"The Visitor"
Our Weekly Newsletter
Published every other week

Outreach

The Outreach Committee plans and delivers services from our congregation's doorsteps to the ends of the earth, as Christ would have us do. The Committee accomplishes this by meeting monthly or as needed to plan and organize service projects to support local agencies including Common Place, Food Pantry, Heart House, Maple Lawn, Boy Scouts, Heartline, Lifeline, Eureka College and others. The Committee also administers the Outreach budget and conducts special offerings for Disciples Mission Fund and other projects. Special offerings include Week of Compassion, Easter, Pentecost, Thanksgiving and Christmas, plus others on an as-needed basis. Carolyn Kroll and Audrey Krogmeier are this year's Outreach Committee Co-Chairs. If you have an interest in outreach and service to the community, consider joining this committee's efforts, Contact Audrey, Carolyn, or the Church office.


In the church office we receive regular updates from Week of Compassion. You can call the office to learn about the latest word from WOC. Through WOC, you and I are able to provide real help to our brothers and sisters at such devastating times of crisis. You can go to www.weekofcompassion.org for more information

Christian Nurture News

See the Youth Ministry link on the home page for more Youth information.

Meredith Gholson is Chair of Christian Nurture.

The hallways are alive as children, youth and adults head for their Sunday school classes. Not only will we be examining God's word but also learning how to make His message part of our daily living. For your information following chart tells you where the classes will be held and the direction if you are coming in from Street at the third door to the South.

Age - Room Location
0 - 3yrs - Nursery (down the stairs, first door on the left)
3 - K - Nursery School room (down the stairs, third door on the left)
1st-4th grade - 1st-4th grade room (upstairs, second door on the left)
5th-8th grade - 5th-8th grade room (upstairs, third door on the left)
High School - High School room (upstairs, first door on the right)
Adult Lectionary - Fireside Lounge (downstairs, first door to the left)
Real Life, Real Faith (adults) - Fireside Lounge, East side
Check signs in hallway for directions to other adult classes.

Whatever your age, there's a class for you. Come join us this Sunday.

Disciple Men of ECC

CWF Happenings

Membership

Laura Siscoe is Chair of Membership

The Membership Committee has responsibility for fellowship and evangelization activities, and oversees congregational life. We do this by working at the following activities:
Stay alert to the needs of the church family.
Promote fellowship for the church family with occasional meals and gatherings.
Maintain the attendance book and keep nametags up to date.
Acknowledge the occasion of a death in the family of a church member.
Welcome visitors.
Assist the minister with meetings with prospective members.
Provide pamphlets carrying current information about the church.
Provide a follow up contact with new members and seek to learn their personal interests.
Oversee the compilation of the church directory.
Promote Eureka College relations.
Promote the public relations of the church with announcements in various local media outlets.

Property Committee

The Property committee is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the church building, its contents and grounds. Valued in excess of four million dollars, our church home incurs many of the same type of expenses that you are familiar with for your own home. We have insurance, utility bills, and supplies. We must keep our furnace running well and our office machines up to date. The floors must be kept clean and everything put in its place. From time to time we have major expenses, such as the sound system, the new Sanctuary ceiling and the new slate roof on the Education building. We have a loan on the roof job for which we pay interest. The Nursery has a new floor. We are planning a project to modernize the drainage system that carries water away from the 35 downspouts connected to our roof. Snow is removed in the winter, the grass is cut in the summer, and gutters are cleaned in the fall. Steve Colburn is Chair.

Walk to Emmaus

The next set of Walk to Emmaus Weekends is coming soon. The Men's Walk is October 29-31, 2009. The Women's Walk is November 12-14, 2009. This is a 72-hour, non-denominational spiritual renewal weekend - Thursday evening through Sunday evening. It is an experience that will change your life.

Robert and Diane Steffer started a fund here at our church to help pay for the $75.00 per person registration fee - covers meal, lodging, and materials. You must register in advance and have a sponsor. Please contact Marilyn or Bill Walter, Jim or Lauri Hinrichsen, Angie or Mike Johnson, Ann Shoemaker, Deanna or Kevin Kalmer, or Mike or Linda Hood. There are others in our church who have attended Cursillo or Walk to Emmaus weekends. If those people would like to be sponsors, please let the above listed people know.

Consider prayerfully taking part in a Walk to Emmaus weekend. Listen to God's nudging.

Stewardship and Finance