Weekly Update: October 9, 2024
Word from the Pastor:
I hope and pray this weekly newsletter finds you doing well. This week I want to use this platform for two main reasons:
This week’s announcements:
Guest Worship Leader: This Sunday, October 13, we will have a guest music leader. I am happy to have a new friend of mine leading us in music, Clint Freeman, will be joining us. If you are free this Sunday, we'd love to see you there.
Online giving: Online giving is now available and live through our website. Thank you to Darrell Thomas and Sarah Hansen for making this happen. If you would like access to online giving, you can click the “Give” link.
Finally, I wanted to piggyback on this past week's message, and encourage you to attempt to reorient some of your every day actions, maybe those are hikes, morning or afternoon walks, time to gaze at the sunset, or whatever those actions may be, as acts of worship. In an all too familiar text, Paul will tell us we should use our bodies as "living sacrifices" in "reasonable acts of worship", then he goes on to tell us that we should not allow our minds to be "conformed to this age", in other words, don't let the way of this world - busyness, hurry, accomplishment, anxiety, etc - define the way we engage activities that involve our bodies; rather, allow those very activites to be engaged differently, and we do that by transforming our mind, or the way we think of those thing, when we do so, we turn those everyday actions into acts of worship that connect us deeper to God and the eternal.
Hope you have a great week and we'll see you on the 13th with our guest worship leader and our discussion on the "Evil Eye."
Matthew
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Upcoming Events
Guest Worship Leader
Sunday, October 13 - Clint Freeman will lead our worship music.
Trustee meeting immediately following service - everyone is welcome to attend!
Guest Worship Leader
Sunday, October 27 - a guest will lead our worship music.
Trustee Status Updates
Two trustee positions end in December. Susan White will be rotating off, along with Darrell Thomas, who was recently elected to fill the remainder of Jeff Smith’s position which also ends in December. We are taking nominations for these two positions through December 1. You can provide your nomination to any trustee, or write it on a piece of paper and drop it in the offering plate. Elections will be held Sunday, December 8 immediately following the Sunday morning service. Please be praying for God’s guidance as we fill these important positions.
Trustee Nominations and Elections: December 1 and 8, 2024
On December 1, we will be asking our members for nominations for two Trustee positions that will be open in January 2025. Following the nomination process, we will have elections on December 8. Please be praying for God’s guidance as we fill these important positions.
Social Hour: Sundays at 10:00 am
Our social hour is a great way to get to know each other over breakfast tacos! We meet in the Education Building at 10:00 a.m. before the 11:00 a.m. church service.
Volunteer Opportunity
Thanks to Ben Roberts for serving in the lector position! We continue to need volunteers for this position, preferably for monthly commitments at a minimum. Responsibilities on Sunday mornings include welcoming the congregation, announcements, leading the scripture reading and the Nicene Creed. Please be in prayer about this need for our church. If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity, please complete this form or contact a trustee or the pastor.
Dripping Springs Helping Hands Pantry
October donation requests for the pantry are canned meat (Spam, tuna, chicken), boxed cereals & oatmeal (individual packets). We accept any non-perishable food items at any time, as well as diapers and wipes. You can place your donations in the bin in the Education building. The Pantry is very appreciative of our donations.
Concerns:
Pastor Matthew's back injury
Those suffering with illnesses
We need rain!
Those battling cancer
Israel
Praises:
Our Nation
Gatherings & Neighbors
Family Reunions
Events where we can be "church" to others
We are sorry if we have missed any prayer needs. Please let us know by sending us an email. Your updates to the prayer list are appreciated.
Our trustees are Shelby Eckols, Craig Glanville, Darrell Thomas, Susan White and David Younger.
God's blessings and love to you,
Driftwood Community Church