Monday, January 14, 2013


PASTOR COOK will be leading a Bible Study on the Book of Isaiah beginning this Thursday, January 17, from 10:30-11:30 AM.  Contact Becky in the office to enroll.

 

"PITCH IN/HASH OUT" BIBLE STUDY:  Come join us for a potluck dinner and small group Bible study Monday nights in the Fellowship Room beginning at 6:00 PM.  For a schedule of dinner themes and discussion topics, visit the church website at www.whitecreek.org.  Babysitting is available during the study portion for $2/child.  No need to enroll, but contact Whitney Vandercar (812-988-7586) with questions or email her at wvandercar@whitecreek.org to be added to the emailing list.

 

ALL USHERS are asked to meet briefly after worship today.

 

BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS are reminded of their meeting this evening at 6:00 PM.

 

THE FOLLOWING NEWLY-ELECTED OFFICERS will be installed this morning:  Secretary: Brian Schultz, Financial Secretary: Chris Newkirk, Elder: David Vandercar, First Trustee: James Newkirk, Second Trustee: Dale Behrman, Bd. of Ed: Bill Finke and Annette Purdue, Bd. of Evang: Linda Jo Hauersperger and Travis Cummings, Bd. of Stewardship: Mike Hatton, Building Fund Treas: Janet Morey, Ushers: Scott Burbrink, Bill Haley, and Jared Newkirk, Trinity Board: Lori Hill.

 

NEXT SUNDAY, January 20, is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday .  Each person will have the opportunity to give a penny for each year of life he/she has been blessed to celebrate.  A basket will be in the narthex to receive this collection.

PLEASE NOTE that there will be NO Wednesday evening worship service on January 23 as Pastor Cook will be attending a pastors' conference at Fort Wayne.

 

DEPOSITS OF $68.00 and $112.00 have been made to the church and school accounts respectively on behalf of the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans' Thrivent Choice program by the directed dollars of the following:  Mildred Behrman, Paul Kerkhof, Lloyd & Jean Meyer, Annette Purdue, Ken Bode, Philip Burbrink, Jack Dunn, Keith Mensendiek, Greg Meyer, Kathy Sanders, Don Schroer, and Mark Smith.

 

TRINITY OPEN HOUSE:  Trinity Lutheran High School invites students and their families to an open house  Friday,  January 18, from 4:00-6:00 PM.  All eighth grade students will be entered in a drawing to win a Trinity t-shirt.  Interested eighth grade students will also receive a $75 voucher that covers half of the registration costs at Trinity for the 2013-2014 school year.  Please enter through the commons.

 

DAVE RAMSEY’S FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITY:  This life-changing class taught by Dave Ramsey and the FPU teaching team on video and coordinated by Phil & Crista Burbrink at White Creek Lutheran School will help you achieve your financial goals by showing you how to eliminate debt, save for the future, and give like never before.  You will  be challenged and motivated to make a plan for your money and change your family tree forever.  Join us starting Saturday, February 2, from 6:00-7:30 PM for a 9-week class.  (We will not meet over Spring Break.)  Register online at www.daveramsey.com and  order your materials ON DEMAND no later than Sunday, January 20, in order to have them in time for our first class.  If you have any questions, please contact Philip or Crista Burbrink at 812-2-216-1982 or cristaburbrink@gmail.com.

 

PRESCHOOL REGISTRATIONS:  St. Paul, Clifty, will open registration for 3 and 4-year-olds on Monday, January 28.  Contact Henry Wischmeier, director, at 812-376-6504 for information.  St. Peter Sprouts at Waymansville will begin public registration for 3 and 4-year-olds on Monday, February 18.  For more information, contact Amy Sciano at 812-342-0540 or 812-390-2318.

 

ST. PETER, WAYMANSVILLE, will hold a Soup Supper & Euchre Party on Sunday, January 27.  The supper will begin at 5:30 PM with cost of $5/person, and euchre will begin at 6:30 PM with cost of $5/person.  Sponsored by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, all proceeds will go to help Rachel Powell, a deaconess intern in Lima, Peru, and a Concordia-River Forest student, as she works with fellow missionaries start a new community center in San Borja, Peru.