Our partners are coming!!

CHPCers…

Our Partners are coming!! 

Four members of  the Q’eqchi’ Estoreno Izabal Presbytery in Guatemala all received visas! This is incredible.  And now, the home effort really begins in order to be ready for their visit in early October.  This partnership is not just the efforts of a few people in our midst but a commitment of our whole congregation. One of the hopes for this upcoming visit is that it gives everyone in our congregation the chance to meet and get to know and learn from and be inspired by these friends. 

So…I want to encourage each one of you to think about how you want to and can be involved in this visit.   There are many parts to play, things that need to happen for us to pull off this visit.  On Sunday a “puzzle” was unveiled on the bulletin board in the Gathering Room.  We are each challenged to pick a piece of the puzzle representing something that we can do. That might be  helping raise the money we’ll need – either with a special donation or by helping park cars this weekend during St. Joe’s picnic (details below).  Or your part in all this might be helping to organize or cook for one of the many meals or helping with transportation during their visit or attending (or helping organize) one of the special events we’ll have while they are here.  Please plan to look over the possibilities and see how you can be a part of this whole experience.  We need everyone. 

Gracias!

Jane

Needs for our parking fund raiser during the St. Joe’s picnic this Saturday:

·       Someone to supply bright-colored poster board and make five large two-sided signs to encourage folks to donate $10 toward our Guatemalan Partnership and get close in parking. Drop the signs off to the church office by 11 Saturday morning.

·       We need two more persons on the 2:30 – 5 pm shift and the 7:30 – 10 pm shifts. This would give us four on each shift to encourage parkers, collect money and direct to open spots. This is our primary fund raiser this year.