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ejoy! weekly newsletter                                           August 13/14, 2011

In This Issue
In Worship
Family Retreat
FaithWorks
Open Door Gallery
LGBT Advocacy Group
Engaged Encounter
 Thought for the Day:
Embracing the Sabbath helps us stand against pride.
- Lynne Babb 

 


This Week: Handmade People (Play Doh)
 Colossians 3:12-21

  


Last week we began a sermon series which looks at some of the iconic toys of our time and how they connect with God's message to us in scripture.  This week we are looking at Play Doh.  

 

Did you know that Play Doh started out as a wallpaper cleaning compound?  That Play Doh is 54 years old this year?  While I didn't know those facts about Play Doh, what I know is that a new can of brightly colored Play Doh is like having a brand new box of crayons.  Even as an adult it is irresistible.

 

The prophets Jeremiah and Isaiah talk about God as the potter and our lives being like clay.   Paul in his letter to the people at Colossae speaks of the ways in which God would like to hand make us in his image.  God would mold us to have hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness and patience - hearts that are able to forgive, live with gratitude and love. The ultimate question, I believe, is are we willing to place the clay of our lives into the potter's hands?

 

I hope that you will take time to invite someone to come to worship with you this weekend.   

 

See you this weekend.

Blessings,

Pastor Susan 

 

 

 

  

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YOUNG COUPLES FAMILY RETREAT, AUGUST 12-14, ARMY LAKE CAMP & RETREAT CENTER Enjoy some time away in the great outdoors   - "Just miles away, yet a world apart." Enjoy fellowship and s'mores around the campfire, fishing, crafts, swimming, bocce ball - something for the whole family.

 

So far we have 15 individuals signed up to go. All young couples and parents with preschool aged children are invited!

 

 

Contact Heather Gladney at [email protected]  or 901-652-2225.

 

Facebook event page

 

Directions to Army Lake Camp

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Faithworks

Saturday, August 13th - Meet in the Jones Narthex at 8:00

9:00 - 12:00, Serving in the community

 

You can paint at the Agape center or do yard work and pantry sorting at Northcott. You also could participate in any of the following:

 

United Methodist Children's Services

Repairers of the Breach

 

If you have the morning free to lend a hand, it would be so much appreciated.

 

A few new ideas and announcements:

 

We are sponsoring a FaithWorks Bus Tour this fall on October 22nd to Northcott Neighborhood House and Repairers of the Breach from 8-1 that will include breakfast and devotions. We are hopeful that we can interest you in spending  the morning taking a tour of these agencies and experiencing first-hand what they do to serve our community.

 

It is easy to feel removed from some of our mission projects if we never lay eyes on them:) Put this on your calendar and talk it up with your friends. In the spring we will go to United Methodist Children's Services and Agape Community Center as well. 


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Open Door Gallery Artist Reception  

Sunday 9:00 - 12:00, Walnut Room 

TONY BUSALACCHI'S SHOW, "PSALM 58"

Come and greet the artist and converse with other art lovers as you view this show.  

Tony's assemblages are a combination of found objects, paintings, photography, and sculpture. His subjects include an abstract Adam and Eve, several unique and thought-provoking variations on The Last Supper, and several commentaries on war.  

 

 

Tony has displayed his works at the Uihlein Peters Gallery, Urban Accents, Milwaukee Street Gallery, Mt. Mary College, Unitarian Church North, and Unitarian Fellowship of Door County. Come and view his provocative show in the Open Door Gallery.

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LGBT ADVOCACY GROUP, SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 1:30 PM, WESLEY ROOM. You are invited to our August meeting for fellowship and planning. Bring a sack lunch and get involved!

 

GROUP PARTY, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 6:00 PM

Come to celebrate summer and enjoy the fellowship! All are invited to join us on Wednesday, August 17 at 6 pm, 6066 Apple Blossom Lane in Glendale. Bring an appetizer, salad or dessert. Questions: Mary Lou Taylor, 262-896-9356.

 

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DISCOVER SOMETHING NEW IN THE PERSON YOU LOVE!

Engaged Encounter  is a weekend retreat where engaged, newly married, or couples thinking about marriage can get away from jobs, chores, and phones -and focus only on each other. If you would like greater depth, growth, and enrichment in your relationship, you will like the difference an Engaged Encounter weekend can make!  

 

The upcoming Wisconsin weekend is October 21-22.

For more information contact: John and Rosie Mitchell @ 920-894-7177 or [email protected].

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