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Come and see which worship is right for you?

New format, New time for our early service!

Creekwood invites you to join us for one - or both- of our worship services each Sunday morning.
If you're a visitor, please stop at the welcome booth by the front door to collect your welcome bag filled with lots of great information and a gift for you!

Is the 9 a.m. service like the 11:00 a.m. service? Yes, in many respects. The 9 a.m. service includes the elements of worship that we as a church and denomination hold reverently dear. Those include greeting one another and welcoming our visitors, a children's sermon, the Lord's Prayer, scripture, an opportunity to give, communion, a message (sermon) and an invitation to discipleship.

How are the services different? The two most noticeable differences are the music style and the abbreviated time. The 9 a.m. service has contemporary music using instruments and praise and worship songs that are found in the Chalice Praise books or heard on mainstream Christian radio broadcasts. The music encourages the congregation to worship by participating and celebrating God through song. The service is structured to last just under an hour.

Sunday school for all ages starts at 10 a.m. Childcare/nursery is provided during all 3 hours.

So each hour on the hour at 9:00, 10:00, and 11 a.m., will be a power hour for Christ!

The New to Creekwood Class began April 20. Are you a new member, guest or just wanting a refresher? We will have five sessions in all, each covering a different topic, including Disciples of Christ history and basic beliefs, Creekwood history, staff and leaders of Creekwood, ministries offered in our church, and discussing what it means to make a membership covenant. We will meet in the sanctuary from 10:00 to 10:45 each Sunday morning through May 18. For more information, please contact Teresa Baumann at the church office.

Can you SEE yourself helping a scout?

Girl Scout Emily Reed is working on her Gold Award project and has asked area churches to place collection bins for used adult eyeglasses. These glasses will then be given to the CCA Adult Health Center for their patients. So, round up any old adult glasses (and glass cases) and deposit them in the box provided on the Outreach Table.

You can read more about Emily's (and her friend Kristina Kave- formerly of Creekwood) project on the Outreach bulletin board.

Mark your calendar and plan to be a part of Creekwood's
Vacation Bible School ; July 14-18, 9:00 -12 noon each day

Trietsch Memorial UMC and Creekwood have a shared community ministry to those who are grieving the loss of a loved one through a 5-week program called “Coping with Loss.” These free workshops give participants the tools to understand and manage their grief. What it doesn't do is end their grief. The class occurs four times a year - 2 here on Mondays, 2 at Trietsch on Thursdays, led by trained grief facilitators from each church.

Creekwood's current session began Monday, March 31, 2008 and ends April 28. After the second session, these groups close to new registrants.

Are you interested in learning more about this ministry? Are you a facilitator-wannabe? If so, please contact Kelly Parker, Barbara McCollum, or Beth at the church office.

Trietsch MUMC will offer a free special seminar on a Saturday late in the year. Date to be announced. Please reserve your spot with Trietsch at 972.539.8547.

Adult studies abound
Adults at Creekwood have many opportunities to come together for study and Christian fellowship. For information on any of the following, contact our staff in the church office.

Sundays:
The New to Creekwood Class is for new members, guests or those just wanting a refresher. We have five sessions, each covering a different topic, including Disciples of Christ history and basic beliefs, Creekwood history, staff and leaders of Creekwood, ministries offered in our church, and discussing what it means to make a membership covenant. For more information, please contact Teresa Baumann at the church office. Another session will be offered in late Spring.

The Journey Sunday School Class is studying an Interpretive study of Ruth and Esther

Mondays:
Discernment Group will study Unbinding the Gospel by Martha Grace Reese at 7 p.m. on Mondays at Creekwood. The book is about “untying the knots that keep us from living exciting lives in the Spirit.” Questions? contact Tricia Wilson or Colleen Vanderbilt.

Tuesdays:
Come join the Spirituality group to discuss the C.S. Lewis novel The Screwtape Letters as we strive to bring ourselves in closer relationship with God. We'll meet at the church from 1-3 pm on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month.

Wednesdays:
Creekwood Senior Fellowship (age 55+) meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month. Check our calendar for each monthly outing. Visitors always welcome. See bulletin board for future events.

Wednesday Morning study is working through The Red Tent. Join the group from 9:30 –11:00 a.m. Childcare available.

Thursdays:
On the last Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m., women gather for a night of fun and fellowship at Ladies Night Out. Check the calendar for meeting locations.

Whether you know it as “ Camp Underwoood ,” “The Christian Youth Foundation,” “The Camp in Athens ,” or “Disciples Crossing,” — for many of you this camp has served as a place of refuge, a place of joy, a place of contemplation, or as a place of change. Come join the celebration on Saturday, May 10, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

The planning committee is looking for people with a connection to the camp. Are you a minister who received God's call while participating in a camp or conference? Were you involved with the camp when it began? Were you in the first CYF Conference? Did you serve on the Camp Board at some time? Were you part of work crew? Have you been to every retreat ;your area women or men have ever had? Were you a camp counselor or director? The committee wants to know about your connection to the camp and invites you to share your memory or story — as well as join in the celebration on May 10! Email Reba at rcgibson1@verizon.net

Sunday, May 11 , the church universal will commemorate Pentecost by decking themselves and their worship space with the color red to symbolize the fiery power of God's spirit among us.

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