Mark Your Calendar - July



LOOKING AHEAD in JULY

June 28 to July 1 – Support Community Food Pantries
July 1 - Community Meal
July 4 – Church office closed
July 5 to 29 – Christmas in July in the Gathering Place (Thursdays and Sundays)
July 10, 17, 24, 31 – Summer Bible Study, 2:30 or 7:00pm
July 22 – Homecroft Principal Jody Matthews joins us for the morning

LOOKING AHEAD in 2018

*Blood Drive Sundays
August 5, November 18
Interfaith Hospitality Network Families (IHN)
September 23 to October 7
*Jubilee Ministry
July 5 through July 29 - Christmas in July (supporting Back to School needs and Community Festival/Movie Night at Homecroft)
Jubilee Christmas – December 8
Ronald McDonald House
Second Saturday of the month at the Ronald McDonald House
Third Sunday of the month at the RMH room in Riley Hospital
God’s Will Breakfast
Third Thursday of the month at Fletcher Place Community Center in the Fountain Square area
Kairos Prison Ministry
Men’s and Women’s Teams serving in October and November
Food Drive Ministry
Monthly food collections (scheduled to coincide with Communion weekend)
Creation Care Team
Recycle…recycle…recycle and being good stewards of God’s creation


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