Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Gift Drop Off Week

Monday- Friday, November 18 – 22: 4 – 6pm; Saturday, November 23: 10am – Noon

All filled boxes should be returned by Sunday, Nov 24. Thank you for your generous living!

ECC Students – Money Wall Fundraiser

Students are raising money during November to help fund ECC Student mission trips, retreat scholarship funds, and service projects. Stop by the wall to choose an envelope for your donation and talk to a student about how they are learning to know and live for Jesus.

ECC Students – Money Wall Fundraiser

Students are raising money during November to help fund ECC Student mission trips, retreat scholarship funds, and service projects. Stop by the wall to choose an envelope for your donation and talk to a student about how they are learning to know and live for Jesus.

Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Gift Drop Off Week

Monday – Friday, November 18 – 22: 4 – 6pm and Saturday, November 23: 10am – Noon

All filled boxes should be returned to ECC by Sunday, November 24.

Kids Connection Parents Newsletter

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1st Wednesday & Shoebox Gift Packing Party – November 6, 6-8pm

Everyone is invited! Our time will include pizza at 6pm, multi-generational activities and our Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Gift Packing Party.

Kids Connection Parents Newsletter

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Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Gifts

The greatest need now is for Wow items:

• Soccer balls/pump
• Dolls
• Stuffed animals
• Small games
• Craft kits for older kids

Also needed, monetary donations for shipping and filler gifts.

Joan Parsons, missionary with CRU, will share a devo and we’ll discuss how to love our neighbors so we can influence their families for Christ.  All ladies  7^th grade and older are invited to this time of food, fellowship and faith. We will be in the Gathering Area. If you have questions, contact Dee, 937.456.5507.

The 2025 Budget was approved.

Elected to the following Teams for a 3 year term:

• Elders: Dave Deaton, Jim Derringer and Kenny Rogers
• Finance Team: Kent Hamilton and Chad Miley

Membership Meeting

Sunday, October 20 at 12:30pm

We will vote on Offices to be filled for 2025, Elder Team, Finance Team and the 2025 Budget. Everyone is welcome to attend. Only Members vote.

Operation Christmas Child

The greatest need now is monetary donations for shipping and other project costs. There is a box at the OCC table in the Gathering Area. Thank you for your generous living!
 

Joan Parsons, missionary with CRU, will share a devo and we’ll discuss how to love our neighbors so we can influence their families for Christ.  All ladies  7^th grade and older are invited to this time of food, fellowship and faith. We will be in the Gathering Area. If you have questions, contact Dee, 937.456.5507.

Food Pantry

The Food Pantry is asking for the following items for Holiday Meals:

• Instant potatoes
• Egg noodles
• Stuffing mix
• Dessert mix
• Hot Chocolate mix
• Flour
• Vegetable oil
• Sugar
• Breakfast items – pancake mix, syrup, oatmeal, cereal
• Spices – chili powder, garlic salt, salt, pepper, etc.

Please place items in the grocery cart in the entryway. Thank you!

Conversation with the Elders

Sunday, October 13 – Immediately following the service

• 2024 Budget review
• Meet those on the ballot for Elder Team and Finance Team

All Church Lunch

Sunday, October 20 at 11:30am

Everyone is invited. Please sign-up here so we can plan.

Membership Meeting

Sunday, October 20 at 12:30pm

We will vote on Offices to be filled for 2025, Elder Team, Finance Team and the 2025 Budget. Everyone is welcome to attend. Only Members vote.

Joan Parsons, missionary with CRU, will share a devo and we’ll discuss how to love our neighbors so we can influence their families for Christ.  All ladies  7^th grade and older are invited to this time of food, fellowship and faith. We will be in the Gathering Area. If you have questions, contact Dee, 937.456.5507.
 

Show me your ways, O Lord…guide me in your truth…. Psalm 25:4,5

Dear friends and family,
The new school year is in full swing at Hope Academy of The Bronx
(www.bhof.org/hopeacademy/). This year’s theme is Focus to Flourish, and we are focusing on learning, literacy, and love in order to flourish as God’s image-bearers and maturing scholars. We thank God for bringing both new teachers and new scholars this fall. First semester, Karen is teaching three classes: Economics & Consumer Math to seniors, Geometry to juniors and sophomores, and Math to
some of the middle school boys. Please pray for wisdom and stamina!

Dirk returned to Florida the middle of August to continue working in person with a Haitian colleague on the Orbit Braille device. Mario is developing skills for reading and writing Braille in the stand-alone mode as well asusing the device to operate his smartphone and navigate the Internet. Each trip involves a short meeting to go over the plan for the visit, a full day of instruction, and a final meeting to debrief, wrap up loose ends, and plan for the next visit.

When he gets back to The Bronx, Dirk is usually able to work through Orbit operating issues on the phone with Mario as they come up. Each of them has an Orbit, and they go through the lessons together. It is great to hear the joy in Mario’s voice as he accomplishes different tasks like locating various books and Bible verses, making lists, taking notes, organizing data, etc. Some things are still more challenging to get through when Dirk isn’t in Florida to see Mario’s work as he is doing it. Please pray that the difficulties encountered when using The Orbit Teacher app in Kreyol will be resolved soon so that Dirk will be able to see what Mario is doing on his Orbit when they are not able to work together in person.

Dirk is using Scripture materials as examples in teaching how to operate the Orbit. This is an encouragement to Mario who appreciates easy access to books of the Bible and also to Dirk who is able to select from the many Braille Scripture files that he has formatted over the years as well as those he is currently preparing. A new digital Braille project in the works is the transcription from print to Braille of a Haitian Kreyol dictionary that can be downloaded onto Braille displays like the Orbit. Dirk is in contact with someone who has done this in English and who is looking to include other languages in the project. Your prayers are appreciated as Dirk applies what he has learned from his work with Mario and others. Thank you for praying that these projects using assistive Braille technology will be helpful to people in Haiti who are blind.

In Christ,
Dirk and Karen

Personal: Dirk & Karen Martin Eaton Community Church 813 Camden Rd. Eaton, OH 45320 dirkandkaren@yahoo.com
Mission: Mission Quest, PO Box 4602, Wheaton, IL 60189 http://www.missionquest.org
Please use our account #187 (and NOT our name) when making donations through Mission Quest: https://missionquest.org/187
According to IRS guidelines, all donations are made to Mission Quest. Mission Quest must maintain sole control and discretion over the use of the funds one a tax-deductible receipt is issued. Tax-deductible gifts are non-refundable.

All Church Lunch & Membership Meeting

Sunday, October 20

• Lunch at 11:30. Everyone is welcome. Please sign your family up for lunch.
• Meeting at 12:30. All are welcome to attend. Only members vote.

Conversation with the Elders

Sunday, October 13 – Immediately following the service

• 2024 Budget review
• Meet those on the ballot for Elder Team and Finance Team

Men’s Breakfast

Saturday, October 12 (Not October 5), in Rm 10, 8-9am. Doors open at 7:30am

Toby Salyers will be sharing the unique path that he took for God’s story to intersect with his story.

1st Wednesday – October 2, 6-8pm

Dinner at 6pm. Everyone is invited! Our time will include a meal, multi-generational activities, and age specific breakouts.

Conversation with the Elders

Sunday, October 13 – Immediately following the service

This conversation will include a review of the 2025 Budget and an opportunity to meet those on the ballots for Elder Team and Finance Team.

All Church Lunch and Membership Meeting

Sunday, October 20

Lunch at 11:30am – Sign up for lunch and to bring a dessert at the Kiosk.

Meeting at 12:30pm – Everyone is welcome to attend. Only members vote.

Operation Christmas Child

Multiple ways to participate:

• Donate $ for shipping and other project costs
• Bring items – Wow items needed (Ideas at the table)
• Pack a box and return it to the table (Empty boxes at the table)
• Help at out Packing Party on Wednesday, November 6