1.3 Miles Toward Bethlehem

THIS SUNDAY
September 23, 2007
Nancy Davis preaching: ANYWAY: Does No Good Deed Go Unpunished? Inspired by a Martina McBride song.

Coming September 30, Bruce preaching: “HIGH NOON”
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GRIEF SHARE, a seminar and support group for those who are grieving the loss of someone close to them, will begin on October 29, 2007, and continue for 13 weeks, from 7 – 8:30 p.m. Cost is $15. Child care will be provided upon request. Please consider joining us for a time of healing and restoration – and share this opportunity with others you may know of who are going through this experience. This can be your journey from mourning to joy. Please register by contacting Pastor Charlotte at 431-8560, ext. 18 or email her.
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LET’S GET MOVING, ST. ANDREW’S! The Health Ministry team would like to challenge the congregation to JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM beginning October 1. The program is a 6487 mile journey intended to improve the health of our church family through walking and other daily activity. The journey begins in Omaha and culminates on Christmas Eve as participants together accumulate enough miles to reach our destination in Bethlehem. This is a fun program open to people of all ages; several other metro-area churches will also be participating. (But we’re not “racing” against them…right, Bruce? ? ) Miles can be accumulated through walking, running, biking, dancing, playing outside with your children, cleaning your house or any form of physical activity that is enjoyable for you. We have a “mileage equivalency” chart that converts nearly any form of exercise from minutes to miles! We will provide the congregation with periodic updates on how far Team St. Andrew’s has traveled as we go along. If you are interested in joining our journey, please email Jeff H. for more details. Please email by September 28 to join the team. (Registration requires signing a waiver as well.)

NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: I’VE TAKEN THE LIBERTY OF GETTING A HEAD START AND HAVE ALREADY LOGGED 1.3 MILES ON MY BICYCLE, WHICH MEANS WE ONLY HAVE 6,485.4 MILES TO GO!
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PAM F. writes: Youth Choir will be meeting on Wednesday evenings at 6:15. All youth in grades 6th-12th are invited to come and make a joyful noise!
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TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW FOR THE 2007 ST. ANDREW’S DINNER/DANCE/AUCTION.

The Theme: MARDIS GRAS

The Place: THE CHAMPIONS CLUB

The Date: Friday, November 16

The Price: $80 (Yes, we know that’s pricey by United Methodist standards, but we invite you to think of it as a big night out, complete with a terrific meal in a wonderful setting with music by the Confidentials. This is one of our key fund raisers. All proceeds go toward paying interest and principle on our mortgage. The money we raise in this event means we can allocate fewer of your annual donation dollars to the mortgage and more of those dollars on the Mission of Sharing The Gospel of Jesus Christ.)

Still Needed: ITEM DONATIONS FOR THE AUCTION: Donation forms will be available at the ticket table. VOLUNTEERS: We are still looking for volunteers to help with the auction. Please contact Beth and Kevlin.
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Pastor Charlotte asks: Prayers of thanksgiving for Betty O., who is cancer free. Prayers for Wendell M., receiving chemotherapy treatments (friend of Sheridan M.).
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Exodus 3:1-6: Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed. Then Moses said, “I must turn aside and look at this great sight, and see why the bush is not burned up.” When the Lord saw that he had turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then he said, “Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” He said further, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaace, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

EDITOR’S NOTE: We invite you to share the presence of the Lord with us this Sunday. The bushes may not be on fire, but we trust our hearts will be burning with love and faith. You don’t need to take off your shoes, either—in fact, we’d just as soon you kept them on.

God bless, BRD