Pray for our Missions and Missionaries
The Fort Street Presbyterian Church Open Door Ministry has had the privilege of serving the Poor and Homeless in Downtown Detroit for over 35 years! Every Thursday we open our doors to serve a hearty meal to over 400 people who are homeless or cannot afford food. Also, each person leaves with sandwiches for later in the day. During the last year, 21,000 meals were served to homeless and poor people. In addition, clothing, showers, medical services, and haircuts are available. A social worker provides counseling for assistance benefits. Job postings are made available in the local area. Read more about Open Door on their web site athttp://www.fortstreet.org/Open%20Door/overview.html.
Prayer Chain
If you have any requests for our Prayer Chain, please email them to prayerchain@genevachurch.org. If you do not have access to email, you may phone your requests to our Prayer Chain Coordinator, Kurt Cross, at 313-532-3984, or to the church office at 734-459-0013.
Here’s What’s Happening at Geneva
You may sign up for any of the following programs by replying to this e-mail or contacting the person listed in the announcement or by phoning the church office at 734-459-0013. Access the updated Geneva activity calendar anytime by logging onto the Geneva web site at genevachurch.org and clicking on the “calendar” button.
Blood Drive
The next Geneva-St. Michael’s blood drive will be held at Geneva on Monday, July 26 from 2:30 – 8:00 pm. Please make your appointment by contacting Blood Drive Coordinator Kay Sousa at 734-772-2990.
Quilts for the Homeless
ATTENTION ALL PEOPLE WHO SEW! Anyone interested in sewing a quilt (it's easy) please contact Charlene @ 734-981-3053. Sewing can be done at home or at church.
Tues July 20th, Quilt tying, 1pm to 4:30pm with Grace Morgan. Come as you can. No supplies needed.
Wed July 21st – Collating, 1pm-3:30pm and 6 pm - 8 pm. with Charlene, Grace, and Cheryl.
Wed July 28th – Collating & tying, 6:30pm to 8:30 pm with Charlene and Grace.
Wed Aug 4th, Quilting continues, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm with Charlene and Cheryl.
Intergenerational Outreach/Mission Day – ALL AGES INVITED
The Wayne County Family Center on Michigan Avenue in Wayne is the site of our next intergenerational outreach/mission day. Saturday, July 24th, from 10am -- ??pm we will join with the residents of the WCFC for a few hours of work, sharing, a meal, and fun. The families may include children of all ages from infants through teenagers.
· 10am – Time to repair some old and build some new picnic tables, repair the basketball area, and do some general playground improvement/clean-up (you will be contacted about tools needed.
· 12pm -- ?? – Time for a picnic with burgers and dogs on the grill (provided by the Local Mission Team) and a potluck of whatever sides and desserts everyone wants to bring. Outdoor activities and games for all ages and abilities will follow the picnic. Please bring donations of new and/or gently used outdoor games/toys to use and leave. Come for any or all of the day! If you can’t come at all, donations of outdoor games/toys are needed and will be collected at Geneva from July 4 through July 22.
Contact Dawn Christenson, Local Mission Elder at 734-397-1484.
Mission to the USA – MUSA
Geneva has been selected to participate in this year’s Synod of the Covenant’s Mission to the USA Program, September 29 – October 27. You may remember our participation in this program previously when Nikolai Devyatkin was the missionary/visiting pastor from Russia. This year’s missionaries are from the Middle East. We will be welcoming the Reverend Afshar Beshay, senior pastor of Maadi Evangelical Church Cairo, Egypt. Ashfar’s church is a Presbyterian church of the Synod of the Nile. We will be sharing more information in the next few weeks and asking for your assistance so that everyone will have an opportunity to learn from and share hospitality with Ashfar during his time with us.
Toddler Care assistance needed for the summer worship schedule
Adult and youth assistants are needed to watch over our little ones in the toddler room during worship this summer. Sign up for a week(s) on the bulletin board across from the sanctuary. A Ministry with Minors application is required for adults, contact Cindy Revezzo or Meg Wilson if you need an application.
Just Coffee order
We will be ordering Just Coffee again this month to be delivered on Sunday, August 1. Orders must be received by July 20. There will be some extra coffee ordered, but if you want to make sure you get what you want, please place your order on the sign-up in the Sunday bulletin or contact Barb Fichtenberg at 734-981-4205. Due to an increase in shipping costs (50 cents per lb.), a pound of regular coffee is now $9 and a pound of decaf is $10.
An Amazing Opportunity
Michigan Roundtable is honored and truly excited to offer this opportunity for open and honest dialogue on stories of racial healing. On Friday, July 30 at 7pm, authors Plyllis A. and Eugene F. Unterschuetz will be offering a live reading of their book, Longing: Stories of Racial Healing followed by dialogue. Longing is a white couple's personal account of a journey that pulled them out of their comfortable notions about race and into the lives of people of African descent, where they faced their greatest challenge---their own racial conditioning. Please bring guests. The reading is open to the public.
