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Enjoy!

 

June 13, 2004

 

I regret that some of you were unable to receive last week’s copy most likely because of the security program on the PC when it was sent as an attachment.

 

REMEMBER:  In your thoughts and prayers these folks, others you know, and especially their caregivers…

>BIRTHDAYS this week:  Gaston Gage (16^th)

>Randy Harris is receiving Hospice care at home.

>Others you know…

 

LAST WEEK:

>>Carol Douglas continued the three-week study of Revelation, providing information about the Seven Seals and Albrecht Durer’s woodcuts illustrating these fascinating visions.

>>Class attendance was almost a full house last Sunday.

>>Family Center Supply Kits, a ministry of the Lay Ministries Center of MPUMC, are needed.  Check in the classroom or at the Lay Ministries Center for details.

 

THIS WEEK: 6/13-19/04

>>>6/13 ~Second Sunday after Pentecost

>>>6/13 ~ Class will begin with a Celebration for and a Farewell to Ginny & Wes Soule who are leaving us for the northern climes of the country.

>>>Gaston Gage will conclude our review of Revelation following the service of farewell.

>>>6/13~ Western North Carolina Annual Conference concludes at Lake Junaluska.

>>>For other opportunities read the announcements & opportunities in the Sunday Worship Bulletin and The Cornerstone, or check the email announcements and the MPUMC web site.

>>>6/15 ~ Dine Out for Kids Tuesday; see list of participating restaurants on the bulletin board or clip board.

>>>6/16 ~ Ownbey Class Curriculum Committee meets at 7 p.m., Parish Life Building 109.  Come and help decide the curriculum for the next quarter.

>>>6/16 ~ ADULTS PLUS! will offer an opportunity to meet Billie Rose Uses the Knife at the A+ Picnic at the home of Melvin & Anita McIntosh, 10 am.till ??? pm.  Hopefully she will tell us more about the Lakota Indian Mission works we support at Myers Park UMC.

 

Invite a FRIEND to come to class with YOU this Sunday!

 

LOOKING AHEAD:

>>>>6/20 ~ Durward Owen will introduce the first of four sessions reviewing Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis.  Take advantage of checking out one of the several copies in the Library so you can discuss the book with some understanding.

>>>>Sign up now for the SEJAOA Conference on Older Adult Ministries, 9/9-12 at Lake Junaluska, and/or the Adults Plus! Spiritual Life Retreat 10/11-14 at Lake Junaluska.  Go by the Adult Education Office (Barbara Barden’s office) and sign up today!  We do have a limited number of rooms available, and we have ope ned registration to folks from Providence UMC, Mouzon UMC, and Matthews UMC.  FIRST COME ~ FIRST SERVED!

>>>>Save 9/19, 9/26, 10/24 & 11/7 for the special programs featuring James Howell, Dr. Tom Hanchett as a part of the 75^th Anniversary Celebration of our beautiful Sanctuary, Dr. Allen Verhey, and Dr. Ben Witherington III.  Mark your calendar today so you won’t schedule something else!!!

 

 

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