Announcements given for Sunday 11/17/2024
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Below are the announcements given on 11/17/2024. Please refer to your directory for contact information.
Our church is funded by your donations. By submitting an estimate of giving, you help us plan our budget for 2025.
Letters and estimate of giving (pledge) cards were mailed the end of October for
our Stewardship drive for Fairwood Community UMC. We ask that you prayerfully
consider the amount you wish to give to your church for 2025.
Based on the estimates of giving that we’ve received so far, we’re at 27% of our
goal for the 2025 church budget. Thank you!
Extra copies of the pledge cards are available in the narthex (as you enter the
sanctuary). You can also fill out the online pledge form on our website GIVE page:
https://fairwoodumc.org/give/
Questions? Contact Jennifer at jenuann@gmail.com.
Youth singing in choir next Sunday 11/17
We are having the youth choir practice start in the choir room at 11:15, then move
to the sanctuary about 11:30 and be done by 11:50. Youth are singing in church
next Sunday, November 17th.
For more information contact Bill & Lori at bill.mcewen@comcast.net.
Our Tuesday morning Advent study starts on November 26
Our Tuesday morning Advent Study with Pastor Ferdie starts on November 26. Join
us in the parlor or on Zoom at 9:30 – 11:00 am.
We will use “On the Way to Bethlehem” by Rob Fuquay for our discussions. The
book is available on Amazon. If you need help getting a book, please contact Pastor
Ferdie or Donna S.
Please sign up by sending an email to pastorferdie@fairwoodumc.org.
Noisy Offering to support UM Student Day - Nov 24th
Our children will use empty cans to collect your donations for UM Student Day
scholarships on Sunday, November 24. UM Student Day donations support over 70
scholarships for United Methodist undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students.
Empty your wallets, pockets and jars and bring your coins on Sunday, November 24
for our “Noisy Offering!”
Wreaths Update
The youth will not be selling Christmas wreaths for your door this year.
We hope to bring this fundraiser back next year.
Questions? Contact Kristin T. or Jenny B.
Hand Turkey Contest
Children and youth of all ages are invited to participate in youth group’s hand
turkey competition.
1. Trace or create your hand on a piece of paper, cardboard, canvas, jpg, etc.
2. Illustrate, draw, color, paint, or decorate your turkey.
3. Turn in your turkey to the Illumin8 Room (BH-3) by 4:00 PM on Sunday,
11/24/2024. Be sure to write your name, contact info and age group (children,
youth or adult) on the back of your turkey!
Prizes will be awarded in several categories. It’s easy to join the fun!
Transgender day of Remembrance
You are invited to join in a Transgender Day of Remembrance service to honor the
memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost too soon, in acts of antitransgender
violence.
The service will be held at United Christian Church of Renton,
on Wednesday, November 20th, at 7:00pm.
Address: 15509 116th Ave. SE, Renton, WA (in Cascade neighborhood).
Qualified Charitable Donations
Did you know? If you are 73 or older in 2024, you can save on income taxes by
donating the full or a partial amount of your RMD (Required Minimum Distribution),
up to a limit of $105,000, to a qualified charity directly from your IRA and that
amount would not be taxable. These contributions are called qualified charitable
contributions or QCD’s.
Please join us immediately after the worship service on Sunday, November 17th, in
room M-7 (across from the bathrooms in the sanctuary building) for about 20
minutes to learn more about QCD’s and RMD’s from Ed H.