It may be October, but the snow falling yesterday sure made it feel like it's closer to Christmas time. I wanted to remind you of special events coming up at Crestview as the holiday season approaches. November 18 - Commitment Sunday. Crestview will be going to one worship service every Sunday at 9:30AM beginning on November 18. On Commitment Sunday, you will

be encouraged to commit to the amount of resources and time you will give at Crestview during 2019. We encourage everyone to turn in their commitment card! November 25 - Hanging of the Greens and Chrismon Sunday. During worship, we will hang the greens, learn about Chrismons, the meaning of these signs and symbols, and how they are a part of practicing prepa-ration during the season of Advent. During Sunday School, everyone will be invited down to the fellowship hall to help make the Chrismons that will hang in the sanctuary through the Christmas season. Due to low attendance, there will not be a Blue Christmas service this year. However, we will still set up a Memory Tree in the sanctuary - anyone who has recently lost a loved one is invited to bring an ornament to hang on the tree in remembrance. (If you want to get your ornament back, please make sure that it is clearly marked with your name.) December 1 - Church Bazaar. I hope you are already working on crafts for the church's annual Bazaar. (I have a scarf or two in progress!) This is a wonderful way to kick off the holiday season, enjoy some delicious cookies and holiday treats, and start some early Christmas shopping. December 9 - Children's Program. The kids of Crestview will share a Christmas program with us during worship. This is always a delightful event, and you don't want to miss seeing our amazing kids leading us through the Christmas story. December 16 - Cantata. The choir has already begun working hard on this year's Christmas cantata. As we continue to journey through Advent, the cantata will help us to prepare for the coming of Christ and the com-ing of Christmas. December 24 - Christmas Eve. Worship will be at 5PM on the evening of Christmas Eve. All children present will be invited to participate by wearing costumes and coming forward as remember the Christmas story (no rehearsals required!) This was a huge success last year, and we look forward to amazing participa-tion again this year. This service will also include singing Christmas Carols/Hymns, a Christmas Eve sermon, and of course, the sharing of the light of Christ through candlelight. Blessings, Pastor Kara 1

“Looking to Jesus, the Pioneer and Perfector of our faith.” Hebrews 12: 2 “The Crestviewer” is published monthly by: Volume 2018, Issue 10 October 17, 2018

Crestview United Methodist Church 2245 SW Eveningside Dr. Topeka, KS 66614 Phone: (785) 272-3676 or 272-3702 Fax: (785) 271-9551 E-mail: crestviewumc@gmail.com Web address: cumctopeka.org We are also on Facebook; search for us by our name. Office Hours: Monday - Friday: 9:00a-12:30p /1:00p-2:30p

Senior Pastor: Kara Eidson

Organist: Connie Roth

Custodian: Tony Romero

Nursery Director: Vicki Durr

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Financial Secretary: Michele Turley

Asst. Financial Secretary: Marilynn Hiegert

Music Director: Jennifer Bahr-Slocum

Secretary/Treasurer: Terresa Mountain

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It’s Your Business: Our financial status through Sept. 30, 2018 Bank Balance: $ 55,684.94 Designated Funds: $ 57,310.81 General Funds: $ (1,625.87) ‘18 Mission Shares {assigned $25,441.00} paid for 2018: $ 3,800.87 Total unpaid Mission Shares for 2018 $ 21,640.13

2018 - Mission Shares assigned: $ 25,441 / Budget: $ 190,153 = $ 215,594 Total Needed

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Keenagers will meet on Friday, November 9, at noon for lunch and program. Patrick Lowry of Kansas Health Institute will speak about public health issues and the new pock-et park honoring Dr. Crumbine, the famous former director who invented the paper cup for sanitation on railroad cars. Guests are welcome. Reservations for the lunch, which is $7, can be made through callers or the of-fice by Tues. morning the 6th. November Hosts are: Oleta Schafer, and Tom & Elouise Miller. Devotions: Lois Fowler Keenagers is an organization of members and friends of the Crestview United Methodist Church. Membership shall be open to anyone fifty-five years of age or older. Keenag-ers’ purpose is to provide social and spiritual support, Christian fellowship, and a “sense of belonging” for older members and friends of our Church. The aim is to advance the total program of the evangelistic approach.

Please note: We are refreshing the prayer requests on the white board in the office and in the weekly bulletin & newsletter. Prayer requests will be renewed every 2 weeks with the exception of ongoing critical needs. We hope this keeps us updated and brings our attention to new requests. Thank you. Pastor Kara

Death: Jim Ditzler (10/2/18); Jo Dameron (10/6) Ongoing Concerns: George Powell, Mary Johnson, Helen Turner, John & Marilyn Marye, Ron & Jean Schultz, Lois Fowler, Robert & Kathy Singer, Patsy Hubbard, Bob MacLeay, Judy Balocca

Our Men and Women currently serving in the Military: Matt Thompson; JoAnn Montgomery’s grand-son, (Jacob Crawshaw); Rick & Laura Anderson’s son (Matt Anderson); Vera Hrabak’s grandsons (Jared Hrabak, Joshua Roe & Bruce Hrabak, Jr.); Oleta Schafer’s grandsons (Matt Cavanaugh & Ben Tressler) & Doris Henderson’s grandson (Sterling Williams)

Thursday, Nov. 15th, is the deadline for the December 2018 Crestviewer.

WHAT MAKES UP A CLIENT FOOD ORDER AT DOORSTEP??? Doorstep, Inc. strives to pro-vide a well rounded food order for our clients. The food is selected to put “meals” together and last for 5 days, 3 meals a day. The following is a list of food we need to fill those orders: Macaroni & Cheese Egg Noodles Pinto Beans Rice Spaghetti Spaghetti Sauce Canned Fruit Canned Tuna Canned Soups Canned Vegetables Tomato Corn Chicken Noodle Green Beans Vegetable Peas Ramen Noodles Pork ‘n Beans Milk—Canned/Powdered Crackers Cereal—Hot/Dry Peanut Butter & Jelly Per Client request: Sugar, Flour, Cake Mixes, Cooking Oil & personal care items if available.

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CHURCH OFFICE HOURS:

NOVEMBER 8 & 9

9:00A—12:30P

NOVEMBER 25 & 26 CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING

Debbie Basom, Dotty Mead, and Galen & Shirley Postier served the clients their noon meal on Tuesday, September 25. We served 246 individuals the hot meal at noon. If anyone is interested and available to help, please call Shirley @ 246-2308. The next times we are scheduled to serve is October 23 and November 27th.

I wanted to express my appreciation, and that of the other harpists (10 total!!) who were there to partici-pate in the Harpists for Peace event. We had 60-70 people there (I haven't counted for certain) and I consider it a roaring success. Once again Thank You (words are not enough) for everything you did for us. Jim, Erin, RoJean, Elizabeth, Kathy, Melody, Lilly, Rob and all the rest.

Dear friends at Crestview, thank you so much for all the lovely cards and good wishes. They met so much to me and I enjoyed opening all of them! Also enjoyed Kara’s visit. It's so nice to belong to a loving caring church. Your friend Marilyn Marye

To our Crestview friends, Thank you for all the cards, phone calls, visits & prayers. They helped and meant a lot to us. Love, Red & Helen Turner

From Dotty Mead: Thank you for all your prayers, cards and kind thoughts! I’m getting along pretty well now! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

UMW MEETINGS IN NOVEMBER: Nov. 4th 12:15p Executive Meeting (parlor) Remember your year end reports! Nov. 14th 9:30a JOY Circle (parlor) (please note time change!) 1:00p AGAPE Circle (parlor) 5:30p FAITH Circle (parlor: bring finger food to share)

And from Julia Strobel: (UMW - Journey in Giving Coordinator) We will be collecting canned & powdered milk, as well as instant potatoes & egg noodles during the month of November. Please place FOOD items only in the GREEN tubs just outside the Church Secretary’s Office. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

UPCOMING EVENTS TO KEEP IN MIND! November is “Health Kit” month to collect for Doorstep. Watch for sales or head to the Dollar stores to make your purchases of new items only please. Nov. 18: Commitment Sunday / Potluck meal following.

December brings the UMW Christmas Bazaar on Dec. 1st; Collecting cash & donations which go to support Doorstep and their Christmas Store, it’s also “Poinsettia” month (donations will go toward our 2018 Mission Shares); collecting funds for our Staff Gifts {deadline for this is Dec. 14th}; and then we’ll have our Christ-mas Eve offering.

Please know, we understand not everyone can give to everything. This list is designed to give you the time to chose and budget for which events you’d like to participate in! And as always, THANK YOU!

============================================================== From Liz Nelson, Director of Crestview Learning Center: We have been asked if we’re still needing donations of items for our daycare, and the answer is YES!!! The following is a list of items we could use on a daily basis! Paper plates, Paper cups, Construction Paper, Glue, Kleenex, Hand Soap, Glue, & Markers. Thank you so much!!!! Liz Nelson, Director

Crestview Learning Center 2245 SW Eveningside Drive (785)228-9216

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You’re invited! Topeka District You’ve read stories and heard the news about The United Methodist Church’s

upcoming special session of General Conference to address concerns around human sexuality. Join Bishop Ruben Saenz Jr. as he addresses the recent rec-

ommendation by the Council of Bishops and leads discussions on this im-

portant subject. You’re invited to come listen, learn and, most importantly, share.

Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018 3 :00 -5:00 p.m.

First UMC in Topeka 600 SW. Topeka Blvd.

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4th Helen Arthur 8th Terresa Mountain

10th John Roth Taylor Smith

Kendra Smith Connor Smith

Drake Voorhees 11th Teresa Tuchscherer

12th Verne Dow 13th Elizabeth Driver

18th Joanne Dow 19th Laurie Pigg

21st Shaun Schmidt 22nd Joshua Miller

Thomas Schmidt 23rd Aaron Briggs

Jim Voelzke 24th Keagan Downing

27th Jennifer Shofe Jenna Felsburg

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Doorstep Newsletter Article November, 2018 First, I want to thank everyone who helped to make our inaugural Neighbor Helping Neighbor Walk/5K Run a success. We were able to raise $6,000 to help with agency expenses going into the last quarter of 2018! Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 5, 2019 for our 2nd annual event!! It is true what people say… the older you get, the faster time goes by! 2018 has flown by and we are already mak-ing plans for our Christmas Store for adopted families and individuals. This year, Doorstep will again adopt 250 households from the Christmas Bureau. There are over 775 individuals within these households, and we provide a Christmas for all. This year the Christmas Bureau will take applications for 7 days between October 22nd and November 2nd. Sign up is for our neighbors in need who cannot afford to provide a Christmas for their families. These are families and individuals who meet the federal poverty guidelines. They are working, but not making a living wage; they are disabled, they are struggling to provide the most basic of needs for their families, and need a little extra help at Christmas. Our Christmas Store is a unique experience and different from anything else we do at Doorstep! We need your help with gifts (please see page 5 for our list of needs), monetary donations to purchase the food, and volunteers to help during the five day process. The Store is such an uplifting experience, and you cannot help but feel good about your time spent volunteering there! Please mark your calendars for December 9th – 13th, and watch for our flyers on specific days and times for volun-teering. Doorstep’s Christmas Store is possible each year in large part because of the generosity of our member congregations and their members. Neighbors helping neighbors is what Doorstep was founded on, and what we continue to do today! Lisa Cain Executive Director Doorstep, Inc. (785) 357-5341 www.DoorstepTopeka.org and Julia Marsh, Doorstep Coordinator

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PLEASE NOTE: At the Administra-tive Council meet-ing on Monday, Sept. 17th, as a Council, there was discussion, a vote

taken and the decision made that be-ginning Commitment Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018, Crestview Church will move permanently to one Worship service at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday School fol-lowing at 10:40 a.m. Please help us share this news with others!

During church Sunday, Oct. 14 the kids, using empty back packs collected money for our "Back to School" fund and they collected almost $190!!! The Education com-

mittee is changing up the way we do our Back to School event next year and we're trying to raise money throughout the year to help with the purchase of supplies next summer. We'll take 3 more special offer-ings - in January, April and July so stay tuned and thanks for your help!!! The quarters the kids put in the "tube" during Children's Sermon each Sunday will go towards the purchase of school supplies also - thanks for your continued support!

10:30a - 12:00p: Saturday, October 27!

“Trunk or Treat” along with fun activities! Rain or shine - all ages welcome. We would love to have plenty of volunteers, lots of “trunks” for kids to treat, and folks to visit with the community in general! We also need lots of CANDY donations! Those can be dropped off in the Church Office during the week. See Teresa T. to volunteer!

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CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE www.cumctopeka.org

Our e-mail address is: crestviewumc@gmail.com

We do offer our newsletter via e-mail, if you prefer to receive it that way!

Crestview Church is also on Facebook and found by searching for Crestview United Methodist Church

If you would like to be notified by e-mail when there are new prayer concerns, or if you have a prayer concern you would like others to know about, please call the Church Office at 272-3676 or e-mail your information to the Church at: Crestviewumc@gmail.com.

All e-mail addresses will be kept confidential.

2245 SW Eveningside Dr. Topeka, KS 66614-1344

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Pg. 1 From the Pastor

Pg. 2 Prayer Concerns

Updated addresses for…

Keenagers

November Office Hours

It’s your business (financial report)

Pg. 3 Thank You’s

UMW News

Crestview Learning Center news

Other Events for the Calendar

Pg. 4 November Birthdays

Doorstep News

Pg. 5 Worship Schedule change

Doorstep Christmas Store needs

Halloween Fest/Trunk or Treat

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