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Thanks to all our kids for another great night! We learned more about God’s creation, made paper plate animals, built ice sculptures, designed structures with K-Nex, and enjoyed a rousing game of pop the penguin.Kids can look forward to another exciting night next Wednesday. We will be finishing our creation books and will have art and building stations.
Join us on Monday, January 16, at the Mediacom Center at 9:15 am for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. March and Celebration. The march will begin promptly at 9:30 am, followed by a celebration at 10 am at Drury University’s Clara Thompson Hall. The guest speaker for the event will be Dr. Tererai Trent (who has been a featured guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show) – a Zimbabwean-American whose unlikely story of educational success has inspired many. Whether or not you are able to attend the march and celebration, we encourage you to find a way to make this day a “day on” rather than a day off, in honor of the great work Dr. King did in his lifetime to give a voice to the voiceless and hope to the hopeless.
Please note that on New Year’s Day we will have one combined worship service at 10 a.m. We hope you can kick off the new year at Brentwood!!
December 21 – Children & Youth Musical, 6:30 p.m.
December 21 – All-Church Christmas Party, 7 p.m.
December 24 – Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, 6:30 p.m.
December 25 – One Worship service at 10 a.m.
This Sunday, November 20, we invite you to join us for our annual Hanging of the Green. This is a very important event in the life of our church as we prepare for the Advent and Christmas seasons. We can use your help decorating the sanctuary for this beautiful time of year. We will meet in the sanctuary at 6:00 pm – we hope to see you there!
Dream. Think. Be. Do.
An introduction to progressive Christianity
Wednesdays from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. beginning Nov. 2nd
DreamThinkBeDo features the insights of over twenty-five theologians and teachers at the top of their game, including Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Rita Nakashima Brock, and many others. This DVD-based study is produced by Living the Questions, an organization dedicated to introducing progressive Christianity to those seeking an open and inclusive approach to the Christian faith that values both the mind and the heart.
Facilitated by Dr. Tim Robbins, professor at Drury University.
Students, family, and friends are invited to attend a discussion on some of the most misunderstood topics in Islam, presented by Muslim students from Missouri State University. A Q&A session will also be held.
Where:
Room 314, Plaster Student Union, Missouri State University
When:
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
7:00 – 8:00 PM
Planting Peace
Sunday, September 11, 2011
On the tenth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks we hope to reflect and respond to the tragedy in a healthy and productive way. Therefore, we will be working with members of the Springfield Islamic Center, Baha’i Assembly, and other local communities of faith to engage in some much needed landscaping at Truman, Jeffries and Delaware Elementary schools immediately following the 11:00 am worship service on Sunday, September 11. We will meet in the fellowship area outside the sanctuary and decide which school each person would like to go to.
Truman Elementary
3850 N. Farm Rd. 159
Springfield, MO 65803
*Work to be done at this location includes planting and laying mulch.
Jeffries Elementary
4051 S. Scenic Ave.
Springfield, MO 65807
*Work to be done at this location includes general landscaping.
Delaware Elementary
1505 S. Delaware Ave.
Springfield, MO 65804
*Work to be done at this location includes weeding, mulching, planting and constructing trellises.
Work will begin at each site from 12:00 pm (or as soon as you can arrive) to 4:00 pm and we encourage each person to bring a sack lunch so that we can all sit together for a meal prior to beginning work.
Please join us as we plant peace in Springfield!
Over the weekend, Hurricane Irene made its way across the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. As you might have gathered from media reports, while the actual damage caused by the hurricane never reached the level many feared or predicted, many folks sustained serious damage in North Carolina, and areas across the Northeast are experiencing significant flooding. Millions are without power, and the entire East Coast is tentatively making its way back to a “new normal.”
Week of Compassion is currently working with Regional Ministries to assess needs in affected areas. We have already responded to nearly 20 families in North Carolina and Virginia, as well as provided support to help with cleanup and recovery for North Carolina’s beloved Camp Caroline. We will continue to respond as we receive information.
Week of Compassion partner Church World Service has provided affected areas with blankets, as well as hygiene and cleanup kits. Their staff is currently on the ground, assessing damage and strategizing further ways to respond.
It is through your generosity that we are able to respond quickly and efficiently. If you would like to help those affected by Irene-related damage, or help us prepare for future disasters, you can contribute here.
As always, we are so grateful for your hope, your faith, and your willingness to respond. Today, as the skies clear, we pray with you for recovery in affected areas, and give thanks that life–even in the midst of loss and tragedy–goes on
Update!
Harry Potter and the Power of Choice has been added to the podcasts page.
Here are the mp3s of the first two sermons:
Harry Potter and a Mother’s Love
Harry Potter and the Band of Ragamuffins
Over the next few Sundays, Emily will be exploring theological issues in the wildly popular Harry Potter series. Author J.K. Rowling created a rich story spanning seven books that struggle with issues such as sacrificial love, welcoming the outcast and reaching out to the least of these, the good and bad that dwells in all of us, and drawing upon the strength of the saints who have gone before. Join us on Sunday mornings to as we wrestle with scripture and these modern-day parables. The preaching schedule for the next six weeks is as follows (titles subject to change):
July 31 – Harry Potter and a Mother’s Love (1 Corinthians 13)
August 7 – Harry Potter and the Band of Ragamuffins (Micah 4:1-7)
August 14 – Harry Potter and the Power to Choose (Matthew 7:13-14)
August 21 – Charlie Bahn will preach on the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32)
August 28 – Harry Potter and the Great Cloud of Witnesses (Hebrews 12:1-4, 12-13)
September 4 – Harry Potter and the Greater Love (John 15:12-17)
