Old Fashioned Bake Sale THIS SUNDAY! – Nov. 15th and 22nd
Our United Methodist Women are sponsoring an Old Fashioned Bake Sale to fund their ministry coffers. Whether you make something for the sale or purchase something one of these Sundays, you can be assured that the funds will go towards the mission and ministry of Cokes Chapel.
Mark your calendar, strike off “preparing desserts for Thanksgiving” or other family gatherings during the holidays!
If you wish to contribute your “famous” or “favorite” home made dessert, please contact Ann Navin right away so we can get an idea of the various goodies! call Ann or text at 678-469-5851
Christmas Angel Tree
Our Angel Tree for 2020 will be up in the narthex on Sunday, November 22nd. Please choose a tag/tags from the tree to provide a Christmas gift for a child in our community. Due to the virus, our Cokes Chapel worship service attendance is significantly smaller. Please keep this in mind and help with as many of these children’s gifts as possible.
It is very important that you remember to sign your name on the clipboard sheet so we will know who has each child’s tag.
You will find additional instructions on the back of each tag. The gifts are due at least by December 6th (by Nov. 29th would be even better!) If you have any questions, please contact Betsy Bagley. ebbagley@gmail.com
Thanksgiving Baskets
We will again be helping people in our community to have a special Thanksgiving dinner. Due to the corona virus and our desire to keep everyone safe, we are going to provide gift cards to families. They will use the grocery cards to buy their own food, and it will not be necessary for our folks to spend so much time in stores.
HOW to participate: To donate money to purchase gift cards for food, please give funds to Caroline Huckaby or Betsy Bagley. If you prefer to write a check to the church, be sure to designate “Thanksgiving Food” on the “for” line on your check.
HAPPY FALL YA’LL – The UMW Annual Holiday Luncheon will be on Nov 19th at 11:30 AM in the Fellowship Hall. All ladies of the church are invited to come and celebrate the food, friends and fun around the tables. The luncheon menu will be lasagna, salad, rolls, dessert and drinks. Be sure to bring a holiday gift to exchange in the fun-filled UMW way! ($10.00 gift limit) We will look forward to seeing you.
OLD FASHIONED BAKE SALE – Immediately after worship on Sunday, November 15th & November 22nd – The UMW is sponsoring a bake sale that will offer the “best of the best” home made desserts and goodies (cakes, pies, candy and cookies) for you to take home. Great for freezing for Thanksgiving, or just to enjoy the fall season. Items will be carefully wrapped and labeled. All proceeds will go to the various charitable organizations UMW currently supports! After worship step across the street to the Fellowship Hall to pick out something yummy!
Prayer Team has resumed and everyone is invited! We are meeting on Wednesday nights at 5:30 pm. We will be meeting in the Sanctuary for the month of November. We would love for you to attend! If you would like to join us for a “drop-in” to ask for a prayer request, to be prayed with, or to be prayed for, we would love to have you! No commitment necessary! Stop by and join us for prayer! Everyone try to arrange your schedule to attend, if you aren’t there we will miss you. We will wear masks and social distance.
Stewardship is utilizing and managing all the resources (our time, talents and resources) that God provides for the glory of God and the betterment of His creation. Being a faithful generous steward is a choice you make. We are never more like God than when we give. Seek and understand the character of God.
Growing Our Faith…
Monthly projected operating funds needed: $20,400
Actual operating funds collected as of November 11: $12,947.29
Thank you… for God loves a cheerful giver and it is truly more blessed to give than to receive.
Seek and know the character of GOD! AMEN
Finance met on Wednesday, November 4, 2020.
1. We will continue to make deposits on Wednesday until the end of the year.
2. Trustees are working to renew the Childcare loan and the loan on the Youth House. The bank currently gives a timeline for completion of February-March.
3. We are waiting on Congress to make some final decisions regarding applying for forgiveness of the Cares Act funds (Payroll Protection Program)
4 We will present the 2021 budget to Church Council at their next meeting at the end of the month.
Visit our website: cokeschapel.org to give regularly or make a one time gift.
MINISTRY MESSAGE: INTER-GENERATIONAL & YOUTH MINISTRY, NOVEMBER 11, 2020:
In Inter-generational Ministry, registration for our upcoming ADVENT STUDY is underway! Starting on Sunday, November 29th everyone is invited to join the Inter-generational Sunday School class as we engage in a four week study for the Advent season! We will be gathering in-person prior to worship on Sunday mornings, November 29-December 20, from 8:45-9:45 am. The study focuses on a different word each week (i.e., Expectancy, Preparation, Faith, Promise) and is based in Scripture reading and prayer. Please see additional information in this G-Chat. To register, please contact kim.reindl@gmail.com.
Inter-generational Sunday School is continuing with “at home” lessons until the beginning of Advent on November 29th. This week we will be beginning a new unit focused on places of worship, which, as found in the Scripture, can be simple, impromptu altars in response to unexpected meetings with God, or meticulously planned and constructed buildings. This Sunday we will read about how our faith fathers, Noah, Abraham, Jacob, and Samuel, all built altars to God as ways to commemorate encounters with God. If you would like to be included in the email list and receive this “at home” lesson, please contact Kim Reindl at kim.reindl@gmail.com. Each lesson includes Bible facts to help enlighten your study, questions for thought and reflection, as well as opportunity for spiritual practice.
In Inter-generational and Youth Ministry, Prayer Partners met via Zoom last Sunday, November 8th for the second of our monthly Zoom gatherings. We explored the ancient Christian practice of how to pray through visualization and the imagination (i.e., praying without words). This was a new way of prayer for most of the participants. Several noted that being able to pray for oneself and others through visualization (i.e., picturing a person being held in the light of God’s love, or imaging Jesus walking with you or holding you in the midst of pain or struggle), offered a sense of freedom and comfort. Prayer Partners were also given time together in “breakout rooms to talk and share prayer praises and concerns.”
God is at work all around us! May we hold each other by heart and lift each other by prayer as we journey together, and apart!
With love,
Kim
(Kim Reindl, Director of Inter-generational, Youth & Children’s Discipleship; kim.reindl@gmail.com)
BUILDING USE AND ENTRY
Worship Center Activities: Our Child Safety Policy does not allow for entry through the Worship Center doors due to the Child Care Center program, from Monday-Friday, from 6:00 am and 6:30 pm. No exceptions. Should you need to access the Worship Center, please check in through the CCCC office to gain entry. |