Upcoming Events -- Nov. 19, 2007 Edition

We are approaching the Thanksgiving holiday. We won't be having a 747 Tuesday gathering. There is an assumption that everyone will be spending their time feasting with family. If this is your reality, enjoy -- but also remember that many are not so fortunate. Remember that some people don't have family to spend the holiday with, or won't be able to travel to see them. Other families can't afford the feast. If any of you find yourselves here alone for the Thankgiving holiday, let me know -- you are welcome at my house.

Dear Lord, we thank you for the abundance in our lives. We thank you for the blessings of food, family, and community. We ask that you help us to remember those in the world for whom a belly-busting feast with family is but a fleeting fantasy. Help us, as your servants, to find ways to share your abundance with our communities, neighbors, and the world in which we live. In Jesus' name, Amen.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

747 TUESDAY: CANCELLED for 11/20/2007. (The Crosspoint Ministry House will be closed for the Thanksgiving break from Tuesday-Sunday, so we're taking the week off.) We will be meeting November 27th and December 4th. We'll be meeting at the lower-level entrance to S.U.B. II (near the School of Management) at 7:30pm to walk over to the Crosspoint Ministry House. At 7:47pm, we'll have FREE home-cooked food, table fellowship, and a devotion/discussion. Come & bring your friends! Directions (in case you aren't walking with the group):

· Walk through Presidents Park and back behind Jackson Hall.

· Follow the gravel road to Roberts Rd.

· Cross the street and the white house there to your right is the one.

· Enter side door near the parking lot. (It's about a 5 minute walk from SUB II.)

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: On Saturday, December 1st we'll be working on a local Habitat build. No experience or tools required! Dress in appropriate clothes (layers suggested along with solid footware and gloves). We'll meet the George Mason Statue at 8:00am to carpool to the site. Lunch is provided. We'll be back to campus by 4:30pm.

25:40 World AIDS Day Concert: We'll meet at the George Mason Statue at 7:00pm to carpool to Abiding Presence Lutheran Church ( http://abidingpresence.net/) for this wonderful event. Admission is FREE -- donations are aceepted to help support the 1.2 million children in South Africa who have been orphaned by AIDS. http://wwww.2540.org

Looking ahead: Next semester we'll be starting a lunchtime discussion, probably around "the Gospel According to the Simpsons" -- where the idea would be to bring your lunch and we'll watch a Simpsons episode together, discuss it for a bit, and then continue our day. Probable time slot is Wednesdays 12-1pm.

Feel free to share this information with your friends. Also, join the "GMU Lutherans" Facebook group to stay up to date on what is going on! Use the "discussion board" or "wall" on the Facebook group to find a ride -- carpool to worship at a local congregation.