What's Happening at MCC Austin

         July

Sunday Morning Worship*

"Is That in the Bible? There but for the Grace of God, Go I"

John 5:2-15

Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Bethzatha, which has five porticoes. In these lay many invalids--blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be made well?" The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; and while I am making my way, someone else steps down ahead of me." Jesus said to him, "Stand up, take your mat and walk." At once the man was made well, and he took up his mat and began to walk.

Now that day was a sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, "It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your mat." But he answered them, "The man who made me well said to me, 'Take up your mat and walk.'" They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take it up and walk'?" Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had disappeared in the crowd that was there. Later Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, "See, you have been made well! Do not sin anymore, so that nothing worse happens to you." The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

*Please note: Sign Language Interpretation will not be available during the month of July. Beginning in August, interpretation for the 11:00 service will be available upon request. Please send an email to Courtney Webster in the church office to request it. 

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This week we'd like to update you on developments in our different areas of responsibility. Here are just some of the things that have happened in the last month:

• Administration - Glen Hunt
• Began process of researching and renewing MCC Austin's property insurance
• Building - Peggy Garrison
• Team meeting to share details of Board's proposal for accelerated debt repayment and how it affects Bldg Team
• Capital Campaign -  Rev. Karen Thompson
• Presentation of revised plan for collecting on Capital Campaign pledges
• Finance - Debbie Cunningham
• Created a new Finance Team which will share in tasks and make recommendations
• Revenue Raising Events - David Ferguson
• Held two meetings with New Year's Eve party planning team to determine goals, theme, target audience, marketing strategies, etc.
• Revenue Raising Ongoing - Len Shelton
• Updated our Randall's partnership information to make it simpler for our members to contribute to MCC Austin when they buy groceries
• Size Matters - Debra Hallum
• Church staff and other leaders can now park at Scizzorzs Beauty Salon next door on Sunday mornings leaving more parking places open at the church
• Stewardship - Rev. Karen Thompson
• The Stewardship Team has been collecting information about our mission and ministry for a 2012 Stewardship video to use in conjunction with our Stewardship campaign 

Faithfully,

MCC Austin Board of Directors  

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 Sunday August 7, 2011

SOUL Connections lunch will be held at Carino's Italian Restaurant (Southpark Meadows) following the 11 a.m. service on August 7, 2011.

A room has been reserved for 30 souls...so everyone come, meet, greet, and eat together. All are welcome. There will be a drawing for $10 to be given to one lucky soul toward the cost of their lunch!

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