CARL GANZ MEMORIAL ROAST PORK DINNER: The United Methodist Men will present the annual Carl Ganz Memorial Roast Pork Dinner this Sat., Nov. 10, 2007 at 6:30 PM in Fellowship Hall. The dinner menu will be salad, oven-roasted pork with homemade gravy, potatoes, fresh vegetables, dessert and beverages. Tickets for the dinner are $13.50 per person. For tickets, see Jeff James or a member of United Methodist Men.

CONFIRMATION CORNER
NOVEMBER MEETING WITH THE PASTOR: This Sunday 11/11 at 12:45 PM in the ESL Room.

DEDICATION FOR CONFIRMATION CLASS 2008: Sunday 12/2 at 9:30 AM Service. Confirmation Students, Parents & Mentors will be presented during worship.

DECEMBER MEETING WITH THE PASTOR on Sunday 12/9 at 12:45 PM.

SUNDAY SCHOOL BAKE SALE FOR OUR TROOPS: Sunday, November 18th at Coffee Hour. With the holidays approaching, it's easy to get lost in the details of planning family dinners and shopping and forget that for some Americans there will be another Thanksgiving and Christmas they will spend away from their families. There's always the phone, but calls are expensive and a luxury for many families on a budget. Please help the Sunday School support our troops. Proceeds from the bake sale will be used to purchase phone cards so that our soldiers can spend a few minutes with their families at this time of year.

• Thanksgiving Food Drive for St. Kilian's Food Pantry
• Sun. Nov. 11th 5:00pm Our Chrysalis speakers had to postpone. We will have skit night instead.
• Sat. Nov. 17th - Farmingdale HS Play TBA
• Sun. Dec. 2nd 5:00pm - Package Game
• Sun. Dec. 16th 5:00pm @FUMC Pot Luck Dinner & Caroling

FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE: Please submit your 2008 Committee Budgets to the Church Office by Nov. 19th. Thank you.

THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE: we will be collecting food to help support St. Kilian's food pantry. Please bring any non-perishable food donations to church and leave them in the So. Transept by Nov. 18th. Following are suggested items:

• Canned: soup, fruit, pasta dinners, vegetables, potatoes, yams, cranberry sauce, tuna, chicken, etc.
• rice, beans, instant potatoes
• tomato/spaghetti sauce, pasta, macaroni & cheese
• boxed, bag stuffing & cold cereal
• coffee, tea, hot chocolate, juice
• cookies, crackers & coupons for free turkeys

HELP CA WILDFIRE VICTIMS: UMCOR is providing assistance to those who have been left the most vulnerable by the recent fires in California, such as low-wage workers who have lost both their homes and their workplaces. To help, write a check to Farmingdale UMC and put "Advance #901670, Domestic Disaster Response, California Wildfires" on the memo line.

COOKING/BAKING MINISTRY: : If you know of someone in our church who would benefit from an occasional home-cooked meal or baked goods, please contact Mary Ann Nataro at 516-433-2687. Thank you.

HELP WANTED: Thrift Shop Co-Coordinator position available. Please contact the Church Office. This is a 10 hour per week position.

THRIFT SHOP VOLUNTEER NEEDED: call Rose Marie 516-249-0492 or Audrey 516-541-6452. Thank you

NATIONAL MEMORY SCREENING DAY: Concerned about memory problems? Free confidential memory screening will take place on Tues. Nov. 13th, 10:00am-12:00pm in Fellowship Hall. Questions, call Brandi at 293-8928.

FALL CHORAL CONCERT: "Hardscrabble Balladeers" at the Hardscrabble Apartments, 404 Main St., Farmingdale in the Social Hall. Refreshments will be served.

CREATIVE WORSHIP SEMINAR: Sat., Nov. 17th 8:00am-4:30pm Grace Lutheran Church, Malverne. The seminar focuses on integrating different types of digital media and creative use of graphics and video for the purpose of communicating the Gospel through powerful, transforming stories. To register, call the Church Office.

IN NEED OF PRAYERS THIS WEEK: Kyli Abbinanti, Emily Brown, Charles Ghose, Mabel Greenidge, Peggy Lopez, Ruth Mace, Praveen Misra, Carolyn Minn, Evelyn Occena, Vera Schefer, Hopeanne Simpson, people of Myanmar and our troops in harm's way.
*If you know of someone in the hospital, or someone who wishes a pastoral visit, please call the Church Office.