This Month's Birthdays - The following Seniors celebrate their birthday:
9/17 Elnora Flick; 9/26 Linda Davidson

High School Girl's Bible Study - All girls 9th through 12th grade are invited to attend a girl's Bible Study. Please meet in the College and Career room at 6:30 PM Sunday evenings. Books for the study, "The Power of a Praying Teen" are available for only $5. You do not have to purchase a book to attend this study.

Ladies Bible Study Cell Group - All ladies are invited to attend the study entitled "The Patriarchs", by Beth Moore beginning Tuesday, September 30th at 7 PM at the home of Diane Dobbins. Please sign up at the Information Center so Diane will know how many books to purchase.

New Ladies Bible Study Elective - Wednesdays at 7 PM. The study will be held at the Amber Restaurant. The study is entitled "Search for Significance - Seeing Your True Worth". All ladies are invited to attend. You do not have to make a food purchase.

Ladies - Save the date of October 9th for the Ladies Christmas Stocking Sewing Project. Any lady with a sewing machine is invited to help and we also need some helpers who do not sew to pin the stockings together.

Saturday Morning Ladies Bible Study - Beginning on Saturday, October 11th at 10 AM and will meet the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month. The new study entitled, "Growing in Wisdom and Strength - a study in James," by Elizabeth George. Please sign up at the Information Center if you plan to attend.

King's Kitchen (Free Community Meal)- The community meal will be served on October 25th, 4:30-6 PM. Please sign up to help. Your help is greatly needed and appreciated. More help is needed each month as the amount of people served is growing! You may help in any of these areas: provide a dessert, cook, set-up, serve or cleanup. Please sign up at the Information Center to be a part of this ministry!

Van Drivers Needed - If you are willing to pick up those who have no transportation to church on Sunday morning, please let Pastor Rick or the church office know. We are in desperate need of volunteers to help in this ministry.

Help on Call Ministry - We are beginning a new ministry to help members of our congregation. If you are willing to help in this new ministry, please stop by the Information Center to sign up and fill out a volunteer Sheet. If you have any questions, please see or call Don Mohn.

Entertainment Books - Kristi Hays needs someone who is willing to help sell Entertainment Books. If you can help, please let Kristi know.

Parking Assistant - If you would be willing to volunteer as a parking assistant, please sign the volunteer sheet at the Information Center.

Royal Rangers Need Your Help - If you are able to help the Royal Rangers send several boys to the Royal Ranger Leadership Training Academy, please place your donation in a tithing envelope and mark it Royal Ranger Scholarship.

Attention Seniors - Pastor Rick would like to start an email contact list for seniors. If you are interested in being on this list for updates and information for seniors, please email Pastor Rick at assoc_pastor@akron-springfield-ag.org. Pastor Rick will include you when he receives your email.

Library - If you haven't visited the church library recently, stop in and check out the great selection of books, CD's and DVD's. Sign up and be a regular reader. If you have some overdue items at home, please bring them back so everyone has an opportunity to enjoy our super selection.

Support the Troops - We will collect supplies to send to the troops. Some of the following are most appreciated: Ground coffee, Q-tips, power bars, baby wipes, chewing gum, hard candy, Trail Mix, Slim Jims, sunflower seeds, nuts, individual snack packs, peanut butter crackers, and flavor packets for bottled water. Boxes for your donation will be in the downstairs lobby.
Servicemen - If you have a loved one on our prayer list who is currently in the armed forces, please bring in a 5x7 picture of them and his or her address. Drop this information off at the church office.

Funeral Dinners - We need several women to volunteer to make a dish for funeral dinners. We are creating a new list, so even if you were on the previous list, please sign up at the Information Center

Looking for an area of ministry? - Would you like to help in an area of ministry but not sure where? Nursery, cooking, music teaching and much more....Where do I start??? Stop by the Information Center and pick up a brochure about your ministry of interest. Get involved today and be a blessing of service to those around you.

Lost and Found - Are you missing serving or baking dishes? There are several dishes in the kitchen that need to be claimed. These dishes have been left from funeral dinners and other events. Please stop by and claim your dish.

Small Group Ministries - Small groups are being developed for a wide variety of ages or common interests: Men, Women, Couples, Singles, Young Married, Families, and more! Groups meet in various locations weekly, biweekly, and monthly. Find out which group is right for you! If you are interested in a small group contact Ron Beltz, Don Hall or Pastor Rick.

 

Camp - The Ohio District has made it possible to register for camp online. The website is www.ohioag.org for information and registration.