The weekly Monday Bible study (1-2 pm) at the Youth Chapel is back and active, and all are welcome to join. Please contact Debbie Yost, Bible study facilitator, by email (steveanddebyost@frontier.com) if you are interested or have questions.
The Pathfinder Club together with the Youth and Teen Ministry will host the above event at the PAES Gym, Saturday, November 16 at 7 pm. This is a Rockwood church event, and the whole family is invited for an evening of food, games, and fun. The Pathfinders and Youth leaders thank you in advance for your support and for planning to attend and participate in this annual event.
In the spirit of Thanksgiving and in gratitude to God for His many and bountiful blessings of life, our congregation will be taking up a special thank you offering on the Sabbath of November 30th in lieu of the regular Lamb’s Offering. Your sacrificial giving for that Sabbath and week will help us with the Love Fund, a ministry account established specifically to support our local church members when faced with unusual circumstances and financial hardships.
Every year in the month of November we are reminded as a nation of God’s goodness and faithfulness to us, His people. As a faith community, we are making November a season of gratitude and thanksgiving. In everything we do
whether at home, in the workplace or here at church, we want to show God’s grace by living out this value of thankfulness. To do this as a congregation, we are going show our appreciation to all serving volunteers from 2023/2024 during our worship service scheduled for November 30th.
Maintaining our church facilities including the care of our gardens and grounds is a collective responsibility. We are inviting available and able members (deacons and deaconesses included) to help us on the Sunday,
December 8 (2-6 pm) with general cleaning both inside and outside of the church.
Thanksgiving baskets will be put together by the Pathfinder Club for distribution the week of Thanksgiving (November 24-26), and church members are invited to contribute canned and dry food products as they are able. Persons wanting to donate fresh and perishable products can do so on the Sabbath, November 23rd prior to Thanksgiving. The sign-up sheet for fresh and perishable food items is now available in the lobby. Please contact Nina Kight, directly, if you have questions about this Pathfinder goodwill project.
You are cordially invited to our annual Christmas brunch scheduled for the Sabbath of December 14 at 9:30-10:30 am. This church and community meal is a time to celebrate life together. Life for many of us is busy, and
very often we journey through time on our own, but this is an opportunity to rethink relationships and refocus on who we are, God’s family. Please note that we are not having Sabbath School on this date. To help us make
this church event successful, we are asking for the congregation members with their last names starting with the letters A-L to bring sweet bread and those whose last names start with the letters M-Z to bring fruit plates. We would appreciate that you bring bread and/or fruit PLATED and TABLE READY (the kitchen will be very busy and there is no space to prepare what you bring). The church will provide the main dishes.
A special prayer time for the Rockwood community will take place directly after the worship service on November 16th. This is your invitation to come and pray with us, corporately, seeking God’s presence and
intervention in the lives of people who live in this neighborhood.
The church leadership is committed to equipping and empowering church members for mission. This emphasis on training started last Sabbath with Pastor Dauncey on Strategic Community Engagement. Our next ministry
training is scheduled for December 7 during the Sabbath School time slot (9:30-10:45 am), and this would involve the youth and adult classes only. Pastor Puni will present on “Reclaiming the Sabbath School Objectives.”