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Rally Sunday & Blessing of the Backpacks
August 27, 2017
Join us as we kick off the new school year! Bring your backpack to church to be blessed at any of the services. At 10:10, enjoy sundaes for Sunday School! Come sign up your kids and youth for Sunday School, eat ice cream, make giant bubbles, learn about Adult Formation classes this year, and more.
This year, we will again be collecting school supplies for Emily Hertz’s class of kindergartners at Caliber Beta Academy in Richmond, which serves a highly disadvantaged population of children. Please pick up some things from this list and bring them to the baskets in the narthex on August 27th to help these kids have a great school year too. The class needs:
– Pencils
– Erasers
– Plastic pencil boxes
– Crayons
– Markers
– Glue sticks
– Child scissors
– Dry erase markers
– Construction paper
– Washable paint
– Paint brushes
– Play dough
– Fun stickers
– Ziploc bags (gallon-size)
– Packing tape
– A good stapler
– Staples
– Index cards
– Tissues
– Paper towels
– Disinfecting wipes
– Band aids