Happy New Year!
2010
Metropolitan Community Church
Newsletter Dec. 30th - 6th
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Email newsletter@mcccorpuschristi.org
Bible Study returns—The regular Wednesday night Bible Study will resume after the Christmas holiday on Wednesday, January 6 at 6:30 p.m. There will be no Bible Study on Wednesdays, December 23 and 30.
Pot Luck Jan. 31st
This week:
Game night 6pm
Come out and play cards and board games with us.
Next month:
Paint Party—On Saturday, January 9, we will have a party to paint the build out of the food pantry. We will begin at 10:00. Bring whatever you have in the way of paint brushes, pans, etc. There will be food & drinks too. See Chris for details.
Movie night on the 9th at 6pm the movie is
Board Meeting—On Sunday, January 10, we will have our monthly Board of Directors meeting at 1:00 p.m. Come and learn more about how the church governs itself.
Other things:
Coat Collection—We are collecting coats for anyone who needs one. We will collect coats from now until the end of December. Get those old coats out of the back of your closet and put them on the back of someone who needs it!!!
The Christ-Centered Prayer group: A prayer group focusing on quiet listening is held on Fridays at 9am. Yes, in the morning!!! Come and increase your peace.
Bible study is at 6:30 every Wednesday night.
We are continuing to collect books and CD's and DVD's which will be sold to Half Price Books. This will help us raise money for the Saturday night fun activities. Please see Lisa for more information.....
If you would like to assist with the sound system or the PowerPoint presentation? (Especially when Tom and Andy are out of town.) Please see Pastor Carol, Tom, or Andy to sign up. Tom and/or Andy will train you
before you are expected to fly solo.
Good Search--Did you know? Each time someone does a search using Good Search, a charity gets 1 cent. If you put MCC of Corpus Christi in the "Who do you search for?" box, MCC of Corpus Christi gets that penny. You can set Good search as your homepage and/or default search engine. You can also download and install a Good Search toolbar to ensure MCC of Corpus Christi gets donations when you buy online! Visit http://www.goodsearch.com/nonprofit/metropolitan-community-church-mcc-of-corpus-christi.aspx for more details!
Need some suggestions to search? Since this is Advent, try these: Advent, Peace, Redeemed, Prepare, Sunday, Prayer, and Locher Food Pantry. Be sure to click on a sponsored result. You never have to buy anything for MCC of Corpus Christi to get the credit. Happy searching!
Goodshop.com: Goodshop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates up
to 37 percent of each purchase to your favorite cause! Hundreds of great
Stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, eBay, Macy's, and Barnes &
Noble have teamed up with Good Shop an every time you place an order, you'll
Be supporting your favorite cause.....
T shirts: We are selling T-shirts for $15 each. The sizes run from
Small-3x to raise money for the Conference fund. See Andy or Pat. They make a great gift.
Facebook group page: Our church now has a "Facebook" group page. A good
place to post church photos, prayer request, events, etc... The
Possibilities are boundless. Search facebook, then log in or sign up. Then
Search for MCC of Corpus Christi and join the group.....
Rejuvenation of the Fellowship Hall and Sanctuary Vivian is planning on painting walls, hanging pictures and spiffying up the church during the end of January, or the beginning of February. Please see her or Pastor Carol if you are interested in contributing paint, spiritual pictures or sayings or artificial plants. We are open for more suggestions as well.
MCC of Corpus Christi Core Values
Charity
Companionship
Faith in Action
Inclusivity
Purposefulness Respect
Spirituality
Compassion
Freedom
Loving
Future/change
Prayer/strength
