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FELLOWSHIP TIME AND HOT COFFEE! When: After 9:45AM Service Where: Activity Building
JOIN US FOR BREAKFAST! We are serving a delicious breakfast in the Activity Building between 9:15 and 10:00AM on Sunday mornings. This Sunday’s menu will be Grits, Eggs, Sausage, Toast, Jelly, Coffee, Juice, Milk. ONLY $2.00 per person.
UNITED METHODIST WOMEN September 5–Open Meeting 9:30AM in the Fellowship Hall Kathy Kraiza, Director of Outreach Ministries for UMCOR/Sager Brown will address the work of UMCOR at the Depot in Baldwin, including the history, disaster relief, and emergency aid for those in need. All interested persons (men and women) are welcome to attend. September 9–Koinonia Circle 9:00AM at Golden Corral. September 12–Faith Circle 9:30AM in the Fellowship Hall Parlor. The Program is Celebrating the Earth! September 15 & 16–LA. Conference UMW Annual Meeting in Monroe.
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! Are you willing to help work the soundboard and the Power Point Presentations for the sanctuary video screen? You will be trained! If you are interested please call Jimmy Hardin, Rex or Lori Soule. Your help is appreciated!
COVERED-DISH LUNCHEON THIS SUNDAY, SEPT 3 Join us this Sunday after the 11:00AM service for our monthly Family Covered-dish Luncheon. Please bring your favorite dish or two to share with everyone. The theme of this luncheon is: Favorite Recipes. We’re asking that you share your award-winning recipes with us. Pick up one or two recipe forms and fill them out. Please be precise! We’ve enjoyed some delicious food at our luncheons. We’d like to share these recipes! A mini-cookbook will be compiled from the recipes we receive. Also, there is a contest for the best name for our cookbook. Write your choice of a name on your recipe form. The winner will be announced in the Circuit Rider. Hopefully, the cookbooks will be ready to be sold by the first week of November. Proceeds will go to the Grand Piano Fund. Questions? Call Shirley at 790-4431 or 879-2589.
CHILDREN’S MINISTRY +SUNDAY SCHOOL Itty-Bitty to Four Years will be with Mrs. Mary and Ms. Maddie in the Nursery for a Bible lesson/playtime. Five Years-Sixth Grade Power X-Press Jesus and the Children. Mark 10:13-16 +SUNDAY SCHOOL IS FOR LIFE! This Sunday we’ll begin with the Storytelling Station in Room 209 with Ms. Jeanne. The children will have the opportunity to hear the story of Jesus welcoming the children. +No Children’s Church on the first Sunday of the month. +Movie and Popcorn for children ages 5 years to 5th grade on September 9th, 2-4:00PM in the Activity Building.
“LET’S TALK ABOUT IT” This Sunday School Class resumes this Sunday, September 3rd. They meet upstairs in the library at 9:45AM. The topic will be “Fruits of the Spirit: Kindness.” We welcome new members!
“OLD TIME RELIGION SUNDAY!” The Chancel Choir is rehearsing music for “Old-Time Religion” Sunday on September 24th. We practice on Wednesday nights at 7:00PM, and we’d LOVE to have YOU sing with US!
YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS! All youth in Grades 7-12 are encouraged and welcome to attend Youth Fellowship every Sunday evening from 5:00PM to 7:00PM. A lite supper is served at 5:00PM, moving into a program at 5:30PM and ending with “silly games” at 7:00PM. Mark your calendars for Saturday, September 30 for “Fall Convo”, a fun-filled day at the Wesley Conference Center in Woodworth, LA. We will leave early in the morning about 6:00AM and return in the evening around 7:30-8:00PM. The cost is around $25 and you get a tee shirt in addition to lots of fun and lunch. More information & forms to follow. Continue to be in prayer for the Youth Group and the Staff Parish Relations committee as they search for a youth director. If you feel lead to serve our youth by providing a lite supper for one of our Sunday evenings, please contact Kim West at 917-0905 in the evenings. Nothing fancy is necessary, we have the drinks and paper goods, cups, etc. Plan to feed about 15-20.
CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED ON LABOR DAY, SEPT. 4
Our Stewardship for Week #35 August 27, 2006 Attendance in Worship: 235 Sunday School 36 Offering This Week: $ 5,689 YTD: $271,138 Bldg. Fund: $ 502 YTD: $120,473 Apportionments Due: $46,550 YTD: $ 19,600
IN WORSHIP Sunday, September 3, 2006 The Scripture: Song of Solomon 2:8-13; James 1:17-27 The Gospel: Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 The Sermon: “Do” Reverend Barry Hoekstra The Music: 8:30AM “Have Thine Own Way Lord” The Early Choir 11:00AM “Prayer of St. Francis” The Chancel Choir
UMW’S SHUT-IN MINISTRY GEARING UP! United Methodist Women are beginning their annual Christmas campaign to bring gifts (personal toiletry items) to our homebound members. UMW is asking that you consider donating items such as: shampoo, conditioner, toothbrushes, tooth paste, deodorant, brush, combs, bath soap, Kleenex, cotton balls, Q-tips, bath powder. Any of these items and/or monetary donations will be gratefully accepted. You may drop your donations in the church office. Questions? Call Rita Landry @876-7740.
PLEASE BE IN PRAYER FOR PEACE AND FOR THE SAFETY OF THOSE WHO ARE SERVING OUR COUNTRY: Aaron Ledet, Jerry St. Pierre, John Parks, Andy Weaver, Kevin Adams, Brian Ratcliff, Brandon Ratcliff, Bryan McDonald, Brian Medaris, Chad Campbell, Ryan Kurras, Chris Pollard, Michael Wegler, Brent Hollingfield, Bryan Patton, Kristopher Pugh, Richard Schandorff, Paul Tholen, Jeremy Brunet, Jamie Authement, Lance Chatagnier, Joseph Frisella, Jr., Travis Twiggs, Blake Dryden, and the 2/156(M) Infantry-Houma National Guard, the TN 278th. (If you know of someone on this prayer list who is now safely home, please call 868-7787 and let us know! We’d like to share that news with the Church family!)
NOW AVAILABLE IN THE CHURCH OFFICE! *Scrumptious Salsa is still available for only $3 per 13 ounce jar! All sales benefit Ruston’s LA. Methodist Children’s Home. *T-Shirts are still available in the Church office. These T-shirts are a fund-raising project for the youth and cost $14 each. We have all sizes from Small to XXX. *World’s Finest Chocolate Bars are being sold as a fundraiser for the youth. $1 a bar. *Donna Sammarco’s solo piano CD “On Eagles Wings” is available. Proceeds benefit the Grand Piano Fund. *MacDonell’s Children’s Greeting Cards are still available in the back foyer of the Church. *We have furniture for sale! In the old Parsonage we have a Dining Room set (table and six chairs) for approximately $600. Interested? Call 868-7787 or contact David West at church!
IN CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY We extend our heartfelt sympathy and prayers for comfort to the family of our long-time Church member, Margie Norris Butler, who passed away on Friday, August 25. She is survived by her beloved husband, Robert Butler, her daughter, Laurie Allen, and son, Douglas Butler, and their families. Margie’s funeral service was held here on Monday, August 28, at 10:00AM, her burial in Monroe on August 29th. Barbara Rogers and Velma Hebert’s beloved brother, Allen Matherne, passed away recently in Michigan. We express our sincere sympathy to Barbara and Velma and their extended families.
THANK YOU FOR GIFTS OF LOVE TO THE: Operating Fund in memory of Margie Butler and Allen Matherne by M/M Bill Thibodeaux. Adult Band Drums by Dawn Vincent and Ben Meyers. Music Fund by M/M David McMath. Piano Fund in honor of Judy Foret’s birthday by M/M Robert English. UMW Shut-In Ministry by Elise McGuyre. Building Fund by Jim Clark, M/M Charles Jenkins, Paula Rutledge, M/M Charles Blake, M/M Paul Sammarco, and Juana Woodard to the Stained Glass Fund |
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