Friday, August 14, 2009
Aug 14, 2009
Fairlawn West News
Aug 14, 2009
"offering hospitality to all God's children"
Picnic - Our all church picnic is Sunday, August 30 starting around 11:30 am 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 could help with grilling hot dogs and hamburgers, let David Loar know deloar@yahoo.com. Also, 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.
Starting Again - Sunday, September 13th during the 9:30 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
Weekly groups that are open to all:
1. 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 email them to Julia Hines at servant4jc@sbcglobal.net . Guided by Julia Hines and Mary Mounts.
2. 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
3. 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.
Visitation Group - Cindy Cunningham, John Gossett and Dick Pasher are organizing a group to visit people who are in the hospital, nursing care facilities, retirement communities, and other situations where people need someone to listen to and pray with them. If you would like to be a part of this group and/or know of someone who you think could be visited, contact Cindy at seniorfriend@yahoo.com.
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.
DISASTER RECOVERY IN TEXAS! Great devastation from Hurricane Ike in August, 2008, requires lots of rebuilding in the Galveston, Texas area from January 15 through February 15, 2010. Especially recruiting work campers for the weeks of Jan 31 and February 7 but would welcome workers any time during those four weeks. COSTS: You arrange and provide your own transportation to and from Galveston (probably by plane); costs for local transportation and food will be shared. Housing is $10/night/person. For more, contact George Siddall 513-228-0515 or gtsiddall@yahoo.com.
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
Aug 14, 2009
"offering hospitality to all God's children"
Picnic - Our all church picnic is Sunday, August 30 starting around 11:30 am 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 could help with grilling hot dogs and hamburgers, let David Loar know deloar@yahoo.com. Also, 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.
Starting Again - Sunday, September 13th during the 9:30 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
Weekly groups that are open to all:
1. 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 email them to Julia Hines at servant4jc@sbcglobal.net . Guided by Julia Hines and Mary Mounts.
2. 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
3. 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.
Visitation Group - Cindy Cunningham, John Gossett and Dick Pasher are organizing a group to visit people who are in the hospital, nursing care facilities, retirement communities, and other situations where people need someone to listen to and pray with them. If you would like to be a part of this group and/or know of someone who you think could be visited, contact Cindy at seniorfriend@yahoo.com.
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.
DISASTER RECOVERY IN TEXAS! Great devastation from Hurricane Ike in August, 2008, requires lots of rebuilding in the Galveston, Texas area from January 15 through February 15, 2010. Especially recruiting work campers for the weeks of Jan 31 and February 7 but would welcome workers any time during those four weeks. COSTS: You arrange and provide your own transportation to and from Galveston (probably by plane); costs for local transportation and food will be shared. Housing is $10/night/person. For more, contact George Siddall 513-228-0515 or gtsiddall@yahoo.com.
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
