North Kent Presbyterian Church: 10/15/17

 
ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
FLOWERS Sunday are from the congregation celebrating our choir and bells.
 
PRESBYTERIAN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (PDA) helps with Earthquakes, Floods, Hurricanes and other disasters. They need your help. Mail a check to
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) PO Box 643700 Pittsburgh, PA, 15264-3700 you may also call 1-800-872-3283 Mon - Fri , 8 to 5. Go to pda.pcusa.org  for updates and to give.
 
DO YOU SHOP AT FAMILY FARE OR D&W? Then, save those receipts! The Mission Committee has a basket on the table in the Teuwissen Room. We will turn them over to the North Kent Connect. Keep those aluminum pop tabs coming, too. When the box gets full we give them to Ronald McDonald House.  Thanks!
 
NORTH KENT PASTORS SQUARE OFF Come join the fun on Thursday, October 26th at Frederik Meijer Gardens.  We have some tickets left for this FUNdraiser for North Kent Connect. 

NEW MEMBERS CLASS: What does this mean?  What is involved?  Pastor Karen is currently talking to busy and confused people to try to come up with a date for a future class for those who may be wondering if becoming a member at North Kent is their next step on their spiritual journey. Contact Pastor Karen with your availability. 

J.O.Y. BICYCLE GROUP will meet for the last ride of the season on Saturday, October 21.  We will meet in the church parking lot at 10:30 am and then drive to Greenville to bicycle on the Fred Meijer Flat River Trail.  After the ride a meal will be shared at a local restaurant.  
 
PASTOR KAREN’S email is Pastor.nkpc@gmail.com or REVKFL@NKP.CHURCH   Cell phone is 616-644-5122.  Her office hours are Monday - Wednesday 9:30 - 3 pm. Contact her for lunch or coffee!
 
MISSION UPDATES: We are fast approaching our biggest giving season:

• Bucks-for-Birds is coming up. This money buys holiday food baskets for the clients of North Kent Connect.
• The Winter Apparel Tree will soon appear in the Narthex. These warm pajamas, undies, socks, hats, mittens, coats, etc. are always warmly received by the folks at North Kent Connect.
• A big change this year, we will not be participating in Operation Christmas Child (Shoeboxes). Instead, we are working more locally by preparing “Care Bags” for local foster children through D.A. Blodgett-St. John’s Home. Grab a list of items  to fill these age and gender appropriate backpacks. Many children leave their homes with nothing more than a few clothes in a trash bag. These bags offer comfort items and necessities to children in need.  Care bags due on Dec. 1st.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  Sunday, Oct 15, please join everyone after church for birthday cake and ice cream! Find the table with your birth date (number of the month), and sit and visit with other friends who share birth dates the same time as you! You may want to tell about your favorite birthday gift, meal, and/or memory! 
 
PASTOR KAREN EVALUATION.  On Sunday, October 29th, right after the worship, the session invites you to a short meeting introducing a survey and a letter for the purpose of evaluating Pastor Karen for the extension of her contract with NKPC.
Please plan on staying for the meeting. Thank you!
 
ALL SAINTS SUNDAY.  On Sunday, November 5th, we will be remembering our loved ones who have died by reading a litany of names in worship and lighting votive candles.  Whether they are gone one week or 40 years, you are invited to submit the names of those people you would like to light a candle for. Please write the names of your deceased loved ones on the blue 4 X 6 card in the bulletin and put it in the offering plate or drop off the card at the church office. Help us to remember the saints who have gone before us!

 

This Week of October 15, 2017 through October 22, 2017

Sunday October 15, 2017
  9:30 am:  Adult Discussion Group
  9:45 am:  Tween Sunday School
10:00 am:  Choir Rehearsal
10:45 am:  Worship Service – Ice Cream Social after service  

Monday October 16, 2017
10:30 am:  Moms & Munchkins (Free Play Group)
  7:00 pm:  Boy Scouts
  7:00 pm:  Session

Tuesday October 17, 2017
  7:30 am:  Men’s Breakfast (Mr. Burger, 5181 Northland Dr.)
  1:15 pm:  Bible Study
  7:00 pm:  Women’s AA

Wednesday October 18, 2017
  8:00 am:  Women’s Breakfast (Russ's 3966 Plainfield Ave. NE)
  7:00 pm:  AA

Thursday October 19, 2017
  6:30 pm:  Bell Choir Rehearsal
  7:30 pm:  Choir Rehearsal

Friday October 20, 2017
  9:00 am:  Morning AA
 
Saturday October 21, 2017 
  8:30 am:  Men’s Fellowship
10:30 am:  J.O.Y. Bike Group Trail Ride
 
Next Sunday October 22, 2017 
  9:30 am:  Discussion Group
  9:45 am:  Tween Sunday School  
10:00 am:  Choir Rehearsal
10:45 am:  Worship Service