Fairlawn West

Fairlawn West News Aug 28, 2009 "offering hospitality to all God's children" *9:20 am on 09/06 we change our start time for worship.  New Covenant Community Church will be coming into the sanctuary after our service to get ready for their service that begins at 11:05 *Picnic - Our all church picnic is this Sunday, August 30 starting after the worship service at the Wadsworth Picnic Area and Shelter in Sand Run Park.  It is closer to Portage Path than to Sand Run Road.  Bring your own table service and a dish to share with others.  If you have outdoor games that good be played in the field in front of the pavilion, bring them along.  Lots of room for the kids to run around and play. *Our prayers are with Ryan Cox who had a serious fall from bicycle *"100 Holes for the Homeless" Mon, Sept 21 at Rosemont Country Club.  David Loar is doing the golf marathon again this year to raise money for Interfaith Hospitality Network which we are part of to host homeless families.  If you would like to participate as a golfer or to make a pledge/donation for David per hole or a single amount, contact him at deloar@yahoo.com.  There will be a pledge sheet available in the front lobby.  info *David Loar is in the Pastor's Study Mon, and Fri mornings.  He is in at other times, but his schedule calls him to other settings at various times, so contact him 330-760-7169 or pastor@fairlawnwest.org if you want to definitely be in touch with him.  He is also at the Nervous Dog Coffee Bar at 1530 W Market Street on Fridays, 1:30-4:00 pm. *Ginghamsburg Church (near Dayton) "Change the World Conference" Oct 22-23.  info  If you are going, check with our office to see about other people going from Fairlawn West. *Women's Retreat, Ohio Conf UCC Lantern Fellowship, Sept 18-20, at Pilgrim Hills Camp south of Millersburg.  info  *Bring Peace to the World -Oikocredit -Heifer International -Nonviolent Communication/Giraffe Language -Educators for Social Responsibility -The Peace Education Project *Weekly groups that are open to all: 1. Sewing and Prayer Group, 9:00 am, Fireplace Room 2. Prayer & Worship gathering on Mondays, 7 pm in the Vista Room. There is a prayer request book in the front lobby to write your prayer requests or place them on the back of the Connection Card. You may also phone them to Julia Hines at 330-7301339 .  Guided by Julia Hines and Mary Mounts. 3. Bible Journaling gathering on Wednesdays at 6:30 pm. To help you learn about the Bible and to reflect on scripture in respect to your own life and the wider world.  Guided by John Gossett and Mary Mounts 4. Bible Reading & Reflection on Thursdays at 9:00 am in the food court at Summit Mall. Led by David Loar. Now reading through the Epistle (Teaching Letter) to the Romans. *Ministries of Outreach and Service that are open to all: 1. Williard Food Pantry,  742 Johnston St in southeast Akron. 3rd & 4th Tues of month, 9 am-12 pm & Sat in between 10 am-12 pm.  2. Interfaith Hospitality Network hosting homeless families in our bldg every 9 weeks.  Coordinator is Jan Irwin, 330-864-4461 or janirwin@neo.rr.com . 3. Kids Hope USA, mentoring younger elementary age children at Resnick School, during the school year.  Coordinator is Mary Austin 330-571-3587 or maryjoanneaustin@yahoo.com 4. Habitat for Humanity Blitz Week begins Fri, Sept 11 at 211 NW 24th Street , Barberton.  We will need people to help with building, and with food for volunteers. *Friday Taize worship service - Taize worship service on Fridays at 6:00 pm in the parlor. 35 minutes of song, prayer, scripture and quiet meditation. *Starting Fresh Sunday - Sunday, September 13th during the 9:20 am worship service we will be starting a couple of new steams here at Fairlawn West.  During the worship service we will introduce to you our new Christian Education and Nurture experience for our children in KAT (Kids Alternative Time age 5 to grade 5) and the nursery.  The theme is "Bible Song: Praising God with Arts and Hands and Voices!".  This will involve also the parents with some gatherings from them to help their children to learn at home with their take home journals.  The Christian faith really cannot be "taught" in classes, but is shared with children predominantly in the home.  So one of the nice features about this material is how it helps the parents with information and keeps them connected with what their kids are doing in the class.  We will be team teaching this with 2 adults for 3 months at a time.  So we are looking for adults willing to give 3 months to be in the classroom.  The material is very well laid out and if you are interested, we can let you look at it to consider being part of this exciting new experience of sharing the faith in Jesus Christ with children.            Also, on that Sunday, we will honor John Gossett who was recogonized by the Eastern Ohio Association of the United Church of Christ in May for having completed the years of coursework and interviews to be a Partner in Ministry. *New Sermon/Vision series - Starting on Sunday, September 20th, David Loar will begin a sermon series on the Book of Acts.  The first part of the series has the title of "The Ever Widening Circle."  If you would like to do preparation for this series, begin to read the Book of Acts in the Bible.  A good version to read it in is "The Message."  This series will help us to reset our focus on what is our purpose as a Christian church.  Also during this time, a group of our leaders are reading together the book "Pursuing the Full Kingdom Potential of Your Congregation" by George Bullard of the Columbia Partnership. *Web site- http://www.fairlawnwest.org Twitter- http://twitter.com/fairlawnwest Facebook- http://snipurl.com/nf7r7 regularly updated Fairlawn West info blog- http://fairlawnwest.blogspot.com/ David Loar's blog- http://discipledavid.blogspot.com/ Fairlawn West United Church of Christ 2095 West Market Street Akron, OH 44313 330-864-2179 office@fairlawnwest.org *Links in this newsletter http://www.faithink.com/Inkubators/biblesong2.asp http://www.ocucc.org/Conference%20Ministries/Lantern/FallLantern.htm http://ginghamsburg.org/changetheworld http://www.congregationalresources.org/ShowOne.asp?RID=9898&TC=95 http://www.thecolumbiapartnership.org/ http://www.childpeacebooks.org/cpb/Protect/ourProject.php http://www.heifer.org/ http://www.cnvc.org/ http://esrnational.org/