The Rector's Desk
There is much that we can be thankful for as we begin this New Year. We burnt the mortgage after the New Year's Eve service which means that we do not owe anyone. We thank God for all of you who continue to support your Church financially and with your time and talents. Very soon we will receive our kneelers and pulpit which will add to the "Anglicanness" of our worship space. Of course we will have to do some rearranging to accommodate the pulpit.
We continue to ask for volunteers for Sunday School and our Choirs. We are suggesting that you offer to teach Sunday School for a few sundays of the church's year rather than every Sunday.
The life of our Church is strengthened with the involvement of all of us and the cooperation of all of us. We continue to have an open policy and we hope you will share with us information that will build up the body of Christ here at St. Monica's.
Our Annual Meeting is on Sunday, February 12, 2012 after the 9:30 a.m. service. We hope to present to you a workable balanced budget which will reflect our proactive understanding of what is happening around us and with us as a parish. If you have not pledged, we hope will and we pray that you will be able to honor those pledges.
Food Pantry
We always need non-perishable food to provide healthy meals for the families who come to our food Pantry. Please bring food or money to the altar every Sunday for the pantry.
Weekly suggestions: Sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, canned green vegetables, evaporated milk, instant mashed potatoes, boxed dressing, canned and/or packaged gravies.
Fr. Davidson needs our cooperation if we wish to reschedule a meeting on Monday or Wednesday between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Fr. Davidson schedules interviews and pastoral counseling either before or after Prayer Meetings on Monday. He may also schedule interviews and pastoral counseling on Wednesday. He schedules events when there is no Bible Study. As a courtesy, please call Fr. Davidson to verify if he has anything scheduled.
Activity Calendar
Weekly: 1) Mondays-Prayer meeting at 6:30 p.m.; 2) Wednesdays-Bible Study at 6:30 p.m.
Special Days (Weekly): 1) Wednesdays and Fridays-Food Pantry opens 10:00 a.m. to noon.
2) Every other Thursday-Pro's and Con's Task Force at 6:30 p.m.
Special Days (Monthly): 1) First Thursday-Stewardship Committee at 6:30 p.m.; 2) Second Thursday-Vestry Meeting 6:30 p.m.; 3) Third Tuesday-Women of Valier; 4) Third and fourth Saturday opens at 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.; 5) First Saturday-Episcopal Church Women (ECW) at 12:00 noon
Happy Birthday to: Jessica Hurdle 1st; Christine Hurdle 5th; Cynthia Timoll 7th; Doreen Radway 9th; Jennie Dixon, Tyreik Noel and Hubbard Warren 12th; Winston Anderson, Elroy toppin and James Allen 20th; Nellie Jordan and Joanne Silva 22nd; Lorraine Gomes 24th; Floyd Wyche and Mary Pinnock 28th; Janice Binion and Lauren Toppin 30th; Barbara Neals 31st.
Happy Anniversary to: Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson 16th; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wyche 30th.
Edward Basden and Auvita McKenzie 1st; Iris Fuller and Delores Johnson 2nd; George Cambridge and Enid Emanuel 5th; Elise Coley and Basil Wollaston 8th; Carlton Hickson 9th; Gladys Thompson 10th; Ruth Colvin and James King 11th; Benjamin Banks 13th; Glendon Elliot and Emmett Green 15th; Christiana Rose 17th; Donald Phillips and Leon Russell 18th; Silas Hill 20th; Norman Leyhon 21st; Joseph Pannell 23rd; Lillian Brewster and William Seymour 24th; Richard Bailey 25th; Raymond Countryman 26th; Lloyd Henry, Bessie Johnson, Florence McWillie and Harold Taylor 27th; William Smith 30th; Frank Davis, Jr. 31st.
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