E-CHIMES

A Weekly Update of Joys, Concerns and Ministry with

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Sunday Worship Hour

10:30 a.m.

Church Office Hours: Monday - Thursday: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Pastor's Office Hours: Monday – Thursday 9:00 am – 2:00 pm

(Fridays: Pastor's day off, office closed)

OUR MISSION

We are committed to inspiring a

sense of identity and belonging

through love, faith, and service in Jesus Christ

February 24, 2011

Our email is churchoffice@fpcmp.org

Our website is www.fpcmp.org

Church Phone 989-773-9609

Pastor Hanna’s phone 989-317-0820

Email address Revslhanna@gmail.com

In This Issue:

·     Prayer concerns

·     Food Pantry Has Need (NEW)

·     PW Events/Scrapbooking (NEW)

·     Lydia Circle (NEW)

·     Deacon Events (NEW)

·     Care & Share (NEW)

·     Fourth Annual Progressive Dinner (NEW)

·     Ellen Scheide Donates Blood Stem Cells for Leukemia Patient

·     Mistaken Identity

·     Thank You from SJP

·     Annual Rummage Sale

·     Lectionary Readings

·     A Glimpse at The Week Ahead

·     Looking at Events in the Church, Around the Town and Beyond

·     Birthdays and Anniversaries

·     Web Links of Interest

PRAYER CONCERNS

Prayers of Concern Shelly Roy, John Kingsnorth (Nancy Klunzinger’s brother), Sarah Cox,Sue Blodgett, Cindy Miles, Warren Long, Tim O’Brian ( The Loubert’s brother-in-law), Bill Theunissen, and Denmark, Finland and Iceland.

 

Gracious and loving God, we invite you to stir in our lives as we journey this life of faith.  Open our hearts and minds to see you present and feel your gentle nudging as you move us toward fulfilling your ministries.  Amen.

 

Prayer taken from the 2011 Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study.

Red Cross Food Pantry has need

The Red Cross Food Pantry has a great need for good items right now.  Anything you can donate will be most welcome.  One suggestion: SAV-A-LOT  has large cans of spaghetti and meatballs for only $1.60!  Bring all items to church and place them in the wooden bins outside the office.  The Crawley’s will deliver them.  Thank You.

PW Events (Scrapbooking)

On February 26 from 10 – 4 PW will be hosting a scrapbook day for foreign exchange students in the area.  A Consultant from Creative Memories will be present to share tips and materials as the students learn how to record their stay.  Church members are invited to mingle with the students and/or bring their own projects to scrapbook.

Lydia Circle

Lydia Circle will begin meeting for the year on Wednesday, March 2 at 12:00 pm.  We will be studying Revelation and books can be purchased from Nancy Kinney for $8.  Bring a sandwich and join this lively study group!

Deacon Events

A reminder from the Deacons that Communion envelopes are available in the pews.  A dollar or two on Communion Sundays will go a long way toward the ministry of helping and caring carried on by the Board of Deacons.  Thank you.

Care & Share

Care & Share is alive and well within our church.  If you have a need, please phone Stephanie in the office (773-9609) and she will take care of you.

 

Fourth Annual Progressive Dinner

Please plan to attend the Fourth Annual Progressive Dinner on Saturday, April 16, 2011.  Last year 35 people participated and we had a great time!  Please plan to join us this year.

We will meet in the Church parking lot for those who wish to carpool.  The locations for appetizers and entrees have not yet been finalized completely.  Appetizers for the entire group will begin at 5:30 p.m. at one location.  Members will go to their selected entrée location at 6:45 p.m. and then the entire group returns to the Witherspoon Room for dessert at 8:15 p.m.  There is a sign up sheet on the bulletin board.  Please contact Carol Shannon 989-506-5751 or abbeallie@yahoo.com with questions or if you wish to serve as a host site this year. 

Ellen Scheide Donates Blood Stem Cells for Leukemia Patient

Read about Ellen's response to the Project Life, a program at Presbyterian College to join the National Marrow Donor Program: http://www.presby.edu/news/feb/1411-donor.html

Mistaken Identity

If you wore a black (or dark navy) peacoat to church on Sunday, check to see if the same jacket came home with you. Sallie did not see hers on the coatrack as she left church on February 13. It was a warmer day and wearing a lighter coat felt wonderful!!

 Thanks,

Sallie

Thank You from Social Justice & Peacemaking

Social Justice and Peacemaking Committee wants to give a BIG thankyou to all who helped with the Mobile Food Pantry at West Intermediate this past Saturday.  There were those who brought in food for snacks, those who were here at the church to receive those snacks and those who plated up the snacks for distribution on Saturday.  There were also those of you who were there on Saturday to help pass out the food to the needy community members.  Thank you and God Bless each and every one who participated in this very important mission.

Annual Rummage Sale

FEBRUARY – VALENTINE’S DAY

MARCH – ST PATRICK’S DAY

APRIL – SHOWERS AND EASTER

MAY – FLOWERS

JUNE – RUMMAGE SALE ON JUNE 11TH

It is never to early to start planning or to start putting items away for PW’s awesome rummage sale scheduled for June 11th .  Let’s face it.  It’s cold; you are stuck inside.  What else can you do on these frigid days.  You will feel sooooooooooooooo good after you have cleaned out that closet and boxed up your things for the sale.  So good that you will decide to clean and straighten out those drawers in the bedroom, maybe in the extra bedroom too.  On to the basement!  Now you’re on a roll…..let’s unload all those things you don’t use anymore, never used, couldn’t figure out how to use or plain don’t want to use.  Give it to PW!   Done!  Now don’t you feel better?  Good!  And you will be supporting PW by helping them raise money for local missions and maybe a special church project.  Thanks for your support.

 

LECTIONARY READINGS for Sunday February 27, 2011

Isaiah 49: 8-16a

I Corinthians 4: 1-5

Mark 14: 3-9

A GLIMPSE AT THEWEEK AHEAD (Thursday - Thursday)

All events are at First Presbyterian Church unless otherwise noted

Thursday February 24, 2011

 

6:30 pm  Handbell Choir Rehearsal

 

7:30  pm Chancel Choir Rehearsal

 

Friday February 25

 

1:00 pm Domestic Violence Task Force Meets

 

Saturday February 26

 

10:00 am – 4:00 pm  PW Scrapbooking Day

Sunday February 27

9:30 am Adult Bible Study

9:45 am Chancel Choir Rehearsal

10:30 am Worship & Sunday School/Celebrating the Gifts of Women

            “”  by Rev. Sandra Lee Hanna

11:30 am Party in the Parlor

 7:00 pm  PNC Committee meets

Monday February 28

10:00 Personnel Committee Meeting

1:00 pm  Staff Meeting

 

Wednesday March 2

Noon Lydia Circle Meets

6:00 pm  Girl Scouts meets

8:00 pm AA

 

Thursday March 3

6:30  pm  Handbell Choir Rehearsal

7:30  pm  Chancel Choir Rehearsal

 

LOOKING AHEAD AT EVENTS IN THE CHURCH, AROUND THE TOWN AND BEYOND

 

 

 

Mobile Food Pantry 2011 Schedule

 

February 26 CMU’s Finch Field House

March 12         Location TBD

March 26         Finch Field House

April 9             Mt. Pleasant Community Church Mt. Pleasant

April 23           University Recreation McGrath Event Center on Broomfield

May 7               Central Assembly of God Mt. Pleasant

May 21             Location TBD

June 11            Location TBD

June 25            Location TBD

 BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES

February Birthdays

26        David McGee

February Wedding Anniversaries

25        Neil and Mary Sowle

 

 

LINKS

Presbytery of Lake Huron www.presbylh.org

Presbyterian Church USA www.pcusa.org

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance http://pcusa.org/pda/response/usa/hurricanekatrina-index.htm