KAIROS Cookies
Cookies are needed for an upcoming KAIROS Prison Ministry Women’s Weekend. All types of cookies are needed: dropped cookies, rolled cookies, etc. – about 2 to 2 1/2” in diameter. Do not make thin crisp cookies as they break and cannot be used. Do not use icing, sugar or any coating - also no fruit or nuts. Wrap cooled cookies in ziptop bags with 12 to a bag. No foil please.
SIX THOUSAND DOZEN cookies are needed EACH weekend!! 
Please bring your cookies to the kitchen in the Worship Center no later than Sunday, October 21.
Thank you for providing 77 dozen cookies for the Men's Weekend in September...keep up the good work!

A Message from Pastor Fran Elrod
This Sunday, October 21, we are delighted to welcome one of CUMC’s supported missionaries, Dr. Chris Hena who leads Healthy Women – Healthy Liberia. Dr. Hena will share a message of hope, along with updates from her ministry and experiences in Liberia at the 8:30am and 11:00am worship services. She will visit early in The Vine service at 10:30, so that she may be welcomed by our whole CUMC church family. I encourage you to be here Sunday to hear how CUMC serves in mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world as we support Dr. Hena’s calling and passion serving Christ as a servant to our brothers and sisters in Liberia.
If you want to be a part of a church family that sees all the people of the world as brothers and sisters…come to Clemson UMC!
 
Pastor Fran 

WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE!
Dinner of hearty beef chili, fresh garden salad, cornbread & crackers and dessert at 5:30pm in the Christian Life Center followed by a presentation about Clemson Wesley at 6:00pm. 

New Member Sunday
On Sunday, October 28 we’ll welcome a group of new members into our church family at all three worship services. If you are interested in joining along with this group or would like more information, contact Pastor Fran (fran@clemsonumc.org) or Pastor Jim (jim@clemsonumc.org). You do not need to have attended an Explore CUMC event in order to join. College students, if you are interested in becoming an associate or affiliate member of CUMC while also staying a member of your home church, contact Steve Simoneaux (steve@clemsonumc.org) for more information.

There’s a new Health Ministry at CUMC on Sunday evenings! 
ESSENTRICS^TM is a unique, full-body program that uses therapeutic stretching to unlock what is tight, strengthen what is weak, rebalance and tone what needs shaping. Recommended for women and men 18 years+, ESSENTRICS^TM helps reverse the aging process through exercises that develop flexible muscles, improve posture, help with pain relief, weight loss and increase range of motion. Sunday evenings from 5:00-6:00pm in room 308 (Overflow Room) $10 drop in fee/love offering. Wear comfortable clothes, bring a mat and water.
For more information please contact:
Susan Ross, Level 3 Certified 
Facebook – “Essentrics with Susan Ross”
Email: susan.gotgoalz@gmail.com
Website: www.essentrics.com
Mobile: 864-247-8318

CUMC Outreach – Shoebox Ministry Kickoff!
Please help us achieve our goal of at least 120 Christmas Shoeboxes! The Shoebox Ministry is a great opportunity for all CUMC members and families to get involved with a fun project that helps children in need during the holidays. Again, this year at CUMC, we will be sending shoeboxes from our congregation to the Spirit Lake Ministry Center.
The Spirit Lake Ministry delivers shoeboxes to children on seven reservations in the Dakotas and Minnesota. Their primary target for shoebox distribution is children in foster care on the reservations and children in households recommended by social services and clergy on the reservations. These shoeboxes are the only gift that most of these children receive during the holidays. Boxes will be blessed on November 11 during Sunday services and will then be sent to North Dakota for distribution.

Want to help? Here’s how you can get involved:

• Pack a box!  We will distribute packing instructions and labels this Sunday, October 21 at the entry doors to each service. Plan to return your packed box on November 11 so that it can be blessed during the Sunday service. 
• Donate!  Want to participate, but don’t want to shop? No problem! Please include a donation for $20 (marked for Christmas Shoebox) in the offering plate and we’ll be happy to purchase supplies so that a box can be packed in your honor at a packing party at CUMC.
• Host a packing party!  We encourage Sunday school classes, UMW Circles and other groups to host a packing party so that you can have fun packing boxes together.
• Have questions?  Please email Kate (kate.barger@cobb-vantress.com) or Lyn (lmcmshef@gmail.com).

Our Giving (10/14/2018):
Operating Budget: $1,108,757.57
Needed Weekly for Operating Budget: $21,322.26
Received for Operating Budget: $12,224.00
Needed Year-to-Date: $874,212.66
Received Year-to-Date: $807,598.01

Clemson Child Development Center needs part-time and substitute teachers. Please contact the Center at 864-654-3345 for more information.

Clemson Area Ministers’ Cook-Off
Bring your appetite to the Christian Life Center of Clemson United Methodist on Thursday, November 1, (5:30-7:00pm) and join your neighbors for the 16th Annual Clemson Area Ministers’ Cook-Off. Ministers from 14 area congregations will be showing off their culinary skills in support of Safe Harbor shelter for victims of domestic violence. Pastor Fran will be serving “Anna’s Amazing Sausage Balls”. Weather permitting, WYFF weatherman John Cessarich will broadcast “John On The Road” from the cook-off. Taste tickets at $1 each are sold in groups of ten. Tickets are available in the church office and before/after the church services and Wednesday Night Live. They can also be purchased at the door.  
 
South Carolina continues to have very high rates of criminal domestic violence. It usually ranks as one of the top ten states for percentage of deaths due to domestic violence. Safe Harbor provides a continuum of services for adult and child victims of domestic violence in Greenville, Anderson, Oconee and Pickens counties. Services include emergency housing, meals, counseling, clothing, parenting classes, and referrals to other support groups. When clients leave the shelters, Safe Harbor helps furnish housing needs and basic clothing. All proceeds from the Cook-Off will be shared between the Oconee and Anderson County shelters.