• Tuesday, August 26th, 4:00pm - we will get the walls in the Christ Kids area ready to paint (clean walls, tape, etc.)

• Thursday, August 28th, 6:00pm - we will paint the bottom portion of the walls in the Christ Kids area.

Highlights of Council meeting of 8/13/2014:
The Council continues its reading/discussion of the book Holy Currencies, by Eric Law and has finished Chapters 3 & 4 - you are invited pick up a copy (available in the church library in The Commons) or purchase your own copy and follow along with the Council. 

In this book, Law focuses on six blessings that characterize many missional and sustainable faith communities. These six blessings are: Time & Place, Relationship, Truth, Wellness, Gracious Leadership and Money. He refers to these blessing as currencies because in order for these blessings to thrive they must flow like the current of a river.

This book is available on Amazon and from Chalice Press. We will also be offering an Adult Faith Conversation opportunity for the Winter session (beginning in January) that will focus on Holy Currencies and the six blessings it highlights. We hope you'll join us in this valuable learning for the sake of the whole community.

The Church Council will hold a Ministry Fair after worship on Sunday, September 14.  This will give everyone an opportunity to speak with volunteers and see if there is a team that is a good fit for them.  Each team will have a table and can provide information in a variety of ways.

Following the Ministry Fair will be a BBQ to share the photo's and stories of the "God's Work, Our Hands" experience the previous Sunday.

Members of Church Council will get together for a weekend retreat the weekend of September 26-28, a time for Council members to get to know one another on a personal level and to talk about what is on their hearts and minds for the church.

On Sunday, September 7th, we will kick off the Fall season by joining congregations all over the country in serving our neighbor! The day will begin with worship at 9:30am, followed by opportunities to serve our community outside and inside our building.

We will be working on projects with; The Hertel Center, packaging bulk foods; Liberty High School; Hillsboro Parks and Recreation; and No-Sew Blankets.  We will gather after worship following the Ministry Fair on September 14th to share photos and stories of our "God's work. Our hands." experience!

BOUNDARIES, facilitated by Chris Moore, will focus on the book, Boundaries, by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend. This book addresses specific issues that confront today’s Christians, such as having trouble saying no and living a life that feels out of control. Often, Christians focus so much on being loving and unselfish that they forget their own limits and limitations. Let’s explore together what it means to set healthy boundaries in our lives.

THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS: WISDOM OF THE TWIN will be facilitated by Anke Brandstater. Using a book written by Lynn Bauman, we will explore the Gospel of Thomas,
a non-canonical gospel that was written in the early second century. This gospel consists only of sayings of Jesus – no miracles, no journey descriptions, no birth or death narrative. But they are often so powerfully expressed that they force the reader to stop still for a moment and take a whole new look at life.