We have forwarded to the United Church of Christ our Neighbors in Need offering taken in early October. It was $963. It benefits witness & justice ministries here in the U.S., and aids 20 Native American UCC congregations, mostly in the upper Midwest. Thank you for your generosity.
Our community outreach project provides hand-made items for the Christmas families, Woman to Woman shelter, and homeless of Long Beach. We have several blankets completed, ranging from baby to adult size, and we need more! There is no set type – each of us chooses our own pattern, yarn, and size. Some are also making booties and caps for babies and children. We work on our own and gather at Church the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month 10:00 a.m. – Noon. We bring our own lunch and share our progress, help each other, and get new ideas! Some are Church members, some are friends in the community, and some cannot join us on Wednesday but work on their own at home.
Please join us in our “Blessings from Bay Shore” project to bring warmth and caring to those who need it most in our very own community. Bring your completed blankets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday or to the church office. Call Linda Landes with any questions. Deadline for completed projects is Sunday, Nov. 30.
We meet after worship on Sunday Nov. 16 to adopt our 2009 budget and elect financial officers.
We will be welcoming new members into our congregation on November 16. If you have already attended an Inquirers Meet-ing, please notify Rev. Ensley if you are ready to join at this time. If you haven’t attended one, contact him by Nov. 12 so he can plan to meet at your convenience.
The 2009 flower chart will go up on the bulletin board outside the church office on Sunday, November 16. If you would like to sign up for flowers on the altar or in the niche for a Sunday service, please sign your name on the chart next to the date which you would like. If the altar and niche are taken for a day which you want, please contact the church office to make arrangements to have flowers put on the pedestal.
After you sign up for flowers, Jennifer Jordan will contact you prior to the Sunday service for which you signed up in order to obtain your flower order, including the occasion for the flowers and the type of flowers which you would like. You will then receive a bill for the flowers the week after your flowers are in the service. You may also pay for the flowers ahead of time. Flowers on the altar and pedestal cost $45, and flowers in the niche cost $25. If you would like higher-priced flowers, please let Jennifer know when you place your order. After the service, you may take the flowers. If you have any questions about this process, please contact Jennifer. Thank you to all who participate and help beautify the church for Sunday services!
The Children’s Choir will perform on Sunday, November 9. This is their first time to sing in worship this fall. They will sing Let the Children Come to Me.
Sunday School Lesson for Sunday, November 9
Bible Story: Lot and Abram divide the land (Genesis 13:1-18).
Key Verse: Do to others as you would have them do to you (Luke 6:31).
Bible Point: God wants us to put others first.
Middle School Youth Group – 6-2-8 Thursday Night
Are you in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade? If you are, please join us on Thursday nights from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Youth Center for Fun, Food and Fellowship.
Entertainment Books Benefit Christian Education
We are again selling Long Beach and Orange County Entertainment Books, and all profits support our Christian Education programs. Books are available after church. A few visits to the movies with $6 coupons, and one or two restaurant dinners, and the book pays for itself! Questions? Call Kathy Walczak or ask her at the sales table on Sunday.
Two copies of the Associate Minister search documents–consisting of church profile, job description and a prospectus about Bay Shore Church–are available for reading in the church office. You are free to read them on the church premises. We are not making copies for general distribution as they are to go only to candidates the search committee is considering.
Good news, our Thanksgiving meeting will be Wednesday, November 19 at the church from 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Hope to see lots of old friends from past groups and meet lots of new friends to share our hope and experience with. For more information, please call Diane Elledge.
Carolyn Remley. Call her for confidential help or referrals when you are going through a crisis.
CHURCH MEMBERS: Willa Gilmore, Myrtle Welge, Harry Kaul, Irene Neuharth, Jacquelyn Dodge, Albert Sykes, Albern Watts, Bill Eastman
YOUR FAMILY & FRIENDS: Lucy White, Karen Lorenz, Jeffrey Lang, Janet Bootsma, Lillie Cannon, Pat Teachout, Fernando Garcia, Kevin Adams, Mary Frazer Coppock, Joan Huston, Doris Bourassa-Doty, Dale Schmidt, Daniel Flores, Bob Lee, Harry Reiling, Irene Cox, Jim McNulty, Ed Sundberg, Margaret Mitchell, Lorne Ryan, Maria Avelar, Gloria Elliott, Pat Woods, Hal Day, Maxine Breen, Beverly Prouty, Grandma Funk, David Smitheran, Vince Lombardo, Linda DeRocker, Ellen Hale, Katherine Craig, Emma Berrisford, Ben Berrisford, Ann Jolly, Sean Langevin, Judy Walcutt, Cliff Wasky, Bob Deeker, Irene Takamine, Sayumi Brower, Juanita Berkshire, Marilyn Mathias, Ben Massey, Paul Newman, Lois Linn, Roger K. Scaife, Kia Fomby, Chris, Bob, Jane Carlson, All Saints, Terrance Sullivan, Erik Eriksson, Mable Richens, Carol Davis, Charles Lane, Jean Lane, Jim Silknetter, Anne Wallace, Don Wallace, Cecilia Osborne, Tom Herron, Belinda Ellsworth, Robin Friend, Les, Anna, Gil DeMoog, Alice, Pat Hagen, Craig Fertig, Jeannette Harvey, Nancy Wintner, Helen Parkin, Rick Carr, Chris Knerr, Charley Knerr, Joe Galvao, Hal Clark, Larry Loveland, Classmates, Kathy Busse, Jonathan, Bart Sissons, Greta Irwin, Carl Oses, Lois Glendenning, Bobbie Needham Miller Reed, Audrey Houghton, Dr. Donald C. Fink, Don Oestreich, Jeanette Nishikawa, Janet Krueger, Jackie Hammond, Val Halfner, Kathy Lewis Natalie Nixon, Bob Graber, Lynda Manson, Alice Hammond, Wes Leonard, Harriet Dekker, Paul Perkins, Ellen Tennant, Marilyn Goudge, Randy Pausch, Lew Hindley, Dorothy Rutherford, Nancy Walker, Cleone Deeble, Catherine Joines, Michael Ferguson, Sarah Litsinger, Mason Kight, Sylvia Meltzer, Al Ancheta Charleton Heston, Wally Henderson, Glenna Wilson, Leonard Brock, Scott Lazernik, George Gehring, Rita Seamons, Adale, Julia, Wadie, Elias, Carlos, Elizabeth Selfanna