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Announcements for October 28, 2007
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The
flowers this morning are from Jeannie Motoda
in
memory of her mother, Virginia Webber
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Happening Today
SUNDAY October 28
Worship 8:15, 9:45 Sanctuary and 11:15 Historic
Church
Two Cents a Meal
Women’s Bible Study 9:45am - Fireside Room
Auction Team 11am - Fireside Room
Stewardship Brunch 11am - Price Hall
YES Choir 11:15am - Sanctuary
Trunk or Treat
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Tuesday, October 30th
PATH 8:30, 9:45 -
Price Hall
Bells Appealing
4:30pm - Sanctuary
God’s Promises 5:15
- 5:35pm - Sanctuary
Kids of the Kingdom
5:40 - 6pm - Sanctuary
Christmas Musical
Practice 6 - 7:30pm - Sanctuary
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Wednesday, October 31st
Staff Meeting 10am
- Health Ministry Room
Celtic Communion
Noon - Historic Church
Jr. High Youth
4:30pm - Price Hall
Sr. High Youth 6pm
- Price Hall
Praise Team 6pm -
Sanctuary
Celebration Singers
7pm - Sanctuary
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Thursday, November 1st
Book Club 1pm -
Fireside Room
Remembrance Table
Celebration 1pm - Price Hall
Class “Saving
Jesus” 7pm - Fireside Room
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Friday, November
2nd
PATH 8:30, 9:45 - Price Hall
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Saturday,
November 3rd
Holy Harvest Auction
Daylight Savings Time ends
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Worship 8:15, 9:45 and 11:15 Sanctuary
Stewardship Brunch 9:30am - Price Hall
Women’s Bible Study 9:45am - Fireside Room
YES Choir 11:15am - Sanctuary
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Visit our website!
www.eldoradofederatedchurch.org
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do you need a prayer? The prayer chain is available at all
times for your prayer request. If you have a prayer request, please
call Dot Polston , Norma Paulin or Carol White. We need more links
added to our chain - if you believe in the power of prayer; you can add
powerful strength to our chain. We need you and you have only one call
to make to pass on a prayer request. Call Dot Polston if you would like
to be a part of this powerful ministry.
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BUDGET BRUNCHES
- TODAY - October
28 - 11:00 am; November 4 - 9:30 am - Price Hall
- How does the Church spend money? What are our plans for
2008? How do these decisions get made? Do you have input that concerns
you? How are we doing (financially) in 2007? What does it take to keep
Federated Church operating at its current level? What is the
prospective budget for 2008? The Stewardship Ministry Team will host
three “Budget Brunches” where we get to ask all our questions (and make
any comments) about church finances. Coffee, tea, juice, muffins, fruit
will be provided. Members of the Finance Team will be present to
respond to all questions and to listen to all comments. Please select
one of the convenient Budget Brunches and come be a guest of the
Stewardship Team. (Come to all three if you like the muffins!)
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CALLING ALL CUPCAKES! The
Trunk or Treat Team is putting out the cupcake call!
Can you bake a beautiful batch
of cupcakes for our Cupcake Walk?
If so, please call Maggie Bush
to let her know.
Thank you very much!!
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November 1st, 1pm Fireside
Room - Three Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonGreg Mortensen, an
American mountain climber who failed to summit K2 but returned to
Pakistan to build schools. This is “the astonishing, uplifting story of
a real-life Indiana Jones and his remarkable humanitarian campaign in
the Taliban’s backyard.”December
6th - Under the
Overpass by Mike YankoskiJanuary
3rd - The
Mapmaker's Wife by Robert Whitaker
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Honoring and celebrating the saints of our lives!
You are invited to the first “Remembrance Table Celebration” November
1st from 1:-3:00 p.m. in Price Hall to celebrate loved ones (family,
friends, pets) who are deceased. Create and bring a small table display
of the person's photographs, memorabilia, favorite flowers, hobby or
uniquely personal items, to create a Remembrance Table. These
will be part of an afternoon of shared story-telling honoring our loved
ones and afternoon tea; concluding with a service of remembrance led by
Andrew. You can see an example of a Remembrance Table in front
of the church on Sundays and in the Health Ministry Room during the
week. This event is inspired and created by Jeanette Ryder who has
participated for several years in the “Altares del Mundo, a visual and
auditory mix of contemporary and traditional altars that honor ancestral
roots and worldwide traditions of remembrance,” in Sacramento. We will
be honoring our loved ones in the Christian tradition on November
1st, “All Saints Day.” If you have any questions, please email Jeanette
at ijart@directcon.net or call Health Ministry at 622-0273, ext. 13.
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GRACE PLACE HOMELESS SHELTER NEEDS VOLUNTEERS - The homeless
shelter for El Dorado County, known as “Grace Place” is scheduled to
open Friday, November 2nd. With the help of county
funding, United Outreach is able to hire a Director and two Overnight
Shift Monitors for three months. We are still trying to raise
additional funding to pay the Director and Monitors for the rest of the
schedule. Meanwhile, we still need volunteers for Sunday nights.
Volunteers are needed for the evening greeting and hospitality time, an
evening snack, and Monday morning breakfast. One overnight volunteer
would still be welcome. Please contact Linda Gates or email at
linda.gates@earthlink.net if you can help with this important community
ministry.
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GRACE PLACE VOLUNTEERS TRAINING SESSION TODAY
Anyone interested in continuing as a volunteer or becoming one should
attend a Training Session today at 4:00 p.m. at Green Valley Community
Church on Missouri Flat Road. Learn how to deal with conflict,
difficult people, and making shelter residents feel welcome and safe.
Meet our new Director, too!
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FEDERATED MEN
The Federated men will meet for breakfast and fellowship on November
3rd at Denny's restaurant on Fairlane in Placerville at 8:30am. All
men of the church are invited to join us. For any questions please call
or Bart Bawden.
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It’s Almost Here!
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THE 2007 HOLY HARVEST AUCTION
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Today is the last day to turn in your
donation forms. Look what’s already been donated:
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A tea party for
4 little girls, complete with individual photos from Annieberries
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A handmade
quilted wall hanging from Karen Shelnutt
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A vacation
house for a trip to Newport Beach
We’ve got lots of
great “Virtual Door Prizes” - so even if you can’t make it to the
Auction on Saturday, November 3rd, you can still
participate and help support Grace Place. Tickets are $3 pre-sale and
$5 at the door. Contact Susan Hunn or Linda Gates) for more
information.
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FOLLOW THE YELLOW BOOK ROAD
- As we look at the life of Jesus Christ, we see he had a full and
complete life with God. From the life of Jesus Christ there emerge six
distinct areas: 1) Devotion to God when we see Jesus praying. 2)
Virtue in thought, word and action when we see Jesus battling with Satan
in the wilderness. 3) Empowerment by the Spirit when we see Jesus
ministering in great power. 4) Compassion toward all people when we see
Jesus helping the sick and the needy. 5) Proclamation of the good news
of the gospel when we see Jesus proclaiming the good news of the kingdom
of heaven. 6) Harmony between faith and work when we see Jesus
integrating sacred and secular. The Yellow Book Spiritual Formation
Groups are rooted in these six areas. The goal is to gain an
understanding of these aspects of Jesus’ life and incorporate into our
daily lives. By doing so, we will grow more and more in Christ’s
teachings and our lives will transform. We start November 7th
in Fireside Room. Come join the “Transformers.”
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Lamplighters -
will be meeting
Thursday, November 8th at 12:30pm in Price Hall for
dessert. We have a special program appropriate for our stage in life.
Kaytee Vossen is a Senior Real Estate Specialist who really enjoys
helping seniors assess their needs. She has a set of guidelines to help
in the decision making process regarding when and where we make our
retirement moves. Bring your questions and experiences as we continue
to live life to its fullest.
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Prime Time -.
On November 17th
we will be attending the Imagination Theater’s production of Lil’ Abner
with a light supper beforehand at the beautiful home of Jan Axline. If
you have not already signed up with Dianne, call Vivia Carpender or
Leslie Bush for ticket information.
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Classic Dry Cleaners,
with locations in the K-Mart shopping center in Placerville and the Bel
Air shopping center in Cameron Park, will donate 10% of the cost of
services they provide to those who attend Federated Church back to the
church. The process is simple - you take your cleaning and alterations
to Classic Cleaners and then put the receipt they give you in the box
marked "DRY CLEANERS" in the church office. A volunteer will take the
receipts to the cleaners once a month and receive a check for the church
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Children & Families Programs
Welcome to
Bartholomew’s Basement!
Bartholomew’s Basement is the name of our children’s classroom area
downstairs.
Children are encouraged to be curious and feel at-home in this space
that is created just for them.
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Children's Sunday School lessons & activities are offered at the 9:45am
worship.
The nursery is open as a changing room during the 8:15 service and staffed
for baby/toddler/Pre-K care during the 9:45am worship service.
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Babies, Toddlers and Pre-K’s:
The Nursery is open for happy and loving play time with our energetic
and loving Nursery Caregivers: Deanna Vincent and Jocelyn Lane.
The nursery is upstairs in the back hallway. Our nursery has a changing
table, clean toys & a safe & fun play area. Be sure to leave your cell
phone number with the staff and turn your phone on vibrate so that we
can contact you during worship if your child needs you. Thank You!
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9:45am
Worship Today:
Right After Children’s Time ~ Children go downstairs for:
K-2nd Grade with Carol Olmstead
3rd Grade Catequest with Jodie Regan
4th Grade Biblical Brains with Karen Rosholt
Grades 5 & 6 Meet in the Tent Room for 6/5 Alive!
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Biblical
Brains and Catequest Classes
Class #2 Today
Catequest is an introduction to God, the Bible and our Christian Faith
for children in the third grade. Biblical Brains is a beginner’s guide
to the Bible for children in the fourth grade. Classes will be held
today and next week during our regular Sunday morning class time.
Recognition will take place on Sunday, November 11th at the 9:45 worship
service.
Tuesday
Evenings ~ Dinner is Ready!
Dinner/Choir Practice/Child Care/Conversations with Pastors
Feed your family a yummy & nutritious dinner between 4:45pm-6:30pm.
We alternate between PIZZA and
home-cooked meals.
Young Children who are not in choir get to play & do craft projects
downstairs with Carlie Regan so parents get a break!
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Trunk or Treat
Tonight!! (October 28th)
5:00pm to 7:00ish (Trunk set-up at 4:30pm.) Federated Church Parking
Lot
What is it? A Safe and Festive Place to Trick-or-Treat
Federated Church
friends decorate their car trunks and fill them with goodies to be
handed out. Cars are parked so that kids in costume can walk
trunk-to-trunk saying, “Trunk or Treat!” Starting at 5:00pm, enjoy
carnival games and face painting. Enter the CUPCAKE WALK to win an
assortment of delectable cupcakes. Carve a pumpkin and enter to win the
CARVED PUMPKIN CONTEST. Come hungry and have pizza at the snack bar to
help raise funds for the Preschool. Trunk or Treating is kicked-off by
the ringing of the church bell. When the sun starts to go down, we have
entertainment, juggling, performances and our annual MONSTER MASH
DANCE. Be creative with your costumes, but please avoid violent/evil
themes. Thanks!!
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Are you ready?
Come to Price Hall Tuesday Evening at 6pm to find out!! Tuesday,
October 30th at 6:00 pm in Price Hall, prepare for times of
emergency. What would you grab if a sheriff knocked on your door and
said you must evacuate your family in 5 minutes? You and your family
are stuck on highway 50 in a snow blizzard for 2 hours, do you have the
items to make your stay comfortable? Or if the Public Health Department
told you to stay in your home to avoid contact with a deathly virus for
2 weeks and not go to a grocery store, workplace, or school. Do you
have enough food to survive? The evening will be facilitated by Mark
Stanley, Federated's Community Emergency Response Contact, and Karen
Shelnutt, Faith Community Nurse.
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Intergenerational, All-Church,
Advent Event-
Wednesday Evening, November 28, 2007, 5:30-8:30pm
What a wonderful time we had last year. Come join this warm and festive
evening.
Youth Group Soup Supper – fundraiser for Mexico Trip
Decorating the Church Christmas Trees – Christmos too
Introduction to the Tree of Kindness
Children’s Candle Making
Discussions of what Advent is all about - “Advent Unmasked”
Candle-light Worship Service in Historic Church
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Health Ministry
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Flu Shots
are available! (None available at the church this year.)
Public Health Dept:
October 30-Diamond Springs 1-3 at the Lions Hall, 4701 Missouri Flat Rd.
Raleys: Placerville on Nov. 15 and 16. Times: 10 am -1 pm and 2
pm-6 pm.
Improve your
strength, flexibility, and balance while having lots of fun!
Consider joining the PATH class… designed for those over 50, but
anyone can join the group on Tuesdays and Fridays at 8:30 or 9:45am in
Price Hall. Pre-registration is required…complete the PATH form (on the
Health Ministry Bulletin Board) and call 622-0273 ext. 13.
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YOUTH MINISTRY AT FEDERATED
Fellowship
and fun for youth 7th-12th grade
No Youth Group October 31!
Sierra Service Project Applications Due Nov. 1
Applications and a check for $125 are due Nov. 1 if you would like to
attend Sierra Service Project this coming summer. If you did not get an
application in the mail or misplaced yours, there are extras on the
bulletin board outside the youth room, and on the bulletin board in
front of the church.
Confirmation Class Rescheduled
Due to a conflict with the youth choir leading 9:45 worship,
confirmation class has been rescheduled to Nov. 4, 9:30 – 11:00 am,
Youth Ministries Room. All high school aged youth who have not been
confirmed are welcome, even if you did not attend our first meeting in
September.
October 28 Trunk or Treat Today!
See Helen after service if you would like to help!
November 3 Holy Harvest Auction
Do you have a service or specialty you could share? Babysitting, math
or computer tutoring, baked goods? Fill out one of the donation forms
and help be part of generating funds for Grace Place, the homeless
shelter.
For more information on any youth activities,
contact Helen Mansfield at 622-0273, ext. 16.
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Still
Steppin’ Forth
Celebrating
 Mission
& Ministry
at Federated Church
2008
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United
Methodist Church