We wish a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following members and friends who are celebrating their October birthdays:
10 - Mary Lou Volkenant
11 - Kim McCardell
12 - Nancy Pollock
15 - Alexa Livingston
16 - Elizabeth Franklin
19 - Aaron Miller
19 - Mark Davis
20 - Dawn Trombley
27 - Pat Fenton
27 - Steve Furtaw
30 - Sue Ann Burmann
31 - Henry Schroeder
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the children of our church who celebrate a birthday this month:
10 - Carissa Sugg
14 - Reagan Manska
We also wish a HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to the following members whose wedding anniversary is in October:
07 - Vance & Pam Green
11 - Rich & Sue Weinert
11 - Chris & Krista Plucinski
21 - Scott & Stephanie Grzanka
23 - Terry & Kathi Miller
25 - Robert & Amy Follebout
BEST
WISHES
TO YOU
Time and Talent Sheet has a New Category…
Events Coordinator
The council has discussed and voted to have a church representative available at certain functions to act as a host/information/liaison of the church who would be onsite for any function such as
a rehearsal, wedding or funeral. We decided that it was such an important job that it should be paid since it may take quite a bit of time from start to finish.
Anyone doing this job must be able to work with the wedding party or funeral director and have a lot of general knowledge of the church building itself. That includes turning on lights, fans, elevator and sound system. It also includes enforcing the no smoking policy, guiding people to restrooms and keeping people out of places they don’t belong. This can be particularly difficult if children want to play in the choir loft or try to ring the bell!!! The Events Coordinator will need to know how to adjust the heat/ac and how to open and lock the front door. They need to be able close up the building at the end of the function. There will be a meeting and training session for anyone expressing an interest.
Use Your Practical Skills to Help Neighbors in Need
Volunteers are greatly needed to help frail, older and disabled adults in our community with the following:
MINOR HOME REPAIRS
INDOOR/OUTDOOR CHORES
BASIC HOUSEKEEPING
For a frail older adult or a person with disabilities, simple tasks like dusting and vacuuming, changing light bulbs or raking leaves can be impossible. Many minor home repairs are often well beyond their abilities and far too expensive for them to purchase professionally.
The Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers program helps our older and disabled neighbors with such tasks so they can remain safe and independent in their own homes. If you can help weekly, monthly or even just a couple times a year, please call us today. The time you give will make a real difference in someone’s life.
[Learn more about our work at www.ivcinfo.org]
Please Support the Horseback Riding Therapy for Keith
First UCC has committed to paying for two horseback-riding therapy sessions per month for our friend, Keith Murphy. Keith has cerebral palsy as well as injuries sustained by abuse when he was a baby. Riding therapy helps him with his sense of balance and coordination. And he loves it!
You can contribute to Keith’s joy and overall well-being by contributing to his horseback-riding therapy fund. The cost of each session is $70. Some of our members have made contributions to this fund in honor of birthdays andanniversaries. Some have organized family gifts to the fund. Put your contributions in the box on the oval table in the narthex. Or include them along with your offering, clearly marked: Keith’s Riding Therapy.
Lost and Found Box
If you’ve left anything behind after worship, look in our Lost & Found Box which is in the furnace room next to the refrigerator.
Call to Care Team:
Mary Alice Busch...586-727-7009
Shelley Champion...586-255-0387
Due to a parishioner allergy:
First United Church of Christ is now a pineapple free zone.
Please refrain from lotions, gums, fruit snacks, fruit juices, perfumes, air fresheners and any other scent or flavoring with pineapple in it.
Please do not bring anything for coffee hour that contains pineapple. This is really serious. Let's all do our best to take care of each other!
Kroger Rewards Update
We have received $83.80 from Kroger Rewards this quarter!
Thank you for supporting First United Church of Christ by being a member of the Kroger Community Rewards Program and designating First UCC as the recipient of reward cash when you use your Kroger Rewards card.
Our new account number is TY543. Please reference the new number when contacting Kroger for assistance. New members can enroll by searching for either the new number or the name of your organization.
Visit Kroger's website to register if you haven't yet or go to http://www.kroger.com for more information.
Register online at krogercommunityrewards.com
- Be sure to have your Kroger Plus card handy and register your card with your organization after you sign up.
- Don’t have a Kroger Plus card? The cards are available at the customer service desk at any Kroger.
- Click on “Sign In/Register.”
- If you are a new online customer, click on “SIGN UP TODAY” in the “New Customer?” box.
- Sign up for a Kroger Rewards Account: enter zip code, click on favorite store, enter your email address, create a password and agree to the terms and conditions.
- You will then get a message to check your email inbox and click on the link within the body of the email.
- Click on “My Account” and use your email address and password to proceed to the next step.
- Click on “Edit Kroger Community Rewards information” and input your Kroger Plus card number.
- Update or confirm your information.
- Enter NPO number (97155) or name of organization, select organization from list and click on confirm.
- To verify you are enrolled correctly, you will see your organization’s name on the right side of your information page.
- REMEMBER, purchases will not count for your group until after you register your card.
- Do you use your phone number at the register? Call 877-576-7587 to get your Kroger Plus card number.
- You must swipe your registered Kroger Plus card or use the phone number that is related to your registered Kroger Plus card when shopping for each purchase to count.
Thank you,
The Community Programs Staff
Our church now offers to “Text” or “Call” UCC members and friends who may not have email to receive important news from our church.
We are working on a new way to keep all our members and friends informed about important news such as the death of someone in our church family. We can continue to communicate such news by email, or we can call or send a text message to your phone.
If you would like to receive text messages regarding church news, please fill out the form below, cut it out and place it on the offering plate or mail it to the church office. Be sure to include the name of your cell phone service provider (ATT, Verizon, Sprint, etc.). If you would rather get an old fashioned phone call, fill in your home phone number and we will relay church announcements with a phone call.
If we do not have your email address, and you would like to receive our church announcements, please fill out the form below, cut and place it on the offering plate or mail it to the church office.
Equal Exchange:
Justice in every cup. Compassion in every bite.
Small Farmers! Big Change!
New products are in!!
Try some honey from Guatemala. Try the new K-cups for your Keurig coffee maker! Try the chocolate chips in your favorite recipe! Try the new chocolate raspberry bar! It is amazing. All products are in the basement of the church. Make your choices and put your money in the silver tin. If you have questions about prices, contact Shelley Champion (248-804-6915).
Equal Exchange's mission is to build long-term trade partnerships that are economically just and environmentally sound, to foster mutually beneficial relationships between farmers and consumers and to demonstrate, through our success, the contribution of worker co-operatives and Fair Trade to a more equitable, democratic and sustainable world.
At Equal Exchange, our longstanding relationships with coffee co-ops allow us to source the best beans from each harvest. Then we carefully bring out the finest characteristics in these amazing coffee beans with each batch we roast.
Equal Exchange chocolates and cocoas are crafted using only the purest ingredients, grown with care by small farmer co-ops. We source from these small farmer organizations because we believe they are the heart and soul of the Fair Trade movement.
Our Fair Trade and organic teas come from our small farmer partners in India, Sri Lanka and South Africa. Most teas on the shelf - even Fair Trade teas - come from plantations where tea workers have little say. Join us in supporting a tea model in which farmers control their futures.