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Ames UCC Weekly News goes out every Thursday to keep you up to date on our church life and community. To submit an article, email Katie Tschopp at office@amesucc.org. Announcements are due for the email and bulletin on Wednesday of each week.
Cards of Care
Have you ever felt scared and alone, grieving and heartsick? Did someone reach out to you at just the right time? Please join me and a small group of congregants in being present for each other during such times through greeting cards (actual paper in the actual mail).  If yes, please let me know and I will add you to our list of fellow “care card-ers.” And if you know of someone who might appreciate a little postal love from their fellow seekers, please let me know. –Pr. Eileen (eileen@amesucc.org, 515-232-9323)
Pr. Eileen out – 10/23-30
I am on vacation from the 23rd through the 30th. Pr. Hannah is available for pastoral care needs.

Learning Center: AMOS Mental Health Advocacy – 10/28
Join us for Learning Center at 9:15 a.m. every Sunday, currently held in the Stage Room on the second floor. Ben Schrag, Linda Hanson and other members of the Ames UCC AMOS core team will lead the discussion. AMOS (A Mid-Iowa Organizing Strategy) is a broad-based organization composed of 35 member congregations and non-profits committed to making democracy work. Learn more about AMOS here.

Wear your Halloween costume to worship on Sunday, October 28!
Finishing up the Sanctuary Renovation Next Week
Please come to help Ken Birt and David Cook with the final touching up in the sanctuary next week, including touching up the pews' wood stain, and getting things cleaned and set to return to the sanctuary. Contact Ken Birt (515-238-1699, ken.birt.118@gmail.com) if you can help.

Sanctuary Scrub – 10/31
Although the floor finishers used a dustless system, our sanctuary will still need a good, deep spiffing up once the pews are back in. Please join me at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 31 for vacuuming, dusting, and a bit of scrubbing.
-Pr. Eileen

Marking All Saints Day – 11/4
On Sunday, November 4 we will celebrate All Saints Day in two different ways.
 
First, we will continue the tradition reading the names, in worship, of all those we love but who died in the previous year. Please submit those names to me by Sunday, October 28 (515-232-9323, eileen@amesucc.org).
 
Second, everyone is invited to participate in a photo display. Please place framed photos of loved ones, whether they died in the last year or much earlier, along with their names and relationship to you in the box labelled for this purpose in the Fellowship Hall, by Sunday, October 28. For example, I will include this photo of my grand-cousin, who died a couple of years ago. I will display them all throughout the parlor, where we will have our coffee hour after worship that day.
 
Bodies may decay, but our love does not. Let’s share that grief and love with each other. -Pr. Eileen
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Weekly Calendar

Sunday, October 28
Wear your costume to worship!
Pr. Eileen away through October 30

9:15a Godly Play
9:15a Youth Coffee Talk
9:15a Learning Center
10:30a Worship

Wednesday, October 31
9:30a Sanctuary cleaning
10:45a Study for Sunday
12:00p Bell Ringing
2:00p Wednesday Afternoon Club
6:30p Choir Rehearsal
6:30p Youth Group

Sunday, November 4
9:15a Godly Play
9:15a Youth Coffee Talk
9:15a Learning Center
10:30a Worship
 
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Ames UCC Staff
217 6th St. Ames, IA 50010
(515) 232-9323
Mon 8:30a - 12:00p
Tues-Thurs 8:30a - 4:30p

David Cook, Sexton
cookdavi@gmail.com

Eileen Gebbie, Minister
eileen@amesucc.org

Hannah Hannover,
Minister to Children and Families
hannah@amesucc.org

Megan Henson, Youth Director
megan@amesucc.org

Lesley Lackore,
Chancel Choir Director
llackore@gmail.com

David Sheridan,
Seminary Intern
limnolaw@aol.com

Karen "Sunny" Stewart,
Instrumentalist
sunny@amesucc.org

Katie Tschopp,
Church Office Administrator
office@amesucc.org
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