ALL CHURCH
Please join us in prayer for the upcoming MENS RETREAT. We have over 43 men from both campuses heading to grow in their faith November 14-16th.
GRIEFSHARE MEETING COMING UP THIS SUNDAY, NOV. 16TH,
4-6PM. Maybe you’ve
recently lost a loved one … or maybe it was quite some time ago, but the
feelings are still raw and difficult to manage. We would love for you to join
us as we help you navigate HOLIDAY SURVIVAL: HELP FOR THE SEASON.
Facilitated by Pastor Clarence & his wife, Joan, Dave Colborn and Sharon
Moore, all understand the difficulty of the holiday season. Meet in the
Fireside room. Questions? Contact Dave Colborn, 614.361-2321 or dccolborn@aol.com.
ARE YOU MISSING ANYTHING???? Then please
check the LOST & FOUND, which is at the Info. Desk. We’ve accumulated lots of items
over the last several weeks, so if you’re missing anything, you may find it
there! 😊
TRADITIONAL SERVICE HELP NEEDED! Nichole will be outside the sanctuary
THIS Sunday with a sign up for Advent
readers/lighters, Liturgists and communion servers.
We specifically need Advent readers for:
8:30am service on 12/21
11am service - 11/30, 12/7, 12/14
Christmas Eve – 7pm and 11pm
Communion Servers - 12/7 at both 8:30am
and 11am
A BIG THANK YOU! General update - NEW DISHWASHER has been fully funded
and will be installed later this month! Thank you to all who helped in this
way!
CAN YOU HELP? NOVEMBER 22ND WIDE OPEN HEARTS
VENDOR EVENT. We
need your help! WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOME VOLUNTEERS AND WE ALSO NEED CAKES
AND ITEMS FOR THE SECRET SANTA SHOP. This event will
benefit our school partnerships, and the concessions will benefit our Mexico
trip. This event offers free kids area - cookie decorating,
letters to Santa, & ornament making, and free Santa and Mrs. Claus
pictures. Free Hot Cocoa Bar. Secret Santa Shop and cake walk!
CHAMBER SINGERS CONCERT NOV. 23RD – Join the Grove City Chamber Singers,
along with the Reynoldsburg High School Chamber Singers, for their concert in
our sanctuary on Nov. 23rd. Doors open at 3pm, and concert begins at
3:30pm. It’s a wonderful way to start the holiday season!
REMINDER TO GET YOUR BIDS & VOTES IN FOR THE SILENT AUCTION – CHRISTMAS
TREES - Don’t forget! Voting and
bidding has begun! We want everyone to vote, so be sure to grab a ballot
and pick your favorites! Everyone who votes will receive a Purple Door
ornament. Final
day to put a bid in at the Grove City campus is November 23rd, and
thereafter, they will travel to St. Mark’s for the bilingual Thanksgiving
service that day and the bids will come to an end!
THANKSGIVING MEALS!
To date, we have committed as a church
to
provide 183 Thanksgiving meals, 85 of those are still needing sponsorship
. In addition, we will have two more
schools and some district needs coming our way, so this number will grow. Will you prayerfully consider sponsoring a
meal? We are estimating it will be a $40-$50 commitment per meal. Further,
we could use some help with the turkey collection on the 24th, as
well as delivering meals and cooking meals. Please reach out to Pastor
Brandi to plug in, BrandiB@gcumc.org.
WEEKLY SCHOOL BAGS – We are now sending out 108 food bags per week, with 8 schools represented. If you’d like to give towards this ministry, mark it on your offering envelope, or you can shop our Amazon wishlist here and have items delivered directly to the church.
SILENT AUCTION – CHRISTMAS TREES - Don’t forget! Voting and bidding HAVE STARTED.
We want everyone to vote, so be sure to grab a ballot and pick your favorites! Everyone
who votes will receive a Purple Door ornament. Final day to put a bid in
at Grove City campus will be November 23rd, and thereafter, they
will travel to St. Mark’s for the bilingual Thanksgiving service that day and
the bids will come to an end!
MISSIONS TASK FORCE
As Pastor Lizzy shared with us last week, we’d LOVE for YOU
to be a part of our MISSIONS
TASK FORCE – to help dream BIG for the
ministries of our church! THIS SUNDAY, stop by our table during the Ministry
Fair, and if you have an idea for a ministry we can implement, please feel free
to put your idea in the IDEA BOX on the table. We are excited to see how God
will continue to grow the ministry of the Purple Door Church and St. Mark’s as
He has set us in place for such a time as this!
GIVING
YEAR-END CHARITABLE GIVING. As we approach the end of 2025, you may want to know where your giving stands - be it for end of year tax purposes, pledge match, etc. If you’d like information regarding year to date giving, you may reach out to finance@gcumc.org. As always, we are so grateful for the gifts given in order to further the ministry of our church and impact the Kingdom.
SUPPORTING YOUR CHURCH FINANCIALLY: You have a few options:
collection plates during all services brought around by ushers, giving boxes
outside of both worship spaces where you can drop off your offering anytime,
and also ONLINE through our online offering platform, QR CODE in seat
back pocket and/or on our website purpledoorchurch.com. For help
with setting up online giving, or any questions regarding your contributions,
please send all inquiries to finance@gcumc.org.
CALL TO ONLINE GIVERS - Thank you for your faithful giving! If you'd like to
help our church with offsetting the fees associated with your online gift, but
not sure how to... Email Andrea! She would be happy to help with this small
change that helps in a BIG WAY when it comes to online giving!
KIDS/FAMILY/YOUTH/MERGE
FAMILIES! On December 21st during the 11am service,
we will have our FAMILY
MINISTRY CHRISTMAS PROGRAM, AND we want your family to be involved! Please sign up with Pastor
Brandi for children or youth who would like a speaking part, as well as those who
would like to be a part of the singing and dancing. We ask that you attend Merge starting November 19th to
practice!
YOUTH GROUP
MEETINGS:
November 16th - Combined Friendsgiving
Party with St. Mark’s Youth
November 23rd - Normal
Youth
November 30th - No Youth
December 7th - Normal
Youth
December 14th - 5:00
Small Group Christmas Parties & 6:00 Normal Youth
December 21st -
Christmas Party - Gift Exchange, Food Share and Games
December 28th - No
Youth
MERGE:
November 12th -
Offsite Bonfire
November 19th -
Mergesgiving & Christmas Program Launch
December 3rd -
Christmas Program Practice & Advent Celebration
December 10th -
Christmas Program Practice & Advent Celebration
December 17th -
Christmas Program Practice & Advent Celebration
Wednesday evening family programming. Sign up here .
November 12th,
we will have an offsite bonfire, and then November 19th will be our
Mergesgiving and we will also kick off our preparations for our Christmas
program which will be during the 11 service on December 21st. Be sure to
get signed up!
FREE STORE
THANK
YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!
As a result of your generosity, 240 bags are being shipped to children in four
villages in Honduras. You have certainly shared your Christmas love with these
children. Missions could not have done this project without all of your
support. YOU ARE AWESOME!
Always in need of toiletry donations or new socks & underwear.
MISSIONS TRIP TO MEXICO!
ST. MARK'S