TURNING POINT YOUTH GROUP KICKOFF
September 8 at 6:30 pm
Bring a friend and enjoy a cookout, games & fun activities!
Hamburgers & hot dogs will be provided
Youth are requested to bring a dish to share
The Youth After-School Program will begin on September 9th from 2:30 – 5:30 pm, Monday through Thursday. Bring a friend, bring your homework, just hang out!
PARENTS PLEASE NOTE:
Parents’ Meeting – September 15 at 7:00 pm.
TOPIC: Youth program and overview of events for the year.
Do you recognize this card?
(Of course you do, it’s in the bulletin every Sunday!)
Why should you fill out this card (front & back)?
On Back to Church Sunday, fill out your Connection Card and you may win a prize in a drawing just for being here and filling out your card!
There will be a drawing at all 3 services!
On Saturday September 21st, participate in a 5K Peanut Butter Run Against Hunger fun run and walk at Lake Fairfax Park in Reston. The event will raise money and food for LINK, a Loudoun County based food bank, to distribute to hungry families in the Reston, Chantilly, Sterling, Ashburn, and Herndon areas. Cost of admission? 2 jars of Peanut Butter & $4 or 3 jars of Peanut Butter & $10 per family.
The 5K race begins at 9:00 with a kids-dash at 10:00. Pre-register at pbrunagainsthunger@gmail.com
About LINK:
Providing emergency food to local people in need is the primary mission of LINK. Every month they deliver food to approximately 50-60 qualifying families and many more during the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays. LINK also makes food deliveries to other support organizations whenever possible, including the Embry Rucker Shelter, Good Shepherd Alliance Shelters, The Closet, William Waters House, and the Herndon Neighborhood Resource Center.
Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September celebrating the economic and social contributions of workers.
The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, 1883.
In 1884 the first Monday in September was selected as the holiday, as originally proposed, and the Central Labor Union urged similar organizations in other cities to follow the example of New York and celebrate a “workingmen’s holiday” on that date. The idea spread with the growth of labor organizations, and in 1885 Labor Day was celebrated in many industrial centers of the country.
It was first nationally recognized in 1894 to placate unionists following the Pullman Strike. With the decline in union membership, the holiday is generally viewed as a time for barbecues and the end of summer vacations – and time to go back to school in Fairfax County.
The Book Lovers Group will meet Sunday, September 8 at 7:00 PM in the home of Sherry West.
Our book this month is a New York Times Best Seller that is a wonderfully written, dramatic, and engaging Christian fiction.
Come join us for an interesting evening of discussion and fellowship. For more information or directions, please contact Sherry West.
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