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January 13, 2008
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F
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 next Sunday, January 20,
GOD’S
PEOPLE HERE. We hold close in prayer Ruth
and Stan Miller, parents of The Rev. Lori Miller, Pastor Zion’s Hill United
Church in Wilton. Ruth is under hospice care with advanced pancreatic cancer.
Lori has been with them in South Carolina…We hold close in prayer Dave
Sheffield, father of Lisa Lillie, who will be undergoing lung surgery tomorrow
in Detroit, Michigan….We hold close in prayer Lyn McEntee,
mother of Jon Ottens, who is a resident at Waveny Care Center in New Canaan and Betty Hazenfield, mother of Ellen Mann, who is a resident at a
nursing and rehabilitation facility in Nashville, Tennessee… A Memorial Service
for Hildred Pelletier (of a Presbyterian background),
mother of Nancy Giannattasio (a resident of
STAFF
NOTES. The Church office will be
closed on Monday, January 20 in observance of Martin Luther King’s birthday.
The
Session invites interested members of the congregation to review their report, PATHS
TOWARD
ENLIGHTENMENT. This Report includes a
Report of the Session by Sandy Shifrin and complete copies of the three reports
Session received last year: Natural Church Development Survey (prepared by Ann Philbrick, Heartwood Resources), summary of Elder-lapsed
member interviews (prepared by Mike Jenkins), and a memo from Ed White (Senior
Consultant, Alban Institute) following his WPC visit. Members are invited to
pick up a copy in the church office at your discretion.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 20
10:00 AM Morning Worship in
The Sanctuary
Rabbi Leah Cohen (
Jane Field, leading worship
Session has called
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CONGREGATION
In Parish Hall
Immediately Following Morning Worship
To hear 2007 mission and ministry reports
Toe receive 2007 financial reports of the Church
Treasurer
To receive the 2008 WPC Operating Budget
To elect at-large members of the 2008 Nominating
Committee
To authorize changes in the Declaration of Condominium
Members are urged to
participate and vote. Friends are invited to observe this congregation’s
“Presbyterian way” at its best.
JOINT ADULT EDUCATION – Jan. 13, 20,
27, Feb. 3, 10,
This Adult Ed Sunday morning course is studying global poverty in the context
of these Goals and how they should affect our own lives and goals in our work
together for the
After this overview of the Goals, the group will turn to the powerful
best-selling 2007 book by Greg Mortenson, "Three
Cups of Tea" (330 pages). It contains a tough but heartwarming account of
what private efforts to
build schools in a Taliban-involved area on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border
have been accomplishing even in the face of terror tactics and the indigenous
people's initial skepticism and distrust of foreigners.
Also as part of this program, we are extremely fortunate to have addressing
both the class and an Adult Forum for our entire congregation Mr. Chip Lyons,
brother of K.C. Fuller. Until last spring, Chip was the head of
UNICEF. He is now the Director of the Gates Foundation's Special Initiatives
for Global Development. In both of these roles, Chip has been intimately
involved in work to implement the Millennium Goals since their adoption. This
is a fascinating and critical subject, and the group's discussion of it
promises to be very engaging. Come join us on this journey!
TEENS GOING ON THE 16TH
THE COATMOBILE IS COMING AGAIN! Please
Bring a Good Used Coat for the Homeless and Working Poor to Church on Sunday
Morning, January 27! Over the
past 6 winters, members of the Wilton Presbyterian Church, St. Matthew’s
Episcopal Church, all the other churches in Wilton, and hundreds of individual
members of the Wilton community have donated a total of 3,241 warm winter coats
to men, women and children who have no homes, who are sleeping at shelters, who
are wearing faded, ragged, worn-out coats or no coats at all. Thank you for
your help in the past. We need your coats again this winter. Shelters have
already called and faxed us their “orders” for hundreds of men’s, women’s and
children’s coats - small, medium, large and extra large. If you can, bring a
coat to church on Sunday, January 27. On the next bitter, windy, winter day you
will know that someone is warm because of you. Thank You for Your Coats. The Coatmobile Volunteers.
CALENDAR
Today 10:00 AM Morning Worship/Pivot House
11:15 AM Worship Committee
11:15 AM Faith in Action Committee
Monday
Tuesday
7:30 PM Session
Thursday
7:30 PM Sanctuary Choir
Friday
Sunday
9:30 AM Call Meeting of
Session
10:00 AM Morning Worship