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WILTON PRESBYTERIAN

January 6, 2008

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Sermon manuscripts from each service are available at the website.

Four listening devices are available on the table in the Narthex

Wear your name tag and say “Hello” to at least one person you don’t know!

 

INVITATION TO NEW MEMBERS. We welcome friends and visitors at worship this morning. Should this be the right time and season for you to join this family of faith, please speak with the Elder Greeter, Barry Gutknecht, the Pastor, or call the church office (762-5514). The next regularly scheduled Session meeting to receive new members will be Sunday, January 20, 9:30 AM in the Quiet/Meditation Room.

 

GOD’S PEOPLE HERE. We hold close in prayer Lyn McEntee, mother of Jon Ottens, who is a resident at Waveny Care Center in New Canaan…Former WPC member Enoch Sherman suffered a heart attack on December 23 and underwent a quintuple heart bypass surgery on New Year’s Eve at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. He began his recovery in the Cardiac Intensive Care unit. Those who wish may contact Annette and Enoch at 3819 Little Country Road, Parrish, FL 34219; telephone: 941-776-8060; email: apsherman@tampabay.rr.com…We continue to hold in prayer Addie Johnston, husband of Nanette Johnston, who died of a heart attack on Sunday, December 16 in East Lothian, Scotland…We hold close in prayer Brian O’Connell, a friend of WPC, who is battling a life-threatening staph infection contracted following back surgery on Tuesday, December 11….A Memorial Service for J. Edward Neighbors, son of Jim and Jane Neighbors, was held in the Sanctuary on Saturday, December 29.

 

STAFF NOTES.  Jane Field, Youth and Children’s Activities Director, is worshipping at Zion’s Hill Methodist church this morning.

 

NEXT SUNDAY, JANUARY 13

10:00 AM Morning Worship in the Sanctuary

Led by the Men of Pivot House Ministries

Dave Smith, Executive Director, preaching

Pivot House Men’s Choir, singing

 

SUNDAY, JANUARY 20

10:00 AM Morning Worship in the Sanctuary

Wilton Clergy Pulpit Exchange

Rabbi Leah Cohen (Temple B’nai Chaim), preaching

Jane Field, leading worship

 

JOINT ADULT EDUCATION – Jan. 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 9:00 AM, Conference Library: In 2000, the nations of the world, including the United States, agreed to a platform of action known as "The United Nations Millennium Development Goals." They include targets for very significant improvements in education of children, in healthcare focused on eradicating malaria and HIV/AIDS, in environmental sustainability in areas subject to deforestation and soil depletion, in gender equality, and in economic development for the poor through such measures as micro-financing. Collectively, these measures are designed to cut extreme poverty in half by 2015.

The Adult Ed Sunday morning group will study the problem of global poverty and how it affects, or should affect, our own lives and goals. The group will use as its text the pamphlet, "Eradicating Global Poverty, A Christian Study Guide on the Millennium Development Goals" by Lallie B. Lloyd.

As part of the program, we are extremely fortunate to have addressing both the class and an Adult Forum for our entire congregation Mr. Chip Lyons. Formerly the head of UNICEF, he is now the Director of Special Initiatives for the Global Development Program of the Gates Foundation. In these roles, he has been intimately involved in work to implement the Millennium Goals since their establishment. He can describe both the overview of this work and the specifics of what has been done to meet the Goals and of what remains to be done and how it will be accomplished.

 

 

MANNA HOUSE: The second Tuesday of each month, volunteers from WPC help serve a meal to hungry and homeless people in South Norwalk. Set-up and preparation begins at 11:30 AM and the meal is served at 1:00 PM. We also need people to donate food as well as help prepare the meals in the WPC kitchen that will be taken to Manna House. If you would be willing to help in any way, please call Mary Marquardt at 544-8622. Your generosity is sincerely appreciated!

 

 

CALENDAR

 

Today                           10:00 AM         Morning Worship

                                      3:00 PM          Washington DC Orientation

                                      4:30 PM          Koinonia & Katalysta

Monday                        10:00 AM         Program Staff

                                    11:00 AM         Staff

Tuesday                          12:00 PM       Men’s Bible Study

                                          7:00 PM      Deacons (at the home of Cathy Thomas, 226 Silver Spring Rd, South Salem, NY)

Wednesday                       6:00 PM       7th/8th Grade Fellowship

Thursday                           7:30 AM      Morning Prayer

                                          5:00 PM      Sixers

                                          7:30 PM      Sanctuary Choir

Saturday                         11:00 AM       Memorial Service for Hildred Pelletier

Sunday                           10:00 AM        Morning Worship/Pivot House