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Christian Education

Christian Education - February 2026

The regular Sunday School classes meet every week.  Emily and Shirley alternate Sundays.  Thank you Sherri for stepping in to substitute when needed for the lower grade class.   The Middle School class is scheduled to meet the same week the Profession of Faith  classes meet.  However it doesn’t seem to be working as well as I hoped.  I provided a printed calendar to all those teaching to avoid lapses in coverage but the problem persists.  Rafael has a copy of the schedule so it can be incorporated into the volunteer schedule.

The Easter Egg Hunt will take place on Saturday, April 4th.  Announcements in the e-blast asking for candy contributions will begin at the beginning of March.

Respectfully submitted by, Celeste Kirk / February 2026

Church Life

February 2026

Old Business / Recent Events:

~Christmas Trees were taken down after Service on Jan 11th - THANKS to all who helped. Trees were stored in the attic.

~New Flag Banner was ordered and received - but we will have to wait until the weather  temperatures improve to install it.

To Do:

~Order new blinds and shades for Fellowship Hall.  *Met with Blinds to Go representative on 2/7 and am awaiting a quote to remove and install new blinds and curtains.

~Order new angels for Christmas trees New Business / Upcoming Events:

~New locks were installed on all the doors in Fellowship Hall—-- the cost was $5720.  This was paid with the Church Life Account - plus I gave him a $40 cash tip as he worked from noon and stayed until 9 pm to finish the install on Feb 7th.  Great guy. I will send the bill over to Mike for CL reimbursement.  The key for all of the doors is the SAME as the key to access the kitchen.

~The folding air wall in Fellowship Hall was finally repaired by Tri-State Doors on February 6th! They told us there would be no charge, as they had promised this to be fixed back in August 2025, and felt it was a challenge for them to repair it.  They told us we now have a “Ferrari Motor!”  Phil and John have a key.  (Thanks to Phil for seeing this project through!)  I will be sending the company’s office of 12 people a thank you and gift of a breakfast or lunch in the coming days and will pay for it out of the CL Account.

~February 15th, Pre-Lenten Pancake Breakfast - Only 54 people have signed up as of 2/10, *Last year we had 89 people sign up.

~February 18th - Ash Wednesday Service - FRCH will host - we will have cocoa and cookies

~February 28th - Breakfast with the Pastor 10am-12noon March 7th - Sold Out Scrapbook Fundraising Crop - need baskets and prize donations

~March 28th - Soup Stroll and Movie  

~April 4th - Egg Hunt - Candy donations needed April 5th - Easter **There is a large banner in the attic we should put out front.

~May 16th - Games & Pizza - LCR / Pokeno?

~June 20th, 2026 Scrapbook Fundraising Crop

~September 13th - Church Picnic

~October 17th - Van/Car trip to see Joshua at Sight & Sound - Sign-up and info is in FH

~October 24th  Scrapbook Fundraising Crop

~November 7th - Baked Potato Supper and Movie

~November 28th - Ornaments / Pizza  Other Suggestions? Would like to schedule group lunches to support Justin’s. He told us business has been slow. Hopefully as soon as the weather improves, we would like to get a dates sent to have a pre-fixed lunch there on a Tuesday or Wednesday in the near future.

Respectfully submitted,  Sherri Caramico  

Youth & Discipleship

Report - February 2025

Youth Leader Meetings:

Youth Leaders meet regularly via Facetime or phone call. We have a group chat we talk in regularly

Youth Group:

Saturday, March 1^st, we will be hosting a game night for middle and high schoolers. We have    the Wii, board games, pool, foosball and ping pong.

~ No kids showed up to our last youth group meeting despite all of our efforts, so I think a game night will be a great way to bring kids into the church.

Young Adult Group:

Friday, January 31^st, 7-8:30.  Mike and I attended and discussed Identity in Christ and where our focus should be.

Saturday, February 8^th, was our “meet the pastor” event hosted by Pastor Wes at Panera. Young adults at our church were invited to spread the word.

Prayer:

~ I continually pray for all the children and youth in our congregation.

~ I pray that God will bring in the youth and young adults from the community

Faith Place:

~ Security cameras were installed on January 30th

~ I spoke with Celina on Sunday about filming our video discussing what faith and fellowship are all about and giving a tour of the Faith Place.

~ The things from the daycare need to be moved before the game night in March

~ A few items are to be brought out for bulky waste.

~ I still have to discuss with the other youth leaders an option for the banner and what we want written on it.  I think something like “Shining Light on God’s Promises”