Announcements

Membership Class – Sunday, October 23

If you’re thinking about becoming a member of St Paul’s and would like to learn more, we will be holding a membership class on Oct. 23, from 12:30-4:00p, following our Sunday morning service.  Please RSVP to stpaulsfmc@gmail.com by Sunday, October 16 (we’ll be eating lunch together and need to plan accordingly).

College/Young Adult Sunday School Class

The college/young adult Sunday School class meets at 10a in the basement.   We are reading from the book of Revelation, talking and praying about how to be God’s faithful people.

Godly Play

Godly Play, our new ministry for preschool and elementary school age children, begins at 10:00a every Sunday in the newly renovated Godly Play room.  For more information, contact Georgann at Georgann.Kurtz-Shaw@greenville.edu.

Simple Art

Steph Plant and Simple Room youth meet at St Paul’s on Wednesday nights from 7:30-9p for a time of art.  For more information, contact Steph at 618.409-0505.

Caring for the Prisoner

St. Paul’s continues to befriend the prisoners at Greenville FCI.  To learn more, contact Kent at kent.dunnington@greenville.edu.

Friendship and Food

Come share in potluck meals the first Monday of the month at 6:30p at the Simple Room and the second Sunday of the month after the service in the Fellowship Hall.  For more information, contact Kaity at kaityteer@gmail.com.

Christian Formation: Morning Prayer

Join us for Morning Prayer, Monday-Saturday from 7:30-8:00a in the Sanctuary.  In this time of prayer, scripture reading and communion, we follow the Book of Common Prayer and the Free Methodist Communion liturgy.

Mission Committee Announcements

Do you know that the Eden Restoration project in Ethiopia has planted millions of trees to help offset a leading cause of poverty there?

Do you know that Free Methodist Iraqis are planting a church in Norway?

Do you know that SEED, an international micro-enterprise initiative of Free Methodist World Missions, is providing a livelihood for Ugandans?

Do you know that the Jordanian Free Methodist Church, by partnering with International Child Care, sponsors an after-school program in Amman?

Learn more at www.fmwm.org, the web site of the quarterly magazine World Mission People.

In answering an appeal from Operation Hope, we are sending $25.00 from the mission budget.  This fund allows missionaries and national leaders to respond to immediate critical needs.

Coming Attraction:

On our next Pot Luck Sunday, November 13, Kim Brannon, an activist in the SEED ministry, will join us to provide information on and to show products of the micro-business initiative.  In Uganda recycled materials are used to make beautiful items.  See Kim’s picture in World Mission People (p. 13) in which some of the products are displayed.

Kathy, Jaison, and Ann