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Each month, on the last Monday, the Midway community is invited to a free dinner served in Fellowship Hall at 6:30 p.m. We proudly use locally
grown meats and produce whenever available!
Note: Unless otherwise announced, this dinner will be held
during the COVID-19 outbreak, but restricted to pick-up or delivery. |
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Food For the Soul “dinner church” is usually held on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in Fellowship Hall, and
includes open discussion, a light supper, and a simple communion service. All are welcome!
Note: This
service will be held virtually on select Thursdays at
6:30 p.m. See details below. |
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Disciples Women is for all women of Midway Christian Church.
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Keenagers is for anyone who is retired, or practicing retirement! |
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Midway Green Chalice is for all who are interested in
caring for God’s creation |
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Midway Christian Church, as part of a rotation with other local churches, leads a worship service for the residents of The Homeplace.
Our services are held on the fourth Sunday of every other month - in January, March, May, July, September, and November.
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 We
will again decorate the sanctuary with Christmas
Poinsettias! If you would like to purchase a
Poinsettia in honor of or in memory of a loved for
this display, please place you order before
December 9 using the
Poinsettia Order Form.
The cost is $10 each. Please make checks out to
Midway Christian Church with Poinsettia in the
memo line.
 Advent
Theme: "The Story in the Shadows: A
Journey through Advent"
“In
this strange season, when we are suspended between
realization and expectation,
may we be found
honest about the darkness, more
perceptive of the
light.” (-Jack Boozer,
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral)
Our Advent theme this year is "The Story in the
Shadows: A Journey through Advent".
And, as with most everything else in our lives
since COVID-19 hit earlier this year, the Advent
and Christmas season will look a little different.
We may notice the darkness more this year and
wonder, how can we celebrate the coming of God’s
Kingdom with joy? There is a mix of frustration
and grief found within our tidings of comfort and
hope. As we journey through Advent this year, we
tell a story about darkness giving birth to light,
about seemingly endless waiting, and about what
lies at the end of all our waiting. In our
devotional "Shadow and
Light", we tell the story of God’s love.
 A limited supply of our
Advent Devotional “Shadow
& Light: A Journey into Advent” by Tsh
Oxenreider is available in the church office.
It is also available for purchase in hardcover
through
Amazon (and other retailers) as well as in
digital format for
Amazon
Kindle,
Barnes & Noble
Nook, and
iBooks (via the Apple Books app).
14th Annual Epiphany Dinner
 This
year's Epiphany Dinner will be held on Wednesday,
January 6, with modifications due to the COVID-19
restrictions. Although we cannot have an
in-person, sit-down dinner as in years past, we
will still serve the delicious Ouita Michel menu
of Medieval fare. Meals will be available for
curb-side pick-up. Stay tuned for details about
pick-up times.
The cost per meal is $30 and may be pre-paid using
PayPal (after November 30) or by
mailing a check to
the church. Sorry, no special orders.
 Each carry-out meal will include:
Shiraz bi-Buqual (Medieval cheese and walnut dip)
Spelt bread
Rosemary roast pork with sausages, mustard sauce
Honey roasted chicken
Saffron rice pilaf
Carrot pudding with currants and dates
Sweet & Sour red cabbage
Salad of lettuces, fennel, mint, parsley, flowers, and egg
King cake
A virtual Epiphany worship service will be
available on Facebook and YouTube (details to be
provided with meal purchase).
Wanted: Midway Christian Church
Cookbooks from the Past
 We
are on the hunt for Midway Christian Church
cookbooks from years past. We have three of the
older cookbooks on hand, in addition to the most
recent one, but are in need of the remaining ones
to complete the collection. The plan is to scan
all cookbooks for a digital copy, but ideally we
would like to have the actual cookbook to display
in the Hall of History.
Those already on hand include: Selected
Recipes from the Bluegrass (1923, rev. 1944),
Cook With Us Again (1975) and,
Christian Women's Fellowship (1986). If you
have any of the other cookbooks you could donate,
or loan for scanning, please
contact the church
office.
Your help in this project will be greatly
appreciated!
 Sanctuary Open for Prayer
The Midway Christian
Church sanctuary will be open on Wednesdays for
a time to visit. Many of you have not been in this
space since our in-person services ended in March
so this is an opportunity to come to the sanctuary
to pray, to reflect, or to just be in this sacred
space that we have all missed.
Note that the pews have been marked off to help
maintain social distance while people are
gathered. Since the number of people who can be
inside at any one time is limited to ten, please
contact the church office to sign up for the hour
that you would like to visit. Also, please wear a
mask when you are in the sanctuary and please wipe
down the area in which you sat when you leave.
The sanctuary will be open on Wednesdays from
10:00 a.m. till 7:00 p.m.
 Porch Visits with the Pastor
To
help stay connected during the pandemic, a new outreach
called Porch Visits with the Pastor is available. All are invited to
sign up for a socially distanced visit that can be
held on the breezeway at the church, or at your
house.
If you are interested in having a Porch Visit,
just let Heather know! You can call (or
email)
her to sign up!
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