The church office received the following letter from McPherson College (pdf):
Our mission: "To be the body of Christ in our community,
sharing God's love and living the example of Jesus."
McPherson College Update
Posted October 1st, 2010Announcements for Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010
Posted September 11th, 2010Camp Colorado Closing Rescheduled. Saturday and Sunday, October 16, and 17, 2010. If you are planning to attend, send an email to campmgr@campcolorado.org.
The Life and Teachings of Jesus is the topic for the intergenerational Inquirers Class that meets in the Church Social Room during the Sunday school hour. Our text is Gospel Records of the Message and Mission of Jesus Christ, a harmony of the Gospels by Albert Cassel Weiand, founder of Bethany Seminary. We still have a few books left. – Florence Crago
Water Fun is planned for the Opening Night of Kingdom Kids which will held from 6-7:15 p.m. on Wednesday, September 15. Appropriate clothes for water play are suggested. Adults who will be serving as leaders this year are: Sarah Hendricks, Coordinator; Michele McMillan and LeAnna Ullom, Preschool – Kindergarten; Heidi Risser and Kathryn Whitacre, 1st – 3rd grade; Alan Wagoner and Daisy Friesen, 4th – 5th grade.
Are you willing to help prepare food and/or offer your home to host Brethren college students and their friends once a month? If so, please contact: Jeanne Smith (jsmithks@sbcglobal.net or 241-7128) or Jan Hurst (jandesign@cox.net or 245-0009). The first meal for this school year will follow the worship service next Sunday, September 19, at the home of Tom and Jan Hurst, 1315 E. Euclid. Approximately 15-20 students usually attend these gatherings.
Plans for the publication of a cookbook to benefit Projects Unlimited are underway by Western Plains District. Information is available in the Church Office or on the church website (www.macbrethren.org).
Announcements for Sunday, June 20, 2010
Posted June 18th, 2010Help Save the Planet! Earth Day Tip #25, shared by the Philo Class: Hang dry your laundry this week, save on electricity this way.
The Performing Arts Department of McPherson College will be presenting the production Speak Truth to Power at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 25, in the Church Sanctuary. Dealing with stories from human rights activists around the world, this production will be performed at both Annual Conference and National Youth Conference this summer. The department invites you to preview this 60 minute event prior to its performance at the Sunday evening worship “hour” in Pittsburgh.
We are almost there! Outreach Team originally set a goal of $6,000 for a house to be built in Haiti. So far, $5,905 has been donated. We are in conversation with Roy Winter about when the next houses will be built. Thanks to all who have participated.
If your child has lost some rings, contact the Church Office. The rings have recently been found on the playground.
More than 900 hygiene kits completed for Haiti relief
Posted May 15th, 2010
Through the combined efforts of McPherson College, McPherson Church of the Brethren, Good Beginnings Pre-School, McPherson United Methodist Church, Washington Elementary School, A Lutheran Church in Lindsborgh and Soderstrom Elementary School, a total of 902 hygiene kits have been sent to Church World Service in Elkhart, IN for the Haiti relief effort.
This adds up to more than $10,000 to purchase and donate kit items and to pay for shipping. What a wonderful response!
On behalf of those at the college who took a primary interest in this project and on behalf of Campus Ministries at McPherson College, thank you all so very much. We have been glad to help complete and get the kits and money where it all needed to go.
-Tom Hurst, director of campus ministries at McPherson College (pictured with MC student Emily James)