A Special Word
Dear Friends,
I would like to take a little rest from my running commentary on our Mission Statement to say a few things about this coming weekend. This weekend will be a special one for us.
On Saturday, the Golden Gate Association of the Northern California Nevada Conference of the United Church of Christ (that's a mouthful) will be having its Fall Gathering at our church. We will hear from Tim Nonn from Petaluma UCC who is an activist working on the Sudan crisis. This summer he made a whistle stop tour (the Comma Train) of the United States to foster awareness of the genocide in Darfur, Sudan. He will speak during worship of his experience. It would be wonderful to see us there in force. Worship will be between 10 and 11 am. Please call the church office if you plan to attend.
Sunday is the first Sunday in November. This means that we will have the Samoans with us at the 10:30 service and we will share in communion. Also, we will have a special visitor: Rev. Ben Bohren. Ben is the regional minister of the Northern California-Nevada region of the Disciples of Christ denomination. Ben will be preaching on Sunday, using Acts 2:43-47 and asking the question, "What Does Your Church Stand For?" After 10:30 worship Ben will share with us concerning The Disciples, their history, organization and culture. Ben says of his current ministry with the DOC region, "… the willingness of this region to step out in faith and honestly say YES to God's transforming power and action really touches my heart and soul. I cannot think of a place that I would rather be serving in ministry." Ben's visit is sponsored by the committee set up by the Council to explore a relationship with the Disciples (more on that below).
Also, on Sunday I will be presenting the last of my reports on the Ministry of our church at 9:45 am at the Stewardship meeting. During that presentation we look at where we have been as a church and look forward to where we might be going. It is pretty interesting, if I don't say so myself. Hope to see you there.
I look forward to seeing everyone this weekend.
Love, David
I would like to take a little rest from my running commentary on our Mission Statement to say a few things about this coming weekend. This weekend will be a special one for us.
On Saturday, the Golden Gate Association of the Northern California Nevada Conference of the United Church of Christ (that's a mouthful) will be having its Fall Gathering at our church. We will hear from Tim Nonn from Petaluma UCC who is an activist working on the Sudan crisis. This summer he made a whistle stop tour (the Comma Train) of the United States to foster awareness of the genocide in Darfur, Sudan. He will speak during worship of his experience. It would be wonderful to see us there in force. Worship will be between 10 and 11 am. Please call the church office if you plan to attend.
Sunday is the first Sunday in November. This means that we will have the Samoans with us at the 10:30 service and we will share in communion. Also, we will have a special visitor: Rev. Ben Bohren. Ben is the regional minister of the Northern California-Nevada region of the Disciples of Christ denomination. Ben will be preaching on Sunday, using Acts 2:43-47 and asking the question, "What Does Your Church Stand For?" After 10:30 worship Ben will share with us concerning The Disciples, their history, organization and culture. Ben says of his current ministry with the DOC region, "… the willingness of this region to step out in faith and honestly say YES to God's transforming power and action really touches my heart and soul. I cannot think of a place that I would rather be serving in ministry." Ben's visit is sponsored by the committee set up by the Council to explore a relationship with the Disciples (more on that below).
Also, on Sunday I will be presenting the last of my reports on the Ministry of our church at 9:45 am at the Stewardship meeting. During that presentation we look at where we have been as a church and look forward to where we might be going. It is pretty interesting, if I don't say so myself. Hope to see you there.
I look forward to seeing everyone this weekend.
Love, David
posted by FirstUCCSR at Wednesday, October 31, 2007
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