Announcements given for Sunday 1/7/2024
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Below are the announcements given on 1/7/2024. Please refer to your directory for contact information.
Next day to dedicate new members is January 14th
We are so grateful to recently receive our new members. If you are considering
membership, the next date we’ll receive new members is January 14th.
If you are curious or if you have questions about membership, please contact
Pastor Ferdie at pastorferdie@fairwoodumc.org.
A decision for membership is always a great time to celebrate our life together as a
church family!
Sign up for 2024 alter flowers
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.
Join Youth Choir
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
Bring your Styrofoam for recycling
Bring your Styrofoam from your holiday boxes and leave it in the collection box in
the narthex. We’ll make sure it gets recycled. Questions? Contact Jeff or Sharon
K.
Want to recycle Styrofoam at other times? Take it to Styro Recycle’s free drop off
center located at 23418 68th Ave. S. (just off West Valley Hwy) in Kent, WA. More
info about what they accept and do not accept at: https://styrorecycle.com/
United Women in Faith meeting 1/18/24
Join United Women in Faith on Thursday, January 18th! We’ll tour the Family First
Community Center in Renton. Note that this is the third Thursday of January, not
our usual second Thursday meeting date.
We meet at 9:30 in our church parking lot to carpool for the 10:00 tour. The tour
should last about an hour, then we’ll carpool back to church.
The Center is located at 16200 116th Ave SE and serves Renton families. It brings
quality recreation, education, and wellness programs and ser-vices to the
historically underserved communities of Benson Hill and Cascade. It was built in
partnership with retired Seahawk Doug Baldwin, Jr., and the City of Renton and
opened on June 15th, 2023
A new in-depth, 24-week Bible study with Pastor Ferdie starts January 23rd, Tuesdays at 9:30 – 11:00am
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.
Let us prepare for worship
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!