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Announcements for February 5, 2012 -
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Welcome to St. Peter’s United Church of Christ this blessed November morning! Thank you for honoring us with your presence as we celebrate our citizenship in the kingdom of Christ Jesus.
Welcome to St. Peter’s United Church of Christ this blessed December morning! It’s almost time! Thank you for joining us as we prepare our hearts and await the divine birth announcement.
Thanks to everyone who served in the various ministries of the church this morning! We are especially grateful for all who made our Sunday School program possible!
Everyone is invited downstairs for a special Coffee Hour hosted by our Board of Christian Education, Sunday School parents and helpers! Thank you!
The Chancel Flowers are given today in loving memory of Randy Maloney by Sue Bailey and The Lanfords.
There are new sign-up sheets for Coffee Hour hosting and for having chancel flowers in 2012. They are next to the current sheets posted in the Memorial Room.
The boxes of 2012 offering envelopes and 2012 wall calendars from Haben’s Funeral Home are also available. The envelopes are along the western wall of the Memorial Room.
The Church Council meets at 11:30 AM today. The Nominating Committee meets briefly after worship, before the Council meeting.
The Youth Fellowship Caroling, Reunion and Dinner is tonight starting at 5:00 PM with song selection and rehearsal. We will end by 8:00 PM. Please tell Karen Christianson or Pastor Lanford if you or your youth are coming along!
CHRISTMAS EVE - - We are having worship at 7:30 PM on Saturday, December 24th. It is a traditional service of hymns, Scripture lessons of prophecy and the nativity, an Anthem, homily, communion and closing candlelight! This is a good service to invite friends, neighbors or family who are without a church home to come to with you!
CHRISTMAS DAY - - is a Sunday so we will have a service at 10:00 AM (no Sunday School) and celebrate the Lord’s Supper as we celebrate Christ’s birth.
Coffee Hour following Christmas morning worship will be a “Cookie Share” coffee hour. Everyone who is willing and able can bring some of their Christmas cookies to share, a kind of Christmas cookie pot luck if you will. Rich Schneider will take care of making the coffee and tea, setup and cleanup.
The deadline for the January 2012 Announcer is tomorrow.
FOLDING TEAM! We meet December 22nd at 9:30 AM! Looking forward to seeing you ladies as we fold the first Announcer of 2012!
We are updating the phone directory! If you have not submitted a recent photo, name or address change, please do so by December 19th! If you are not sure check the directory from 2005, if there are corrections let Maria Altmayer know and/or call or email the office. Phone books will be passed out at the Annual Meeting.
Don’t forget a fresh shipment of Equal Exchange items has arrived! You can choose from top quality coffee, tea, chocolate and more! See Kathy Z. or Jenn S. for any questions or to place any future orders!
Please remember that a church’s growth does not happen by accident! Folks are more likely to attend a church a first time (and perhaps keep coming) if someone they know invites them. So please, be thinking about whom you might feel comfortable inviting to join you for worship or for an upcoming church activity!
It’s our turn to serve at the community Kitchen of A Just Harvest! We serve on Saturday, December 31st but should be home by 7 o’clock. We still need servers and batches of sloppy joes; please see Beth Lanford if you can help ring out the old year by helping to feed Jesus’ sheep (John 21: 17).
Sloppy Joes
3 lb ground beef
2 medium onions, chopped
¼ cup of oil
2 cups chopped celery
½ cup sweet pickle relish
¼ cup brown sugar
1 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
1 Tablespoon salt
12 oz chili sauce
¼ cup vinegar
1 medium green pepper, chopped
Brown beef and onions, lightly in oil
Add other ingredients
Simmer for 30 minutes
Add tomato juice or sauce if needed
Welcome to St. Peter’s United Church of Christ this blessed February morning! “How good it is to sing praises to our God!” (Psalm 147:1, NRSV). Welcome to worship, as we join our voices in song to God our Father.
Everyone is invited downstairs to the Memorial Room after worship to enjoy a Coffee Hour hosted by the Baileys!
Thanks to them for hosting, and to everyone who served in the various ministries of the church today!
In the installation of those Board members and Officers who were elected last Sunday, we release from their covenant of service the following, with our profound gratitude: Church Council Secretary Marlene Russell; Elder Sue Bailey; Bd. of Christian Education members Laurie Mitchell and Annie Uchtman; Bd. of Finance member Paul Brzozowski; Deacons Roy Svenson, Beth Lanford and Don Kahn; and Trustees David Rees, Rich Miller and Errol Mitchell. Don is not exactly released as he goes to the Trustees and Laurie to the Elders. Thank you very, very much!
In two weeks, on February 19th will be our Pre-Lenten Brunch in place of Coffee Hour, sponsored by our Dinner Committee. We do ask for reservations to help us know how much to prepare. Donations are $5 for adults and $2 for children 10 and under. See the February newsletter for more details – and if you have not received it yet, there are copies in the narthex! See Barb Todd to make a reservation. Thanks!
ASH WEDNESDAY is coming up—it is on February 22nd. As usual, services will be at 11:30 AM and 7:30 PM, each with the optional imposition of ashes; Communion is served at the evening service.
Please note the error in the February Announcer about the dates for the Lenten soup-n-study: We will not be meeting on Wednesday evenings because Pastor teaches Confirmation Class then. We will meet on Thursdays, in the Gym, starting March 1st.
There is no Confirmation Class this week.
Pastor Richard will be in Elmhurst much of this Thursday, attending a meeting of the CMA Church and Ministry Committee.
The Skokie Post of the American Legion and its Women’s Auxiliary meet here this Tuesday at 7PM.
The Chicago Rocks & Minerals Club meets here this coming Saturday night, 6-10 PM.
This Saturday the 11th Pastor Lanford and a few other members will be in Chicago until 4 PM attending a worship workshop. If you are interested and available, let him know right away.
Next Sunday is the usual meeting time of the Bds. of Finance, Trustees and Elders. New Boards are free to select a new time if it works better.
The Youth Fellowship meets next Sunday at 6:30 PM, in part to lay specific plans for a Spaghetti Dinner later.
MOVIE NIGHT - On Sat., Feb. 24th at 7 PM we will have a Movie Night in the Memorial Room. Completely free, with refreshments, this will be entertainment for the whole family and for all ages! Barbara Todd is starting off with a showing of “The Inn of the Sixth Happiness”, starring Ingrid Bergman. This is the true story of missionary Gladys Aylward, who rescued 100 Chinese children during the Second World War. It is a dramatic and poignant story and Bergman’s performance is one of her best. If you have any questions see Barbara or Pastor Lanford. We hope you can join us for a memorable evening!
Collecting BUNKO Donations Now! Our annual BUNKO Party will be held Friday, March 2nd from 7-10 PM. We are asking folks for prizes, gift cards and/or certificates big or small, to be dropped off at the church office. Please contact Carol Ianotti or Heidi Tarzian with any questions.
Pastor is now out of Jewel, McDonalds and Subway cards as of last week.
According to the Schedule, next Sunday our Nursery Attendant will be Beth Brzozowski and the lector Bill Schaller.
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