Dear Eastside,
As we move toward Thanksgiving and Advent, I want to invite us to prepare to prepare. Before the calendar fills and the carols start, let’s make some space, not just in our schedules, but in our souls.

Maybe that means cutting out one podcast for the next month, or leaving a few minutes of quiet on the commute or walk. What might help you cultivate a heart of worship - one eager to celebrate the Christ who took on flesh and moved into our neighborhood?

Let’s begin our waiting now, with intention and wonder.

This Sunday (the 16th of November), we’ll take time to look back on our year-long theme, “What kind of story are we in?” Then next Sunday (the 23rd of November)during our annual Thanksgiving Sharing Service we’ll have the opportunity to be the storytellers. In place of a sermon, we’ll share what God has been doing in our lives: stories of faithfulness, comfort in grief, and grace in the midst of struggle.

These stories encourage, build up, and bond us together. So as you prepare, consider what you might share:

• Keep your story focused on God and thanksgiving.
• Pray about what God would have you offer as a testimony to Him and a gift to our community.
• Keep it to about three minutes so we can hear from many voices.
• And don’t feel pressure to wrap it up with a pretty bow. Honest stories of ongoing faith are beautiful too.

Thankful for all of you,
Pastor Kirsten

On Sunday November 23rd we will have our Cookies for Camp fundraiser. You will have a chance to select an assortment of one dozen cookies, packaged in a holiday gift box for 10.00. All proceeds will go to the youth group winter camp in January.

Enjoy the cookies yourself or gift them to a neighbor or friend!

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Get your appetite going with our annual two hand touch football game on Thanksgiving morning. Meet at the church parking lot and we will play on the Sahuaro High School field.
8:30 - All ages
9:00-High School and older

This Sunday we will kick-off our Angel Tree season. Through Angel Tree, we bring gifts to children in our immediate area on behalf of their incarcerated parent. This Sunday you will have a chance to:

1. Take a gift tag to purchase a gift for a child(ren), to be returned to church by Dec. 7th
2. Sign up to deliver gifts to the caregiver and family after our wrapping party on Dec. 7th.
3. Sign up to write cards to the care giver and incarcerated parent at our wrapping party Dec. 7th.

God has shaped the heart of our church
Now we need to care for the home

Thank you to everyone who filled out the survey to help us assess how to best address the needs of our building and property!
Our next steps are for a building team to organize costs, quotes, and priority jobs and for us as a congregation to prepare our hearts and pray for this work.

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