Helping Others at Thanksgiving
Again this year, Clinton Heights
will help Lutheran Social Services clients at Thanksgiving by providing
groceries necessary for a holiday meal.
You may make a monetary donation or provide grocery bag(s) of
designated
items; Thrivent will provide chickens.
Monetary donations may be placed in the offering plate;
designate on
check or envelope LSS Thanksgiving. If
you would like to donate bags of groceries, sign up in the church
narthex. Each
paper bag needs to contain the following items:
v
Four
large potatoes or 1 large can sweet potatoes
v
One 6
oz. box of stuffing mix –chicken flavor
v
1 can
chicken broth
v
Two
cans of any vegetable
v
One
can chicken gravy
v
One
can cranberry sauce
v
Two
cans fruit OR one can fruit and one package cookies.
Groceries should be
brought to the church November 16-23.
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Got an Extra Turkey?
The
Clintonville
Resources Center
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needy families and is in need of turkeys to fill them. At
a recent meeting of
seven Clintonville area pastors, each one set a goal of providing ten
turkeys. Baskets
are distributed the week of Thanksgiving – beginning Monday, November 24 – so we need the
birds by Sunday November 23. If
you have an extra turkey this
holiday season, please bring it to the freezer
behind the basement door so that
we can help with this project.
Election Day Bake Sale
It’s
a big one!
WELCA is sponsoring a Bake Sale on November
4th. We can use cookies,
candy, quick breads, decorated cakes or any special goodies you can
provide. Volunteers are needed for pricing
and set up
the night before. All proceeds are
donated to our local Clintonville/Beechwold Community Resources Center. Call Nancy Labuhn, 267-5227, with questions.
Mitten Tree
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Winter
caps and gloves are being
gathered for children of
Lutheran Social Services Food Pantry clients. During
November, you
may bring children’s and teens’ cap and/or gloves to pin on
the Mitten Tree in the church parlor.
While
you are in the parlor, pick up a FREE
Clinton Heights tree ornament – a “thank you” from WELCA for the
congregation’s
generous support of all the mission projects sponsored by the Women of
the
Church.
Shampoo
Collection
Once again, we are
collecting 15 ounce bottles
of shampoo for the Christmas Care Packages for patients at the Frazier
Health
Facility at Orient State Institute, a medium-security prison south of Columbus. Our goal is 110 bottles, and we will collect
them during the month of November. Please
bring your donations to the narthex
where there is a collection basket.
Faith Mission Dinner
Members
from Clinton Heights will provide food, prepare &
serve dinner at Faith Mission on Sunday
Decemer 14th from 5 to 6:15
PM.
Sign up poster is in the narthex of the church beginning November
16th. Any questions or concerns, contact Elaine Botkin at 263-3471.
Pennies
for the Red Eyes
Women in some areas of Africa
are often ostracized and sometimes killed because of the mistaken
belief that
their red eyes are signs of evil or witchcraft.
Their red eyes are, in fact, caused by open cooking fires. An ongoing project of the Southern Ohio Synod
WELCA, Pennies for Red Eye, provides funds to educate the public in Africa of the true cause of red eyes. Women are
being
rescued from certain death and are being trained in a trade such as
sewing so
they can support themselves. They
receive living expenses during this time and are
nurtured in the faith of our Lord and Savior.
Clinton
Heights’ WELCA circles are collecting
pennies for this fund. You are invited
to donate your loose change. Look for
the designated container in the church narthex.
Bring on the
Baby Food!
The Youth of the church are collecting
jars
of baby food during the month of October.
All food collected will be
delivered to the Lutheran Social Services Food Pantry in November. Look for a box in the narthex, as well as one
in the Education Unit lobby, for your
donations. Our goal is 100
jars of baby food. Track our progress on the
poster in the
narthex.
New
Endowment Fund Created
to
Assist with Church Operations
A new endowment fund has been created to
enhance the
ministry of Clinton Heights by providing income that may be used for
the
general operations of the congregation as established in the annual
church
budget.
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This fund was established by a generous
stock
contribution from Ruth Cahill. The stock
was sold and the proceeds of $26,863 formed the beginning balance in
what is
called the Current Use Endowment (CUE). This
is in contrast to the church’s existing endowment, established in 1999,
which
is now called the Congregational Outreach Endowment Fund.
At the end of July this endowment had a
balance of $98,141.
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Both funds are administered by a
five-member
Congregational Endowment Fund Committee, the members of which are
appointed by
Church Council. The principal in both
endowments remains intact. Allocations
from the endowments are made from interest earned on the principal.
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The Endowment Committee voted to
establish the CUE
fund, with Church
Council approval, because of concerns that in
recent
years congregational annual giving has not met budgeted levels. The guidelines under which the original
Outreach Endowment Fund was established specifically prohibit any
income being
used to assist the church’s annual operating budget.
New brochures describing both endowment funds
will
be enclosed with November’s issue of the Bellringer. The members of the Endowment Fund Committee
urge everyone in the congregation to read these short brochures. While the committee members encourage
contributions to either endowment, they point out that such support
should not
be at the expense of annual giving.
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In addition to chair Vern Cahill, other
members of
the Endowment Committee include Bob Hightshoe, Helen Ish, Randy
Ketcham, Martha
Ratliff and Pastor Wolfe. All of these
people will be happy to answer any questions concerning either
endowment.
Blankets
for Good Neighbor Picnic
In September,
the Mission Committee is collecting blankets to be distributed at the
Good
Neighbor Picnic on October 4. Blankets
or throws should be clean with no holes, and preferably washable. You may put your blankets on the card table
in the Ed. Unit lobby.
Health Kits for LWR
Health Kits for Lutheran World Relief are due
in September
(for October shipping). Each Kit is to
contain one each of the following items:
v
dark-colored
hand towel
v
dark,-colored
wash cloth
v
bath-size
bar (4-5 oz) of
soap, in original wrap
v
adult-sized
toothbrush in
original packaging
v
comb
(wide tooth preferred),
remove packaging
v
metal
nail for OR nail clipper with file attached (do
not substitute cardboard emery boards for file)
v
six
band-aids, ½” to ¾”,
secured with rubber band
All items should be new and in good condition. Wrap
smaller items in the washcloth; wrap
washcloth and remaining items in the towel and tie securely with
ribbons or
yarn. Do not use plastic bags. Do not include toothpaste.
Bring your kits to the church parlor or to
WELCA circle meetings.
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ALSO, Women of
the Church are collecting any size, wrapped bars of soap to be sent to
Lutheran World Relief Put your soap
donations in the designated basket in the narthex.
MEALS FOR CHURCH MEMBERS
Could you help prepare meals for church
members who
are ill, recuperating from surgery, have new babies, or facing other
situations
where meals would be appreciated. Please contact
Gretchen LaBuhn at glabuhn@columbus.rr.com or 457-7218 if
you would like to help or if you have questions. She
would like to have a working list by Jan. 1.