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The congregational meeting known as the Fall Planning meeting will be held on Sunday, November 6 following our Sunday morning worship service. We will be meeting in-person as well as via Zoom. We need a 20% quorum, so members, please plan to remain following the service or logon through the Zoom service link at 11 am. Main topics include:
*Approval of Minutes from Annual Congregational Meeting – January 30, 2022
*An amendment to the church’s by-laws will be voted on by the congregation at the Fall Planning Meeting on November 6 after worship service. The amendment defines how the Land Sale Proceeds Fund will be governed. The amendment text will be e-mailed out to all church members on October 31, 2022; if you’d prefer to have a printed copy, please contact the church office.
*Selecting Nominating Committee – Please let me know ahead of the meeting if you are interested in being on this committee.
*Budget Report
*AV & Technology Update
Carrie Martin, FUCA Council Secretary

First United Church of Arvada is open for in-person Worship in addition to offering our services over Zoom. For in-person services, masks are highly recommended.

The nursery is open.  Elementary age kids will be invited to leave the worship service partway through to attend Worship & Wonder.  Kids are always welcome in the sanctuary with you or, if you prefer, you can bring your child(ren) to the foyer and still participate in the service, but with some extra wiggle room.

Sign up for Zoom info here.

Today:  We celebrate the final Sunday of our Stewardship Campaign, bringing our pledges forward during the worship service.  After the service, please stay for a Celebration meal!

As we celebrate the final Sunday of our Stewardship Campaign, bringing our pledges forward during the worship service at 10am, let’s eat together in a Celebration meal after the service!

Enjoy singing but don’t want to solo? Join the choir! What if you don’t sing, but you want to participate in music in another way? Play handbells! Rehearsals for both the Celebration! Choir and the Peals of Praise bell choir are Sundays after worship. Contact Music Director Sue Wedaa for more information.

The next book the Book Club is reading is The Book of Joy by Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama. There’s no book kit from the library this time, so you’ll have to acquire your own book from the library or by purchasing it. The discussion gathering will be Friday, November 18 at 1pm at a church member’s home. Please contact the church office for more information.

First United Church of Arvada is open for in-person Worship in addition to offering our services over Zoom. For in-person services, masks are optional. If you feel more comfortable wearing a mask or are not feeling well, we encourage you to continue to wear a mask on Sunday mornings or join us via Zoom.

The nursery is open.  Elementary age kids will be invited to leave the worship service partway through to attend Worship & Wonder.  Kids are always welcome in the sanctuary with you or, if you prefer, you can bring your child(ren) to the foyer and still participate in the service, but with some extra wiggle room.

Sign up for Zoom info here.

Today: 

• Thanksgiving Sunday
• “Orphans to Clinics: Empowering Possibilities” a Special Presentation from Byron & Jill Flateland and Jeri Lou Maus
• Special Thanksgiving Music from the Celebration Choir “Song of Joyful Thanks”

Enjoy singing but don’t want to solo? Join the choir! What if you don’t sing, but you want to participate in music in another way? Play handbells! Rehearsals for both the Celebration! Choir and the Peals of Praise bell choir are Sundays after worship. Contact Music Director Sue Wedaa for more information.

First United Church of Arvada is open for in-person Worship in addition to offering our services over Zoom. For in-person services, masks are optional. If you feel more comfortable wearing a mask or are not feeling well, we encourage you to continue to wear a mask on Sunday mornings or join us via Zoom. Request Zoom link here.

The nursery is open.  Elementary age kids will be invited to leave the worship service partway through to attend Worship & Wonder.  Kids are always welcome in the sanctuary with you or, if you prefer, you can bring your child(ren) to the foyer and still participate in the service, but with some extra wiggle room.

Today:

• Advent Begins: Lighting of the Candle of Hope
• Rev. Karin Kilpatric’s Sermon: “Awaiting the Light”
• Special Music from the Celebration! Choir with flute, viola & piano: “Bring Us Hope”
• Special Bass voice Solo from Handel’s Messiah

Enjoy singing but don’t want to solo? Join the choir! What if you don’t sing, but you want to participate in music in another way? Play handbells! Rehearsals for both the Celebration! Choir and the Peals of Praise bell choir are Sundays after worship. Contact Music Director Sue Wedaa for more information.