Friday UpDate - November 6, 2020

Hello, Faith Community!

Pastor Tim Porter is away from the office today. Just a reminder that we will be celebrating communion together in person and online this Sunday. Communion is very important for remembering Jesus’ death, resurrection, and return and also for our unity together as a church. If you’ll be watching the service online, please plan to have grape juice with bread or crackers available to celebrate communion at home with your family, too.

We will also close out our walk through 1 Thessalonians this Sunday learning from God’s word about the importance of being together with strong relationship.  We are in a spiritual battle and God has given us to each other to help us overcome evil with good!

Find the sermon and conversation guide online with the option to download and print at fcchudson.com and also on the app.

TURNING YOUR COMPLAINT INTO A LAMENT

In the latest FCC blog post, FCC Women's Ministry Director Jill Willeke shares how she "hit the COVID/work from home/missing people/cannot see my family/I need a dog WALL!" and then turned the focus from herself to God, as she learned how to lament.

Read the blog post

WORTH REPEATING

CHILD DEDICATIONS – SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22

‍The next child dedications will take place on Sunday, November 22, during the 9:00am and 11:00am services. Learn more and get registered at fcchudson.com or the FaithBase app.

OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE

• Want to help everyone God sends our way to feel welcomed, noticed and loved? Consider joining the Hospitality Team. Find a list of Hospitality Team roles at fcchudson.com. Contact Pastor Larry Szyman at lszyman@fcchudson.com to learn more and get involved.
  
  
• The national shoebox collection week for Operation Christmas Child (OCC) is Nov. 16 to 23. There are many ways to participate!  
  
  1) VOLUNTEERS are needed to staff the Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Drop Off at FCC from Nov 16 - Nov 23. We will be providing a curbside drop off process this year.
  *Volunteers are needed to unload shoeboxes from cars and pack them into cartons.
  *Heavy lifters are also needed at the end of each shift to load heavy cartons (40 to 50 pounds) into a trailer.
  *For more information and to sign up:
  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4baca62ba7f4c61-operation
  *Contact Lynn Hawksford with questions at 715-377-5944.
  
  2) PACK A SHOEBOX and drop it off at FCC.
  *Some helpful tips on what to include in a shoebox and how to pack a shoebox can be found at this link.
  *As an alternative, consider packing a shoebox online at samaritanspurse.org.  
  *A curbside shoebox dropoff process will be in place this year.  Volunteers will be there to assist you during the scheduled dropoff hours. Please drop off filled shoeboxes at Faith Community Church, 777 Carmichael Rd., Hudson, WI. Find a list of dropoff hours at fcchudson.com.
  
• Loving child care workers are needed for the 9am service on Sunday mornings in the nurseries and preschool rooms, which serve families with children (newborn through age 5) throughout the year. Consider helping one time, once a month, or more. If this is an area in which God has gifted you, please contact Karen Garden at 715.220.2507.
  

HELPING OUR NEIGHBORS THROUGH HEART FOR THE VALLEY  

‍Watch a short video to learn about Heart for the Valley.

Through Heart for the Valley, middle school and high school students from Faith Community Church serve the surrounding community by packing a Christmas meal for families, as well as giving extra food to stock their cupboards! Last year, because of the generosity of FCC, students distributed meals to more than 156 families in the Hudson area! We had over 175 middle school, high school and adult volunteers to make this event a success.

This year, students from FCC will pack meals for families to pick up on Saturday, December 19, from 9:00-11:00am. Working alongside the Hudson Backpack Program and County Market, the goal is to serve more than 150 families in our neighborhoods.

Want to help support Heart For the Valley? Each $60 tax-deductible donation allows students from FCC to pack two full boxes of food to each family, including a Christmas meal with extra food for their cupboards. Please consider donating any amount to help feed families in our neighborhoods! Learn more and make a donation at fcchudson.com or the FaithBase app. Thank you!