February 14, 2010

Prayer List - To see prayer concerns, please visit our prayer board here.

Upper Midwest Regional Prayer Calendar - may be viewed here

Pastor's Pen - Click here to read Pastor Shane's latest letter

Important Dates
Feb 17, 24 Choir 7 pm
Feb 17 Ash Wednesday Service 6:30 pm
Feb 19 Senior's Lunch 11:30 am
Pancake House, Maple Grove
Feb 20 Assemble Health Kits @ FCC Minneapolis 11 am
Feb 23 Newsletter Folding
Feb 24 – Mar 31 Love’s Got Everything to Do with It 6 pm

Go to All Peoples:
Transforming Community with Disciples

For 2010, the plan is to spend all year excavating, exploring, and being formed by the many ideas this theme can ignite. Three things will form the core of what we will hopefully achieve this year together:

1. 2010 will not be all about us! Our theme verses are Matthew 28:19-20, known by many as “The Great Commandment.” The theme begins like the verses do, though “Go to All Peoples” is my translation, rather than the typical, “Go, therefore, and make…”
2. That begins by reigniting our innate love for community!
3. Our community is unique: We are Disciples of Christ!

February Mission - Souper Bowl of Caring


Donate & Assemble Hygiene Kits for Haiti

First Christian Church, Minneapolis along with Plymouth Creek Christian Church in Plymouth are coming together over February to try to help our sisters and brothers in Haiti.

When the quake struck Port-au-Prince on January 12, Church World Service cleaned out its warehouse of Hygiene Kits to send to Haiti. CWS needs to replenish their supply for future disasters as well as for Haitian relief.

We are collecting items on February 7 and 14 for the Hygiene Kits and will make at least 30 kits on February 20. We are looking for people to signup to bring the one of the following items:

One hand towel measuring approximately 16″ x 28″ (no fingertip or bath towels)
One washcloth
One wide-tooth comb
One nail clipper
One bar of soap (bath size in wrapper)
One toothbrush (in original packaging)
Six standard size Band-Aids®

If you can donate an item, please contact Associate Pastor Dennis Sanders at associatepastor@fccminneapolis.org or call the church at 612-870-1868 and include what you are donating and how much. You can then drop off your item during the week from 9am to 4:30pm Monday-Friday or on February 7 and 14.

If you have any questions, please contact Dennis Sanders at the church.

Love’s Got Everything to Do with It

This Lent, I want to invite y’all to join me Wednesday evenings at 6 PM for a class I’ll be ‘teaching.’ The working title is “Love’s Got Everything To Do with It,” and the subject matter will be our denomination- The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). For about an hour weekly, we’ll meet in the sanctuary to explore our faith tradition; its roots, its history, its famous phrases, but most especially why, in my (and many others’) eyes, it offers a uniquely compelling way of practicing faith for contemporary Americans like you and me…and our neighbors.

Pastor Shane

Fourth Sunday Youth Events

Every month this upcoming semester, the Youth of Plymouth Creek will gather on the Fourth Sunday for fun, fellowship, service, community building, and more besides. Everyone had fun watching “Up” and having pizza and ice cream at Becky & Lorn’s house. (Thank you Becky & Lorn for hosting.)

The next fourth Sunday is February 28. Check your Sunday Bulletin or talk to Pastor Shane for information on this event.