Gazette for September 7th, 2010

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September 10 - 12

Young Adult Retreat at Camp Doniphan

September 12 - Sunday

9:00 a.m. - Sunday School! Join us!
Celebration and Kick-off for our new Sunday school year. We would love to have ALL children be there to meet their new classmates and teachers. Teachers from last year, and people that taught this summer, please join us so we can say "THANK YOU". - Classes will meet from 9:15 to 10:00 a.m.
- Adult Class - We will participate in the celebration of the new church school year with the children

10:15 a.m. - "Rejoice! What Was Lost, Is Found!" - John Wight speaking and Jan Jones presiding

September 14 - 16

Adult Retreat at Lake Doniphan

Website update: The Colonial Hills Website is being updated this weekend and may not be available Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Church Cleaning: We have had inconsistency in our weekly cleaning of the church. The pastorate has decided to see if there is sufficient interest in having several families do the cleaning on a volunteer basis. If enough families volunteer then two different families can be assigned each week. Each family would help with the cleaning just 3-4 times per year. We would provide a check off list of things that need to be done each week. This would help our budget situation and provide another way for families to be a part of the congregation. Please contact Garland of your willingness to serve in this way.

Women's Department: Ladies, we are now planning the 5th annual Colonial Hills Women's Retreat. It will be held Nov. 12-14 at the Three Trails Camp (Salvation Army, at the corner of 40 Highway and Lee's Summit Rd.) The theme is Food and Faith and Karen Main will lead our classes. The rooms have 3 single beds and the restrooms are communal (if you would like to see more, check out www.threetrailscamp.org). The price will be around $80, depending on the number attending. In order to reserve sleeping and meeting areas, we need to know approximately how many people will attend. If you think you might possibly (or definitely!) go, please let Margy Kenney or Gail Lundeen know by Sept. 12.

Sunday School: Sunday, Sept 12th will be our Celebration and Kick-off for our new Sunday school year. We would love to have ALL children be there to meet their new classmates and teachers. Teachers from last year, and people that taught this summer, please join us so we can say "THANK YOU". Many of last year's teachers are continuing, which is wonderful. All new teachers, if you can meet at the church on Sat., Sept. 11th, we will put up new posters and check out supplies to see what we need to replenish. If you have a child that will be 8 years old sometime during the next year, and who wants to be baptized, please let me (Julie Magel) or Pam King know. Pam is teaching the Prebaptismal class beginning the end of September, and it will not be offered until next fall.

The Community Services League (CSL) provides 12 basic items to those in need. The last Sunday of each month we will have an offering of one of the items for donation to the CSL families.
Pudding, Bath size Bar soap, Ramen Noodles, canned meat (tuna, Spam)

	July
Community and International Ministries	2010	2009	2008
World mission tithes (YTD)	$36,053	$40,769	$39,843
Offerings to those in need locally (YTD)	$571	$2,307	$492
Offerings to those in need internationally (YTD)	$91,20	$7.165	$6,353
No. of food items donated to CSL	N/A	255	N/A

Prayers, scripture study, cards, phone calls, hugs, praises,
greeting guests, volunteering, requesting/accepting forgiveness,
supporting youth, and other loving acts of Christian discipleship
are just as important, but cannot be as easily measured.

Contributions to local offering: To see the most recent report:

Prayer Requests: To see the updated prayer list report:

News: To check out the 10 minute news report:

Volunteers:

Healing Ministry Meals

Volunteer Needed

September 12 - 18

Please make sure that any updates for the Bit's N Pieces are in by Thursday at noon. Also please ensure updates for the Gazette are received by Sunday at Noon to be sure they will be included. Thank you. You may send any updates to: info@colonial-hills.org.

This is the fourth part of the building plan

Additional reasons why a new activity center is needed:

1. We do not have adequate classroom space. We have a pre-baptismal class 2-3 times a year. The pre-baptismal class meets in the cramped resource room. When a teacher needs a resource they often times have to interrupt a class in session.
2. There is no dedicated space for the adult class. The adult class has met in the sanctuary which creates a problem when musicians want to practice before the service or when the Deacons need to test the audio visuals that will be used during the worship service. At other times the adult class has met in the overflow room. Because the over flow partition is not sound proof the class is interrupted when musicians practice for the service.
3. Young adults have wanted to have a separate class, but there is no space for the class. At one time they met in a 8’x8’ storage area. The meeting space was so inadequate that the class eventually dissolved.
4. It is difficult to have a wedding when we don’t have a separate room for a reception. Many of our young adults have had to go to another church or rent a facility because our church was not suitable for a wedding and reception.
5. Some families would prefer to have a funeral at the church and a family dinner afterwards. We have not been able to provide this type of ministry because of the lack of a fellowship area.
6. The current sanctuary is used for worship and fellowship activities. Whenever the room is used for potlucks, Easter Brunch, youth activities, Boy Scouts, Eggstravaganza, Breakfast with Santa, Tag Sale, Girls or Boys Club, community quilters guild, community election etc the 250 chairs used for worship have to be removed, stored and the room rearranged. Then the chairs have to be set up again after the activity for the next worship service. This is particularly problematic when we ask people to lead youth activities and then expect them to spend up to an hour before and after their activity moving and setting up chairs.
7. We have a community quilters guild that meets at the church once a month. They need more adequate storage space than what we are presently able to provide.

In summary the new activity room will be dedicated to the following:
1. Provide more adequate space for our boys and girls clubs and other youth activities
2. Provide more appropriate space to support the Easter Eggstravaganza, Breakfast with Santa and Tag Sale youth activities
3. Provide more adequate space for a boy scout troop
4. Provide more opportunities for community ministries that have been discussed
5. Provide space to respond to opportunities posed by the new Section H housing complex
6. Provide more adequate space for a young adult class
7. Provide more adequate space for an adult class
8. Provide a better facility to support our young adults wanting to be married in their church
9. Provide a better facility to support families having funerals
10. Provide more adequate space for the quilters guild and other community groups that may want to use the facility in the future

September 19 – “Be Faithful in Little Things” Heritage Day - Joy Goodwin speaking and Mike Sheehy presiding

September 26 – “Be Generous and Ready to Share” - Garland Land speaking and Chris Summers presiding

October 3 - "Increase Our Faith" - Rich Speigle speaking and Barb Garwood presiding

October 10 - "Rise and Go" - Jennifer Libeer Haiti trip speaking and Laura Crozier presiding

October 17 - "Pray Always" - (Coffee House) Testermans

October 24 - "Have Mercy on Me, a Sinner: - Greg Goff speaking

October 31 - "Salvation Has Come" - Travis and Heather Kenney Baby Blessing - Hilary Jenkins speaking and Pam Byrn presiding

September 20 - September Women's Meeting: Food and Faith. Please join us on (the third Monday) at the home of Kathlyn Hardin, 5000 Conway Ct. Independence. We will kick off the new year by previewing our theme for retreat, which is Food and Faith. We want to connect with other women by sharing our experiences. Please bring a recipe for comfort food that will be included in a cookbook at retreat. Also, bring an experience about a time when you shared or received food and what that meant to you.

September 24-25 - Priesthood Gathering at Woods Chapel Congregation

September 25 - 9:00 a.m. - Community Boy's and Girl's Clubs - Shatto Milk Company Tour - Family Event - Bring your family and friends and join us for a fun tour of Shatto Milk Company in Osborn, MO. (www.shattomilk.com) Come milk a cow, check out the calves, see how milk is processed and taste their fun flavors (root-beer milk, banana milk, etc.) After the tour, we will enjoy a picnic on the farm. Please meet at Colonial Hills at 9 a.m. to carpool and caravan. The tour cost is $5.00 per person with those under 2 free. You are welcome to make purchases in the Country Store. Remember to bring a picnic lunch (and blanket or lawn chairs) for your family. Jenny Summers and Wendy Scafe.

September 26 - 5:00 p.m. - The Colonial Hills family will meet on Sunday, September 26th at 5:00 p.m. for a banquet to celebrate the kickoff of our campaign to raise money for the new addition to our building. Donations will be received to pay for the dinner. A nursery will be provided. Please submit reservations for your family by September 19th. There are reservation forms at church or you may e-mail Gretchen Booz gbooz3@comcast.net to let us know how many from your family will attend.

October 10 - 10:00 a.m. - Business meeting to elect officers

October 29-31 - Peace Colloquy at the Temple