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Sunday August 1
We will be having a very musical service, led by Linda Johnson and the Johnson Family Singers. We will also be enjoying Special Music from Maggie Schatzberg, our new Director of Music! Maggie recently graduated from Wartburg College and will be a graduate student at UNI this fall. Please help us welcome both Maggie and the Johnson Family to our church this week.
PARABOLA Needs Our Help!
First Congregational's youth drama group,
PARABOLA, is excited to be participating in the
Minnesota Fringe Festival (one of the country's largest performing arts festivals) in August. There are numerous costs involved in this commitment to perform
5 shows over 2 weekends. If you are able to
help defray some of these expenses in support of our youth, please send
your donation to the church office. Thank you!
See more information, including Minneapolis show times, on the PARABOLA page!
Back to School Project
We will be collecting donated school
supplies again this year for distribution through the Northeast Iowa Food
Bank. You can bring donations to the church office. If you know of anyone in need
of school supplies for their children,
please send them directly to the Food
Bank. The Food Bank will be taking
registrations (for supplies) during the
month of July ONLY.
The following items are needed:
School Boxes
Wide-lined paper (loose leaf)
Colored pencils
Pencils
Pens
Markers
Pocket folders
Highlighters
Scissors
Back packs
3-ring binders
Crayons
Erasers
Wide-lined spiral notebooks
Glue sticks
Christmas Bazaar?
No, we didn't get the seasons mixed up. This is just a reminder to mark your calendars and start
your creative juices flowing!
The First Congregational Christmas
Bazaar will be held on Saturday,
November 20. You can be working on
items over the summer months. We
are looking forward to another great
event! If you want to be involved or have new ideas for us, please contact Lynne Ensworth or Marcia Johnson.
Pastor Tim is on vacation...
until August 16. Contact the church office for any pastoral needs.
Our guest leaders for the coming Sundays:
Aug. 1 - Linda Johnson & the Johnson
Family Singers
Aug. 8 - Rev. Bob Bromley (Communion Sunday)
Aug. 15 - Andrea Nelson
National Night Out
The 27th National Night Out Against Crime will be observed by our church neighborhood on Tuesday,
August 3, from 6-8 pm in Washington
Park. There will be Sloppy Joes, beef
hot dogs, watermelon, ice cream,
cookies, and beverages. Clowns will
be painting faces, local officials will
visit. The Black Hawk Street Machines will be there; Ron
Uhlenhopp will be presenting an evening of music.
The annual Good Neighbor Award will be presented. Bring your lawn
chair and join the fun!
Hot Dogs, Anyone?
Would you happen to have any leftover hot dogs from the 4th of July? If so, would you be willing to donate them for an up-coming block party? The block party will be the second week of August, and is being hosted by a gentleman in the neighborhood, for the area youth. The hot dogs can be dropped off at the church office anytime up to August 10.
Nicaragua Shoebox Project
It's not too early to start shopping for the basic clothing and supply items that go into the gift boxes we send to Nicaraguan children each year. Lynne Ensworth has, again, graciously offered to do some of the shopping for this project - in fact, she has already started! If you are unable to shop but are interested in donating to this great cause, please send your checks to the church office, noting in the memo that it is for the Shoe Box Project. Lynne will receive the cash and do the shopping for you - she estimates it takes about $35 to fill a box, but all donations are gratefully accepted. Thank you!
Backpacks for the Homeless
The Cedar Valley Hospitality House is collecting contributions to provide backpacks for the homeless in Waterloo. The backpacks will contain a small pillow, sleeping bag, rain poncho, and other essentials needed by homeless people who are living in abandoned buildings, vehicles or under local bridges. Each backpack and its contents costs $80.00. Send your contribution to Backpack Project, P.O. Box 1505, Waterloo IA 50704. Information online at cvhospitalityhouse.org
Contact: Joni Hansen,
Cedar Valley Hospitality House
Phone: 319-290-2025
God is still speaking,
Never place a period where God has placed a comma. - Gracie Allen
Updated: July 27, 2010
