January 11 Weekly News

THE ANNUAL VOTERS' MEETING will be held THIS AFTERNOON at 1:30 PM in the Fellowship Room.  The election of officers for 2015 will be among the business conducted.  All confirmed members of our congregation, 18 years and older, are encouraged to attend.

 

THE GUILD will meet next THIS EVENING at 7:00 PM in the Fellowship Room.  New members are always welcome!

 

A FEW 2015 OFFERING ENVELOPES are still in the narthex.  If you have not yet picked yours up, please do so TODAY.

 

SENIOR LEAGUE MEMBERS are reminded that they will meet next Sunday, January 18, at 5:30 PM for supper and will then return to the Fellowship Room for their monthly meeting and socializing.

 

YOUTH GROUPS will meet next Sunday evening at 7:00 PM.

 

ANNIVERSARY CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS are still available for sale.  Contact Becky in the church office.  Cost is $12 each.  The anniversary committee is also still taking pre-orders for a commemorative plate featuring a color photograph of the church, along with the anniversary theme.  If 144 plates are pre-ordered, the cost would be $20 each.

 

ALTAR GUILD VOLUNTEERS are needed for June and July.  If you would be able to help out, please contact Cari Hercamp (812-528-0547)

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO Mark & Ashley Meyer on the birth of their daughter, NORA LEE MEYER, this past Thursday.  Nora arrived weighing 6 lbs. 15 ozs. and measuring 20 ins.  Everyone is doing fine - God's blessings to them!

 

CONGREGATIONAL HISTORY:  From 1836-1838, a number of people left Hannover, Germany, and traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio, where many Germans and members of their own home parishes had already settled.  They came with little other than a sense of freedom from spiritual, military, and economic pressure.

 

DEPOSITS OF $114.00 and $30 have been made to the church and Foundation accounts on behalf of Thrivent Financial's Thrivent Choice program by the directed choice dollars of the following:  Larry Claycamp, David Manley.

 

SEMINAR:  Disagreements, misunderstandings, and jumping to conclusions cause us problems between one another.  Zion Lutheran Church, Seymour, is hosting a Blessed Are the Peacemakers seminar next Saturday, January 17, from 8:30 AM-3:30 PM to equip us in handling our conflicts biblically.  The cost is $35/person.  Call CrossLife Ministries at 812-522-8440 for additional information and/or to register.

 

ST. PAUL, CLIFTY, PRESCHOOL is now registering for the 2015-2016 school year.  Classes for 3 year olds (Little Lambs) and 4 year olds (Little Doves) are being offered.  Informational brochures are available in our narthex.

 

A SOUP SUPPER AND EUCHRE PARTY will be held at St. Peter, Waymansville, on Sunday, January 25.  The supper will begin at 5:00 PM ($5/person) and Euchre will follow at 6:30 PM ($5/person).  This is being sponsored by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, with all proceeds going to support Freeman & Susan Rohlfing, missionaries serving in the Silesia region of the Czech Republic.  Everyone invited.

 

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:  The LLL Spring Banquet will be held on Sunday, March 8, at 5:30 PM at the Immanuel Social Room, Seymour.  Tickets ($15.00) are available in our church office.