📰 IT’S ALL IN THE NUMBERS…

✏️The Grill & Chill serving spots related to ice cream = 100% full. The serving spots unrelated to ice cream = 38% full. There’s a story here: dessert positions are a hot commodity - sign-up earlier next time! Meanwhile, it’s all hands on deck for the event so we need Servers!! Sign up HERE, at frcoostburg.org or the Welcome Center!

🍦The Grill & Chill donations list related to ice cream = 60% full. The donations for fruits, and other arguably healthy items is at 19%. What’s happening here? Perhaps: in a world of options, choose ice cream?🍨 But, you guessed it - we need y’all to help us with food donations for the event. Sign-up on this LIST, or on our website or at the Welcome Center!

✏️Update on Nomination [for Elder] Forms … we’ve more than doubled the number of forms from last week but still only 7.4% of the average weekly attendance have submitted a form. With a deadline of Aug. 24, could all members 18+ please complete a form this week? The form is HERE, or there’s a supply (blue sheets) on the Welcome Center counter.

🎁The Operation Christmas Child (OCC) shoebox initiative is at 32% of its shopping goal. We’re shooting for 150 boxes! THIS WEEK’S DEALS - composition notebooks & 24-packs of Crayola crayons (both just .50 cents at Meijer), 10 count of thin markers are the low price of .99 cents and online shoppers, we need your help with some of the bulk buying like washcloths (24 pack for just $17.99 on Amazon … what a steal) and toys! Please register your purchases HERE (or stop at the OCC table and have them register for you)! If you prefer to give cash, we have waiting shoppers! 

✏️Our Worship Attendance Statistician (that’s a big title for no pay) reports 371 people at worship last week. You know, this puts us just 29 people from crushing the 400 mark …

🥖Last week’s food pick-up serviced 29 families (numbering over 100 family members); distributed a total of $4,900 of groceries ($175 per family) with a total cost to FRC of $301. Thanks to the many volunteers! 

💲Last week’s general offering was $18,720. The Mission of the Month (Ben Johnson and SERGE Ministry in Thailand) is at $504 to-date. Last month’s special offering (Samaritan’s Hand) came in at $1,515. The Deacons thank you!

🗞️ AND THE REST OF THE STORY…

🙏LIV’IN ON A PRAYER... This year the Grill & Chill team is not doing a sign-up for attendance🤯! They’ve got faith you’re all planning to come! As always, this is an event for all of FRC and is open to neighbors that may be unchurched, or new to the area and seeking a church home, or someone who needs the welcoming of a large faith family. That’s us. Added plus: you don’t have to cook dinner! See you on Wed., Sept 4th between 5 PM - 7:30 PM. There’s even bilingual invites for the Grill & Chill on Narthex high top tables or on the Welcome Center counter! Take multiple. Invite many!

⛳🏌️ATTENTION MEN GOLFERS! Registration for the annual Men’s Golf Scramble at Autumn Ridge Golf Course on Sept. 7 is now open to individuals or teams. Register for the links at this LINK, online at frcoostburg.org or stop by the Welcome Center. If registering as a team, please designate a team captain to register your foursome. Tee time is 7 AM. The cost is $45 which includes green fees, a power cart 💪🛒 and lunch. There will be prizes🏆 for six hole-contests. If you have any questions contact Pastor Brian.

🍕PIZZA & PACKING…the Connect & Operation Christmas Child (OCC) shoebox teams bring to you a night of food, fellowship & a service opportunity bonus! On Oct. 9th we’ll have the first Wed. Nite Family Meal of the season (pizza) and then we’ll go to work packing those OCC gift boxes!! From kids (with parents helping) to senior saints, this is a night of outreach…this small gift of your time will bring the joy of Christ’s love to these kids in need! You’ve been asking where to sign-up and we’re delivering! Let’s get this dinner SIGN-UP going. You know how it’s done!

🆘 MIDDLE SCHOOL & HIGH SCHOOLERS - we need your assistance! The House of Praise (HOP) needs volunteer assistants. HOP is a great ministry - a fully interactive curriculum and methodology of telling the stories of Jesus. Contact Lori Taylor or Kathy Spencer to volunteer or get more information. 

🍏TEACHERS - our season of teaching and building relationships with our students is coming up quick! Training is Wed., Sept 11 at 6:30 PM. And 6-12 grade students and parents: there’s a all-area High School kick-off on Sun., Sept 8 and a Uth Families Meeting (yes parents, this includes you!) after service on Sun., Sept 15 in the Shed.

🥓MEN’S SATURDAY PRAYER BREAKFAST is Sept. 7 at 6:00 AM at Judi’s Place in Oostburg. All ages are welcome. Good food, fellowship & prayer. Sign-up on frcoostburg.org or click HERE is encouraged but not mandatory. 

🩳 NEWS BRIEFS

✔️Cereal & Vegetable Oil are items the Food Vault is on the search for (hopefully not to co-exist in the same recipe)... Dropbox is in the coat room!

✔️ Baker’s - the sign-up for August is looking pretty full!! Could we get a little more assistance for mid-September and into October and then we’ll call it sweet?! Sign up HERE, on frcoostburg.org or in the Fellowship Hall.

✔️ New small print edition of Our Daily Bread is in the Narthex rack. Large print is not on same cycle and that comes next month.  Also, the latest edition of Whispering Pines from our partners at Pine Haven Christian Communities is available in the rack or read at this link.

✔️Upcoming Special Offering Opportunities:  The August Mission of the Month offering is designated for Ben Johnson’s ministry with Serge in Thailand. Ben works to empower Thai Pastors to plant Thai churches as so many Thai communities have never heard the gospel and only one percent of Thai people know Jesus. In September the offering will be for World Team and our partner Kelsey Corpas in Madrid, Spain.