The Fellowship Club meets for its annual Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the Alamitos Heights home of Diane Donaldson and George White, Call Diane for food assignments. Bring your own table service and beverage of choice. Remember your donations of food or money for COA’s Thanksgiving dinner.
COA will have its annual Fundraising Dinner and Silent Auction, called the Fall Festival of Grace, on Saturday, November 15, at 5:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Lakewood. Dinner will feature Santa Maria style beef tri-tip and skewered shrimp grilled over red oak. Tickets cost $60 each. Proceeds benefit their Hot Meals Program, the distribution of groceries to homeless and low income families, and their Men’s and Women’s Transitional Housing Programs. For additional information, or to make reservations or donations, please call COA.
Last week we had a Scrip order form in the worship bulletin and will again this week. It may seem early but with Thanksgiving being so late this year, we have fewer weeks to order. Through Scrip, we have given $5,000 to the church. It is an easy way to help the church and does not cost you anything extra. We have lots of Scrip (gift cards) on hand and lots more choices for you to order. To ensure your order will be here by Christmas, you must order by Sunday, December 14.
We have gas cards, clothing store cards, grocery cards, movie cards, restaurant cards, coffee cards, bookstore cards and many others. We are sure there is something to please everyone on your Christmas list. Please check out the order sheet and come by the Scrip Table in the Concert Hall any Sunday between now and December 14 to order. We will be happy to answer any questions you may have. Thank you all for supporting our church.
The Scrip Committee
Each of the 93 Hotevilla-Bacavi School children will have a gift this year at Christmas! They were transported to the delivery site last Monday. Thanks to all who bought gifts or who made a donation to the Scholarship Fund! We were able to send $525 in scholarships. This is helped by the Watts family requesting that memorials given for Al Watts be used for this purpose. Memorial donations of $1065 were transferred to the Project Love account to be used over the next couple of years. Al began Project Love in our church, and it was very dear to his heart.
The Harvest Home congregational meeting to adopt the proposed 2009 budget and elect financial officers is this Sunday, Nov. 16. If you did not receive a pledge card for 2009 support of the church, they are available on the narthex table or by calling the office. Please return them by Nov. 16 so we have a gauge on expected pledges.
Attendance on November 9 was 193:
155 adults and 38 children.
Upcoming Fellowship Hour Hosts:
11/16: Jean Brodie & Cassie Berrisford
11/23: Phil & Charlene Bosl
11/30: Tom & Val Light
12/07: Jolene Clark
To add concerns for our Prayer Chain, call Joyce Scott or drop a note in the Prayer Box in the narthex.
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 distri-bution as they are to go only to candidates the search committee is considering.
All members and friends of the church are invited to the Bay Shore Friends Club’s annual Christmas Dinner and Installation of Officers for 2009 on Tuesday, December 9. The dinner commences at 6:00 p.m. at the Virginia Country Club, and features Prime Rib or Stuffed Salmon. The cost is $45 per person, and the hosts are Burt & Norma Marter and Mary & Dick Zern.
Besides the Installation of Officers, the program includes Carol Singing and a Gift Exchange. If you wish to participate in the gift exchange, please bring a gift valued at $15 for a person of your own gender, and mark it as being for a man or woman. To RSVP, please send a check payable to Bay Shore Friends to Glenn Moeller or you may give him the check at church. Be sure to indicate your choice(s) for entrée on it. The deadline for receiving your checks is Thursday, December 4. Contact one of the hosts if you need a ride.
The 2009 flower chart will go up on the bulletin board outside the church office on Sunday, Nov. 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 that day, please contact the church office to make arrangements to have flowers put on the pedestal.
After you sign up, Jennifer Jordan will contact you prior to the Sunday service for which you signed up to obtain the occasion for the flowers and the type of flowers which you would like. You will then receive a bill 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.
Sunday School Lesson for Sunday, November 16
Bible Story: God makes a covenant with Abram (Genesis 15:1-18).
Key Verse: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord (Jeremiah 29:11).
Bible Point: God has good plans for us.
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 still selling Long Beach and Orange County Entertainment Books to support our Christian Education programs. A few visits to the movies with $6.50 coupons, and one or two dinners out, and the book pays for itself! Questions? Call Kathy Walczak, or ask her at the sales table on Sunday.
Parents: Want a Night Out?
Parents Night Out is a service project that the middle school youth have sponsored for several years. We offer a fun, safe environ-ment in the Youth Center for our church families to drop off their kids so that they can go have a quiet dinner or get a head start on Christmas shopping. The middle school youth will lead the kids in crafts, games, and dinner.
When: Thursday, Dec. 4, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Sign-up sheet will be in the Concert Hall beginning Sunday, November 16. Call Traci Reitz, with questions.