We are having an Election Day BAKE SALE and we need your help!

Women, men, everyone! Bake your favorite cookies, cakes, breads, pies and goodies! Bring them to the church kitchen by 4:00 p.m. Monday, November 4th. Why??? First Presbyterian Women are part of a long tradition of PW’s making an annual mission pledge to the women’s work of PC(USA), supporting educational and medical mission sites worldwide. For well over 70 years, a November sale, (crafts, baked goods, yummy meals, Grandma’s Attic) has provided a large portion of our annual pledge.

This year our staff, Jenni, Ellen, Brandon, have all offered to help us! So, bring your good food! We’ll have a tent outside on November 5th, all to support our annual mission pledge and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance. And, thank you, all, in advance! 

Presbyterian Women! Friday, October 18th (12:30) We meet at Otterbein for fellowship, updates and learning.

Sue Cherney will talk about “Fostering Forward,” and our church’s involvement with Starting Strong. She has much to share and answers to all our questions. Also, we will be receiving donations for our Village Christmas Tree, a balled tree, decorated for the streets and later to be planted in the Chakoian Legacy Garden. And, we will learn about our Election Day Baked Sale! We need workers, bakers and those to “invite” a baker to bake for you! Finally, what DO YOU want PW to be and do as we move into the future. All women of the church and friends are invited!

Do not worry!

This week is not circle week, but this mailing gives us an opportunity to share some important information concerning our PW (Presbyterian Women) commitments over the next few months.

Each year, as many of you know, Circle and women’s groups of our denomination are asked to make a pledge to the work of women in our denomination, work that goes back many generations. Traditionally the larger portion of our pledge has come from a fall event: Rummage Sale morphed into dinners into Holiday Fairs with crafts, baked goods and meals. This year it’s on Election Day, November 5th, and it is a Bake Sale! Our staff is supporting and helping with our work, (Jenni has seen election day sales in other churches) and we are inviting the entire congregation to share in the effort. Whether you are able to bake or not, perhaps you can encourage someone else to contribute cookies, cupcakes, pies, cakes on your behalf … you get the idea… proceeds … to make a pledge to PW in the wider church and to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance. As always, we need workers, so let me know if you would like to price or to work a couple hours.

In other news! We are buying a tree! Ellen has committed to providing 15 balled Christmas Trees for street lined Granville! Various bodies (choirs, youth, etc.) will provide trees and PW is doing one. It’s $150, so anyone who wishes to make a donation can let one of us know. We will have a basket at our October Circle Meeting. We’ll decorate the tree with our emblem laminated and hanging with colorful ribbons!

And, speaking of Circle, our meeting is Friday, October 18th at 12:30. We will hear Sue Cherney as she discusses Fostering Forward and our church’s commitment to Starting Strong. We’ll continue thinking about the future of PW; we’ll have a basket for Christmas tree help; we’ll have another basket for any ‘monthly/annual’ personal pledge you might wish to make (gone is the ‘blue box.’)

Talk with one another, encourage attending our once monthly meetings, and help us know what you would circle to be and do.  

Happy October! God’s Blessings! Liz Tietz on behalf of your Coordinating Team, Karen Treece, Dana Williams, Connie Acklin

Join us Friday September 20

It’s Circle Time! Friday, September 20th (12:30) in the Amelia Room at Otterbein. ALL Women of the Church (and friends) are invited to this monthly gathering. Our purpose is simple: to gather for support and fellowship, to support the mission of the church, both locally and churchwide, for we are, indeed, “Blessed to be a Blessing.” This month Ellen Clark, Mission Coordinator, will join us to share all that we, as a congregation, are doing, and explore ways we may be engaged as well. We will end our time together by packing healthy goodie bags for the “Drop-in Center,” in Newark. If you wish, you may bring snack bars, fruit bars, fruit cups or you may plan to make a donation toward future purchases, or you may just bring your smiles and prayers.  Blessings to all, Your Coordinating Team

For further information, call Karen Treece, Connie Acklin , Dana Williams , Liz Tietz