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This Week's Service: Extravagant Love
This Sunday our church member and Council Moderator Mark Johnston will be sharing an inspirational message from 1 Corinthians 13 (aka "the love chapter"). Mark will share his thoughts on being people who show and share "extravagant" love to our family, friends, and community. Mark uses a mix of humor, personal stories and life lessons to help us all grow in our faith and spiritual journey.
Message: Mark Johnston, Music: Jeff Spangler, Lauri Donaldson, Nancy Plantinga Join us in church on Sunday, or live on our YouTube channel here. Download our E-Bulletin to follow along in our online service:
Last Week's Service: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost: Water is Life
How much of your body is made of water? How many people don't have clean water to drink? How many times does the Bible talk about water? How do we keep water at the forefront of our concern for ourselves, our neighbors, our planet? Please enjoy last week's spectacular Water Sunday, sponsored by the Creation Justice Team.
Texts: Genesis 2, Revelation 22 and Mark 6 Message: Rev. Jody Betten, Music: Peter Black, Jeff Spangler, and Lauri Donaldson This Week's Homilist: Mark Johnston
Douglas Social Photo Album
KUDOS to Gemina Petruzzelli and the Muellers and all who turned out to work our Hot Dog booth at the Douglas Social last week! The tradition lives on!
Climate-Friendly Garden is Bloomin' Gorgeous
The Creation Justice Team’s climate-friendly native plant garden is doing very nicely, thanks to church member Brad Hopkins. It’s at the corner of Washington and Center streets in Douglas, across from Borrowed Time.
Help Us Make our First Ever Douglas UCC Party a HUGE Success, August 4, Beery Field
On Sunday, Aug 4th from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. we will be hosting our first Community Block Party. Spring Street in front of the church will be closed for a big, fun, summer party filled with food and games.
OUR MISSION We want to let our entire community know just how thankful we are for them! HOW WILL WE DO IT? We will have free food (burgers, hot dogs, and other goodies), together with a Bouncy House, 18 Foot Slide, Dunk Tank, Games, Competitions, Face Painting, and much more. ENJOY THE LIVE BAND"Random Play" featuring our own Lauri Donaldson. ITEMS NEEDED (contact Julie in the church office if you can help with these items)
READY TO VOLUNTEER? - Sign up sheet will be available this Sunday in the Friendship Hall or you can also reach out to Julie in the church office. Opportunities for cooks (grilling burgers and dogs), food servers, gameshow hosts, face-painters, dunk-tank volunteers (yes to go IN the dunk tank) and much more - see sign up sheets! August 6 Good Grief Discussion Postponed
The August 6 Good Grief class will be postponed to an as-yet undetermined date. We will let you know in plenty of time if we can offer it again. Meantime, we hope your reading has been helpful!
Next Feast for the Soul, August 7, 6pm
August 7 at 6pm is our next Feast for the Soul! Please sign up in the Friendship Hall!
The Pastoral Relations Committee and the Spiritual Retreat Center Committee would like to welcome the Douglas UCC family to join us for a "family dinner" of soup and bread and conversation, to be held in the Friendship Hall. We offer you a respite, a sacred space, in which to commune with your fellow church family members and discuss the future of our community. So that we can more accurately judge quantities for both food and drink, please sign up for the dinner ahead on the sign up sheet in the Friendship Hall. Attendance at each of the dinners will be kept to 25 people. Tickets are On Sale: West Shore Aware Funder Derby Downs, August 17New Members Class, August 18
We'll be holding a New Members class on August 18, after church at the Isablel Graham Center. If you're membership-curious, or have been a member, but want a refresher, or not at all sure if you'd like to be a member, but want more information before you decide -- all are welcome. Come learn about the church, its history, its approach. And lunch will be served! Register by signing up in the Friendship Hall, or drop Julie Ridl a note!
Prayer Requests
Karen Clement (Friend of Debra Carr's); Ann and Jim Hopkins; Sally LaRowe (Linda Charvat's friend); Janice Campbell children & grandchildren (Pete Wehle's friends); Tim Mikita (Ginny Mikita's Father); James Higgins (Friend of Shane Anderson and Michael Tuleja), Joe Scarpone (Friend of Tom Fahlstrom); Fred "Fritz" Royce and Sara Hurley; Rev. Marchiene Rienstra Family; Fred Hamlin; Carol Brown and Dan McGavin; John Kerr; Dave and Shirley Lawson; Ruth Fahlstrom (daughter of Tom Fahlstrom); Nancy Grib (Friend of Pamela Chappell); Stuart Family; Mary Westenbroek; Brian Aikens; Jerry Elpers and family (Beth Howley's Dad); Edie Plantinga (Nancy Plantinga's mother); Max Matteson; Eric Cooley (Jo Cooley's brother)
Prayers for all in the military and their families; all who are homeless or addicted or abused or neglected or rejected or hungry; The UCC; the Grand West Association; our Church Council; our Stephen Ministers; for our Pastoral Search Team, our Church Transition Team, our church committees; our communities, our schools, our nation and our planet Birthdays & Anniversaries
Birthdays: July 30- Doug LaCroix, 31- Kathleen Klage
Anniversaries: 29- Sue Scott & Larry Fuerst, Kathleen & Peter Mueller Birthday and Anniversary cards are a great way we can reach out to one another. If you wish to mail a card to one of our church members, addresses can be found in our Church Directory. Minutes and Reports
Grant Proposals
Stewardship Drive
Stewardship Drive Giving Week ending July 21:
Pledges to Date = $228,800.00 Pledge Fulfillment to date = $151,555.55 Thank you to all who pledged toward our Campus Stewardship Drive. Weekly Stewardship Drive totals are posted here and on the giant ‘thermometer’ poster in the Friendship Hall. If you have not received a pledge card, you can pick one up in the Friendship Hall. Or you can help us reach our goal of $275,000 by giving online here: Financial Stewardship
In-Person Attendance, July 21: 98
Total Views for July 21 worship videos: 114 Collection Plate & Mailed Donations: $1,538.00 Online Giving: $2,268.67 Total, General Support: $3806.67 Thank you!! Your generous giving allows us to sustain our church community and our mission of service in the world. Please consider giving online, which is easily done by texting your donation amount to 844-931-2849. |
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