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May 6, 2008
Hi Everyone:
I am overwhelmed with the beautiful spring day today. Makes me want to run out and play and dance and jump around and I probably would do so except it would hurt my ankle. So, I am running, dancing and jumping around on the inside. : ) How are the rest of you?
Here is what is going on at Church:
1. Attendance last Sunday was just short of 260. We celebrated our Sunday School teachers and workers (THANK YOU EVERYONE!!). We celebrated Communion and heard about Peter walking on Water in the morning and why bad things can happen to good people in the evening.
2. This Sunday is PENTECOST Sunday (as well as Mother's Day!). Pentecost is Christianity's birthday and it is customary to WEAR RED on Pentecost to symbolize the fire and presence of the Holy Spirit. We will hear from our Missions team on a follow up from Gospel for Asia We will hear from Paige's Butter fly run I will be preaching from Acts 2 about that first Day of Pentecost!
The Clover Leaf Children's Choir is singing this week!
Sunday evening's preacher will be a surprise!
3. HEALTH FAIR -- remember the HEALTH FAIR is Wednesday, May 7 (tomorrow) from 10 to 3 here at Christ Community. Lois Cole and her team have lined up many very good agencies to tell us about what they do!
4. Thank you to the Barbecue Team -- we sold out of chicken and raised over $700!
5. This is the last week to order Flowers from the Sunday School -- see the order table in Fellowship Hall.
6. In our Prayers: Harry Frankland is at St. Joes, he has a brain tumor and his family is trying to place him in a facility in Mohawk, New York -- near where they all live; Brenda Reynolds continues to recover (still in ICU); Joe Frega had surgery on his shoulder today (continue to pray for Karen's brother Gary and her mother who are both battling cancer); Bob Dixon is home and continues the battle; Both Nathan and Liam Tyler are having minor surgery this week; Cole Hesler is having surgery on Wednesday (May 7); Karin Kellog (still some mystery); Carrie Christian; Angel Desimone; Jim Harper; Lynn Quigley; Esther Parker; Carole Yeomans; Gene Loucks; Perry Farney; Betty Jo Flask
7. Happy Birthday: May 8: Janet Boucher; Sally Carlin; Amy Tyler May 11: Bonnie Deboer, Roxine Langdon; Emerson Tanner May 12: Suzanne Dibble
8. No Anniversaries in the next 7 days. : (
9. PAIGE'S BUTTERFLY RUN: is June 7 and has been moved to the Federal Plaza in Syracuse. Paige Yeomans Arnold was a member of our church who died of complications from a bone marrow transplant to treat her Leukemia in 1994. The event is held in her memory each year. We want to do something this year we have never done and that is to have a TEAM CHRIST COMMUNITY participate in the 3k fun run/walk. The team would get pledges together, walk together and be a public witness of our support of this event. To sign up: SIGN UP AT CHURCH, register and begin to get sponsors for this great event. Last year PBR gave away $90,000 for children's cancer research; support of families with children with cancer and endowed a scholarship for a Baker High School graduate.
10. Charge Conference Report. On Wednesday April 30 the 2008 Christ Community Annual Church Conference was held with District Superintendent David Underwood presiding: We approved our Safe Sanctuaries Policy -- Thank you Pastor Denise We approved our 2008 - 2009 Budget (just over $312,000) We approved and recommended Linda Prell as a certified candidate for ministry. We reaffirmed Clair Mosher and Roger Parker to be continued as certified candidates We elected some officers (more on that later). We also heard reports from the Superintendent, Pastor B.J. and others.
11. Family Bowling is May 17 -- sign up at Church.
12. Church Council meets on May 13 at 7:00.
13. May 18 -- we will be taking a special collection for the mission trip to Peru. Joyce Trinkley-Wolfson and two of her children, Jonathon (a Freshman at Oswego State) and Lizzi will be traveling to Lima, Peru to assist in the teaching of English at a school there. They have also connected with the United Methodist Bishop in that area and will be visiting some churches and other projects. Make checks payable to "Christ Community UMC and put PERU in the memo line.
14. There is NO CONFIRMATION CLASS this Sunday (we want to be with our Moms!)
15. Congratulations to Regina Parker and Ed Hughes who recently became engaged.
16. Congratulations to Christopher Pallian and Jennifer Marsden who were married at Christ Community on May 3.
17. I am compiling a list of 2008 graduates -- are you graduating from College, High School, the school of hard knocks? We'd like to know so we can congratulate you!
That's all for now! Keep praying, keep working, keep serving, keep living lives that matter and most of all keep trusting in our Lord Jesus Christ who makes it all possible.
Peace,
Pastor B.J. Norrix, missionary, coach, lead servant
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