We would love to have you join us next Wednesday, December 14, at 5:30 p.m. for our Family Advent Celebration. We will have a meal provided by the Christian Family and Friendship Commission to accompany our faith, fellowship, and games.

The CAUMC Family & Friendship Commission will be providing goody bags for college-aged students again this year. If you would like to sign up either yourself or your student, please reach out to the office at (785) 539-4191 or email at caumc.info@gmail.com. The deadline to sign up is Friday, December 9.

The CAUMC Tree of Warmth is up! Please feel free to drop off your donations M-TH 8-5, Friday 8-12, or Sunday during the Worship Service.

The CAUMC Outreach Committee thanks you for supporting this annual event.

There have been a couple of changes to the adult choir rehearsal schedule. They are as follows:

This Saturday (Dec. 3) from 9-10:45.

Dec. 11 – the children’s program rehearses that morning, so we are going to meet at 10:00 instead of 9.

Please adjust accordingly.

Thanks to members and friends of our church $620.00 will be sent to the Manhattan Emergency Shelter as a result of our Thanksgiving offering!  Your gifts provide shelter to persons in need throughout Riley County and the surrounding area.

From the Staff Parish Relations Committee:

One of the ways CAUMC is blessed throughout the year is through the hard work of our staff. Much of their work goes on behind the scenes, providing instrumental support in carrying out our mission. We’d like to invite you, as you are able, to contribute to a fund that will be distributed among the staff as a Christmas bonus. Your contribution can be made online through our website (www.caumcmanhattan.org)where there is a new option, ‘Staff Christmas, by placing an envelope specifying your gift for staff Christmas in the offering, or by giving your gift personally to myself, Leo Lake, or George Milliken.

Merry Christmas and blessings to you, members, and participants at CAUMC!

Lorrie Gfeller-Strouts, SPRC Chairperson

Attached is a link to this week’s newsletter. You can also view the newsletter online at www.caumcmanhattan.org.

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The Youth Group would like to thank all the KSU football fans who reserved parking spaces in our parking lot. Our loyal parkers are the best! This year, our parkers donated over 300 pounds of food and cash to our blessing box. Reserved spaces are now available for the 2023 season.

Come join the men of our church in food, faith, and fellowship this Friday, December 2, at 8:00 a.m. All are welcome.

December 10, 1972, the Sunday Worship Service was built around the decorating of the sanctuary for Christmas.

Mildred and Ed Odom designed the decorations and planned the morning service.  The pastor was Douglas Dingle.  A candlelight turkey dinner was held at 5:30 p.m. and a children’s program at 7:00 p.m.  Ramona Woodhouse was chairperson for the Christmas Festival. 

Below is one of my favorite prayers of thanksgiving. I wanted to share it with you today.

[1] The United Methodist Book of Worship (Nashville, TN: United Methodist Publishing House, 1992), 552.

Below is a link to this week’s newsletter. You can also view the newsletter on our website, www.caumcmanhattan.org

In celebration of Thanksgiving, the CAUMC offices will be closed this Thursday, November 24, as well as Friday, November 25. If you have an emergency or need immediate assistance, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Pastor John at 620-252-9622.

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