Cokes Chapel is a mission-minded church, and this time of limited physical serving has been hard. Many members have asked what they can do – without coming into contact with others. Here are a few ideas:
– Backpack Buddies continues to help feed community children. You can find a list of needed
foods on their website, or you can make a monetary donation on that site.
– Back to School Supplies are Needed at One Roof – If you’d like to donate, feel free to drop any
supplies off at their location at 255 Temple Avenue, Newnan, GA 30263, from 10 AM to 4 PM Monday –
Saturday.
– Meals on Wheels of Coweta has been delivering meals two days a week all summer. These deliveries
include enough food for the week. Our Cokes Chapel team will resume our volunteering with this group when
safely possible. Monetary donations are appreciated.
– We continue regular support of our three missionary families, the Houles, the Haddens, and Caleb
Earle. Please include them in your daily prayers.
– If you have any questions or ideas, please contact Betsy and Earl Bagley. ebbagley@gmaill.com
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE REPORT
Committee on Finance – The Committee did not meet in July. July represents the first month since the pandemic began that the church was once again responsible for the Childcare Loan, Youth House/Land loan and Pastor Lisa’s Healthflex premium. On August 15th Finance will begin to study the impact of the pandemic on giving and how to manage the financial status through 2020. The next meeting for the Committee on Finance is August 20th at 6:30 at the TBA. See below:
July snapshot of budget vs income:
Budgeted Funds/Income needed monthly= $22,400.00
General Funds/Income collected as of July 29, 2020= $13,459.29
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A Note to the Cokes Family:
Dear family,
I pray you are reviewing our finance reports each week. Even in this season of tremendous upheaval, our weekly and monthly giving reports reflect your faithfulness in giving back to God. Thank you for your prayerful, consistent giving during this challenging time. When you give regularly it allows Cokes Chapel to continue to focus on serving, praying and looking for ways to expand our reach for Jesus Christ.
Thank you for remembering God is at work all the time through you and your church! Thank you for honoring God, giving generously and taking part in continuing to build God’s kingdom!
In Christ, Pastor Lisa
Cokes Chapel UMC Childcare Jr. Mission Camp:
A team of church ladies agreed to provide a 3-day Jr. Mission Camp for the Cokes Chapel Childcare Center. The Camp focused on “Let Your Little Light Shine for Jesus” with your LOVE, with your GIFTS and with your HELP HANDS. We had about 65-70 children daily ranging from 1 year old to 4 years old. We spent several hours each morning singing, dancing and attempting to create some type of related craft like a heart-shaped suncatcher, a giving bank, and a helping-hand sunburst. We created a related hat each day, we read a related story (HOW MUCH DO I LOVE YOU and FILL A BUCKET) two days and watched a video (“Giving is Better than Getting”) on one day, we made and used several different instruments like a tambourine and shakers to sing and dance. They loved the shakers because they made the most noise!!! Whew!!!!
A big shout-out to the Childcare classroom teachers and assistants while we were in the classroom. We could not have done this without their classroom management, knowledge and skills. We saw these children bow their heads and sing their prayer prior to eating and we heard them sing some of the familiar VBS songs like Jesus Loves Me and Rise and Shine.
It was a blessing to deliver God’s word, no matter how elementary, to His precious gifts. They are precious in His sight and represent our future. Team: Brenda Hanes, Vivian Snyder, Arianna Smith, and Nancy Vermilyea; a special thank you to Dee Croft for her assistance and expertise.
MINISTRY MESSAGE: INTER-GENERATIONAL, YOUTH & CHILDREN’S MINISTRY, July 29, 2020:
This week in Children’s Ministry we are offering our 5th Annual Kid’s Mission Camp (KMC)! For five years Cokes Chapel has been in partnership with Newnan First UMC to develop this unique offering (our form of VBS) that allows kids to serve others, empowering them to realize that they are active followers of Jesus Christ making a difference in the world right now! This year we adapted the camp design so that children could engage in an “at-home” camp with their families. Also, we are delighted to report of continuing participation from our Cokes Chapel Childcare Center, with a Junior camp being led in classrooms.
All participants of KMC have been given a Camp Kit with supplies and instructions for the daily mission projects (to be done at home or in the classrooms), focusing on our theme, “Let the light of God’s love shine through you!” (Matthew 5:14-16). Throughout the three day camp, kids are encouraged to love and serve others through the giving of their hearts, minds/resources, and strength (Luke 10:27). Daily videos have been sent to participants helping them relate to the daily theme and Scripture, leading them through devotion and prayer, and offering them instructions for their daily mission project.
We are excited that 55 kids are participating in Kid’s Mission Camp this year (20 from our churches and 35 from the Childcare Center)! In addition, Vivian Snyder, along with Brenda Hanes, Nancy Vermilyea, Arianna Smith and Dee Croft offered a “Junior Camp” at the Childcare Center for preschoolers ages 1-4 years. Overall, over 120 kids are being embraced and empowered by God’s love this week as a result of our ministries! Praise God for the light that will shine forth this week and in the week’s to come because of the generosity, gifts, and talents of the Cokes Chapel and Newnan First faith families!
This week’s Intergenerational Sunday School lesson is the story of Jesus’ meeting with the woman at the well, found in John 4:1-42. The theme for the week is reconciliation. If you would like to be included in the email list and receive this lesson, please contact Kim Reindl at kim.reindl@gmail.com. Each lesson includes commentary to help enlighten your study, questions for thought and reflection, as well as an optional activity that can be done at home with children and/or youth.
Finally, in Youth Ministry, plans are underway to arrange for an in-person Youth gathering before the start of school. Also, our Youth will be serving the Cokes Chapel Childcare Center through providing for a special teacher lunch on August 5th, as well as by providing videos of story time, songs, music, or crafts that can be used by CCCC teachers as ways to enhance classroom experience for the children.
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
Reminder: Cokes Chapel Childcare is now using the Worship Center for classrooms to accommodate our social distance requirements.
Due to our Child Safety Policy, until further notice, Monday-Friday, no entry allowed through the worship center doors between 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.
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