April 2007

Regional Voice

Southwest

Friends hold “Serve Day” in Placentia —On Saturday, January 27, 2007, members of EFCSW gathered at Oberle Gymnasium to serve the Placentia community. Volunteers worked on projects including painting the interior of the gym and 900 feet of wrought iron fence at a local park, repairing and upgrading a foot bridge, and more.

The day included a neighborhood barbecue and community carnival. A representative from the city of Placentia was amazed at the work that the volunteers accomplished and impressed by their loving and joyful attitudes.

Similar Serve Days were held in both Northern California and Arizona in February. Each day included work projects, community carnivals, and barbecues.

EFCSW makes changes in annual sessions—EFCSW radically changed their annual meetings for business and fellowship in order to facilitate more involvement in Yearly Meeting events. Due to EFCSW branching out beyond the already established Southern California area, three regional annual conferences were needed to accommodate all of the churches in the region.

A Southern California conference was held in January. Sessions, with representatives from the entire Yearly Meeting, were held on Friday afternoon to attend to business needs. That evening, an Equipping Community banquet was held. The following Saturday, members of EFCSW gathered in Placentia for a Serve Day. Although the business for EFCSW was completed at that conference, Equipping Community banquets and Serve Days were also held in February at Northern California and Arizona conferences.

For more information, contact Don Murray at drdonm@sbcglobal.net.