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Parkwood’s 1st Women Retreat

Posted on Mar 19, 2014

God provided a most wonderful weekend for 24 Parkwood women and three guests. We became sisters who shared meaningful worship services with Communion served by Pastor Matt on Friday evening, which truly set the feeling that God was with us. After checking in and unpacking in our terrific apartments, we experienced our first mealtime at Maranatha – whoa!!! – what great food we were treated to all weekend starting on Friday evening. And we didn’t have to cook or clean up!!! After worship and meeting time Friday evening, many walked back to their apartments under the stars. It...

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Mission Team sharing the Joy

Posted on Mar 19, 2014

To share the Joy means to be in mission. The purpose of the Mission Team is to help the church to be in that mission locally, nationally, and internationally.The way to be in mission during the month of March is through MFD or March Food Drive for Love, Inc. Food Pantry. If you could add a few items to your shopping cart to help fill the brown collection box in the front hall at church, would be just terrific. We are hoping to provide Love Inc with food to provide for their client’s Easter dinners. Filling our collection box would be helpful to Love Inc to accomplish this goal. So here...

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Library News

Posted on Mar 12, 2014

Thanks to the help from the property committee, the shelves and boxes of books have been moved to the Library Hall. The committee is in the process of reshelving the books. This will take a little time, since we are changing the shelving system. We’ll try to get this done as quickly as possible so you can start using the library for spring reading. We have great hope that spring will come soon.   In the coming weeks, we’ll let you know what changes have been made, such as how you’ll be able to find out what books are in the library and how to check out the books you...

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Parkwood Women’s Retreat

Posted on Mar 12, 2014

All attendees would like to give a great big THANK YOU to the women and men of Parkwood who have supported this retreat with their prayer, encouragement, and financial support.Also for all attendees: – the “item for sharing” you are to bring with you is for sharing only – not for giving away – if you are not sure about how you’re getting to the retreat, please contact Sue Cooley – when packing, think winter rather than spring, even though the robins are singing – if you have any questions, contact Barb Topp Otherwise, see you at Maranatha on...

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Mission Team Sharing the Joy

Posted on Mar 12, 2014

Think MFD – which stands for March Food Drive for the Love Inc Food Pantry. The Love, Inc food collection box is in the front hall. It’s starting to fill up, but we are hoping to fill it by the end of the month. Our aim is to fill the pantry in time for food to be distributed for Easter. Items you might purchase for the collection box: Instant potatoes Canned sweet potatoes Canned vegetables Canned fruit Canned ham Canned pie filling Package pie crust mix Jello Bottled juice Ongoing Missions: Kid’s Food Basket – there is a snack list on the bulletin board at the back...

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Love, In Food Pantry is “MFD”

Posted on Mar 5, 2014

If you were in church on Sunday, you heard Jim Markus explain what that stands for. For those of you unable to attend, it means “March Food Drive.” The Mission Team asks you to think of the Love Inc. Food Pantry when you shop, and include a few extra items in your cart. We hope to fill the Love Inc. Food Collection Box in the front hall of the church. Our goal is to help Love Inc. fill their clients’ needs for Easter. The list of items to consider donating includes: Instant potatoes Canned sweet potatoes Canned vegetables Canned fruit Canned ham Packaged pie crust mix...

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