CHURCH CALENDAR

02/05/2012

TODAY

  8:45 AM Focus Prayer– This is an opportunity to pray with others.

  9:15 AM Worship service - Communion      

  9:15 AM Sunday School  

10:15 AM Everyone is invited to the Coffee Hour in the fellowship hall

10:15 AM Scudder Soup Sales are back! Homemade soups are available for purchase during the winter months. Proceeds are used for mission work.  A signup sheet for volunteer soup cooks can be found on the table in the fellowship hall.

10:30 AM Mission and Outreaching meeting – room 3

11:00 AM Worship Service - Communion         

 Mon       9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Church office open             

               7:15 PM Women’s Bible Study at AcadiaHR, Spencer Drive              

Tues.      9:00 AM Senior Exercise Program - FH  

               9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Health Ministry Coordinator, Beverly Kipp – room 4                           

             10:15 AM Bible Study – room 3 

               6:30 PM Handbells - FH                

Wed.       9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Church office open              

Thurs      9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Church office open

               9:00 AM Senior Exercise Program – FH

              12:30 PM Old Dutch Village Garden Club - FH

               6:30 PM Choir rehearsal – room 2

               8:00 PM Boy Scouts Old Crow meeting – room 3            

Fri.         9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Church office open 

Sat.         9:45 PM People’s Place:  Signup sheet in the fellowship hall.

NEXT SUNDAY

         8:45 AM Focus Prayer

         9:15 AM Worship Service – Rev. Dr. Don Heringa

       11:00 AM Worship Service – Rev. Dr. Don Heringa

        2:00 PM Radical Rabbits 4 H Group

ADVANCE NOTICES

Ash Wednesday Service: Wed. Feb 22, 7:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church.

Women with Faith:  Fri. Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m. at the home of Marsha Piacente.

Middle School Youth Group meeting:  Sun. Feb. 26, 6 p.m.

Mid Week Lenten Service: Wed. Feb. 29, 7 p.m. at St. John’s Reformed Church, The Rev. LeRoy Ness will preach.

Friday Morning Women’s Study: beginning Fri. March 9, 9:30 a.m. and continuing for six weeks. The course is based on the book The True Measure of a Woman:  Discover Your Intrinsic Value and See Yourself as God Does. The course book is available to view on the table in the fellowship hall along with a sign-up sheet.  The book cost is $15.  For more information, contact Desiree Albizu, 518-537-4221 or at albizu@valstar.net.

NOTICES

The Search Committee has recommended Rev. Dr. Eric Titus to be our next pastor.  Consistory, at a meeting January 26, accepted their recommendation and moved to start the process of extending the call to Dr. Titus.  A verbal call has been extended and Dr. Titus has accepted.  This is just the start of the process.  There are written negotiations and approval from Classis needed.  A date of February 19 has been set up for him to preach here at St. John’s.  There will be one service at 9:30 a.m. followed by a congregational meeting, for an advisory vote and then a reception in the fellowship hall.

Please sign up on the sheet in the fellowship hall if you would like to make bake goods for Coffee Hour.

Denominational Assessment:  You can use the green envelope in the front of your box of offering envelopes to help offset this expense.  This year the cost per active member is $93.77.  The initial offering envelope is used to offset the cost of envelopes; price per box is $3.25. Any amount you can contribute is appreciated.

Beverly Kipp has taken the job of Flower Chair and is looking for a co-chair of this committee. If interested please speak to Beverly.

Have you lost an item of jewelry?  Please see Shari in the Church office.

           
2012 Pledges: 62 pledges totaling $133,857 have been received to date.  Pledge cards are in the rack at the back of the sanctuary.  If you have not returned your pledge card please do so as soon as possible.

NEW Bible Readings from Advent 2011 to Advent 2012:  Join in the daily Bible readings from the Revised Common Lectionary.  Booklets are on the table in the fellowship hall, cost is $1.50 or go to the Church’s website, www.stjohnsreformed.org and click on Daily Readings Guide for the scripture passage, or click on At Home with the Word. 

We would like to continue providing nursery care during the worship service but are in need of volunteers.  If you can help out some Sunday morning please sign up in the fellowship hall or speak to Desiree Albizu.            

The Shepherds would like to remind all of the availability of “Prayer Bears” to share with those you know who are in need of tangible prayer.

It is important to use your offering envelopes when donating money to the Church.  If you forget your envelope, you can find a Pew Envelope in the rack at the back of the Church. If you do not have envelopes and would like them please call the Church office at 758-1184.

Bibles are always on sale in the fellowship hall.  Make your choice from the New Revised Standard Version (pew Bible) and the Contemporary English Version or New International Version. Priced as labeled.

Sanctuary Open for Private Prayer:  If you wish to use the sanctuary for private prayer, it is always available between Sunday services and weekdays during the hours the Church office is open.

Greeting Cards: on sale in the fellowship hall.  Twelve cards $8. Proceeds go to the Emmaus Road Youth Ministries.

Attendance Last Sunday                                 Last Year

  9:15 a.m.        62                                                 9:15 a.m.        64      

11 a.m.             14                                                11a.m.             23       

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Food Pantry Needs:

We are out of corn beef hash, canned spam or luncheon meat.

We are low on juice, vegetable soup, spaghetti sauce, tea bags, paper towels, shampoo and conditioner.

Donations may be left in the box at the top of the stairs in the education wing.