New Grounds Cafe (and a few other details)

Tomorrow evening: We will be meeting at New Grounds Cafe for 5th Night! Food is served at 6:45. Hope to see you all there! If you need a ride, please contact a sponsor.

Next Fundraiser: Monday, Nov 3rd! We will be selling donuts and coffee at the Sundheimer's Auction. More details to come!

Affirmation Sunday Update: Thanks to those who showed up on Sunday morning to help with the roses. We are all very proud of you and all the time you put into this fundraisor. Congrats!!! You made over $1,000!! We will let you know the Grand Total soon. The Church was beautiful, a rainbow of roses floating around in people's arms!

LOOK AT THIS!

Burke & JoEllen have been busy sorting through all the Affirmation Notes. Here's what the piles look like right now. The next step is to get them all into envelopes! REMINDER: This coming Sunday, please be in the MYF ROOM at 8:30 am. We will pass roses out during the Sunday School Hour. If you can't make it this coming Sunday, contact a sponsor.

Yard Work @ Dr Eric & Jodi's House

Service Project @ 2 Locations

This Wednesday, we will be departing from the Church at 6:15. We will be splitting up into two groups to do yard work at Dr. Eric and Jodi Miller's house and also at the Sundheimer's house. 

*We also need a couple people to man the Affirmation Table. Please be at table no later than 5:45. THANKS to those who have helped! We've raised over $1,ooo!!!!! 

*WE NEED YOU TO BE THERE ON SUNDAY MORNING! We will be passing out the roses during the Sunday School Hour. More details to come.

1 and 2 Corinthians

We had a small group this past Wednesday evening, due to the Hiland soccer games. We missed the others, but still managed to have a fun time together. Burke led us on adventure through 1 and 2 Corinthians. We split up into small groups and discovered how the letters of Paul really can relate to us today!! We will continue the journey...the sponsors will be leading this study for the next 2-3 months.

Bible Study with Burke

This Wednesday: We will be meeting in the MYF room. Burke will be leading a Bible Study with us and Jesse will be playing his guitar & JoEllen will be leading Praise/Worship! Bring Your Friends! Bring your BIBLES!!

Volleyball/Soccer Games: There has been talk about car-pooling to the Volleyball and Soccer games. A good 40 minute drive. For those who are interested, please contact Shelly for more details. For those who do not plan to go to the game, please come to MYF for the B'Study with Burke!

HELP NEEDED: TONIGHT, we need a few of you to help with the Affirmation Table in the Church foyer. If you can help, please be at table at 5:40!

THANKS: A BIG thanks to those who helped with the Affirmation Table on Sunday. We really appreciate all the help. It sounds like we made over $400!!! GOOD JOB! We still have one more week to sell the note cards. Pass the word around!

10 Questions for McKenzie

1. What three words would you use to describe yourself? outgoing, funny, caring

2. Are you a morning person or an evening person? morning person

3. If you could meet one person, who would it be? Carrie Underwood

4. We know you are Superwoman, but tell us one thing you are afraid of? snakes

5. What extracurricular activities are you involved in? MYF, basketball

6. What do you like Best about being a FRESHMEN? The teachers, being with friends, not having clases with Cameron--the 1st time since Kindergarten

7. What time do you roll out of bed on a typical normal school day? 6:15 am

8. What is your favorite thing to eat? donuts, mashed potatoes and gravy

9. What is your favorite subject in school? Math

10. What do you like about MYF? Doing devotions every Wednesday, singing

Team Building Game Night

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I Love Ya, Tomorrow...

All righty then. Tomorrow, the 8th we will be meeting at the church for a game night. Lisa is in charge of the night so make sure you get there at 7 if at all possible because we have a full night planned.

On the fund raiser front, we are going to beginning our first fund raiser of the new year tomorrow! Back in the day, before any of you were born Berlin Mennonite used to have a thing called Affirmation Sunday. This was a time when people in the congregation could write a quick note to others in the church affirming and encouraging them. The tradition died a long, long time ago (No Ben, this wasn't a Star Wars tie in!) Now we are bringing it back!

This Wednesday we will need a couple of you early birds to help man the table in the front of the church. We will be selling affirmation slips for $1 a piece. We will sell them before, during and after the meal at church and after MYF. We will also be selling the notes Sunday before the first service, between church and Sunday School, before the 2nd service and after the second service and NEXT Wednesday (that was a long list, but that just means we need a bunch of you to help man the table to cover all those times! Let a sponsor know when you want to help out!)

All notes need to be turned in the following Sunday and Wednesday. The actual Affirmation Sunday is October 26. On that Sunday, we need everyones help to put the notes on carnations and then we will conduct a MASSIVE MANHUNT for the recipients of the affirmations.

That all probably didn't make total sense, so to make it easier for Josh and Steven:

SHOW UP TOMORROW - HELP SELL AFFIRMATION NOTES

I hope that helps.

Anyways, we'll give more details tomorrow. Feel free to shoot us an email with questions. See you tomorrow!

-Burke

Lazarus

We were asked to help assist the younger kids opening on Wednesday night with a skit. We had a couple of brave souls make their acting debuts delivering a moving skit on Lazarus. The Post said it was "gut wrenching," while the Times praised its "heart felt passion." No doubt the role of Jesus played by our own BG had to have the Academy taking note of who the best male lead in a drama should be. But the star of the show was Lazarus, played by the well know actor The Mummy. After giving breath taking performances opposite Brendan Fraser in The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, the toilet papered star delivered a less violent, more tasteful performance. The ability he showed to lie motionless for about 4 minutes straight is something legends are made of.

I laughed. I cried. I ordered a Philly Cheesesteak from Geno's.
By all accounts, the leads and their supporting actresses gave humanity something that only comes along once in a life time. Citizen Kane, Casablanca and Godfather all fail in comparison to this masterpiece of human passion and of God's Love.

BLH