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Announcements for November
11, 2007
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Happening Today
Worship 8:15, 9:45 Sanctuary and 11:15 Historic Church
Westminster Woods
Breakfast - Price Hall
Adult Bible Study 9:45am
- Fireside Room
YES
Choir 11:15am - Sanctuary
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Monday, November 12th
HELP Placement 1:30pm - Fireside Room
HELP Board 6:30pm - Resource Room
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Tuesday, November 13th
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
Congregation Team 6:30pm - Health Ministry Room
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Wednesday, November 14th
Staff Meeting 10am - Health Ministry Room
FCW
Board 10am - Fireside Room
Celtic Communion Noon - Historic Church
Worship Team 4:30pm - Health Ministry Room
Deacon meeting 6pm - Health Ministry Room
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 15th
Ruth Circle 1pm - Price Hall/Fireside Room
Resource Team 5pm - Health Ministry Room
Class “Saving Jesus” 7pm - Fireside Room
Crop Walk 7pm - Resource Room
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Friday,
November 16th
PATH 8:30, 9:45 - Price Hall
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Next Sunday, November 18th
Worship 8:15, 9:45 Sanctuary and 11:15 Historic Church
Consecration Sunday
Blood Pressure Sunday
Adult Bible Study 9:45am
- Fireside Room
Alternative Christmas -
Price Hall
YES Choir 11:15am -
Sanctuary
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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Sunday Bible Study -
All adults are invited to Sunday Bible Study at 9:45am in the
Fireside Room. Our present focus is the Atonement and our teacher is
Dr. R. C. Speoul, pastor, theologian and Bible teacher on radio and TV.
Questions? See Burney Sheeks. |
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Prime Time
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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 Vivian Carpender or Leslie Bush for ticket information. |
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GATHERING
DEADLINE Sunday, November 18 - The next issue of the
Gathering, Federated's quarterly newsletter, will be ready for
distribution in early December. Please submit any articles, news,
features, tidbits, poems, columns, cartoons, photos (as jpgs), to shunn@comcast.net
or in the Gathering mailbox in the church office by
Sunday, November 18. Contact Susan Hunn for questions or
information. Your news is good
news! |
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What kind of gifts shall I give the people I love at Christmas?
Are there
alternative gifts which would also help others? Please be considering
the Alternative Gift Market on Sunday, November 18th
from 9-11:30am in Price Hall. You can purchase anything from blankets,
school kits, safe water supplies, a water buffalo (to be distributed by
Church World Service in the US and all over the world for disaster
relief and help wherever needed) or little bags of grain to fund a
granary in a village in the Cameroons to assure the villagers of ongoing
source of grain. Christi Boyd told our children and many adults of the
importance of this project and several villages already have been helped
with granaries. It takes about $2,500 to establish the granary and to
train people to run it. We traditionally have supported Church World
Service at our Alternative Gift Market and are excited to add the
granary project. There will also be information about Heifer Project
which you can take home. Please join us and choose from many
possibilities. |
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Truck or
Trailer Needed to Get Christmas Tree for Sanctuary - Do
you have a truck or trailer that can carry an 18 foot Christmas tree?
If so, we need you on November 25 after worship to go with a group out
to Santa's Acres to get the tree. If you aren't available then, perhaps
you would be willing to loan your truck or trailer to accomplish the
task. Call Helen Mansfield at 677-7890 if you can help. |
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United Outreach
is excited to learn that the auction held last Saturday netted $10,000
for the continued operation of the Grace Place homeless shelter. We want
to offer our sincere thanks and deep appreciation to all who
participated in the event, with a special thanks to all the women and
men who organized the auction items and made the entire evening not only
fun, but completely successful in all respects. This year we have three
full time employees which, combined with our other operating expenses,
makes our estimated monthly costs right now at $14,000. The $10,000 you
have raised for us, combined with the funds we have left over from last
year, will together allow us to keep the shelter open for the month of
February, probably the coldest month of the year. You should all be
proud. Art Edwards, President United Outreach
Items Requested for Grace
Place by Michelle Witt, new director:
Paperback books...various
genre, A tent, 2 sleeping bags, Underwear, heavy socks, sweaters,
sweatshirts, and coats |
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Need help sorting out
some of life’s craziness? Would you like to talk with
someone who helps listen for how God may be working in your life?
Consider meeting individually with a spiritual director as part of your
faith journey. Spiritual Direction is available monthly at Federated
Church with Lucie Chalifour from the Bread of Life Center. She will be
here on Friday, November 30th. Fees are sliding
scale, ranging from $20-$80 per meeting. Call Health Ministry for more
information and available appointments: 622-0273 ext. 13. |
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FEDERATED BOOK CLUB -
Please join us.
December 6th
- Under the Overpass by Mike Yankoski
January 3rd
- The Mapmaker's Wife by Robert Whitaker |
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Katrina Update-
John Gray and David Orland will be working with the team from Foothills
United Methodist for Katrina clean-up during Thanksgiving week. Please
wish them good luck and keep them in your prayers. |
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THANK YOU -
The Hope Community Garden Team would like to thank everyone who helped
make the Farmers' Market a success this year. We took in over $800 this
summer - 10% of which went to SHARE to help support their ongoing food
program. Also, any leftover vegetables and fruit were donated to SHARE
every week. The rest of the proceeds will help the Garden Team purchase
tools, seeds, compost and other items for the garden. Special thanks go
to the people who helped run the Farmers' Market each week and, of
course, to the generous people who donated fruit and vegetables every
Sunday - without which there would be no Farmers' Market. Thank you
all. |
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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
equal to 10% of the cost of the services provided. |
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Health Ministry
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Deacon meeting this
Wednesday, Nov. 14th at 6:00 pm in the Health Ministry room.
Flu Shots are
available! (None available at the church this year.)
Raleys: Placerville
on November 15 and 16 - Times: 10 am -1 pm and 2 pm-6 pm
National Memory Screening
Day is Tuesday November 13th! Free memory
screenings will be offered from 10:00 am-12:00 pm at the following
locations:
- Placerville Sr. Center,
937 Spring Street, Placerville
- Diamond Springs Lion’s
Hall, Missouri Flat and Pleasant Valley Roads, Diamond Springs
- El Dorado Hills Senior
Center, 990 Lassen Lane., El Dorado Hills
- Pioneer Park Community
Center, 6740 Fairplay Road, Somerset
A memory screening is a simple and safe evaluation
tool that takes 7-15 minutes to complete. Results of the memory
screening are confidential and you will receive the results to give to
your healthcare professional. Screenings are for anyone concerned about
memory loss, whose family and friends have noticed changes in them, or
who believe they are at risk due to a family history of dementia. Many
people have screenings to have a baseline score from which to compare in
the future. No appointment is necessary. For more information call
621-6180.
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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/PreK 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 with Jodie for:
“SECOND SUNDAY”
With Leslie Bush & the Granary Team
Today the children will learn about families in the Cameroon and how the
Granary Project is going to help them survive through the winter months.
The children get to fill the tiny rice bags that will be sold at the
Alternative Christmas tables next week.
Today, all of the children will
return to worship
for communion and anointing with
their families.
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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
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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 – Chrismons 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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YOUTH MINISTRY AT FEDERATED
Fellowship and fun for youth 7th-12th grade
Junior High Youth Group meets from 4:30-6:00, and Senior High meets from
6:00-8:00 pm, Wednesdays. The groups include games, discussion and a
light supper.
Deadline for SSP WAS Nov. 1!
But if you are really nice to Helen, she will still take your
application and check made out to Federated for $125 by Sunday, Nov.
11. Misplaced your application/information packet? There are extras
outside the church entrance and on the bulletin board outside the youth
room.
Looking Ahead
November 25
Confirmation Class 9:30-11:00 am Youth Room
November 25
Tree Cutting and Light Stringing
November 28
Advent Soup Supper
For more information on any youth activities, contact Helen Mansfield at
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A Note from your Stewardship Team
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Here's a
sampling of responses to the question:
"Where have you seen the creative
impact of Federated Church in this community?"
..."The influence of the
children's programs and how many children are reached by the choirs,
Kamp Koinonia, Trunk or Treat...so creative, so inclusive of the
community!"
..."In the numerous charities and
non-profits Federated has helped create - New Morning, Wee Care,
Juvenile Service Council. Also the numerous organizations Federated
supports...Grace Place, Upper Room, SHARE, HELP, Women's Shelter, CASA,
Family Connections, Snowline, CROP Walk, etc."
.."Spreading the word through the
musicals and plays."
..."although the Hope property
was not developed as planned it is being used now for perhaps a better
purpose."
..."the way the youth speak to
others in the community. Taking care of the hungry and ill."
..."Seeing people coming together
to help the homeless through Grace Place. And the Tree of Kindness at
Christmas where people give to help the poor to have a good Christmas."
All cards are on display in Price Hall and in the hall outside the
office. Thanks to all who participated.
Still
Steppin’ Forth |
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Federated Church
1031 Thompson Way Placerville, CA 95667
Please call
the office for information.
530-622-0273
e-mail
address:
fedchrch@jps.net
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