MISSION COMMITTEE NEWS “Matthew 25 Church”
 
The Mission Committee voted to accept the invitation of our denomination to designate our congregation as a “Matthew 25 Church”.  We qualify to do so because, at the time of our small group meeting and as we prepared to call a new pastor, we committed to serving the needs which we could recognize as present in our immediate community and beyond.  We were asked to pick from among three options as a goal for our church.  These were:  Building congregational vitality; Dismantling structural racism; and eradicating systemic poverty. We chose the first.  We contacted headquarters in Louisville with our decision and became the first congregation in Glacier Presbytery to do so.  We feel others will follow.  Over 200 of our Presbyterian congregations have done so.  Our only obligation as a result is that we are asked to let the Louisville office know how we are acting out our commitment by sending reports of our projects from time to time. 

​Empty Bowls - Saturday, Nov 9, 11am to 2pm at St Francis Vevan and her fellow artists at Clay Works invite you to this fundraiser to help fight hunger in the Bitterroot Valley. Come to St. Francis Pastoral Life Center on Saturday from 11-2 for a soup lunch. For a $30 donation, you’ll receive a simple soup lunch and a handmade bowl crafted by a local artist to take home and remember the many “empty bowls” in the Bitterroot Valley. All proceeds from this event go to local food banks and community meals in the Valley.

The following is a poem composed by Ruth Hazelton: “Follow Me”

• Funny, how His words strike a chord.
• Only two words, at that!
• Leaving everything, I followed Him.
• Love was a new experience for me.
• Once I’d tasted it, I hungered for more.
• Wonderous were the things our eyes beheld!
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• Miraculously, this new life with Him was a consuming fire.
• Everything else became second best.

FAITHFUL ONE $ PROJECT!
Our Faithful One project for October and November – Joining with the Youth to collect $475 for a well in a third world country. Thank you for your continued generosity​!
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DID YOU KNOW?
There is a drop box outside the front door of the Hamilton Police Department that you can turn in old medications that have expired. I called and asked if labels should be removed. I was told that the medication should be in the original container with the label still on, so they know what it is. 

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