Let’s Connect

Join us on Sunday, December 3rd from 4-6 pm for our annual advent event which is back to happening in person this year! You’re invited to explore a variety of stations at your leisure. Stations will include dinner from Noodles & Company, crafts, and a Story Walk with a nativity petting zoo, too! We’re looking forward to our time together; please invite your friends to join us! We are looking for volunteers to staff each station, join the kitchen team, and help with setup and cleanup. Please contact one of our coordinators, Xan Morgan, Christina Alaniz, Julia Cooper if you would like to help in this way.

The December school vacation is very tough on low-income families because children are not in school to receive their breakfast and lunch so more food is needed at home.  The families at Hikone have been so grateful because your donations help them take care of their children and possibly have enough to also buy gifts for the holidays. We will spend the month of November (through December 3) collecting food and supplies.

Each year we decorate the Sanctuary with poinsettias in honor/memory of those we love for the Christmas season. Poinsettias are $20.00 each. The deadline to order is Wednesday, Dec 6. You are welcome to take your poinsettia home with you after the Lessons and Carol service on Christmas Eve or the worship service on Christmas morning.

Our week of hosting the Overnight Rotating Shelter is December 11-18. There are 3 volunteer opportunities each night: 1 evening shift (6:30-10:00p) and 2 overnight shifts (6:30p-7:30a and 8:30p-9:00a). The overnight volunteers will each host an overnight shift (~4 hrs) and sleep for a shift (~4 hours). Serving for the first time and want to be paired with someone who has done it before? Let us know and we will schedule you with an experienced partner.

We invite you to join us in giving thanks for all the resources — spiritual, theological, physical, and financial — that support our work together. Your generosity is a meaningful expression of your faith in God and commitment to God’s work. We invite you to complete your pledge card online. Hardcopy pledge cards will be  available on Sunday mornings at church.

The Gathering, our campus ministry led by Pastor Paul, meets each Tuesday evening for dinner and conversation. Our hope is to support this ministry by providing dinner – home-cooked or otherwise! Please choose a date that works for you to provide a meal. We currently have 16 people attending! Of those gathered, one is vegetarian and one is vegan. The whole meal does not have to be vegetarian/vegan, but please keep them in mind as you are able. Dinners should be dropped off ready to serve by 5:15p. Contact Paul (734.663.9376) when you arrive.

Many ministry partners help make the Sunday mornings happen! Sign up to greet, usher, and/or set up and clean up Fellowship Time.

Questions about greeting, connect with Xan Morgan (xan@fbca2.org)
Questions about ushering, connect with Cesar Alaniz (calaniz@umich.edu).
Questions about hosting Fellowship Time, connect with Mary Davis (marydavis1956@gmail.com) or Sue Ellen Glover (gloverse@hotmail.com).

Communion is served on the first Sunday of each month at FBCA2. Each Communion Sunday, we need 6 people to partner with Pastors Stacey and Paul to distribute communion. For more information about the specific roles and responsibilities click here: Communion Instructions.

Have questions? Connect with Board of Worship member, Cesar Alaniz (calaniz@umich.edu).

It is a treat to have flowers for worship! Would you like to help make this happen? If so, choose a Sunday, share in the comment who you’d like to honor (or give thanks for) with the flowers which will be included in the bulletin, and then bring a bouquet of flowers to church on Sunday morning by 9:40. Questions? Connect with Maryann Bowen, chair of Board of Worship (mb_bowen@comcast.net).

Youth, you are an important part of our worshiping community! 6th through 12th graders are invited to acolyte once a month or every other month.

We are in need of volunteers to help cook or serve a hot meal on the third Thursday of each month at Hope Clinic in Ypsilanti. Interested? Contact Karen Rayner or simply sign up!. No experience required and ALL are welcome (friends, family, colleagues…). Why not sign up for a time with a friend? Volunteers must be 12 or older.