SUNDAY SCHOOL — Allison Ray, Coordinator
We invite all children and youth to join us for worship at 10:00 am in the Sanctuary. We share worship with our whole family through the Choir Anthem and the Time for Young Disciples. That is a time for Bill Grossman to talk with the young people about some aspect of our faith. It may be a story or a magic trick or an object lesson. But it is a special time for Bill and the young disciples to share together. Then our children go out to their Sunday School classes.
Pre-school and elementary students leave after the “Time for Young Disciples,” about 10:30 am and go to the Large Group program and then break up into age-level classes. ARK — Acts of Random Kindness, our 5 – 8 grade program leaves immediately following the sermon and goes to their class in the Christian Education Office. The Senior High Class meets at 11:00 am following the Morning Worship.
CURRENT SUNDAY SCHOOL INFORMATION – Children’s Sunday
On May 20th, the children in the church will once again be taking over the service to celebrate youth Sunday. We have some great things planned and you will not want to miss what the kids are preparing for you all. Preparations have been underway for a couple of weeks and we would ask that ALL children plan to attend church on May 12. We may be adding a brief meeting on Saturday, May 19th, depending on how well things come together in the next couple of weeks. We’ll keep you posted!! Can’t wait to see you in church for Children’s Sunday!
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ADULT EDUCATION
Allene Grossman continues to meet with The Gathering at 9:00 am in the lounge off the Gathering Space on Sundays. This is a free-flowing discussion group for any of you who would like to participate. Just drop in and introduce yourself.
ANNOUNCEMENTS & COMING EVENTS
E.Y.E. on God (our Ecumenical Youth Event group) will be taking all interested junior and senior high school students for an afternoon of cross-country skiing at Orenda Springs on January 22nd from 2:00 – 4:30 pm. In the event that there is not enough snow, we will be heading to Clinton Square to go ice skating. Just let your youth advisors know if you are planning to attend.
February is known as Love Month at MFPC, and as such, our Sunday school classes choose a program to devote time and energy towards for our mission of the month. In recent years, we have collected for and contributed to Light A Candle for Literacy, the CNY SPCA, and other, more global, efforts. Details for this year’s Love Month mission will be forthcoming, so please check back for more information about our chosen mission and ways you can be involved and help out.
Are you ready for some….donating??!! The annual “SOUPER BOWL” is happening on February 5th, 2012. On that morning, please bring in a couple of cans of soup to donate to the Marcellus Ecumenical Food Pantry. We’ll have some bins for fans of each of the two teams playing in the Super Bowl that evening. Let’s see whose fans can bring in more cans to demonstrate their faith (in their team and for the local community!). Thanks!
The date for the 12th Annual Youth/Adult S.W.E.A.T. for HABITAT BOWL-A-THON is set for Sunday, February 12th at the Bowl Mor Lanes in East Syracuse from 12:30pm-3pm. We plan on involving all interested youth in church (all ages welcome) and will begin collecting pledges from the congregation after the New Year. All bowlers are asked to raise a minimum of $50 in order to participate (though this is not strictly enforced). A bowling fee of $5.50 is also charged per participant, which includes two games and shoe rental. Sponsor sheets and flyers are available on the bulletin board outside of the CE office at church. Please feel free to take one or print one out and start collecting sponsors! Sponsor sheets will also be handed out to children during Sunday school in the upcoming weeks.