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Food and Friends
Food and Friends is an outreach to our neighbors. It is a free meal held approximately
twice a month on Thursday evening and anyone is welcome to come.

Thanks to everyone who has been helping.

The dates are as follows:
October 22
November 12
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Prayer Breakfast
Prayer Breakfast meets at the Parlor House Restaurant on Wednesdays (beginning September 9th) at 8:30 AM.
You can order breakfast from the menu and following our meal, we share in the Upper Room Study of the day.
For more information about this group, please contact Dick and Judy Shook. Anyone and everyone welcome!
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Prayer Shawl Ministry: Knitters & Crocheters
A group whose purpose is to knit/crochet prayer shawls from a simple pattern meets in the church parlor
at 10 AM on the Second Tuesday of the month (November 10).

The shawls created are given to those who are ill or lonely and in need of both warmth and prayers.
If you are interested in helping with this project, please contact Mary Fry at 762-1567 for more information about this ministry.
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Susannah's Pantry
We have a need where we can actually meet it easily and perform a good service at the same time. People come to
Christ Church seeking immediate food help each week. We have a small pantry area at the Second Street entrance where we store canned and dry food items. Please help us to stock up by donating foods that can easily be stored and kept in Susannah's Pantry.

Thanks to all those who have donated to Susannah's Pantry. With your help, dozens of people have received much needed food.
Thank you for helping to feed others in the love of Christ!

Some of the most requested food items:
Spaghetti Noodles and Sauce, Instant Rice, Instant Potatoes, Tuna, Canned Meats,
Canned Fruits, Cereal, Peanut Butter and Jelly, Soups, & Crackers

Thanks for all your donations to Susannah's Pantry! With your help, dozens of people have received much needed food.
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Laura Beach is Returning
Laura Beach, Spiritual Director and Retreat Facilitator, is returning to CUMC Friday, November 13-Saturday, November 14 for a
Women's Retreat, PROFOUND SIMPLICITY: A Christian Perspective For the Holiday Season.

The Incarnation was both the simplest and most profound moement in all creation, but the holidays can be stressful and overwhelming. This retreat helps us to prepare for a different kind of holiday season -- one that embraces the profound simplicity of Christ's coming.

Our weekend will start with dinner at 6PM on Friday evening, followed by two hours of program. We will return to the Church on Saturday morning for a light breakfast and more time with Laura. Lunch will be provided. We will plan to close about 4:30PM Saturday afternoon.

Cost of the weekend will be $20 per person. Registration forms will be available soon. Nursery care will be provided if the need is established through registration. Laura has offered to provide a "family friendly" session - children and spouses will be welcome - on "gift giving" Saturday afternoon if interest is noted on registration.

Please prayerfully consider attending - you won't want to miss this opportunity to experience personal
transformation through the real meaning of Christmas.
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Waynesboro Area Human Services Council
Due to increased need, the WAHSC is in need of the following items:
saltine crackers, instant mashed potatoes, Hamburger Helper, Tuna Helper, dried pastas (not spaghetti)

Jane Birt, Director
24 East Main St., Waynesboro
717.762.6941
coordinator.wahsc@embarqmail.com
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U.M. Women
UMW's last meeting of the year will be held on Tuesday, November 10th at 1PM at the Church.

In October, U.M. Women will be promoting Operation Christmas Child Shoe Boxes. Shoe boxes are
due November 15th. Information is available at our display in Frank Hall.

Suggested items for the shoe boxes: school supplies, small toys, toothbrush & toothpaste, mild soap, wash cloth
and small towel, hard candy, mints, gum, hair clips, ball caps, flashlights with extra batteries.

Standard size boxes are preferred.

If you ordered nuts from the nut sale, they'll be here in early November.
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Light the Night
Thursday, October 29th
6:30 - 8:30PM
We are asking for donations of wrapped candies and party favors for treat bags.
Adult & youth helpers are needed. Please call Jeanne Compher at 762.5444.
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Bread of Life Bible Study
Join Pastor Bob and Shirley Cook in a Bible study that will teach you some beautiful biblical truths about bread and
help you learn how to make excellent home-made bread.

The study begins Thursday evening, October 15th at 6:30PM and runs for 5 consecutive weeks. We will meet in the
church kitchen. Space is limited to about 12 people. No prior baking or bread making experience is necessary. Bring your
Bible, a notebook, and an apron.

To register, contact the church office at 762.7011 or email Pastor Bob at kerygma5@yahoo.com .
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Worship Committee
There will be a meeting on Monday, October 26th in Frank Hall.
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Memorial Candles for All Saints Sunday
November 1st at 10:45 service

This year for All Saints' Sunday, we will remember those who have passed on to God's presence from our congregation.
We will prepare a special candle as our gift of remembrance for the family. We will invite family members to light the
candle during the service of remembrance.

We would be glad to include memorial candles for loved ones gone on in past years. If you are interested in sponsoring a candle, please fill out the form (available at the Church office) and include a $10 offering to cover costs.
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Bonus Books
Help us help someone else. Money received is for programs to share Jesus' love with others.
So give Bonus books as gifts, as well as using them yourself.

Most Bonus Book coupons are "Buy One, Get One Free".

Price is $30 per book. For more information or to purchase a book, please contact Myrna Ferguson.
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Pastoral Care Director
By action of Church Council, David Deatrich has been appointed volunteer Pastoral Care Director.

His responsibility will be visitation of the homebound and those in care facilities and hospitals. He is to develop a program for laity visitation to the church's worshipping community and other duties as assigned by the pastor.
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Hope for Africa Children's Choir
Visit First UMC in Chambersburg on Sunday, November 1st at 7:30PM to hear this amazing choir of children
from East Africa. The choir includes children from the 5 sovereign states of Uganda, Sudan, Kenya, Rwanda, and Burundi.
For more than two decades these countries have not enjoyed stability and peace. Many of these children have
been orphaned by AIDS or war. The 22 children in the choir range in age from 5 to 12.