United Women of Faith
Let’s talk Christmas for a minute, specifically poinsettias to decorate our sanctuary.
We’ll be taking orders for poinsettia plants, the same size as we usually get, in the color choices of red or jingle bell, which is red with white spots. Each plant will cost $16.00.
The plants will be delivered on December 20th and used to decorate the church on Sunday, December 21, Christmas Eve, and Sunday, December 28.
Our supplying florist needs our order earlier than typical, by December 8th. This means I will need any orders by December 7th. You can pay any time in December, but I need your order as soon as possible.
Please see Cinda to place your flower order.
Holiday Cookie Tins for Our Church Family
During our Fellowship Time on Sunday December 7th, we will fill tins with cookies for those from our church who are not able to worship with us on a regular basis. We will then deliver cookies to them during the holiday season letting them know that they are continually in our prayers and hearts. Please bring enough cookies for about ten shut-ins and then we will have a cookie exchange among those who are with us on that Sunday. We suggest that maybe three dozen cookies will be needed to bless all.
Mission Projects For December
In the past, Claybanks United Methodist Church has assisted the Montague United Methodist Church with housing families in the Family Promise program. With a permanent home now in Muskegon we are reconnecting with Family Promise to sponsor a family for the holiday season. A special love offering will be taken up on Sunday, December 7th to support a family with gifts for the children and parents. We will also be assisting a local family who have been brought back together and are living in our community. Our assistance for them will come from our Shalom fund. Thanks to everyone, we were able to take many boxes of food prior to Thanksgiving to Trinity Food Bank, as well as an offering of over one hundred dollars so that they can purchase discounted food from Feeding America.
Claybanks United Methodist Church 