Sunday Worship: October 26, 2014 Worship at 8:30 & 10:15 a.m. Sunday School at 10:15 a.m. for children and youth

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The act of blessing someone is powerful. Blessing all the families of the Earth is the foundational mandate given by God to all the descendants of Abraham - Muslims, Jews, and Christians.

1 Colonial Church is a progressive, inclusive Christian community that seeks to nurture people s minds as well as their spirits. October 23, 2014 Volume 65, Issue 22 Sunday Worship: October 26, 2014 Worship at 8:30 & 10:15 a.m. Sunday School at 10:15 a.m. for children and youth Fall Sermon Series: bliss! The act of blessing someone is powerful. Blessing all the families of the Earth is the foundational mandate given by God to all the descendants of Abraham - Muslims, Jews, and Christians. But what does it mean to bless? How do we bless? Colonial Church is going to practice the holy act of blessing this Fall in our worship. Come and be blessed to be a blessing! October 26 A Animal Blessing (Guest Preacher Edith Guffey, our Conference Minister) November 2 R Relationships Supercharged November 9 Spirit Filled Balloons! Inside this issue: Movie Night... 2 Outdoor Cleanup... 2 Christmas Store... 2 Virtual Sign-ups... 2 All Saints Sunday... 2 Advent Festival Needs... 2 Rummage Sale Update... 3 Tai Chi Chih... 3 Poe Concert... 3 Colonial Women... 4 When we talk about Colonial soaring, our first thought is often our Outreach efforts. so the O in SOAR stands for Outreach. One way we work together is with our dollars. Colonial pledges 10% or more of our budget to outreach programs. In 2014, that s $37,000. Most of us could not sit down and write a check for that amount, but TOGETHER we can. Our Outreach total is dramatically boosted through special offerings and efforts undertaken by individuals or groups that never show up on the balance sheet. That s impressive, but it is estimated that the value of the time Colonial members donate to these and other efforts actually exceeds the dollars we invest in the community. Pledge Sunday is November 9. Let s continue to keep Colonial s Outreach efforts soaring by increasing our pledges this year. Blessing of the Animals on Sunday, October 26 Animals are a blessing, and they also have a power to bless. At our 8:30 and 10:15 a.m. services on Sunday, Oct. 26, we welcome a guest Wink, the One-Eyed Wonder as we bless the animals in our lives. You are welcome to bring your companion animal to this service to receive a blessing as worship. We will also provide blessings in abstentia for animals who cannot make the trip to church. Date Night Babysitting... 4 Election Day Rides... 4 New Member Class... 4 Colonial Staff... 4 Birthdays/Anniversaries... 5 Calendar... 5 Council Minutes: Minutes of the Church Council are posted on the bulletin board across from the church office. Crier Deadline: Please submit items for the next Crier by Friday, October 31, to Sally Huggins at sallyhuggins@yahoo.com.

2 Help Needed for Outdoor Cleanup On Saturday, November 1, the Board of Property Management will have a Fall clean-up of the church grounds. We will trim, mulch, remove leaves and weeds, etc. Your help is needed. We will start at 9:00 a.m. and work for a few hours. Bring gloves and basic gardening tools. Movie Night Lackawanna Blues Our monthly Sunday Night at the Movies will feature Lackawanna Blues (2005) on Sunday, October 26, at 5:30 p.m. in the Heritage Room. In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy s life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York. (IMDb) Popcorn and soda provided. Please bring a snack to share. Kirby Drayer will host. Christmas Store Enrollment Volunteers are needed to help with the Christmas Store Enrollment at Cross-Lines. Tuesday, October 28, 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 29, 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Thursday and Friday, October 30 and 31, 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 1, 9:00 a.m.-noon. Spanish speakers are especially valued! You can sign up for part of each shift. Call or Elizabeth Uppman to volunteer (elizabethuppman@kc.surewest.net or ). Virtual Sign-Ups on Our Website Colonial Church has created a virtual signup board on our website. You can find it at Browse the list of sign-ups and register for open slots at any time. This online component is intended to supplement, not replace, our current practice of physical sign-ups. If you prefer to sign up for events by pen and paper, you can continue to do so in the narthex on Sundays, or by calling or coming in to the church office during the week. Bible Study Reading through November 6, 2014 Each Thursday morning at 10:00 a.m., you are welcome to a discussion of Bible readings with Pastor Aaron. The schedule below leads through the entire Bible each year, or you may follow the weekly study guide in Sunday s Bulletin. Either way, come with your ideas and questions. Friday, October 24 No Readings Just Prayer Saturday, October 25 Deuteronomy Sunday, October 26 Worship with Church Community No Other Readings Monday, October 27 Joshua 1-4 Tuesday, October 28 Joshua 5-8 Wednesday, October 29 Joshua 9-11 Thursday, October 30 Joshua Friday, October 31 No Readings Just Prayer Saturday, November 1 Joshua Sunday, November 2 Worship with Church Community No Other Readings Monday, November 3 Joshua Tuesday, November 4 Joshua Wednesday, November 5 Judges 1-2 Thursday, November 6 Judges 3-5 All Saints Sunday We will remember the members and friends of our church family who died during the year on Sun., Nov. 2. We will also celebrate the new lives of those who have come into our community of faith through this period Holiday Bazaar Is November 15 Join us for our 4th Annual Holiday Bazaar on Saturday, November 15, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. and Sunday, November 16, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. in the Social Hall. We will have beautiful handmade jewelry, artisan chocolates and preserves; artistic greeting cards; hand-crafted soaps and fashion purses. The fiber arts items run the gamut; baby items, quilts, aprons, pillows, accessories and more. Find a unique Christmas gift or a treat for yourself and help us support our Board of Outreach! Needed for Advent Festival The annual Advent Festival is in early December but we need to start collecting things for the crafts. Needed are children s socks or infant socks (white and white with colored stripes), bags of rice for filling, foam letters (like at Dollar Store). Leave your donations in the box outside the office. And co-helpers are needed to come up with 2 craft ideas and to head up the volunteer schedule for the event. Contact Marylee Battaglia, marpaglia@ sunflower.com if you can help. 2

3 Update By the Numbers $10, profit (not counting E-Bay Sales to come) 75 people (approximately) worked over a 10 day period of set up and sale 32 people donated food and 4 donated money Our sale is divided into many departments and we have the following department heads to thank: Women s Clothing Marilyn and Elizabeth Uppman Men s Clothing Catherine Bowser Finer Things Carla Mattson & Rosalie Henry Shoes: Dorothy Stumpe Books Mariam Fleming & Carol Kromnacker Children s & Toys Melissa & Linda Moses Housewares Lin Vaughn & Mary Penrose Stationary, Office & Crafts Muriel Seibert Linens Charlotte Drayer Holiday & Christmas Martha Wofford Art Jane Pronko Electronics Howard Lee Furniture Rich Kromnacker Outdoor Sales Bob LeVeau & Bill Yohn Publicity & Signs Jeni Cosgrove Craigslist Ad Rusty Mann Peekup Andropoff Bob Starcke Food Kendra Morrison, Glenna & Jim Loomis We are so indebted to everyone who helped with this year s rummage sale. Some were there every day, some came when they could for a few hours. Some took time off their jobs to work. Children and grandchildren came to help. And together, we succeeded in pulling it off without a hitch. We heard customers comment, on more than one occasion, that they look forward to this sale every year. We also know that we helped many of them with the low prices of the merchandise. The proceeds will support the many charitable efforts of Colonial Women. What s more, we all enjoyed each other s company and built our community. Thanks to all. Kathi Cook, Carla Mattson, and Martha Wofford, co-chairs Molly s Table Thanks! Many thanks to Jayne Quimby for getting the pizza for us and delivering it. To Cindy Lafferty, Sally Huggins, Kendra Morrison, and Susie Uppman for hanging out with the little ones. For Pastor Aaron who showed up to have pizza with the moms and then play with the kids downstairs. As if she didn t have enough to do these days, Martha Wofford was there. And Jan Neustrom brought food for the little ones and was the superintendent of packaging up the fragile gifts. Lynn Sample kept things on track. The folks from TCBY yogurt donated splendid yogurt desserts, and then enjoyed watching the women fill their bags downstairs at the rummage sale with goodies. Jim and Glenna Loomis and Kendra had the Heritage Room all ready for the folks to come eat dinner. Carla Mattson brought up jewelry for them. Bruce Wofford and Susie Uppman drove the vans, and Bill Yohn drove his van full of treasure back to Sheffield Place. Edgar Allan Poe in Music The Midwest Chamber Ensemble will collaborate with the William Jewell Concert Choir and conductor Anthony Maglione in a special Halloween concert on Sunday, October 26, at 7:30 p.m. at Gano Chapel at William Jewell College in Liberty, MO. The program includes the perennial organ favorite Toccata and Fugue in D minor attributed to J.S. Bach and choral works by Anthony Maglione and Joseph Kern, Colonial s organist. Sign Up to Usher The Board of Worship has put a signup sheet for ushers, greeters, and communion servers online. You can volunteer for one of those opportunities with just a click of the mouse. Visit Colonial s volunteer page at www. colonialucc.org/active-signups. html, scroll down to the picture of the sanctuary, and click the link. Never ushered, greeted, or served before? Go to that same page to view job descriptions for worship volunteers. (Ushers should read the Head Usher description.) Tai Chi Chih at Colonial is an ongoing class. New members are welcome at any time. Classes are on Monday and Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. in the Social Hall. The present six-week session ends November 26. The cost of the class is $6.00 and you must register for six classes. After the session ends on November 26, classes will resume in January. People will register and pay on the first class directly with Lorraine Lepine, T ai Chi Chih teacher.

4 Colonial Family Hospitalizations If you are going to be hospitalized, please contact Pastor Aaron Roberts or the church office. Listen to our Weekly Messages You can listen to the sermon and get the bulletin and study guide on our website. New Member Class There will be a membership class for those interested in joining Colonial on January 11, 18, and 25. If you would like to be a part of this class, please let us know by contacting Pauline in the church office. Earn Money While Shopping If you shop on Amazon, help Colonial Church by going to Then click on the begin shopping link and you will be re-directed to Amazon. Colonial will earn 3% of every dollar you spend on Amazon by purchasing through this link. Colonial Women Activities Breakfast and Coffee at Big Biscuit. Monday, November 3, at 9:30 a.m. at Big Biscuit. For more information, call Martha Wofford at Colonial Women Luncheon Wednesday, November 5, noon. Colonial Women present Beauty Queens - The Women Who Made Us Beautiful, featuring storyteller Joanie Kort. This free event will explore the stories of Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubenstein. Dessert will be served. Everyone is welcome. Alden Guild Thursday, November 6, 6:00 p.m., Thai Place (9359 W. 87th St.). Blue Moose Tuesday Tuesday, November 11, 5;30 p.m., Prairie Village. Colonial Women Book Club Friday, December 3, 7:00 p.m., Stacey Algren s home. The group will be discussing Still Alice by Lisa Genova, a New York Times bestselling novel, about an accomplished woman who slowly loses her thoughts and memories to Alzheimer s disease only to discover that each day brings a new way of living and loving. Everyone is invited to join us for a discussion of this haunting story. Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer s disease. Fiercely independent, Alice struggles to maintain her lifestyle and live in the moment, even as her sense of self is being stripped away. In turns heartbreaking, inspiring, and terrifying, Still Alice captures in remarkable detail what it s like to literally lose your mind. Election Day Ride Help Voting is a freedom and responsibility. For some people, getting to their polling place can be a challenge. If you need help with transportation on Election Day, November 4, please call the church office. Date Night Babysitting Youth, with adult supervision, will again provide babysitting for you from 6:00-10:00 p.m. at the church on the following dates as a fundraiser: Saturday, November 8 Saturday, December 13 Writers Group Colonial Writers Group will meet Wednesday, November 12, at 9:30 a.m. in the Heritage Room. If I waited till I felt like writing, I d never write at all. Anne Tyler Colonial Staff Senior Minister: Rev. Aaron Roberts (aaron@colonialucc.org) Ministerial Intern: Shea Zellweger (shea.zellweger@colonialucc.org) Youth Group Leader: Michelle Turpen (michelle.turpen@gmail.com) Music Director: Kirk Carson (kirk.carson@yahoo.com) Bell Choir Director: Hayden Huggins Organist: Joseph Kern Church Administrator: Pauline Anthan (paulinea@colonialucc.org) Newsletter Editor: Sally Huggins (sallyhuggins@yahoo.com) Building Maintenance: Mike McGill Sound Engineer: Geoff Robinson 4

5 Coming Up at Colonial Sunday, October 26 8:30 am Worship 9:00 Bell Choir, Pilgrim Room 9:15 That Was the Week That Was, Library 10:15 Worship 10:30 Sunday School 11:15 Coffee & Conversation, Heritage Room 5:30 pm Sunday Night at the Movies, Heritage Room Monday, October 27 9:30 am Colonial Women Board, Oberlin Room Tuesday, October 28 9:30 am Book Group, Heritage Room Wednesday, October 29 9:30 am Visit with Pastor Aaron, Starbucks - Prairie Village Shops 7:00 pm Colonial Choir, Choir Room Thursday, October 30 10:00 am Bible Study, Pastor s Office Friday, October 31 8:30 am Quiltmakers and Prayer Shawl Ministry, Social Hall Happy Birthday! Julia Marquez, Lucia Marquez, Bill Brownfield, Steve Morgan, Anna Thomsen, Bruce Dona, Carla Mattson Happy Anniversary! Ken Werne and Mary Burnett, Jamie and Lori Jackson

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Colonial Church is a progressive, inclusive Christian community that seeks to nurture people s minds as well as their spirits. December 24, 2015 Sunday Worship December 27, 2015 One Service at 10:15 a.m.