Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Newsletter Dec. 30th - 6th

Happy New Year!
2010


Metropolitan Community Church
Newsletter Dec. 30th - 6th
www.mccmcrpuschristi.org www.myspace.com/mccofcorpus
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

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Metropolitan Community Church Newsletter Dec. 16th – 23rd

Metropolitan Community Church
Newsletter Dec. 16th – 23rd
www.mccmcrpuschristi.org www.myspace.com/mccofcorpus
Email newsletter@mcccorpuschristi.org



Moving off the Map—as part of our ongoing discussion of our core values, letters have been sent to over 90 visitors to our church. Thank you to everyone who made phone calls, wrote letters, and organized the work we did. We are asking those who visited our church their opinion about our twelve core values. We will use this information as we continue to discern our core values.





This week:
Christmas Play: Friday Dec. 18th @ 6pm
TRE gospel Christmas: Dec. 19th 8pm
Christmas potluck, new member class, & moving off the map discussion Dec 20th





Christmas Play—The Christmas play will be held on Friday, December 18 at 6:00 p.m. The children will be telling the Christmas story. Please plan on coming!!

On Saturday, December 19 starting at 8:00 p.m. here at church TRE will be putting on a live show. Please plan on coming and having lots of fun. At 10:30 that same evening the show will move to the Hidden Door. The show here at church will benefit the conference fund.


Christmas Potluck On Sunday, December 20 after church we will have a potluck with a Christmas theme. Bring your favorite Figgie pudding, or whatever is special to you for Christmas food.

New Member Class—On Sunday, December 20 after church we will hold our next new member class. Please contact Pastor Carol if you are interested in learning more about the history of the church and how to become a member.

Moving off the Map—we will be continuing our discussion of contacting people at our next meeting on Sunday, December 20. Please join us!!

This month:

Christmas Eve Service On Thursday, December 24 at 7:00 p.m. we will hold our Christmas Eve service this year. Be sure to invite your friends!!!

Grab a Bite—Please join us for a bite to eat after church on Sunday, December 27. We will go out to whatever restaurant gets the most votes.



Other things:

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.....


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.


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