  Due to the increases in gas prices this summer, Jeff’s Flowers has been unable to waive their delivery fee for their altar arrangements. As such, the price to order a bouquet from them has gone up from $50 to around $60. However, we have now secured a second option for purchasing alter arrangements, April’s Flowers. April’s is located in Yorktown, instead of Newport News, and was therefore able to cut their delivery fee by half. For more information about how to order flowers or their prices, contact Kay O’Bierne or contact the church office. April’s is set to provide our arrangement for Sunday, August 14th if you’d like to see an example of their flowers.
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  After a short summer break, the Ethel Story Bible Study will resume meetings Wednesday, August 10. We meet every Wednesday at 9:30 -11:45 a.m. at Linda Queens home, 500 Meadowfield Road in Edgehill Subdivision. We are finishing up a study Follow Me by David Platt and will soon be picking a new study to start in September. Please come join us.
 Our Art With Heart Camp began on Monday 8/8. We are so blessed to have 33 campers, 29 of whom are not from Crooks. We are indeed reaching children in the community, which is our goal.
We have a few items we need if any of you could loan them: Mens suspenders, toy hatchet, clear sealer for wood, heavy duty tarps for the floor, stuffed animal snake, hamster, and monkey. We also need sturdy picnic table benches. If you have any of these things and can loan them for 2 weeks, please bring them to the fellowship hall this Sunday and leave them near the stage. Label them with your name so we can return them on Sunday 8/21. Also you are invited to our musical camp production of ‘Captain Noah and the One and Only Zoo Cruise for Twos’ at 7pm on Friday 8/19 in the fellowship hall. Cake and lemonade to follow. See you there!   Pastor B has expressed a desire for laity to lead the beginning of worship, including the Welcome and Call to Worship. You'll be provided with all the announcements and the prayer in the week prior to when you signed up. If you'd like to volunteer, you can do so through Sign Up Genius HERE.
  Pastor B would like to get to know the Congregation, so over the next few months he’ll be scheduling visits with those interested. He’s available to meet in his office at the church or make house calls. If you’d like to schedule such a visit and get to know him, you can choose a meeting time HERE or you can put your name down on the sign up sheet in the Narthex to schedule a time for your meeting.
 As you heard earlier this week, Cook Road has been partially closed from Route 17 to Falcon Road. You are still able to get to the church by going through a gap in the closure signs if you turn onto Cook Road from Route 17. There are varrying estimates of how long the closure will last, but it could be anywhere from a few weeks to the end of October.
If you would prefer to worship online until the road reopens, you can do so through our Facebook and YouTube pages.   This year's CROP Walk will take place on October 16th, so mark your calendars!
What is the CROP Hunger Walk?
Special thanks to our Youth Group, who have agreed to lead our church's CROP Walk Team this year! |
