Sunday Announcements 1/21/24

Celebrate a special occasion or remember a loved one by providing flowers on the altar for a worship service. Sign up on the 2024 Flower Calendar in the narthex/entryway. It’s on the bulletin board between the office and the nursery.

If you purchased a Christmas Wreath from the youth group this year, you can
recycle your bow!
You’ll find a collectionRecycle Christmas Wreath bows from youth wreaths box in the Narthex.

The United Women in Faith’s current mission project is to assemble “meals-in-abag”
for Vine Maple Place’s food ministry. The vision of Vine Maple Place is to end
family homelessness in South King County. They have locations in Maple Valley and
Kent.
A Meal-in-a-Bag gives a mom all the necessary ingredients she needs to make a
home cooked meal. Each bag has a specific recipe and the ingredients for that
meal. These meals provide not only stability and a chance for a family to connect
around the dinner table, but they also assist in helping a family stretch their food
budget.
On January 14th, there will be a poster in the narthex with sticky notes that contain
the needed food items for one bag. Take one or more sticky notes, purchase the
items and bring them back by Sunday, February 4th. We also welcome financial
donations. Make out checks to “Fairwood UMW” with “VMP” on the memo line.
Checks can be given to our UWF treasurer (Joletta Holman) or left in the UWF
mailbox in the church office.

Youth group time is changing, effective February 4, 2024. We will be adding 30
minutes to youth group each Sunday.
Check out the new schedule:
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm Simple Supper
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Youth Group
Thanks for your support of this growing ministry!
Questions? Comments? Contact Kartha or LJ

We need nut-free baked goods for our fellowship time after worship services! Bring
any items in labeled and dated freezer bags. Please note if they are gluten and/or
egg-free.
We’d love to have more servers also!
Questions? See Carol C. or Kathy P.

Come play Bunco! It’s super simple to learn. Join us on Sunday, January 28 after
worship at 12:00pm. Bring healthy snacks to share. You can find out more
information and sign up to attend – see the poster in the narthex.
Questions? Contact Jan B-H.

Our women’s book club meets generally on the 4th Thursdays of the month at
7:00pm to discuss a variety of types of books. This month, January 25th, we
discuss Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. Pachinko is the story of five generations of a
Korean family living in both Korea and then later Japan from 1910 to 1989.

We’ll join together on Zoom. For the Zoom link, contact Donna S. or Kathy P.

Our February 22nd book discussion is about Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage
Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann.

Pastor Ferdie is offering an in-depth 24-week study of the Bible called “Covenant
Bible Study.” This study emphasizes the biblical concept of covenant as a unifying
theme through both the Old and New Testaments.
There is a short video presentation for each session. In addition to the book
chapter reading, there are daily readings from the Bible. A sample book will be
available in the narthex to look at.
We will take a break during Lent so we can all do a Lenten study. We will resume in
April after Easter. Then we’ll take a break again during summer months (July and
August), then resume in September.
You can order your participant study guide on Amazon or other sites. If ordering,
try to order the 2017 edition that is one volume.
Let Pastor Ferdie know if you’d like to participate so that you get all the
communication from him about the study.

Youth in grade 5 through high school are invited to sing in YOUTH choir. Meet in
the choir room for practices on Sundays at 11:15am until about 11:50am.
We will be learning some new contemporary songs as well as singing some of our
favorites. Come bring your friends and make a joyful noise! For more information
or questions contact Bill or Lori McEwen

A Reminder from the Worship Committee –
The Prelude centering music begins at 10:00 and it is time to quiet ourselves and
prepare to worship God.
Thank you!