a lawn chair, your own drink and something to share.
Thursday, August 28 “Belle Stratagem” at American Players Theater.
Anyone who will be there for the play is welcome to join in a potluck picnic at 5:30 p.
MCC SUNDAY SCHOOL
TEACHERS MEETING August 24, 2008 ~ 10:30 am - 11:30 am
There will be a teacher orientation and introductory meeting for all
Sunday school teachers and shepherds on Sunday, August 24th following
the 9:30 am worship service.
During this
meeting teachers will receive class lists, room assignments and
postcards to mail to their students. The Sunday school calendar,
teacher resources and the curriculum will also be discussed.
Please feel
free to check out your room supplies at this time. We look forward to
seeing you all on the 24th!
John,
Martha, Kris and Micki (Sunday school education committee)
MCC Women and Girls Event For girls in 6th grade and up and women of all ages.
Date: Saturday, September 6
Time: 6:00-9:00 PM
Topic: Spiritual Journeys
Location: MCC
Please join us for an evening of sharing, crafts, snacks, and fun. Bring a snack or dessert and a free will offering.
Please RSVP to:
Beth Falkos, bdjfalkos@hotmail.com, 441-2476
(We need a count for supplies, so please respond if you plan to attend.)
Questions? Contact Karen Kuhn, Tisha Brown, or Beth Falkos
Save You Aluminum Cans for Natashia
My name is Natashia I am the great grand-daughter of Fred and Jean Loichinger. I am nine years old. I live in Milwaukee. I attend the school Golda Meir.
Next year I will be in fourth grade. We are going to take a fieldtrip. We are going to Denmark and we each stay with one Danish family. So I ask of you could you save all of your aluminum cans so I can raise money for my trip. In Denmark we stay as I said with a Danish family and for two whole weeks. Wow! So please save your cans for my trip it sounds so fun, I don’t want to miss it. Please. Thank you, Natashia
Packages for Iraq (from Brad Spencer):
This is a useful and important ministry and MCC members have been very responsive. Members can take action entirely on their own by using the web to access AnySoldier.com, finding a request, and filling it. We could still use standard items like personal cosmetics (for both men and women, and retail-sized rather than motel-sized items appear to be better choices), microwave pop corn, coffee, candy, jerky, beef sticks (Old Wisconsin brand would be very suitable) and the like. These are dense enough to make use of the flat-rate Priority Mail boxes sensibly and economically. We don't have, at present, any contacts who request magazines and for items like ramen soups the economics of shipping charges are such that we should either send a large quantity or (generally) none at all. (These are bad items for flat-rate boxes, as they are large and light.) Please hold off on ramen soups for now.
Bring Your Recyclable Bulbs and Batteries to MCC
The place to deposit your recyclables is to the left of the library counter and Sonja’s basket. There is a sign posted letting you know the cost of recycling the items. Please put your donation in the small container labeled Donations. There is a list of places in the Madison area that also accepts these items. Chuck Pils reports that Ace Hardware in Waunakee, Menards and Home Depot does it for FREE.
Meeting Minutes are available in the book on the library counter in the Shalom Room.
If you are interested in minutes from Community of Hope, Advent and MCC meetings, you can find them in the large black book on the library counter in the Shalom Room.
Middle High
Thurs, AUGUST 14 – The River Food Pantry - Meet at MCC at 11:30AM, and we will return by 4:30PM. Let us know if you need a ride.
Senior High
Thursday Evening Coffee and Conversation – We will gather every other Thursday evening at Barrique’s Coffee Shop in Middleton (1901 Cayuga St. – just off of University Avenue) from 7:00 – 8:00 pm. Bring a question to ponder or just come and spend time with friends. We will meet 8/7, and 8/21.
Good food, fun and fellowship at the Capital Brewery
Thursday August 21 at 5:30 p.m.
Let’s gather one last time in 2008 for fellowship, food and fun at the Capital Brewery and Beer Garden, 7734 Terrace Ave., Middleton. If it’s raining we will meet at the Roman Candle Pizzeria, 1920 Parmenter St. in Middleton instead of at the Brewery.
Pastor Tisha on vacation August 18-September 1, 2008
From Monday July 18 through Monday September 1 Pastor Tisha and Cindy will be on vacation. Tisha will return to the church office on Tuesday, September 2. Please contact Pastor Jeff Wild in the event of a pastoral need or emergency.
While Tisha is away we will hear a sermon from Ken Ono on Sunday, August 24. Sunday, August 31 will be a combined MCC worship with Pastor Jeff Wild preaching.
Be sure to pick up your MCC Announcement Sheet today. It includes church events and activities that we share with Advent Lutheran. Announcements pertaining to events in the wider community are found in our weekly newsletter, The Good News, and on the bulletin board in the Shalom Room
WORSHIP RECORDINGS AVAILABLE
If you would like a CD recording of the Sunday morning worship service, or a previous one, call Tom at the church at 824-1765. Just want to hear the sermon again, go to our MCC website home page and click on Hope Sermon under Sermon Audio. You can also access sermons from earlier Sundays from the website.
Please have your announcements in by Thursday afternoon each week. Email announcements welcomed.
ADVENT
GEMS – Grumpy Elderly Men! We are on vacation until September 9th.
No OPALS Book Group in July or August!
Advent Women Thursday Breakfast Gathering
Advent women are invited for coffee each Thursday at 7 AM at PASQUAL'S in Hilldale Shopping Center, directly across from Metcalfe's Sentry. The only agenda is sharing friendship, and there is always laughter. We do service projects several times a year, pray for one another’s concerns, and celebrate joys. If you can be an early bird at least once a week, please drop by when your schedule allows!
Worship Recordings Available
If you’d like a CD recording of a Sunday worship you missed, call Tom at the church – 824-1765
Please have your announcements to Sonja by Thursday noon each week. Email announcements welcomed.