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Vol  10                                                                                             October 2024

Dear Church Family, As we go to press with the October 2024  Newsletter, Fall has arrived in Seattle. Just in the past few days, the rain has returned, and the kiddos are all back in school.  Also, as we move through Fall and then Winter, our ongoing legacy of Fall and Winter “Missions work” also starts afresh.  Last Sunday, Sept 22nd, I announced that we will once again start collecting socks for Homeless men and women, to be handed out by “Operation Night watch”, a homeless shelter, referral center, on capitol hill. They will be collecting a goal of 30,000 pair of socks over the next 6 months. Please note, they need new socks, for men, more so than women. Athletic socks work for all.  There are not specific dates to turn them in, the need is always there throughout the winter months.

 In October and November we are asking people to bring in food items for the Annual Union Gospel Missions Thanksgiving meal. Basic canned goods, peas, corn, green beans, carrots, cranberries, gravy, and their new “most requested” item, Stove Top Stuffing, is really wanted and needed. Any food items will be welcomed and enjoyed, whether used at Thanksgiving or beyond. The need is always there.  

 After Thanksgiving, our food collection will go to our local food bank “Family Works” in Wallingford. We are designating the Second Sunday of the month and make it an ongoing drive. However, food items will be accepted anytime.  As I plan to do soon, I’ll go through my “pantry” at home, and clean out all the canned goods, Ramen noodles and assorted non-perishable food, that I did not consume over the summer. I will box up these items and bring them into church for Family Works!

 Dear church family, please know between our transition from Summer to Fall, then Thanksgiving to Christmas. What “always” warms my heart is you good people’s “full on” commitment to love, and help others in Christ’s name. As I was writing the Sermon for the Sept 29th service, a couple of verses from our Mark lesson reminded me of “our” church’s ongoing commitment to aid, help, and even feed the poor, in Christ’s name. In our Mark reading from Ch. 9:38-41; Christ rebukes his disciples for “shutting” down a stranger who was helping the poor. 

Likewise, we much like that stranger, are feeding, loving and helping the “Stranger”, in Christ’s name! God Bless you good and Faithful believers.  If you would please read our Sept 29th Mark lesson, Mark 9:38-41, where Jesus “schools” his disciples on giving help and aid to others, in Christ’s name. 

 Peace be with you all, Pastor Jeff