Join us Wednesday, August 7th from 6:30-7:30pm as we make “Birthdays in a Bag” for our local Blessings in a Backpack.
Blessings in a Backpack mobilizes communities, individuals, and resources to provide food on the weekends for school-aged children across America who might otherwise go hungry. Not only do they provide food for children, but our local chapter also tries to give each child in their program a birthday cake for their birthday. We will be helping them with this by putting together the pans of ingredients that they will then be able to pass on to the children.
Our goal will be to provide 100 “Birthdays in a Bag”! If you would like to donate supplies for us to pack, we need:
• Boxed cake mixes
• Tubs of icing
• Cans of Sprite (believe it or not, all you need to make a cake is a cake mix and sprite; no oil or egg needed!)
• Candles
• 9×13 foil throw away pans
Sunday, August 4th will be the last day to take donations.
This is an exciting time for the children and families of Forward to get to be a blessing to other children and families in our community. We hope you will join us in this opportunity to serve together!
Local Uptown New Albany businesses will be hosting a “Back In School Event” to benefit the community. This event will be Saturday, August 10th, held in Forward Church parking lot, from 11am-1pm. There will be several booths set up with free donations such as haircuts, health screenings, and food.
Forward Church family, come on out and support this great event and hopefully meet some neighbors.
We have LOTS of great stuff planned for this year’s retreat. Extended time together, like on these retreats, truly bond us together as a church family and so we hope you will make plans to join us for this gathering.
Fall Women’s Retreat, November 7th-9th, Abe Martin Lodge in Brown County. SPACE IS LIMITED, so stop by the Welcome Desk this weekend and pick a room. 4 person rooms are $175 and 2 person rooms are $255. This price includes 4 meals. For any questions, please reach out to Lisa Sutherland at lisa@forwardchurchfamily.com. Click on the link below to get registered for $50.
The deadline to sign up is Sunday, August 4th.
Women of Forward, helping with Breakaway meals is a great way you can get involved in the community. Each month we are honored to serve the ladies at the Breakaway house, which is located just down the road from Forward Church. Volunteers from our church provide a meal and visit for a couple of hours with the ladies that live there.
Typically we need 4-5 women to serve. So if you would be interested, please stop by the Welcome Desk and sign to help next month. For any questions, email Tonia Hatfield at Hatfield912@gmail.com.
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WANT TO BECOME A MEMBER?
If you are interested in becoming a member of Forward, contact Pastor Neil at neil@forwardchurchfamily.com!
Live Stream
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Chest Of Joash
The Chest of Joash provides an opportunity to give above and beyond the normal tithe. The money from it goes directly to work needed done on our building.
In 2 Chronicles 24 we find Joash repairing the temple and a chest was set outside of it for people to bring a tithe that was used to pay the workers restoring the temple. Verse 10 says, “And all the princes and all the people rejoiced and brought their tax and dropped it into the chest until they had finished.”
A huge THANK YOU to all of you who have joyfully donated just as the Israelite officials and people did!
You can give to the Chest of Joash by clicking the button below and selecting “Chest of Joash” in the drop down menu.
Volunteer Opportunities
1 Peter 4:10, “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace:”
We’re encouraging and challenging everyone to take the step to get connected in serving on a team with us at Forward! We have many opportunities to serve:
- forKids (Nursery, Toddlers/Twos, The Clubhouse/Pre-K, God City/K-1st, The Dig/2nd-5th)
- Propel Middle (meets Sunday mornings) and Propel High (meets Wednesday evenings)
- Greeters and Ushers
- Starting Point Guides
- Security Team
- Tech Team
- Outreach Team
- Prayer Team
For any area you may be interested in or want more information on, click the “Serve With Us!” button below and we’ll get you started!
