October 12

Hello small group leader! We apologize for sending out this week's blog so late (please direct all blame toward Sarah's sick 1yr old who cramped her style). Here are this week's announcements:

Stewardship Discussions

By now, each of you should have your own Walking the Path notebook which provides personal reflection throughout our stewardship series. Please take a few minutes over the next four weeks and talk to your class about each of the topics we are studying as a church:

Oct 5 -Prayers

Oct 12 -Presence

Oct 19 -Gifts

Oct 26 -Service

Nov 2 - Witness

Share your own experiences from the workbook and ask them if they're using the take-home stewardship worksheets they receive each week. 

Communicating with your Class Online

I hope you have all gone to www.ccum.net/online to create your account. From there, you can register for events, upload your family photos, access the church directory and update your personal information. And now, you can do even more!

You can view your class list and send out an e-mail to your class. When you are logged in, simply click on "My Groups" up a the top of the page. You will see a class list that includes each child and that child's parent(s). If you click on the "Send an e-mail" link at the top right, you can send a quick e-mail through the browser or port all the e-mail addresses into your own e-mail program. 

If you have any trouble figuring out how to use this new communication tool, don't hesitate to ask Sarah!

Safe Sanctuaries Training

Thank you to those of you who have already made time this week for the 20-minute Safe Sanctuaries training. Our conference policy is that all volunteers complete Safe Sanctuaries training annually. If you did not complete training for VBS or at the beginning of the school year, please contact Sarah Flannery to arrange a training time that works for you. 

Nametags

Remember that we want you to have name tags each week! Just go to the check-in screen, put in the last four digits of your main phone number, and select your name and "event". Then click "Finish", and your name tag will print. 

Reminder E-mails from Elexio

We are so sorry that you have received "confirmation of serving" e-mails from our database for the past few weeks. Many thanks to one of you for pointing that out! We have disabled the reminder e-mail feature, so you should not receive those in the future. But if you DO receive more e-mails, please let us know!

Lesson for this Week

Time to prepare for another awesome week of Alive! The four questions you will grapple with are:

Why did God create me?
How come I'm not perfect?
Why didn't God make us like robots?
What does God want from me?

All the Grapple curriculum is communicated electronically, and you can find it anytime on the Grapple tab here. You can download this week's lesson here:

Why Didn't God Make Us Like Robots?

Other questions? Send an e-mail, phone call or text - we're here for you!