Friends in Faith,

Welcome back to the all new fall season of FIF! If you missed homecoming Sunday today, you missed a great service.

Next week the whole church, us included, will be back to our regular programming schedule. As per our vote, the start time for class on Sunday morning will be 9:30 AM in the usual room (south end of the third floor, at the end of the short hallway by the nursery).

We'll talk about what direction we want to take in our studies and talk about what service and social activities we've thought up over the summer, and anything else you want to talk about. Some ideas for studies I have thought about have been going back to another Bible Study or something something a little different like The Gospel According to the Simpsons or St. Paul Returns to the Movies. Also, I have a few ideas of social activities we can do but I'm blanking out on service stuff, so I'm eager to hear your ideas.

Hi guys-
Just wanted to share the good news that we got a letter from Francisco and mom. Here's what they write:

April 02nd, 2007

Dear Rofum Friends In Faith,
How are you doing? It's with lots of pleasure that I write you for Wandim.

My son got really happy with the beautiful birthday card you sent him. He says he'll stick the stickers on his notebook.

Wanderson insisted on having a birtday cake to celebrate his 5th birthday. He's very communicative; he loves to sing and to talk to everyone he knows.

He loves to play soccer with his uncle Paulo in his free time. Sometimes he wants me to play with him.

Hola Friends,
Happy belated Cinco De Mayo.

We had a good representation in class this week, but just in case you missed it, here's the scoop...

IMPORTANT INFO ABOUT CLASS:
School's out for summer! That's right, due to conflicting schedules, there will be no more FIF this month.
Look for announcements about next season's classes, to begin again after Labor Day.

BTW> We deliberated yesterday about the best format for next year's "Sunday" school. It may be an evening thing on a weeknight, it may not be at the church... details are still very up in the air. However, we have all summer to make a plan, so stay tuned.

Hi there-
If you weren't in class yesterday, you missed a delicious breakfast outside at Pronto! And we missed you. We hope you'll join us in class for the next three weeks (that's right, only 3 weeks left). We have much to discuss, like:

A new format/time/location for class next season...?
The discontinuation of adopt a child...?
Picking a date for guys/girls night out
Picking our next service project goldurnit!
The second half of the Sermon on the Mount

Join us! I'll be bringing breakfast, so you won't starve. And the future of FIF is in your hands - we need you.
Have a beautiful week,

Hi! Happy Monday!

Yesterday we had a nice, big class discussion, fueled by Donut Cutter (thanks to the Baker's). We hope you'll join us next week as we continue to talk about the Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount. Interesting, important stuff. We were wondering if the Dresdens might be coming and if they'll consider sponsoring breakfast, since they missed their sign-up a few weeks ago?? (Not to call you out or anything.)

We also talked about a lot of upcoming events:

Girls/guys night out
The greening of Detroit - Urban farming or plant a tree?? See rofumfriends.org for details
Church Conference