UPcoming Beautify
November 23 is our Thanksgiving Baskets Beautify Sunday!
This year, we are doing things a little bit differently - focusing more on connection between people in our church and the community, than quantity of baskets.
You'll notice on our Signup Genius, we have 20 baskets. Our hope is that 3-4 households will sign up per basket. You can sign up for one or multiple baskets.
We will provide our typical Thanksgiving Basket grocery list to everyone who has signed up by November 7 via email - but we are also hoping folks work together on planning their basket, and to allow for flexibility and creativity on what they are able and want to contribute. We are also hoping this will allow households who sign up together to have conversations about what would be meaningful and special for the baskets - while this could happen through email or after a Sunday service, it could also be an opportunity to share a meal or gather together.
There's room for everyone to participate - even if it's just bringing a few cans of green beans. If you'd like to provide monetary donations but don't want to grocery shop, you can still sign up (and members of the group can shop for you), or you can contact Shara Pagels to donate or donate online.
We'd love for you to sign up as soon as possible - Click here.
On Sunday, November 23 we'll assemble and deliver baskets. If folks aren't able to make it, they can give it to someone else in their group to bring. We'll also need extra hands to assemble Cordata baskets, and deliver baskets, so if folks weren't able to sign up for a basket, we would still love for them to participate!
Questions? Contact janaebrewster@gmail.com
This year, we are doing things a little bit differently - focusing more on connection between people in our church and the community, than quantity of baskets.
You'll notice on our Signup Genius, we have 20 baskets. Our hope is that 3-4 households will sign up per basket. You can sign up for one or multiple baskets.
We will provide our typical Thanksgiving Basket grocery list to everyone who has signed up by November 7 via email - but we are also hoping folks work together on planning their basket, and to allow for flexibility and creativity on what they are able and want to contribute. We are also hoping this will allow households who sign up together to have conversations about what would be meaningful and special for the baskets - while this could happen through email or after a Sunday service, it could also be an opportunity to share a meal or gather together.
There's room for everyone to participate - even if it's just bringing a few cans of green beans. If you'd like to provide monetary donations but don't want to grocery shop, you can still sign up (and members of the group can shop for you), or you can contact Shara Pagels to donate or donate online.
We'd love for you to sign up as soon as possible - Click here.
On Sunday, November 23 we'll assemble and deliver baskets. If folks aren't able to make it, they can give it to someone else in their group to bring. We'll also need extra hands to assemble Cordata baskets, and deliver baskets, so if folks weren't able to sign up for a basket, we would still love for them to participate!
Questions? Contact janaebrewster@gmail.com
WHY WE BEAUTIFY
The first thing we learn about the Jewish understanding of God, is that God is creative. Not just "slap a bunch of paint against a wall" creative, but "bringing order out of chaos and 'very good'" creative.
Why do you suppose the writers of Genesis wanted us to know that? At Mosaic, we think it is because it shows mankind that our creativity and desire for beauty come from the fact that we are created in Gods image. It also shows us something beautiful about God.
This is why we seek to bring beauty in our world. It can be picking up trash, cleaning up a run down lot, serving an organization that helps people, caring for our environment or just offering a hand to someone in need.
Why do you suppose the writers of Genesis wanted us to know that? At Mosaic, we think it is because it shows mankind that our creativity and desire for beauty come from the fact that we are created in Gods image. It also shows us something beautiful about God.
This is why we seek to bring beauty in our world. It can be picking up trash, cleaning up a run down lot, serving an organization that helps people, caring for our environment or just offering a hand to someone in need.