Prayer List - To see prayer concerns, please visit our prayer board here.
Upper Midwest Regional Prayer Calendar - may be viewed here
Important Dates
Oct. 13 Board Meeting 7 PM
Oct. 16 Senior’s Lunch, Lakeshore Grill 11:30 AM
Nov. 14 Women’s Tea
The Sleep Out 2009
CROP Walk 2009
This year’s CROP Hunger Walk campaign is just getting underway and already we have 10 Walkers! There will be a couple of changes to the event this year.
IOCP will receive 6.25 of the NW Suburbs total earnings to help in the local community. In addition to raising funds, this year’s walkers and congregations are encouraged to bring canned goods to the walk. PCCC has been asked to donate soup for IOCP
The walk will be held on October 11. If you would like to be a part of the team or you would like to sponsor a walker, please contact Chana Weaver.
Hunger Progress and Distress
• In September 2000, 189 countries, including the United States, endorsed the Millennium Development Goals to cut in half the percentage of people living in extreme poverty and substantially improve health and education in impoverished countries by 2015.
• In 19 developing countries, the number of hungry has dropped by 80 million over ten years.
• However, higher food prices are likely to push 100 million deeper into poverty.
• Over 923 million people around the world remain hungry – more than the population of the western hemisphere.
• Most of these people are not victims of famine, but suffer from chronic hunger and malnutrition that stunts growth and saps energy and potential.
• Every day, more than 16,000 children die from hunger-related causes – about one child every five seconds.
• 1.4 billion people live below the international poverty line, earning less than $1.25 a day.
What is poverty? To come home and see your children go hungry and not have anything to give them.
Brazil
Brazil
IOCP News
The challenge in maintaining FoodShelf inventory is unprecedented. Basic products are either unavailable or unaffordable at the food bank. More families are using the FoodShelf more frequently and there are 30-40 new families every month needing help.
We expect 450 families to register for the Adopt A Family program this year. Your support and participation are needed more than ever in the weeks to come.
There are many opportunities to volunteer at the FoodShelf, to sponsor a family, and to help December 11,12, and 13th during the Adopt A Family weekend. Please call 952-475-2436 to be a sponsor, to volunteer, or for information or go to pccc.pbworks.com/IOCP.
Thank you
Thank you so much for your thoughtful donation of school supplies to Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners.
Our BACK TO SCHOOL program has become an institution in the community – providing critical service to low-income families with children and a delightful opportunity for individuals and groups to support a worthwhile project. Some of our donors are preschoolers who’ve saved “allowance” and birthday money, then selected and delivered their donations themselves, seeing firsthand how this wonderful process works. What a simple and effective way to develop a lifelong habit of the heart!
Your support is genuinely appreciated. We couldn’t do it without you!
Sincerely,
LaDonna Hoy, Executive Director
Interfaith Outreach & Community Partners
A Table Before Me: God's Open-Armed Adventure
Come Join the Adventure!
2009 Adventure in Mission– TABLE HOSPITALITY
Every month will include a different focus; every quarter will bring a new activity; every season will provide more challenge to increase your understanding of Mission, deepen your commitment to Mission, develop your capacity for Mission stewardship.
October Mission Focus: CROP Walk
November Mission Focus: The Sleep Out
Decaf has arrived!Reminder- Plymouth Creek Christian Church sells Fair Trade Coffee! Part of your purchase goes to provide hunger relief assistance. $6 a bag; pick it up from the display in the Welcome Center, next to the Church Office.
Currently, we’re selling three types- Breakfast Blend pre-ground, both regular and decaf, and French Roast whole bean. But there are more options available, which you can look at on the equal exchange website. at interfaith.equalexchange.com
Metonia
"Are You Enough"
Metanoia is an ecumenical Christian Retreat for women with the purpose of celebrating our unity in Christ and encouraging us to respond to God's call in our lives as we learn and grow spiritually, personally and in relationships.
Metanoia is a Greek word meaning:
"Desired change of heart and mind found in the knowledge of Christ Jesus"
Metanoia stirs up the SPIRIT OF GOD in your soul, by living, learning, and sharing with dedicated and devoted sisters growing in Christ
This year’s Keyonter is: Jackie Quinn
Metanoia I - (October 14-16, 2009), Chistian Conference Center
Metanoia II - (October 16-18, 2009), Chistian Conference Center
October Sermon Homework-
For the month of October, Pastor Shane is preaching a sermon series titled "Adventures of Biblical Proportion." Here are the scriptures to look at ahead of time. Consider it your sermon homework for the month. No tests, but gold stars and extra credit for those who complete the homework on time!
October 4- Daniel 3- The Fiery Furnace
October 11- Judges 15:9-19- Samson and the Donkey Jawbone
October 18- Judges 4 - Deborah and Jael
October 25- Acts 27:1-2, 7-11, 13-15, 18-20, 27, 39, 42-44- The Shipwreck of Paul
PCCC’s This I Believe Essays
Based on the NPR “This I Believe” series
Check out thisibelieve.org if you want to learn more
We invite every person at Plymouth Creek to write a "This I Believe" essay regarding one aspect of your faith.
1)350-500 words,
2)Tell a story; make it personal,
3)Describe one thing about your faith, i.e. don't try to include everything.
4)Email them to pastor@plymouthcreek.org, or hand it to Pastor Shane, or send it via snail mail, or slide it under the office door.
Each week for the next year, we will put one or two of these in the weekly bulletin insert, so that we can learn from each other what's important about faith, and how to put that into words.
Every essay will be anonymous- so no one needs to feel self-conscious, competitive or worried about judgment. Only Pastor Shane will know who wrote the essay (or not, if you just slip it under his door!).
Check out our first submission at the end of this newsletter.
Fall Sunday School Schedule(s)
Reminder- Sunday School has started. 9 AM (8:45 for Adults) every week. Get ready for another adventure in learning.
Thank You!
I would like to thank all of the people who helped to make the reception for Shane and Tabitha a success. This could not have been done without you!
Thank you to those who brought the wonderful food:
Dee B. , Laurie L., Kay B., Jeanne J., Martha F., Nola N., Glenda G. Charlotte P. Donna J. Ruth P., Carol J.
Thank you to Amy F. for her help in prepping the food and setting the tables.
A special “Thank You!” to Laurie L. for all of her “behind the scenes” helps.
I so appreciate everybody’s time, efforts, and willingness to help out!
LeAnn
THIS I BELIEVE
Many years ago, I lost my father to a very rare cancer for that time. As can be expected I floundered about, lost to any direction I should take. You see, I was fifteen, and just could not get a grip on the spiral I was in. Today we recognize this as Post Traumatic Stress. As was the standard advice for those times I was told to pull myself up by my bootstraps.
Luckily one of my dad’s friends (Mac) who also was a neighbor became a substitute dad in a lot of areas, as did a teacher at the high school (Paul). From them, in what they said and did, my most fundamental beliefs were formed. Not from what they preached intellectually, but how they approached and lived everyday life.
Both of them came to say in one way or another, “Always take the first step.” When that little voice inside says “You don’t know how”, or “You’re not qualified”, or “You’re not worthy”, Take that step! Grab for the gold ring and hang on for dear life. No matter what the outcome you will be the better for it.
And so now I have lived longer than my wildest dreams ever went, I look back and realize that as I picked role models, I picked people who took not just a step, but leaped into the pages of history. All of them took the all important first step, despite the odds or the shortcomings in their personal status.
Make the commitment, take the first step!
Pastor's Pen - Click here to read Pastor Shane's latest letter
