Saguaro Christian Church October 2015

Trust in the

Lord P R O V E R B S 3 : 5 - 6

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 12pm Brown Bag Bible Study

2 3 5:30pm Baseball Game

4 World Communion Sunday 10am POWOW Meeting 10am Christian Education 12pm Elders Meeting

5 10:30am Quilters 7pm Faith Based Recovery

6 11am Staff Meeting 6:30pm Knitters

7 9:30am Blessings in a Backpack 5:30pm Saguaro Ringers 7pm Sanctuary Choir 8pm Shelter

8 12pm Brown Bag Bible Study

9 10

11 10am Christian Education 12:15pm Primavera Breakfast Group

12 4:30am Primavera Breakfast 7pm Faith Based Recovery

13 11am Staff Meeting 6:30pm Board of Directors

14 9:30am Blessings in a Backpack 5:30pm Saguaro Ringers 7pm Sanctuary Choir 8pm Shelter

15 12pm Brown Bag Bible Study 1pm Deborah Women’s Group 7pm Rebecca

16 17 7:30am Men’s Breakfast

18 10am Christian Education 12:15pm Primavera Breakfast Group Clergy Retreat

19 4:30am Primavera Breakfast 10:30am Quilters 7pm Faith Based Recovery

20 11am Staff Meeting 6:30pm SOL Team

21 9:30am Blessings in a Backpack 5:30pm Saguaro Ringers 7pm Sanctuary Choir 8pm Shelter

22 Rev. Owen Army Duty

23 24 Chi Rho and CYF Retreats

25

10am Christian Education– Mary Alice Do

26 7pm Faith Based Recovery

27 11am Staff Meeting 4pm DWM Board

28 9:30am Blessings in a Backpack 5:30pm Saguaro Ringers 7pm Sanctuary Choir 8pm Shelter

29 12pm Brown Bag Bible Study

30 31 6pm Trunk or Treat

O c t o b e r 2 0 1 5

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION Christian education series on justice: For the first three Sundays in October, the adult Chris-tian education class will be exploring the concept of justice in the Bible. If you would like to join the discussion, we will be in the Saguaro room from 10 am - 11 am.

YOU ARE INVITED Friday, October 2, 2015 at 6:30pm. Be a part of an exciting event celebrating the PAST and the FUTURE of Saguaro Christian Church. An endowment fund is being established through the Christian Church Foun-dation to honor the legacy of Pastoral Excellence of former Senior Ministers of Saguaro Christian Church. All former Senior Ministers will be with us for this evening of celebration except our first pastor, Rev. Ray Hite, and he looks forward to being with us very soon. We will honor the ministry of Rev. Dr. Clayton Gooden, Rev. Dr. Denny Wil-liams, Rev. Deborah Morgan-Stokes, and Rev. Bill Dunbar with a program in the Sanctuary at 6:30pm. A reception will follow on the patio with time to visit with the honorees and with each other. (Our former pastors from out of town will have to leave on Saturday and they are looking forward to seeing you!) More information will be available about this fund, but you won't want to miss this celebration of the gifts and leadership of our former pastors.

TUCSON PRIDE Every year, Saguaro participates in the Pride Parade and the Pride in the Desert festival. If you would like to walk with us in the parade on Saturday, October 10 from 6 pm - 7 pm, please let Shelly know. If you would like to sit at Saguaro's booth for an hour or two at Pride in the Desert on Saturday, October 17, again, let Shelly know. We will be doing what we did last year - painting faces and having tons of fun!

CHI RHO & CYF RETREATS Saturday, October 24– Sunday, October 25, Saguaro will be hosting the youth retreats. We are in need of some folks willing to assist with providing and serving meals and snacks for these groups. Meals include lunch and dinner on Saturday and breakfast on Sunday. Snack will be Saturday night. Meals are reimbursa-ble through the Region. Please see Laurie Cleveland or call or email the church office for more detailed information.

REGISTRATION AVAILABLE for Chi Rho and CYF Retreats! Retreats will both be here at Saguaro October 24-25. Cost is $25. Please turn your forms into the church office by October 19.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MINUTES If you would like minutes from any SCC Board of Directors meeting, they are avail-able through the office as the Board makes sends them in. Please call or email Laurie Cleveland and she will email or print a copy for you.

TRUNK OR TREAT Come join us Saturday, October 31 from 6-8pm for Trunk or Treat! We need volunteers and trunks, trunks, trunks! Last year we had at least 400 visitors from our community enjoy safe trick or treating, food , games and a bounce house. Let’s have a great time again!

CROP WALK This years Crop Walk to Fight Hunger will be on Sunday afternoon, November 1st. The need is abun-dantly clear especially this year with refugees in Europe and homeless and hunger in our own community. As Sagua-ro focuses our Mission to confront these issues, the Crop Walk is a way to demonstrate your resolve to walk and raise money to support the efforts of Church World Services and local Charities in Servicing the need. As the Pope just said, the yard stick that we use to measure others, is the yardstick that measures us as well.

Please Remember in Prayer Barbara Miranda

Bob Purvis Helen Ellis

The Larson Family Cece Terry

Ruth Harmon

Ed Rickgauer Clayton Gooden Marilyn Prince

Fran Johnson Dave Cox

Stu Bagwell

Kia Meyer

Attendance for August

8:00 9:00 11:00 2nd 7 25 92 9th 7 45 111 16th 9 48 89 23rd 10 46 87 30th 9 46 89

August ‘15 2015 (YTD)

Income 29,054 265,429

Expenses 32,456 263,225

Income/(Loss) ($ 3,402) $ 2,204

Financials