October 2015

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

3
5:30pm
Baseball
Game

8
9
12pm Brown
Bag Bible
Study

10

16

17
7:30am
Mens
Breakfast

23

24

Trust
Lord
7

13

14

15

11am Staff
Meeting
6:30pm Board
of Directors

9:30am Blessings in
a Backpack
5:30pm Saguaro
Ringers
7pm Sanctuary
Choir
8pm Shelter

12pm Brown
Bag Bible Study
1pm Deborah
Womens Group
7pm Rebecca

World Communion
Sunday
10am POWOW
Meeting
10am Christian
Education
12pm Elders Meeting

10:30am
Quilters
7pm Faith
Based
Recovery

11

12

10am Christian
Education
12:15pm
Primavera
Breakfast Group

4:30am
Primavera
Breakfast
7pm Faith
Based Recovery

18

19

10am Christian
Education
12:15pm
Primavera
Breakfast Group
Clergy Retreat

4:30am Primavera
Breakfast
10:30am Quilters
7pm Faith Based
Recovery

20
21
22
9:30am
Blessings
in
Rev. Owen
11am Staff
a Backpack
Army Duty
Meeting P R O5:30pm
V E Saguaro
RBS 3:5-6
Ringers
6:30pm SOL 7pm Sanctuary
Team
Choir

25

26
7pm Faith
Based
10am Christian
Education Mary Recovery
Alice Do

in the

Sat

1
2
12pm Brown
Bag Bible
Study

6
11am Staff
Meeting
6:30pm
Knitters

9:30am Blessings in
a Backpack
5:30pm Saguaro
Ringers
7pm Sanctuary
Choir
8pm Shelter

Fri

Chi Rho and

CYF Retreats

8pm Shelter

27
11am Staff
Meeting
4pm DWM
Board

28
9:30am Blessings in
a Backpack
5:30pm Saguaro
Ringers
7pm Sanctuary
Choir
8pm Shelter

29
30
12pm Brown
Bag Bible
Study

31
6pm Trunk or
Treat

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION Christian education series on justice: For the first three Sundays in October, the adult Christian education class will be exploring the concept of justice in the Bible. If you would like to join the discussion, we
will be in the Saguaro room from 10 am - 11 am.
YOU ARE INVITED Friday, October 2, 2015 at 6:30pm. Be a part of an exciting event celebrating the PAST and the
FUTURE of Saguaro Christian Church. An endowment fund is being established through the Christian Church Foundation to honor the legacy of Pastoral Excellence of former Senior Ministers of Saguaro Christian Church. All former
Senior Ministers will be with us for this evening of celebration except our first pastor, Rev. Ray Hite, and he looks
forward to being with us very soon. We will honor the ministry of Rev. Dr. Clayton Gooden, Rev. Dr. Denny Williams, Rev. Deborah Morgan-Stokes, and Rev. Bill Dunbar with a program in the Sanctuary at 6:30pm. A reception
will follow on the patio with time to visit with the honorees and with each other. (Our former pastors from out of
town will have to leave on Saturday and they are looking forward to seeing you!) More information will be available
about this fund, but you won't want to miss this celebration of the gifts and leadership of our former pastors.
TUCSON PRIDE Every year, Saguaro participates in the Pride Parade and the Pride in the Desert festival. If you would
like to walk with us in the parade on Saturday, October 10 from 6 pm - 7 pm, please let Shelly know. If you would
like to sit at Saguaro's booth for an hour or two at Pride in the Desert on Saturday, October 17, again, let Shelly
know. We will be doing what we did last year - painting faces and having tons of fun!
CHI RHO & CYF RETREATS Saturday, October 24 Sunday, October 25, Saguaro will be hosting the youth retreats.
We are in need of some folks willing to assist with providing and serving meals and snacks for these groups. Meals
include lunch and dinner on Saturday and breakfast on Sunday. Snack will be Saturday night. Meals are reimbursable through the Region. Please see Laurie Cleveland or call or email the church office for more detailed information.
REGISTRATION AVAILABLE for Chi Rho and CYF Retreats! Retreats will both be here at Saguaro October 24-25.
Cost is $25. Please turn your forms into the church office by October 19.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MINUTES If you would like minutes from any SCC Board of Directors meeting, they are available through the office as the Board makes sends them in. Please call or email Laurie Cleveland and she will email
or print a copy for you.
TRUNK OR TREAT Come join us Saturday, October 31 from 6-8pm for Trunk or Treat! We need volunteers and
trunks, trunks, trunks! Last year we had at least 400 visitors from our community enjoy safe trick or treating, food ,
games and a bounce house. Lets have a great time again!
CROP WALK This years Crop Walk to Fight Hunger will be on Sunday afternoon, November 1st. The need is abundantly clear especially this year with refugees in Europe and homeless and hunger in our own community. As Saguaro focuses our Mission to confront these issues, the Crop Walk is a way to demonstrate your resolve to walk and
raise money to support the efforts of Church World Services and local Charities in Servicing the need. As the Pope
just said, the yard stick that we use to measure others, is the yardstick that measures us as well.

Please Remember in Prayer

Barbara Miranda
Bob Purvis
Helen Ellis

The Larson Family

Cece Terry
Ruth Harmon

8:00
7
7
9
10
9

9:00
25
45
48
46
46

Fran Johnson
Dave Cox
Stu Bagwell

Kia Meyer

Financials

Attendance for August

2nd
9th
16th
23rd
30th

Ed Rickgauer
Clayton Gooden
Marilyn Prince

11:00
92
111
89
87
89

Income
Expenses
Income/(Loss)

August 15
29,054
32,456
($ 3,402)

2015 (YTD)
265,429
263,225
$ 2,204