September thoughts

I write to you today in the midst of a wonderfully exciting time for The Way. I hope this message finds you well. As summer ends and everyone settles into a fall schedule, The Way gears up for a time of celebration as we approach our first significant mile-marker as a church-family, our one-year-anniversary! Can you believe it...? We will be celebrating this important accomplishment on Sunday, September 19th. We have some special plans in the works to help make this service a special occassion. We hope that you'll make every effort to attend.

A few other important items of note are as follows:
1) Wednesday, September 8th we will be joining Latrobe First Church of God at their facility by the McDonald's on Jefferson St. in Latrobe for an evening of prayer through music led by Artist David Nevue. This event is one of a kind and free of charge. Mark your calendars!

2) Our food bank ministry has officially kicked off and is in full swing. Our distribution times are Thursday evenings from 5pm-6pm at The Mozart House. This ministry is still in need of helping hands to adequately serve the hungry of our city. Are you interested in assisting with these efforts? If so, please contact Karen Hough at karhough@comcast.net for more information.

3) We are currently working diligently building partnerships in our community to establish regular sources of food to distribute on Thursdays going forward. We are excited about the way these conversations are developing to date, but in the meantime we are in need of your personal assistance to build up our food bank inventory. In short, we are asking everyone to check their own pantries for excess non-perishable food items that they may be able to donate to The Way. Also, we are being blessed by some friends of The Way who are holding food drives at their schools and places of business to help with this effort. Could you assist in that manner? Could you simply buy a bag of groceries and bring it to our worship gathering this Sunday? Every little bit helps. The items most needed are canned fruits, canned veggies, and canned meats.

Thanks so much for your continued prayer and generosity to this ministry. God is doing powerful things in our midst, and certainly the best is yet to come. I look forward to seeing you soon.

Grace and Peace be with you.