February 7, 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 10, 17, 24 Choir 7 pm
Feb 17 Ash Wednesday Service 6:30 pm
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


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

Sharing Our Stories. . .

Waiting for your story!

• 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!)


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.