Norm’s Notes                                                                                       April 18, 2016

Notes from here and there…
 
I conduct the GriefShare session on Monday nights, 6:30 in the Fireside room. This is what I am learning:
1. Sooner or later grief touches us all.
2. Everyone deals with grief in different ways but no one should go through it alone. If you try to “get through this” alone, your grief will come out at a time when you least expect it, but it will come out. It is best to deal with grief with close friends or a grief share group where people have like hurts. 
 
There is still time to join us. Tonight will be week 3 of 13 but we can get you caught up. 
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The Spring Children’s Resale by the numbers:
28,600 – the record number of people within an hour’s drive of Angola who saw the Facebook ad. We pay to make it appear on your Facebook page.
$30,000 (just under) – record amount of clothing and toys sold by the sellers, FMC receives no money from the sale.
120 – the number of sellers. It is limited to this number because that is the maximum manageable number.
$3,000 – amount given to Compassion Pregnancy Center. This represents 10% of the sales.
950 – record number of shoppers. 300 of them were already in line when the doors opened at 8:00 a.m.
Mark your calendars. The Fall Children’s Resale is September 17.
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Trips with Norm
1. Thursday, May 26. Historical churches of Steuben County tour. Visit 19 area churches that were built in the 1800’s and helped set the Christian roots of our county. Leave FMC at 9:00 a.m., lunch somewhere, return around 3 or 4 p.m. No cost except for your lunch. Limited to 14. Sign up at the Connection Center.
2. Many people have expressed an interest in the trip to the Ark and the Creation Museum. That trip will cost about $270 for a single, $400 for a couple. If you are 80% sure you want to go, there is a tentative signup sheet at the Connection Center. Trip date will be September 8-9, 2016.

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If 100 people lived on earth.
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Just for fun – the “best volleyball blocks ever”. Ouch!
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It’s great to be your Caring Pastor. 
 
Norm
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