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Boys v. Girls: Socks Full of Change

SOCKS FULL OF CHANGE FOR UKRAINE
September 16 – November 18

Our precious friends in Ukraine need your help! This fall we will be collecting funds to meet the needs of our friends in Ukraine. Your gift will bless a child in Ukraine this Christmas. The fundraiser is a competition between the girls and boys of our church. Children may bring money in a plastic bag to Sunday school or drop it off in the main office. Please be sure to write your child’s name on the bag, so we may give credit to the appropriate team!  Each week the updated totals will be placed on the “socks” located on the bulletin board across from the elevator.

During the next three months, your child will have the opportunity to learn more about these orphanages and to raise funds to help support this vital mission. This experience can help teach our children about the needs of others and the joy of giving. We hope your family will join us as we work to make our world a better place.

Below you will find a list of easy chores that children can do. We encourage you to have your child “earn” money for missions by completing some of these tasks. Having the opportunity to work for money gives the children more ownership of the fundraiser and makes the whole experience more meaningful. We understand that your child may already do many of the chores listed below on a weekly basis without monetary reward. Simply choose a chore that is not usually part of their daily/weekly routine. Thank you for encouraging your child to help those in need. The seeds we plant in our children today will bear fruit in the future.

Ages 4 & 5:

  • Put away toys
  • Set the table
  • Clear own dishes
  • Sweep
  • Bring in mail
  • Water plants & flowers

K & 1st Grade

  • Load/unload dishwasher
  • Make bed
  • Clean bedroom
  • Set & clear table
  • Sweep
  • Clean bathrooms

Older Elem.

  • Change  sheets
  • Vacuum
  • Mop floors
  • Wash Window
  • Yard work
  • Wash car

    On Saturday, December 2 during Jingle Jam, everyone will enjoy a celebration. The question is… Who will be serving the pizza? Will it be the girls? Or, will it be the boys? The winning team will be served pizza by the other team! Go for the goal and give for Ukraine!

    Blessings,
    Donna Hightower

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Charity Reimagined Event in Columbus

Join us for a luncheon with Bob Lupton, author of Toxic Charity and Charity Detox.

Bob has invested over 40 years of his life in inner-city Atlanta. In response to a call that he first felt while serving in Vietnam, he left a budding business career to work with delinquent urban youth. Bob and his wife Peggy and their two sons sold their suburban home and moved into the inner-city where they have lived and served as neighbors among those in need. Their life’s work has been the rebuilding of urban neighborhoods where families can flourish and children can grow into healthy adults.

Bob is a Christian community developer, an entrepreneur who brings together communities of resource with communities of need. Through FCS, he has developed two mixed income subdivisions, organized a multi-racial congregation, started a number of businesses, created housing for hundreds of families and initiated a wide range of human services in his community.

He is the author of several books including the widely read, Toxic Charity, Theirs is the Kingdom, Renewing the City, and the widely circulated “Urban Perspectives”, a monthly reflection on the Gospel and the poor. Bob released a brand new book in July 2015 titled, Charity Detox which draws on his many decades of experience, and outlines how to structure programs that actually improve the quality of the life of the poor and disenfranchised. Bob has a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Georgia. He serves as speaker, strategist, and inspirer with those throughout the nation who seek to establish God’s Shalom in the city.

For more information or to make reservations, click here.

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