MANY THANKS TO Pastor Brandt for leading our worship today. Pastor Cook & family are on vacation this week. If an emergency arises, contact Becky in the office (342-3516) or at home (342-6808). Pastor Juan Luna of Clifty will lead this week’s Wednesday evening worship.
TODAY has been designated as Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. A basket is in the narthex to receive our collection of pennies, with each individual giving one penny for each year of life in which he/she has been blessed to live. These gifts will be forwarded to the Pregnancy Care Center.
BOARD OF EDUCATION members will meet TODAY after worship.
FEBRUARY CALENDAR AND NEWS ITEMS need to be submitted to Becky by tomorrow.
THE CHURCH FOUNDATION will meet next Sunday, January 29, after worship in the church office.
PASTOR BRANDT’S BIBLE STUDY: For those interested in learning more about the Epistle of Galatians, Pastor Brandt will be offering a course on this Book of the Bible. What is St. Paul’s “beef” about the Galatian Church? Since repetition is so important, you may have forgotten this answer to this question. That’s why we encourage you to enroll in this class, starting Thursday, February 9, at 10:30 AM in the Fellowship Room. Contact Becky in the church office to enroll.
PASTOR COOK will be offering an adult instruction class, beginning on Wednesday, February 1, after the evening worship service (approx. 7:30 PM). There will be 5-6 sessions. Contact Becky in the church office to enroll, or if you know of someone that might be interested in attending.
OPEN HOUSE: White Creek Lutheran School will hold its annual Open House on Friday, February 3, from 8:30 AM-2:30 PM. Interested persons are invited to sit in on classes during the course of the day, and the teachers will be available to answer any questions in between instruction times. (Snow dates: Mon., Feb. 6, and Fri., Feb. 10, if needed)
THE LUTHERAN LAYMEN’S LEAGUE Annual Spring Banquet is scheduled for Sunday, February 12, at St. Peter’s Lutheran in Columbus. Registration will begin at 5:30 PM, followed by the meal (catered by The Rolling Pin) at 6:00 PM, entertainment, a very short business session, and the keynote speaker, Pastor Ted Krey. The Orphan Grain Train trailer will be on site to receive donations. Child care will be available; call Eric Scheidt (579-5816) for details and to reserve space. Tickets ($12/person) are available from Paul Kerkhof.
MANY THANKS TO Mariagnes Meyer and Betty McCrory for all their years of coordinating funeral dinners. Their efforts were certainly blessings to our bereaved members and families and were surely appreciated!
CONGRATULATIONS TO our own Emily Cook on the publication of her book, Weak and Loved: A Mother-Daughter Love Story. Copies may be ordered online at www.createspace.com/3715123 or may be purchased from Emily or through the church office as supplies are available ($9.99/book).
IT’S TIME to start thinking about summer camp! On February 1 Camp Lakeview will begin registering campers (grades K-12) for its 2012 summer season. Don’t let your children miss the adventure, joy, and wonder that a week at a Christian camp can bring. To get more information, pick up a summer brochure in the narthex or get a registration for from the bulletin board in the front school hall. No phone reservations will be accepted until two weeks after registration opens, so the best way to register is to get the forms ready and mail them on February 1! See you at camp!
SOUP SUPPER AND EUCHRE PARTY: St. Peter, Waymansville, will be sponsoring a Soup Supper and Euchre Party next Sunday, January 29. The supper will begin at 5:30 PM with cost of $5/person, and the Euchre Party will begin at 6:30 PM with also a cost of $5/person. Proceeds will go to the Seymour Lutheran Braille Workers and CSC Ministries, coordinated by Pastor Lepley of Redeemer, Seymour. Supplemental funds will be provided by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Everyone invited.
