The Scouts are
saving aluminum cans, bottles, and other items to be recycled. Proceeds
will be used to cripple children.
The outreach committee
has enlisted 25 visitors to make calls on people who are not afflicted
with any church.
Ladies Bible Study
will be held Thursday morning at 10. All ladies are invited to lunch
in the Fellowship Hall after the B.S. is done.
Evening Massage
- 6 PM
The pastor would
appreciate if the ladies of the congregation would lend him their electric
girdles for pancake breakfast next Sunday morning.
The audience is
asked to remain seated until the end of the recession.
Low Self' Esteem
Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM. Please use the back door.
Ushers will eat
latecomers.
The third verse
of Blessed Assurance will be sung without musical accomplishment.
For those of you
who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.
The Reverend Merriwether
spoke briefly, much to the delight of the audience.
The pastor will
preach his farewell message, after which the choir will sing, "Break Forth
into Joy."
A songfest was
hell at the Methodist church Wednesday.
Due to the Rector's
illness, Wednesday's healing service will be discontinued until further
notice.
Stewardship Offertory:
"Jesus Paid It All"
The music for
today's service was all composed by George Friedrich Handel in celebration
of the 300th anniversary of his birth.
Remember in prayer
the many who are sick of our church and community.
The eighth-graders
will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church basement noon Friday
at 7 PM. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.
The concert held
in Fellowship Hall was a great success. Special thanks are due to
the minister's daughter, who labored the whole evening at the piano, which
as usual fell upon her.
Twenty-two members
were present at the church meeting held at the home of Mrs. Marsha Crutchfield
last evening. Mrs. Crutchfield and Mrs. Rankin sang a duet, The Lord
Knows Why.
Don't let worry
kill you. Let the Church help.
Thursday night-Potluck
Supper. Prayer and medication to follow.
The rosebud on
the altar this morning is to announce the birth of David Alan Belzer, the
sin of Rev and Mrs. Julius Belzer.
This afternoon
there will be a meeting in the South and north ends of the church.
Children will be baptized at both ends.
Tuesday at 4 PM
there will be an ice cream social. All ladies giving milk will please come
early.
Wednesday, the
Ladies Liturgy Society will meet. Mrs. Jones will sing "Put Me In
My Little Bed" accompanied by the pastor.
Thursday at 5
PM there will be a meeting of the Little Mothers Club. All wishing
to become Little Mothers, please see the minister in his private study.
This being Easter
Sunday, we will ask Mrs. Lewis to come forward and lay an egg on the altar.
The service will
close with "Little Drops of Water." One of the ladies will start (quietly)
and the rest of the congregation will join in.
Next Sunday, a
special collection will be taken to defray the cost of the new carpet.
All those wishing to do something on the new carpet will come forward and
get a piece of paper.
The ladies of
the church have cast off clothing of every kind and they may be seen in
the church basement Friday.
A bean supper
will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow.
At the evening
service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What is Hell?" Come early
and listen to our choir practice.
Weight Watchers
will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use large
double door at the side entrance.
The 1996 Spring
Council Retreat will be hell May 10 and 11.
Pastor is on vacation.
Massages can be given to church secretary.
8 new choir robes
are currently needed, due to the addition of several new members and to
the deterioration of some older ones.
Mrs. Johnson will
be entering the hospital this week for testes.
The Senior Choir
invites any member of the congregation who enjoys sinning to join the choir.
Please join us
as we show our support for Amy and Alan who are preparing for the girth
of their first child.
The Lutheran Men's
group will meet at 6 PM. Steak, mashed potatoes, green beans, bread
and dessert will be served for a nominal feel.
..........And
last but not least................
The Associate
Minister unveiled the church's new tithing campaign slogan last Sunday:
"I Upped My Pledge-------------Up Yours."