King Avenue Digest 8/28/20

August 29, 2020

THE NEWEST ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR YOUR ATTENTION

  • Special Offering to Support our Hubbard School Partnership - During this difficult time, Columbus City Schools are educating students online, and the district has reached out to ask our church and others to serve as a Learning Extension Center (LEC.)  A Learning Extension Center (LEC) is a computer-based learning environment for students provided by churches through offering internet, computers, and oversight to create a safe and good experience for all. Our partnership with Hubbard Elementary School has taken many forms over the years—including serving as tutors and reading buddies and hosting the second-grade Thanksgiving celebration. This may be our most important opportunity yet to serve the children of our neighborhood.  Thank you for your ongoing support!

  • Lit Club on Zoom! Join Lit Club on Sunday, August 30 at 7pm to discuss White Fragility, Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism By Robin DiAngelo and Michael Eric Dyson All are welcome to join in the conversation. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81766691290

  • Children, Youth, & Famiies Virtual Visits - Gwen & Erin are inviting families to sign up for Virtual Visits on Tuesday evenings beginning September 7th.  There is a SignUp Genius posted on the Children & Youth Ministries Facebook pages and on Realm for you to sign up for a 30-min visit. If you have questions, reach out to Gwen or Erin. 

  • Drive-Through Voter Registration Event, Thursday, September 10 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. -  In partnership with the Ohio League of Women Voters, we will be hosting a drive-through event in the church parking lot to help folks to check their voting registration, register to vote, update their information, and apply for absentee ballots. You can help by spreading the word about this event! Voting by absentee (mail-in) ballot? Don’t delay - use this link to request an absentee ballot: https://bit.ly/31cpnp4

  • Nominating Committee - The Nominating Committee is seeking names of persons to serve as committee officers on Administrative Council, Trustees, Finance, Pastor Parish Relations, Huggins Fund, Spectrum, King Avenue Players, Nominations, Scholarship, and Endowment. If you would be interested in serving or you would like to identify an individual, please let us know by emailing jkeeny@kingave.org or colleen@kingave.org. All recommendations are taken into consideration; however, please note that individuals are formally selected only when directly contacted by the committee. Feel free to offer names without a particular position. CLICK HERE for descriptions of ministries and committees. 

CONTINUING NEWS - WORSHIP, FAITH FORMATION, FELLOWSHIP, & SUPPORT

  • The Upper Room Devotional Books - Copies of the Upper Room Devotionals for September and October are available outside the south and west doors.

  • Sermon Series - The August and September sermon series uses the poem, A Prayer for the Church in These Times by William Sloane Coffin of Riverside Church. Click HERE for a link to the prayer.

  • Pastor Colleen Open Office Hours - We live in challenging times. One of the blessings of Christian life is that we share our burdens with one another and with God.  If you are grieving, feeling dispirited, anxious, overwhelmed, or simply would like conversation and prayer, Pastor Colleen Ogle is available.  She will hold Monday evenings 7-9 pm and Tuesday afternoons 3-5 pm for conversations by phone, on-line through Zoom, or in-person.  Please email colleen@kingave.org to make arrangements.  In the email, please indicate when you are available, whether you want to talk by phone, zoom, or in-person and you will receive a prompt response with information about how to proceed.  You may also share if you need a different time to talk. 

  • Pastoral Visits to Hospital & Extended Care Facilities - At present the church building is only open for worship.  Although pastors are not yet permitted to visit persons in hospitals or extended care facilities, we do want to know when persons have health concerns. Please include these in the prayer concerns or contact a pastor directly  jkeeny@kingave.org or colleen@kingave.org.     

  • CORE Youth Center is a virtual place for youth! Are you looking for online faith resources for your youth (6th to 12th grades)? King Avenue UMC's Children and Youth Education Program created an inclusive and affirming website to fit this need. Think of this as a home base as you stretch, grow, and explore your faith and your identity as a Jesus follower. What you believe, think, and feel will change during your Middle and High School years. And your journey will not end when you graduate. Our faith journeys continue for our whole lives.  Check out the CORE Youth Center here: https://sites.google.com/view/coreyouthcenter/home and contact Gwendolyn DeRosa at gwen@kingave.org if you would like to help create new content. 

  • Coffee Hour on Zoom - Join the Zoom coffee hour at it's new time at 10:30am. This may work better for those still attending the live-streamed services. Along with fellowship, we may have informal conversation around the week's Coffin prayer portion Colleen will be preaching. The meeting ID remains the same. Meeting ID 563 988 268

  • Small Group Welcomes Young Adults - The Next Chapter virtual small group led by Amy Oblinger, meets every Wednesday at 6 on Zoom.  This young adult group discusses participants’ thoughts about and reactions to that week’s sermon, whether it was seen in-person on Sunday or watched from the comfort of home.  The session sometimes includes discussing current events and studying the scriptures, and always includes time to pray for each other. The group welcomes new participants.  If you are interested, contact amylianne@gmail.com for the Zoom link.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

  • Volunteers Needed at NNEMAP Food Pantry - NNEMAP added service on Thursdays from 3 until 7PM, and Saturdays from 10 until 1pm. The Saturday shifts will be the same as our shifts during the week, with full offerings of food. This will not be a produce-only day. The Thursday shift represents our first offering of afternoon and evening hours to provide services those who work during the weekdays. NNEMAP will begin accepting clients from all zip codes in Columbus and Franklin Co. NNEMAP will need more volunteers! NNEMAP is centrally located near the Ohio Expo Center at 677 E 11th Ave, Columbus, OH 43211. NNEMAP is also expanding into a home delivery service, providing several deliveries each week to those who need food assistance and lack transportation. Drivers are among the volunteers needed to make this work. Those interested should contact director@nnemappantry.org 

  • Audio-Visual Volunteers Needed - We are looking for some folks who would like to learn how to help with live streaming our 9:30 and 11:00 services. You don’t need a lot of experience; we will train you! Please email beth@kingave.org if you are interested.

  • Little Free Library Volunteers Needed - In order to keep the KAUMC Little Free Library stocked with books, and engaging to the community, we need a team of volunteers, who will take turns at checking the inventory and re-filling the LFL as needed with the books that have been donated.  If you are interested in supporting the LFL as a volunteer, please contact colleen@kingave.org for more information.

LOOKING AHEAD

  • SAVE THE DATE  for Changing the Conversation Series – This year's Changing the Conversation Series welcomes Dr.Wendy VanderWal Gritter on Sunday, October 11 from 7:00-8:00pm. A rules-based approach to sex hasn’t served the church very well. The harm runs deep. There must be a better way. Dr. Wendy VanderWal Gritter will help us understand how reclaiming our agency, sharpening our discernment, sharing wisdom and mutual support, and focusing on flourishing are steps to embracing God’s good gift of sex. Learn more about the program, Let’s Talk About Sex: An Ethics Conversation for All, by visiting our website at kingave.org.

 

Our Mission Statement - We invite, welcome and honor all people and nurture them to grow in service with Christ.

Our Vision Statement - We are a community of servants called by God’s reconciling grace to open doors of sanctuary, to create new avenues of ministry, to equip Christians for discipleship, to lead reconciling ministries.

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