This announcement from the Kings (facebook link):  Also, the Speckled Bird will be open and serving warm beverages to cash customers!

Join us Friday evening, 6pm in a celebration of fall! There will be fires, hot chocolate, hot apple cider, and marshmallows for roasting! Everyone bring your favorite “fallish” side, dessert, or drink to share. Also feel free to bring something to burn as a symbol of the changing seasons, or perhaps a pumpkin (or 2 for sharing) to carve.

We are looking forward to spending time with everyone, but more than that we are hoping this will be a more accessible event for our Norwood neighbors that we do not know or maybe just not very well! So please, spread the word invite your neighbors!

much love,

Austin & Sarah King ( and Lincoln too of course)

Join us Monday, October 25th from 7:30-8:30 pm at The Speckled Bird for an informational meeting about the next CTM Street Psalms Community Intensive: Image is Everything; Finding God’s Breath in Man’s Dust. This is an incredible opportunity to learn how we can best serve our neighbors and folks in hard places, and join a theological conversation with a community of servants all over the world from Guatemala to India. The actual intensive will be Nov 18-20 at the Speckled Bird. Contact Jeremiah with questions at jeremiahgriswold@mac.com. Or to go to the Intensive Resource page.

PASTORAL COUNCIL MEETING

September 26, 2010

Present:  Josh Hanauer, Jeremy Eyre, Greg York, Dave Nixon, Sam Hatchett, Owen Brock, Janet McNeel, and Mandy McLaughlin

Meeting held at The Convent and led by Josh Hanauer.  Several potential agenda items were reviewed and prioritized.

1)  House Church Network

Discussion centered on status of house churches and the need for “birthing” of new house churches at the appropriate time.  Council members reflected on their own personal experiences and provided input regarding key concerns.  Many of VC’s current members are not attending a house church.  At this time, we have few options to offer newcomers. Consequently, members agreed that Dave and Josh will devote part of their time in the next week/s to establishing 1-2 new house churches.  Hopefully there will be 2-4 new house churches by January.

2)  Sunday Gatherings

Recently several VC members have expressed a desire to have regular weekly gatherings.  There are many challenges to making this a reality, but council members identified some possible strategies.  Some of the pressing issues which must be addressed include leadership, sustainability, care of children, and the need for shared responsibility for each part of the morning.  The wisdom, value, and work of establishing this weekly meeting will continue to be explored by Dave and Josh when they meet later this week.

These two topics were discussed at length and are considered to be vital to our health as the Vineyard Central community.  The council determined that it will be important to meet again as soon as schedules will allow.  The next Pastoral Council meeting is now set for Monday, October 11 from 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.  and will be held at the Speckled Bird.

A Movie Event at Cintas Center, October 19.

Guatemala was ravaged by Civil War for 36 years. But hope is rising. In the midst of incredible odds, victims have been transformed into champions who willfully embrace the pain of their past to help repair the next generation.
Questions and Answers following the movie with Steve Osborne, founder of Love the Child/Amor del Nino.
Proceeds from the film will fund restoration and assistance in Guatemala.

Event Page

Dr. Walter Brueggemann, one of the world’s leading interpreters of the Old Testament, will be speaking at St. Timothy’s in Anderson Township  for the 4 Wednesday evenings (7:00 – 8:30 p.m.) in October for a series called The Other Way: NOW WHAT?  There will be a program offered at the same time for children in grades 1-6. Childcare is available. There is no charge for the programs or the optional dinner will be held from 6:00-7:00 p.m. For more information and to sign up, click on the link www.onecommontable.com