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Per Capita time. The Presbyterian Church supports its organizational structure (Presbytery, Synod and General Assembly) with a Per Capita assessment on each member of the PCUSA congregations. The charge is made in January and this year we must pay $26.75 per member of NKPC. You can again help as in years past by making a special donation to the church for each family member. Please use your “Initial Offering” envelope for this purposes. Thank you for helping cover this special expense.
Sweetheart Brunch Save the Date: Attention men of the church! The Membership Committee needs your help preparing a Sweetheart Brunch for our ladies of the church on Sun., Feb 12. We will need help setting up (Sat., Feb. 11), serving, cleaning up and donating your favorite dish. The menu will be breakfast casseroles, fruits, muffins, coffee and punch. Contact Mike Nelson on how you can help. Children. All children ages 4 to 10 are invited to join the Sunday school class following the Object Lesson. The topic is “Jesus Teaches Us to Pray” Matthew 6:9-15. Discusses how to pray and live out our prayers in the assurance of God’s grace. Child Protection. For the protection of all, we ask that youth and children not use the loft unless they are supervised by an adult. Giving Statements for 2016 are available on the table in the narthex. Please pick up your copy to save us the postage expense. Youth Crew Sledding! We have rescheduled our January sledding for Sunday, January 29th. Hope to see you there! (Or we may just go bowling...) Camp Greenwood registration is now open! As a partnering church with the Greenwood Ministries Association, all campers from NKPC get 10 % off their registration fee. Email Pastor Karen for a coupon code. Also register by March 15th to get an extra $15 dollars off! LET’S DO IT – SEND OUR KIDS TO CAMP! We would again like to assist in sending all our children to Camp Greenwood this summer. You can help by contributing bottle/cans in the T-room or make a clearly marked cash donation. We can sponsor five (or more) children for about $2,000. Camp Greenwood is a very special place that greatly increases kid’s faith and we hope you will help our children attend. SOUPER Bowl of Caring! NEXT SUNDAY, February 5th is our Souper Bowl of Caring. Please plan on bringing a can of soup or giving a check to help stock the NKCS food pantry to feed our neighbors! Church Wide and Officer Training Retreat! You are invited to a retreat here at North Kent Presbyterian on February 4th from 9 am to 1:30 pm. We will be reviewing who we are as Presbyterians, the role of elder and deacon, our history here at NKPC and how we are structured. After an agape meal for lunch we will do some visioning about the future together. Please let the office know if you plan on attending. Thrive: a Refugee Support Program A volunteer informational meeting Thursday, February 2nd from 5pm to 6pm at John Knox Presbyterian Church (4150 Kalamazoo Ave, SE). If you would like to attend, we will be carpooling from the church. Please let Ruth Waybrant know if you are coming, and be in the church parking lot at 3:55pm - we will leave at 4pm. The new hymnals are being purchased. The challenge Dennis presented of matching funds up to $625 has been met. 110 hymnals, some with large print, will be ordered by Pastor Karen.
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Per Capita time. The Presbyterian Church supports its organizational structure (Presbytery, Synod and General Assembly) with a Per Capita assessment on each member of the PCUSA congregations. The charge is made in January and this year we must pay $26.75 per member of NKPC. You can again help as in years past by making a special donation to the church for each family member. Please use your “Initial Offering” envelope for this purposes. Thank you for helping cover this special expense.
Presbyterian Women will meet after church services today in the sanctuary. We will look at how to distribute funds for mission from our treasury, which has approximately $1500. Any other items you would like to bring for discussion are welcome. All women of the church are invited to participate. Children. All children ages 4 to 10 are invited to join the Sunday school class following the Object Lesson. The topic is “You Are Salt and Light” Matthew 5:13-20. Discusses how to salt and light, worshipping God and treating people with generosity and respect. Giving Statements for 2016 are available on the table in the narthex. Please pick up your copy to save us the postage expense. Pastor Karen' email isPastor.nkpc@gmail.com Her office hours are Monday - Wednesday 9:30 - 3 pm. Contact her for lunch or coffee. ANNUAL MEETING January 29th 2017: Hear ye, hear ye! This is your official notice that our congregation will have our annual meeting next week. Members, please plan on spending a little time right after worship to meet that day to elect your elders and deacons and vote on other official church business. Your copy of the Annual Report is available for pick up on the card table in the narthex. Thank you! Youth Crew Sledding! We have rescheduled our January sledding for January 29th. Hope to see you there! Camp Greenwood registration is now open! As a partnering church with the Greenwood Ministries Association, all campers from our church get 10 % off their registration fee. Email Pastor Karen for a coupon code. Register by March 15th to get an extra $15 dollars off! YOUTH CREW is collecting bottles and cans! Please drop them in the box in fellowship hall! Missing Figures? Has anyone seen the missing “Children in Worship” figures? The C.E. for children is looking for them. There is a picture of what they look like on Pastor Karen's bulletin board. Church Wide and Officer Training Retreat! You are invited to a retreat here at North Kent Presbyterian on February 4th from 9 am to 1:30 pm. We will be reviewing who we are as Presbyterians, the role of elder and deacon, our history here at NKPC and how we are structured. After an agape meal for lunch we will do some visioning about the future together. Please let the office know if you plan on attending. Come hear a world class theologian! N.T. Wright will be speaking at the Calvin January series. You are invited to join us at 10:51 am in the NKPC parking lot to go hear him! Please let Bob Delmont know if you are coming. This Week of January 22, 2017through January 29, 2017 Sunday 22 9:30 Discussion Group “Living Questions” 10:00 Choir Rehearsal 10:45 Worship Service Monday 23 10:30 Moms & Munchkins (Free Play Group) 7:00 pm Boy Scouts Tuesday 24 7:30 Men’s Breakfast (Mr. Burger, 5181 Northland Dr.) 10:51 JOY Bible Study goes to Calvin Jan. Series 7:00 pm Women’s AA 7:30 pm Choir Rehearsal Wednesday 25 8:00 Women’s Breakfast (Russ's 3966 Plainfield Ave. NE) 7:00 pm AA Thursday 26 Friday 27 9:00 am Morning AA Saturday 28 Next Sunday 29 9:30 Discussion Group “Living Questions” 10:00 Choir Rehearsal 10:45 Worship Service 12:00 pm Congregational Meeting 2:00 pm Youth Crew Sledding Per Capita time. The Presbyterian Church supports its organizational structure (Presbytery, Synod and General Assembly) with a Per Capita assessment on each member of the PCUSA congregations. The charge is made in January and this year we must pay $26.75 per member of NKPC. You can again help as in years past by making a special donation to the church for each family member. Please use your “Initial Offering” envelope for this purposes. Thank you for helping cover this special expense. Directory Update. Please let the church office know of any updates/changes to the information for the 2017 Directory. All known changes communicated as of this week have been incorporated. Please advise by, Thursday, January 19, 2017. Presbyterian Women will meet after church services on Sunday, January 22, in the sanctuary. We will look at how to distribute funds for mission from our treasury, which has approximately $1500. Any other items you would like to bring for discussion are welcome. All women of the church are invited to participate. Annual Reports It is time to prepare for our annual congregational meeting. Please have your annual report into the church office by Tuesday, January 17. The reports should be emailed as an attachment using size 12 font and type face of Calibri. Please do not use special characters, bullet pointers, etc. just plain text and paragraphs as the individual reports will be combined with the others into a single document for printing. The meeting date will be set by Session at its next meeting. Children. All children ages 4 to 10 are invited to join the Sunday school class following the Object Lesson. The topic is “John Baptizes Jesus” Matthew 3:13-17. Discusses how to celebrate the grace of God through baptism. Giving Statements for 2016 are available on the table in the narthex. Please pick up your copy to save us the postage expense. Field Trip Bible Scholar Opportunity. The Royal Revolution: Fresh Perspectives on the Cross. Jan 24th, the world renowned theologian N.T. Wright will be speaking at the January Series at Calvin College. The Tuesday Joy Bible Study is coordinating a field trip. Pastor Karen' email is Pastor.nkpc@gmail.com Her office hours are Monday - Wednesday 9:30 - 3 pm. Contact her for lunch or coffee. ANNUAL MEETING January 29th 2017: Hear ye, hear ye! This is your official notice that our congregation will have our annual meeting in two weeks. Members, please plan on spending a little time right after worship to meet that day to elect your elders and deacons and vote on other official church business. Thank you! Youth Crew Sledding! We have rescheduled our January sledding for Sunday afternoon January 29th. Hope to see you there! Camp Greenwood registration is now open! As a partnering church with the Greenwood Ministries Association, all campers from our church get 10 % off their registration fee. Email Pastor Karen for a coupon code. Register by March 15th to get an extra $15 dollars off! Missing Figures? Has anyone seen the missing “Children in Worship” figures? The C.E. for children is looking for them. This Week of January 15, 2017through January 22, 2017 DAY TIME EVENT Sunday 15 9:30 am Discussion Group "Living the Questions" 10:00 am Choir Rehearsal 10:45 am Worship Service Monday 16 10:30 am Moms and Munchkins (free play group) 7:00 pm Boy Scouts 7:00 pm Session Tuesday 17 7:30 am Men's Breakfast (Mr. Burger, 5181 Northland Dr.) 1:15 pm JOY Bible Study 5:00 pm Marketing Team 7:00 pm Women's AA Wednesday 18 8:00 am Women's Breakfast (Russ's, 3966 Plainfield Ave.) 7:00 pm AA Thursday 19 Friday 20 9:00 am Morning AA Saturday 21 Next Sunday 22 9:30 am Discussion Group "Living the Questions" 10:00 am Choir Rehearsal 10:45 am Worship Service ANNOUNCEMENTS Annual Reports: It is time to prepare for our annual congregational meeting. Please have your annual report into the church office by Tuesday, January 17. The reports should be emailed as an attachment using size 12 font and type face of Calibri. Please do not use special characters, bullet pointers, etc. just plain text and paragraphs as the individual reports will be combined with the others into a single document for printing. If unable to email the report, place a typed copy of your report in the Office Managers box in the Communication room by Wednesday, January 11. The meeting date will be set by Session at its next meeting. Giving Statements for 2016 are available on the table in the narthex. Please pick up your copy to save us the postage expense. Field Trip Bible Scholar Opportunity.The Royal Revolution: Fresh Perspectives on the Cross. Jan 24th, the world renowned theologian N.T. Wright will be speaking at the January Series at Calvin College. The Tuesday Joy Bible Study is coordinating a field trip. Pastor Karen's email is Pastor.nkpc@gmail.com Cell phone is 616-644-5122. Her office hours are Monday - Wednesday 9:30 - 3 pm. Contact her for lunch or coffee. Operation Christmas Child Boxes are on their way to Africa, Zambia and Madagascar! Our tracking code is EZ8571638. Thanks for all your help. Follow Your Box – Lookup Thank you to everyone who provided used and new winter ware on our giving tree this season. You are making a difference in our community. This Week of January 8, 2017through January 15, 2017 DAY TIME EVENT Sunday 8 9:30 am Discussion Group "Living the Questions" 10:45 am Worship Service Monday 9 10:30 am Moms and Munchkins (free play group) 7:00 pm Boy Scouts 7:00 pm Facilities and Stewardship Tuesday 10 7:30 am Men's Breakfast (Mr. Burger, 5181 Northland Dr.) 1:15 pm JOY Bible Study 7:00 pm Women's AA 7:30 pm Choir Rehearsal Wednesday 11 8:00 am Women's Breakfast (Russ's, 3966 Plainfield Ave.) 7:00 pm AA 7:00 pm Adult Ed. Meeting Thursday 12 9:00 am Morning AA Saturday 14 Next Sunday 15 9:30 am Discussion Group "Living theQuestions" 10:00 am Choir Rehearsal 10:45 am Worship Service |
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