The Beacon
Newsletter
October 16, 2022 Volume 64, No 42
this Sunday: October 16, 2022
Theme & Title: Speaking with Trees
Trees send wisdom and food through mycorrhiza. We send yawns and share heart rates. We change each other! Let’s do it well. Let’s move one another toward the delight of Psalm 1, like trees planted by streams of water, rooted in healthy community, growing in God’s blessings and sharing God’s love.
Please read Psalm 1: 1-3 to prepare.
Pastor Anna Lisa Gross
Sunday, October 16
9:30 a.m. Eat and Meet
10:30 a.m. Worship
Monday, October 17
Church office closed.
Pastor Anna Lisa onsite.
7 p.m. Executive Committee meeting
Tuesday, October 18
Pastor Anna Lisa onsite.
Wednesday, October 19
Church office closed.
9:30 a.m. Food Bank
7 p.m. Search Committee meeting
Thursday, October 20
11:30 a.m. Worship Preview meeting
3:15 p.m. Preschool Leadership meeting
6:30 p.m. Choir Practice
Friday, October 21
Saturday, October 22
7 p.m. Game Night!
Remember to check the Breeze calendar for upcoming events and activities!
Weekly Announcements
Thank you for your pledges for 2023 - commissions are working on building a budget based on what you've said you will give. If you haven't made a pledge yet, you can still share a number with Financial Secretary Barb Trout by email or putting something in her box in the office - or put a note in the offering plate today.
We invite you to complete a worship survey (available on the office counter) and leave some gleanings for others through our worship together. Surveys can be returned to Carla Kilgore and the worship team.
Statistics 10/9/2022
Worship 80
Offering 10/2/2022 $5,045.00
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Food Bank on October 12:
19 Families served
46 Individuals in families
Our gratitude to all of the donors and volunteers who make our Food Bank work! Click here to see the September Food Bank report.
Creating Community in the Neighborhood
We are hosting a fun Fall afternoon for Beacon Heights and church neighbors. Bring a sack lunch on October 30 to eat with Beacon Heights folks after church. Then at 12:30, we are inviting the few blocks immediately surrounding the church to join us in the parking lot for "trunk-or-treat", painting a mural on the parking lot in the half basketball court, doing crafts, enjoying cider and cookies or fruit, playing on the playground, shooting a few hoops before the painting starts. It will be a relaxed time to enjoy getting to know new people and to extend God's welcome to literal neighbors. Besides your own lunch, please bring candy or other small items to give from your car to children who walk the parking lot to collect the goodies. Feel free to bring a frisbee or any other item we can use for fun that day. We will set up a few tables for relaxing and a few board games as well. Please mark your calendars and plan to join this celebration of fall, friendship, and God's goodness!
Bring in your old shoes!
All through October we will be collecting shoes of any kind -- sneakers, boots, flip-flops, heels -- in any condition. The Heritage Lions Club is collecting them for Changing Footprints. The shoes will go to disaster areas and others in need. Those not good for wearing will be sent to Nike to be made into playground equipment. They are asking groups to help with the collection. Let's clean out our closets and make a large mountain of shoes appear at church. They will also accept old eyeglasses and cell phones.
Witness Commission
Church Women United (CWU) is seeking donations! More information is available on their website.
Beacon Heights is working at Camp Mack, and your help is needed!
More information on activities and how to sign up are available here.
next Sunday: October 23, 2022
Theme & Title: Deep roots, wide branches; everything has a purpose in God’s creation — everything in its own time.
This week, we will continue our exploration of Psalm 1:1-3 with a creative worship service.
Please read Psalm 1: 1-3 to prepare.
Curated by Lisa Liechty-Steele
Published by Beacon Heights
Church of the Brethren
Editor: Melinda Long
Phone: (260) 482-8595
Email: office@beaconheights.net