Announcements for Sunday, March 3, 2019
| We welcome all of our visitors today and invite you to the fellowship hall for beverages and cookies after the worship service. Please follow the congregation to the left out of the sanctuary. TODAY THE FLOWERS ON THE COMMUNION TABLE TODAY are provided by Lauren and Jack Heckethorn. ENDOWMENT BOARD ANNUAL MEETING – today in the sanctuary immediately following worship service. THIS WEEK HOUSE CHURCH – The first House Church meetings begin this Tuesday, March 5th. One group will be at Bill and Vicki Skaer’s, the other group will be at Sharon and Burt Tim’s home. We are mixing up the two groups and inviting new people to join either one. The book we are using is The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander, available at Amazon.com. Everything I read today on racism, racial disparity and separateness WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALIVE – THE NINE BEATS – STEPHEN MINISTERS meets Thursday, March 7, at 11:00 a.m., in the office conference room. COOK’S NIGHT OUT – is this Thursday evening, March 7, at Today is your last chance to purchase tickets in YOGA meets every Tuesday at 4:00 and Friday, at 10:00, in NEXT WEEK HEAD-TO-TOE HYGIENE PANTRY workday is Thursday, March 14, from 9:00-11:00 a.m., at 2130 E. 21st St. N. The Pantry is open on Saturday, March 16, from 9:00-11:30 a.m. DINNER FOR THE HOMELESS – Friday, March 29 is our Overflow Men’s Homeless Shelter dinner date. SAVE THE DATE! We will be preparing meals for 125 homeless men and women. Your part will be to contribute to the delicious/healthy menu in some way. Stay tuned for future developments on this worthwhile outreach! UCC OUTREACH IN ACTION – Our volunteers recently prepared a chili supper for 80 Gammon teachers and staff who worked into the evening hours for parent/teacher conferences. And for the week of March 4, we invite volunteers who can transport several Gammon Newcomer children and their family members to two evening class music concerts. New refugee families often do not own cars, so transport volunteers can become valued friends in their lives. For more detail, contact Marla Flentje, 250-1344. 2019 FLOWER SCHEDULE is located on the PIC board in |
