[amc] AMC Update
- From: Austin Mennonite <austinmennonite@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Austin Mennonite Church <amc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 16:49:37 -0600
*Here are a couple of opportunities for tonight (Friday):*
- Young adult Christmas gathering at Bob and Becca's home, 1503 Westmoor
Drive, 7pm. Bring your own cookie dough and beverage of choice
- Austin Recorder Society Christmas Concert at the church, 7pm. A
variety of recorders, strings, ensembles, etc. Bring a treat to share.
Otherwise, free admission.
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Calendar
*Dec 15, 4-8pm, Christmas Open House at Bob Koehn's home, 7809 Cheno
Cortina Trail. Everyone is welcome. Bring a treat to share.*
*Dec 19, THU, **7pm* - Women's Group meets at Terri Lever's home, 5509
Delwood Drive.
*Dec 24, TUE, **7pm* – Christmas Eve Worship.
*Jan 5*, Communion, potluck, congregational meeting (budget, ballot).
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*Sharing of Joys and Concerns, Dec 8*
- Gloria - glad for a successful Sharing with Santa fundraiser raising
about $8000. Thanks for the support as CDC continues to try to meet their
budget for 2013.
- Gloria - pray for Angel, 23 year old son of a family formerly
connected with CDC. Angel was in a serious car accident a year ago and
continues reconstructive surgeries and adapting to disabilities.
- Gloria - Pray for a patience with a difficult CDC family.
- Pat - pray for a family who has a child with cancer.
- Ron - grandmother of their future daughter-in-law (Mikki and Jared),
died. Mikki was close to her grandmother.
- Bob Knipe - requested prayers for co-workers who often feel lonely in
their work of promoting healthy lifestyles.
- Sarah P. - enjoyed reconnecting with a former patient recently.
- Greg - grateful for the message today. Struggling with family
relationships and making ends meet (during the meal the congregation
donated $74 to help).
- Dixie - remember homeless, especially with cold weather.
- Dama - thankful for the presence of God in her life. A person's
relationship with God is the most important. Love God, love neighbor.
- Steve H. - expressed appreciation for the congregation and the many
gifts present. Appreciated Stacey's sermon on relationships.
- Lee - invited the congregation to help a family in need. A single
mother with two girls (5 years, 17 months) and expecting a boy in January,
is moving into her own housing in January and needs household items. The
housing will have 3 twin beds and a crib.
- *Here is what is collected so far for the family with two children
(girls) and one on the way (boy).*
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- *Children's items - baby clothes - 2 pair long pants, 1 sleeper, 1
T-shirt, 3 onesies, disposable diapers, bottle of baby lotion,
and powder,
2 stuffed toys, baby food (banana), rice cereal, formula, 3 light baby
blankets, umbrella stroller.*
- *Bag of women's clothes*
- *Bath items - 3 bath towels, 2 hand towels, 6 wash clothes, 3 pack
of baby bath towels, 1 baby bath towel and wash cloth*
- *Kitchen items - 9x13 cake pan, glass loaf dish, egg beater, wooden
spatula, plastic spatula, Christmas hand towel, wall decoration, set of
plates and silverware, children's utensils, cutlery, bowls, kitchen hand
towels.*
- *Bedding - 2 blankets, 1 full size set of sheets with 2 pillow
cases; 1 queen size set of sheets with 2 pillow cases; 1 (double?) set of
sheets with 2 pillow cases.*
- *Suggestions - toaster, microwave, high chair, Walmart gift cards,
bedding for twin beds. We will collect items at the church this Sunday,
Dec 15, and deliver them on Monday, Dec 16. Thanks for the great response!*
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*A week or two ago, Jen and Stacy shared about children at Andrews
Elementary being hungry on weekends. They shared specifics of the Andrews
Elementary Bag Buddy Program. So far, a box of food items has been donated
at AMC for this program which sends non-perishable food home with children
on the weekends. Jen and Stacy will deliver the food next week. There are
handouts at the church with suggestions for what to donate. Thanks for
helping to feed hungry children in Austin!*
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A poem from Mennonite Women USA's *A Postcard and a Prayer*
*Emmanuel, God With Us *
by Ursula Green
Thank you God, for that silent night
when Love entered our human experience.
Emmanuel - God with us . . .
a fragile, helpless baby boy
a poor young couple with no appropriate space to labor and deliver Love,
travel wearied and scared,
far from the familiarity of home.
Thank you that in all His experiences He can identify with us and walk with
us.
Please walk with us who are fragile in body, mind and spirit.
Walk with us who are helpless children in abusive situations.
Walk with us who are frightened, sick, sad, and without hope,
the alienated,
the addicted,
the homeless,
the prisoner,
the refugee,
the stranger,
the weary.
Into the silent nights of our loneliness,
breathe Your breath of pure love and companionship.
Into the sleepless nights of our dread, desperation and debilitating pain,
breathe Your breath of calm reassurance and sweet peace.
Into the sweet nights of our contentment,
breathe Your burning desire that all creation be reconciled to Yourself.
In the name of Jesus,
who identifies with us in all of our human experience, Amen!
May it be so! Amen.
Ursula Lundall Green, Goshen, Indiana says, "The loves of my life are my
husband, Stanley Green; sons, Lee and James Green; teaching elementary
students; knitting and singing."
--
*Lee Lever, Pastor*
*Austin Mennonite Church*
AustinMennonite.org
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