Today's Weekly Gathering:

We talked about the topic of worship today during our weekly gathering through the lens of Psalm 100.

If you were not able to join us in person this week for our worship service, you can watch the recorded service below:

Update on Supporting our Neighbors

The last few weeks we had found some ways to try to fill gaps in our community while many of our neighbors experienced a delay in their monthly food stamp fund distrbution.

We moved our food drive collection efforts from once a month to every week to support our local food banks.

We also converted our little library in front of our building into a pantry with ready to eat food items.

SNAP Funds have now been paid in full for our neighbors and federal funds have been secured through at least September 2026.

Since these funds have been secured at this time, we will resume our monthly food drive collection in December and will return our little library back to stocking free books for our neighbors.

Thank you to all who gave during this time of high need in our community, we are grateful for the ways that you loved out loud when it was needed most!

We will begin collecting coats for the Yakima School District this coming Sunday through Christmas Eve. New or gently used kids' coats, sizes 5-14, are needed for boys and girls. There will be a table set up outside the office next week for your donations.

Upcoming Events

You can view our proposed budget and leadership candidates by opening the PDF attachment to this email.

Holiday Events at Englewood:

Thanksgiving Day- if you need a place to connect for community and a meal, you are welcome to join Bob and I at the church. We will be serving lunch at 1 PM. Please RSVP so we know how much food to prepare.

Saturday 11/29: Hanging of the Greens. We will decorate the church for Christmas from 1-3 PM. All are welcome to come help!

Sunday 12/14: Kids' Christmas Play rehearsal and Pizza from Noon-1 PM after church.

Sunday 12/14: Christmas Caroling to our homebound members.

Sunday 12/14: Canticus Concert

Thursday 12/18: Welcome the Stranger Prayer Vigil at 6:30 PM

Sunday 12/21: Finch Family Christmas Concert at 2 PM

Wednesday 12/24: Christmas Eve Service at 5:30 PM

Joys and Concerns

Continue to pray for Kathy Helseth as she continues cancer treatment at this time. You can sign up to bring a meal to David and Kathy with the option to stay and eat with them- click this link to sign up.

Continue to pray for Ronnie Grey, who is at the rehab center at The Terraces.

Pray for Bryson Stuehmer (Love), who is recovering at home from knee surgery.

Connection Group Schedule for November