Recently, the Homer United Methodist Church missions committee was granted guardianship of the community aluminum can recycling repository in town next to the recycling bins. We praise God for His blessings and provision for this committee! Our fledgling missions committee has been meeting, talking with others in the community, and praying about how and where God would have us focus our attention in the coming days and years. We will continue to work with Homer Churches Cooperating to help those in need in our community and also look forward to projects and opportunities that will help us as we continue to serve God beyond the boundaries of Homer. Please join us in prayer and praise as we consider how God wants us to serve and to bring the Good News to others. Thank you to all who are recycling your aluminum cans for missions!
And while I am on the subject of recycling, I want to thank everyone for their efforts to recycle other materials as well. Recycling is one way we can be good stewards of God's wonderful creation. We are so blessed to have a recycling program in our community due to the efforts of our local governments. Both the village and township pitch in to finance and oversee the dumpsters that accept paper, cardboard, glass, and plastics. Your efforts to recycle reduce the amount of waste in landfills so we do not have to keep digging new ones. And by not burning our garbage we reduce pollutants in the air we breath.
"Think of us in this way, as servants of Christ and stewards of God's mysteries."
I Corinthians 4:1
- Submitted by Sue
Kids In Christ (KIC) celebrated the Christmas season with a birthday party for Jesus on Wednesday, December 16 complete with silly hats, birthday cake and party favors. Every participant frosted and decorated their own cupcake and made a wish as they blew out the candle on top. There were party games in which teams unwrapped many layers of colored paper searching for baby Jesus. They sang favorite Christmas songs and made their own wooden nativity scene. The afternoon concluded with a lesson/skit reminding us to remember the reason for the season. 
