Muncie Mission

2010 was a tough year for the mission! A blizzard forced the walk to be cancelled, and later in the year they suffered a fire. Please join our team for the walk this year, in any way that you are able! And help us support this amazing, local mission! Starbucks, Concannon's, and a long-sleeve T for all registered! And little ones are welcome!

A sponsor sheet will be posted outside the sanctuary. You can also register online at www.munciemissions.org, team name is "Eaton First Church of God."

Welcome 2011!

Join us as we ring in 2011 tonight! Bring snacks and games to the fellowship hall at 8pm!

The kids had a fun Christmas party on Wednesday! Here are a few shots. If anyone has pictures of the youth party, let me know! :)

All Angel Tree gifts are in and wrapped!! Thank you so much to all who provided presents for these precious children! And thank you to the ladies who helped wrap the presents! Delivering them will be a joy; join us at the church on Saturday at 11:30 if you'd like to come! One of the families has been worshipping with us on Sundays and will be at our movie night this Friday. God is good!

Women, you're all invited to slow down and join us as we wrap up 2010!

Thursday, Dec. 9th, come and join us for in the Fellowship hall, 7pm. Officially, it's our craft night, but you can just come and chat!

The "Faithful, Abundant, True" study is wrapping up! What a blessing it has been to go deeper still, digging into God's word together! Thursday night group, our last meeting is the 16th and we will meet again in the sanctuary.

Everyone is welcome to join us on Monday the 20th, 5:30, for supper at Mancino's in Muncie! We'd love to have you with us!

Let There Be Light

What a beautiful and special morning of worship we had yesterday morning. Thank you, thank you to all who played a part in pulling the details together for the cantata!! There are too many to list, but a special thank you goes to Pastor Michael for using his gifts, talents, and time to lead us in such a majestic way into worship. It felt like a slice of heaven!

We also celebrated the retirement of Helen Brown. After 43 years of singing with the choir, this was Miss Helen's final cantata. What a gift she is to us all!

We also had a huge crowd for the Youth Chili Lunch and Basket Auction! $1,400 was raised for our sweet youth, who did such a good job serving us all! And thank you to Jessie Hines for the delicious chili, Jack Tapy for his auctioneering skills, and to everyone for coming and supporting our youth!

Decorations

THANK you to all who were able to help decorate this past Sunday!! The church looks beautiful, and we now have freshly cleaned carpets also! We are blessed!

Family Nights, Winter Session

Our Wednesday evenings together this past fall were more successful than we could have hoped for. What a joy it was to study together, meet new visitors, and to share a meal together. On our last evening, we had a full fellowship hall and busy hallways. What a joy!

So, we look so forward to time together again in the winter. We'd love for you to join us!

Indiana State Youth Convention

Our youth group was at IYC this past weekend in downtown Indy! What a fine looking group :)

Anderson University

Pastor Andy spoke at the Anderson University School of Theology chapel this morning, and Pastor Nikki and Pastor Tim lead the music. It was a beautiful service. You will be able to listen to it at this link, once it is posted. http://ausotchapel.wordpress.com/

Let There Be Light

Last night the orchestra and choir practiced together on the Indiana Wesleyan campus. Everything for the Christmas cantata is coming together! Be sure to invite family and friends to this special morning! Dec. 5th, 10:15am.

Family Nights

We have two Wednesday night Family Nights to go before breaking for the holidays! Everyone come out and join us tonight and next week! Claudia and George Moorman are cooking for us tonight; thank you Claudia and George!!

Information on our winter session will be out soon!



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Basketball Team

Our basketball team is on fire and won another game tonight! Way to go Coach Steve and team! :)

We had a wall full of fans, but there's always room for more! Next game is Tuesday night, 9pm, at True Light Baptist Church in Muncie.

Fall Party

Thank you, Claudia and George Moorman, for hosting our fall party again this year! God blessed us with beautiful weather, and it was a wonderful evening together!

Upcoming Events

We have some really exciting events coming up for the holidays! Mark your calendars and join us! And remember, Kris always has our bulletin completely up-to-date and you can access the church calendar through the website at www.eatonfirstchurch.org. These are other great ways to stay connected and on top of everything!

Next up is the Fall Party! Grab a 2 liter, a snack, maybe a couple of lawn chairs, and join us! Start your scave

nger hunt at 5 if you want, supper will start up at 6pm. This will be a

really great evening!

November 12th is a special Family Movie Night! Jessie Hines will be taking family portraits for $5.00, to be emai

led to you in time for holiday cards! Plus we'll have pumpkins to decorate, Finding Nemo on the big screen, popcorn, and pop!

Help us deck the halls on Sunday, November 28th after morning worship. We'll have Papa Murphy's pizza for lunch and we'll get everything Christmassy!

The Christmas Cantata is the morning of December 5th, during morning worship. Pastor Michael is going all out this year and is bringing in the Indiana Wesleyan orchestra to play with the choir! It'll be a beautiful morning of worship and reflection on our savior's birth.

December 17th is an

other Family Movie Night. We'll be playing a few of the classic Christmas cartoons, decorating sugar cookies, and sipping hot chocolate!

And join us as we ring in 2011! From 8pm to 11:45pm, come to the Fellowship hall with your favorite snacks and games. We'll send out 2010 as a family; last year was so much fun! At 11:45 we'll go into the sanctuary for prayer and a short time of worship as we start 2011. There's no better way to start a new year, than in prayer and worship of our God. Feel free to bring blankets and pillows for little ones.

Trunk or Treat

We had an AMAZING turn out for our 2nd Trunk or Treat!! We gave out 300 glow bracelets in one hour! Thank you SO much to all who came out! With 13 vehicles, an inflatable spider, a giant Frankenstein, glowing torches, spooky music, and GOBS of candy, we had one successful Trunk or Treat. Most importantly, we sent a positive, loving message to the community!!

A Very Mary Christmas!

This looks wonderful! Ladies, if you'd like to come, we can all carpool from the church. $15.00 before November 10th; please give $ to Jenessa!

Note on the Fall Party

Everyone please bring a dish to share!

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Fall Party!

Thank you Dave and Richard!

You may have recently noticed these two hard at work behind the church. David Poe and Richard Morris are working on resolving some drainage issues for the church. Sitting at the bottom of a long, gradual hill, the church has had water issues for years and it is no small task to take on!




Thank you so much to these two for the hours they're putting in! This project is extremely important for so many reasons. When they're done, the youngest Little Blessings kids will have room near the church to play, without climbing stairs!

Thank you Richard and Dave!!

LittleBlessings Sunday

What a joy it was to celebrate our Little Blessings children, family, and staff yesterday morning! The children did such a good job singing their songs!! :) They truly are masterpieces!

Think Pink Night

We had a wonderful, pink evening together this past Thursday evening. We prayed for all who are fighting and have fought cancer. We had pink snacks, wore pink, made pink crafts, and we arote notes of encouragement to be given to the local cancer center. It was lovely; thank you to all of thebeautiful ladies who came out!!