The Offices, Copier, and Church Mailboxes Have Moved
Due to construction, the main church offices have been cleared out and the office staff have moved to various locations in the church. Office Administrator, Chris Schleuder is temporarily sharing space in the Religious Education Office. Database Manager, Dana Kubinski is in Room 1. Minister, Jill McAllister has been moved into Room 10. The church mailboxes are currently located in the south hallway, and the copier is currently residing in the church library (Room 2).
Committee Budget Requests
Yes, it's that time of year again when committees are being asked to complete
the Budget Request for the upcoming fiscal year.
As committee chairs change frequently and email is often the easiest way to receive information, please email your request to Michelle Clark with your committee name and your email address. All Budget Requests are due back by Feb. 12, 2012. If you do not use email, please provide me with your committee name and how you would like to receive the request. Thank you for your assistance with making this
process go smoothly.
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 ISAAC Issues Convention
Which 3 of these priorities would YOU choose for ISAAC to work on in 2012?
Economic Development Affordable Housing
Education & Early Childhood Transportation
Violence & Drug Prevention Environmental Justice
Be part of the fun and lively democratic process to choose which 3 ISAAC will work on!
ISAAC Issues Convention
Saturday, January 21, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Sunnyside United Methodist Church
2800 Gull Rd, Kalamazoo MI 49048
** The more people who come from your congregation or organization, the more votes your group gets!
ISAAC Member groups: 1 vote for every 3 people present, up to 10 votes (30 people). Non-member groups: 1 vote for every 5 people present, up to 6 votes (30 people).
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Summer Camping
An informal group from People’s gets together to camp for a weekend every summer. We have a great time making/ furthering friendships. It is time to start thinking about camping in 2012. Do you think you would
be interested in going?
Camping is Friday night and Saturday night, the Michigan DNR requires a 2-night minimum over the summer weekends. The cost is about $54.00 per site with an $8.00 cancellation fee. Campers show up Friday night or Saturday morning at will, and we tend to go to the beach as a group on Saturday afternoon. This is followed by a great cook-out and potluck Saturday night. There are a lot of people who come out just for the day on Saturday, and stay for the potluck. There is
a fee to enter the park, with ample parking by the beach. The campground is walking distance from
the beach and parking.
The exact date will be decided in the next few weeks. It will probably be late July or early August. There is
a sign-up in the foyer, or contact Lori Hughes. We try to reserve camping sites in a block 6 months prior to the trip. If you let me know you want to go, I will reserve a site for you. If you cancel, and no one else wants your site, there will be an $8.00 fee. You are always able to make your own reservation as well.
More specific information will be available soon, check your calendars and think sun, sand and Lake Michigan!
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Between Us
 The month of January is named after Janus, the Roman god of doors and gates, endings and beginnings, who was commonly represented with two faces looking in opposite directions, surveying the past and the future. All “new year” celebrations provide this similar function—marking our movement from past to the future, from what we have done to what we can do, from where we have been to where we are going. Though this happens every day, every moment in fact, it seems to be easier for us to take these changes into account from the perspective of a year.
Where have we been in the past year? We undertook a tremendous new project—that of our building renovation and addition. We committed ourselves and much money to this project, and in doing so we renewed our commitments to each other and to our religious lives. We focused on peace and justice, on how to find and nurture peace within ourselves as a way to increase peace in the world.
We focused on the web of life and how to live in
the best ways within it. We said good-bye to some beloved friends and family, and we welcomed newcomers to our church and our lives.
Where are we going as this new calendar year
begins? We begin a new focus on the roots of our liberal faith in the Jewish...Read more
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