Sing We Now of Christmas: Congregational Advent Devotional  This Advent, Stonybrook is creating a church-wide devotional, and you are invited to participate!  Choose one of the selected Advent or Christmas hymns, write a brief reflection (300–500 words), and share your words to encourage others as we prepare for the birth of Christ.  Open to all ages, one reflection per person.  Reflections are due Sunday, October 12, 2025.  Full details, hymn list, and sign-up link are available here.

Kairos Cookie Time Kairos weekend at Marion Correctional Institution (MCI) is coming in October.  We need your prayers, cookies, posters, letters, placemats, and financial help. Cookies will be accepted from now until Sunday, October 12. Cookie Guidelines: Pray over cookies as you mix, bake, and package them. Any cookie is acceptable, but chocolate chips are especially needed. Try to keep the size consistent (2-3 inches in diameter). One dozen per one-gallon bag (w/o zippers). Please do not use raisins, dried fruit, icing, or powdered sugar. Please make sure the cookies are cool before bagging. Thank you for being a part of the prison ministry at Stonybrook. If you have any questions, see Gary Weaver, Dan Shupe, Gary Holderby, Jim Kline or call at the church office at 614.471.0252. Thank you.

Stonybrook: This is your chance to participate in our Prison Ministry program! In the past couple of years, you have donated extra Christmas cards (the unsolicited ones you receive in the mail or the leftovers you have from previous years). These cards have been signed (first name only) and sent off to Cards From Christ, the ministry that collects these cards for prisoners who often get nothing at Christmas from families or friends. As each incarcerated individual in the Ohio prison system receives a card, they realize that they have not been forgotten and are cared about during this holiday season.

Last year we collected and signed 1916 cards!!!!! Isn’t that amazing?! We don’t need envelopes, only cards. If you want to help by signing, just remember to use black pen and no last names. We will collect cards, signed or unsigned, in the box located on the counter outside the sanctuary. We would like to collect cards before November 9 so we can get them signed, counted, and transported to Marysville.

Thank you for helping us with this simple way of sharing God’s love during the holiday season with people who are often forgotten and are very grateful for a card. If you have any questions, contact the church office.

October is Socktober. All month we will be collecting socks for the Free Store on Parsons Ave. downtown Columbus. Socks are so important for foot health and especially so as we go into the colder months. We are collecting warm socks for all ages. Please put your donations in the shopping cart in the Narthex. Deadline October 26