Weekly News Jesus - The Man; the Miracle Worker is the title of a four-part sermon series we began last Sunday. Join us as we explore what made Jesus so great, and how his greatness can inspire amazing strides in your life!
Jan. 13 – Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 – "Embracing New Ways" Jan. 20 – John 2:1-11 – "Embracing the Unexpected" Jan. 27 – Luke 4:14-21 – "Embracing Your True Self" Annual Report Time! All Class, Committee, Board, and activity leaders please get your 2018 reports to the office. The deadline for the reports to be received in the church office is Monday, January 14, 2019. E-mail is the easiest to work with, but print-ready copies are also welcome. This report will be prepared for distribution at our Annual Congregational Meeting and Potluck on Sunday, January 20, 2019 immediately following worship. We will also need people to assemble the reports. Thanks for your cooperation! The Potluck Dinner & Annual Congregational Meeting is scheduled for Sunday, January 20, at Westminster Hall for the purpose of electing at-large members to the Nominating Committee and nominated members to Session, Deacons, and Trustees; receiving the Annual Report; and conducting other appropriate business. Dinner is at 12:00 p.m. with the meeting immediately after, around 1:00 p.m. If you have individuals in mind for our four at-large positions on the Nominating Committee, please give their names – with their permission – to Diane Robertson, our Clerk of Session. And self-nominations are indeed permitted. The ChristCare small group, Health and Nutrition meeting scheduled for next Sunday will now be meeting on January 27 at Diane Robertson’s at 2:30 due to the Congregational meeting on January 20. You may contact Diane at (816) 786-4092, if you would like to attend. While you are baking for the holidays, please consider baking and freezing for the Annual Chocolate Festival, set for Saturday, February 9, 2019, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Quite a while back we were asked to pray for the Mission of the Good Shepherd and the children of Belize. This mission feeds these hungry children. Each month we get a letter from them thanking us for our prayers and a beautifully colored picture by one of the children. I am asking you to continue to pray for this mission and the children and take time to notice the picture on the bulletin board in the entry way. I'm bringing it to your attention again, to just look at the pictures that will be changed from time to time and pray for this mission. Thanks, Presbyterian Women. Your 2019 Pledge envelopes are now available in the Parlour and ready for pickup. If you have an address change, name change, email address or a new phone number, birth announcement, or marriage announcement, please contact the church office by email at fpcindep@gmail.com or call 816-252-6662. Thank you! Total 2018 Per Capita is $43.29 The allocation breakdown is as follows: General Assembly – $7.73 Synod – $2.80 Presbytery – $32.76 |
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