Opportunities for Ministry
• Cards for Military and their families...contact the church office for more information
• Interested in visitation? Contact Rusty Hudgell
• Cooper Memorial sponsors Cub Pack, Boy Scout Troop, & Venture Crew 190. Any boy 1st grade through age 20 is
invited to become a part of this vital ministry. Contact Rusty Hudgell 964-5251 for more information.
• Children’s Ministry volunteers needed– contact Renee Hudgell
• Girl Scout Meetings M TH FR for more information call church office.
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WHERE TWO OR MORE ARE GATHERED...
Serendipity Prayer Group meets every Wednesday morning from 10:30 am to 11:00 am.
For info call Sharon and Chuck Wylie at 410-0840
Sing, Share and Pray group on the second Thursday of every month at
1:30 pm. It is held at the Community House of the Village patio homes of
Wesley Manor at 5400 East Manslick Rd and is led by Nina Adams. For more info
call 966-2959 or 931-3636
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HELP NEEDED!
UPWARD SEASON 12
It's time to begin planning for our season.
What can you do?
Volunteers are needed: coaches/assistant
coaches, referees, concession stand help, time
keeper, scorekeepers, practice night
hospitality room workers (this is a chance to
make the connections)
If you're willing to volunteer please contact
Barb (322-7986) or Renee (338-1970).
Background checks need to be updated and
the process can be started now.
Help us make this an awesome 12th season.
It is a race to the heart of a child, and the first one there wins. Help us with the race for Christ.
It is a race to the heart of a child, and the first one there wins. Help us with the race for Christ.
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FOOD PANTRY
Angie Edwards is looking for those interested in working with our food pantry. The goal for this ministry is to have food bags ready and sorted and ready to go when a call comes into the office. We need volunteers to sort and bag the food. Thank you to the many that financially gave during October. The total offering was $267.00, an excellent beginning! We know that as the tempertures drop and heating bills go up needs will increase. We want to be proactive. If you can spare an hour or so a month, please let Angie know. Please consider making a special offering towards this ministry each month. Mark your offering as "food pantry assistance". Note: we should have a lot of sorting after November 15 with Scouting for Food picks up their donations.
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BLESSED TO BLESS OTHERS
“It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” Matthew 4:4.
But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”
And they said to Him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish.”
He said, “Bring them here to Me.”
I was asked to write about Sunday School and the Food Pantry. These verses seemed to cover it all. In the first verse, Jesus is talking to the devil who is tempting him to turn stones to bread because he knows Jesus is hungry. He’s been in the wilderness 40 days. It also, I believe, shows without a doubt, Jesus understood our physical needs. We are human; we need to eat, to drink.
We may only have two loaves and two fishes, but I believe if we will bring them to Jesus he will honor our request and he will multiply them. I believe if we get into his Word he will actually show us how that works. The best way to get into his word is to get in a Sunday School class or a small group Bible Study. If you don’t think we have one at Cooper for you, let’s talk. Let’s see what your needs are and were they can be met.
Oh, and by the way, in Matthew 4:4 Jesus was quoting the book of Deuteronomy. This is where the Charlie Daniels’ famous southern rock band gets the line Deuteronomy fought the devil. Paul says all scripture is useful, and I think he meant for more than just quoting. It’s there for our daily bread as well and there is enough to go around.
Angie Edwards
Ragamuffin at large