OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD (DEADLINE THIS SUNDAY)*
Operation Christmas Child shoebox collection runs thru November 17. Shipping and handling is $10 per box.
Remember, DO NOT PUT CANDY OR TOOTHPASTE in the boxes You can make your own complete box or donate ‘needed items’ for the missions committee to use as they assemble boxes.
NEEDED ITEMS: baby dolls, stuffed animals, small cars & trucks, pencil holders, scissors, large erasers, washcloths, Kleenex, hair brushes
NEW SUGGESTED ITEMS: reusable water bottles, tennis balls, bandaids, sewing kits, bright thread, office & notebook paper, plastic cups, eating utensils, chalk, little ponytail holders
REMEMBER THAT THESE ITEMS MUST FIT IN A SHOEBOX!
There is a DVD available if any groups would like to view it. If interested, see Janey Stinnett.
Financial donations are greatly appreciated also.
As always, this mission project is in memory of Jackie Johnson.
2024 CHALLENGE: Remember our goal of 100 more shoeboxes than last year!! (Last year, we did 180.) Together we can reach or exceed 280!!! ****What a wonderful way to celebrate our Meeting’s 100th anniversary!!****
SHOEBOX COLLECTION SITE
We are a Drop Off site during the National Collection week—Nov. 18-25. If you would like to volunteer, call Janey Stinnett at 336-819-0297.
LOADING HELP NEEDED on Monday, November 25 at 10am as the cartons are loaded on a truck.
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION COMMITTEE will meet this Sunday after worship in the fellowship hall.
USFW Quaker Women will be touring the Underground Railroad at Guilford College on Monday at 10:30am. We will leave the church at 9:30am and will enjoy lunch in Greensboro after the 90 minute tour. Anyone is welcome to join us. Please let Gayle Lambeth know if you would like to go.
MISSIONS COMMITTEE will meet on Tuesday at 6:00pm in the fellowship hall to work on Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes.
OPEN DOOR is THIS coming Wednesday, November 20 (Homeless Shelter)
The sign-up sheet for volunteers is located on the bulletin board with all the pictures. The third Wednesday of the month AFM furnishes meals for Open Door. We do the preparation in our Family Life Ctr. Kitchen and transport meals to the Open door facility. We need 4 volunteers to help put together the to go boxes. Volunteers come at 4PM and it takes about an hour to put the meals together. No cooking is involved, just putting the boxes together. If you would like to help, just sign up. Thank you! David Spell
CHOIR PRACTICE will be Wednesday at 6:30pm.
YOUNG FRIENDS—PreK to 12th grade
Young Friends will meet next Sunday, November 24, from 4:30-5:45pm
Dropoff and pick up on FLC (Family Life Center) side.
Questions—feel free to reach out to Heather Thompson
POINSETTIA ORDERS are being taken! See the order form in the bulletin for price and how to order. A special insert will be in the bulletin on cantata Sunday, December 22, showing those being honored and remembered.
KIDS' MINISTRY
The kids ministry sign up sheet is posted outside Rodney's office.
We have openings for Sunday School and Children’s church volunteers.
You can volunteer for Sunday School or Children’s Church OR both! THANKS!
QUAKER MEN NEWS
December 14—Kids Christmas Cheer Shopping
We need shoppers and wrappers. (EVERYONE is welcome!)
SHOPPERS will meet in the Family Life Center (gym lot) at 9:00am, leaving at 9:15am.
Then head to Walmart in the van or individual cars.
We will meet at the registers at 10:45am and be back at the church by 11:30am for wrapping.
Paper and tape will be supplied, but wrappers can bring their favorite scissors. Wrapping will take place in the Family Life Center and we will NOT be serving lunch.
WRAPPERS will meet at the Family Life Center at 11:00am.
If you would like to shop for a child but want to go on your own, reach out to Steve Lambeth at 336-888-8632.
December 21 - Christmas Breakfast with Friends—More details soon!
LOOKING FOR GIFT IDEAS FOR CHURCH FAMILY & FRIENDS?
ANNIVERSARY TUMBLERS and ORNAMENTS for SALE
We have a limited number of 24oz. tumblers (cups) and wooden Christmas ornaments with an image of the Meetinghouse on it that are wonderful keepsakes of our Meeting’s anniversary this year!
Each item is $10 each and if you would like to purchase one, see Herb Andrews. Make checks out to AFM.
ARCHDALE FRIENDS MEETING
100 Year Anniversary Notes
Archdale Friends: Feeding the Community
“Then Jesus declared, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.’ “ John 6:35
“For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.” 1 Timothy 4:4
Through the years, Archdale Friends has been known for great cooks and the many meals and dinners that have been served. These include the John Archdale Sunday School Steak Suppers, Spaghetti Suppers by the Isaac Harris class, Chili Cook-offs, Pinto Bean Suppers, Fish Frys, Chicken Pie Dinners and Valentine’s Day Breakfasts. In the 1980s, Archdale Friends Meeting compiled and published a cookbook filled with members’ favorite recipes.
For years, meals were provided before the Monthly Meetings of Business on Wednesday evenings. And every fall, a Homecoming carry-in lunch has been held on the grounds.
Currently, Quaker Men sponsor and host a Pancake Breakfast in the Spring and a Community Christmas Breakfast during the holiday season. The Missions Committee is famous for its Soup and Salad Bar lunches and Quaker Women are known for their Chicken Noodle and Vegetable soups.
Even before the Archdale Quakers became an official Meeting, they were cooking for and feeding the community as can be read in the article below from the October 26, 1922 High Point Enterprise.
HAVE CHICKEN SUPPER
Members of the Woman’s auxiliary of the Archdale Friends church will serve a delicious chicken supper at the schoolhouse in Archdale on Friday evening, 6 to 10 o’clock. An elaborate menu will be prepared and table decorations will suggest the season of All Hallows.
A bazaar of fancy work and canned fruits and jellies will be a feature of the Halloween function. Cakes, candies and ice cream will be sold.
Proceeds from the supper will go to the work of the auxiliary. Tickets sell for 50 cents.
