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Edison School Outreach Project News

Thank you for your continuing support of our outreach project at Edison School. Our volunteers experienced a power outage last week and continued with their listening to children read and helping them with difficult passages. Your support enabled the fourth graders to take a field trip to the Nature Center, and that support enabled the teachers to take advantage of professional development…

TAKE A WALK TO JERUSALEM!

The Health Ministry Committee wants you! We want everyone to get moving to get healthy this spring. And in order to motivate the congregation, we are inviting everyone to join together in an imaginary “WALK TO JERUSALEM.” No, we aren’t actually hiking all the way there, but we will be encouraging everyone to keep track…

Speical Offerings – One Great Hour of Sharing

March 1—April 16 The four church-wide Special Offerings of the Presbyterian Church (USA) are a collective witness to Jesus Christ’s love for the whole church. One Great Hour of Sharing, the Pentecost Offering, Peace & Global Witness Offering, and Christmas Joy Offering play an important role in defining what it means to be a “connectional church”. Over the years, these offerings have…

Easter Flower Order Info

The Chancel Guild encourages you to memorialize or honor someone at Easter by purchasing an Easter flower. The flowers will be placed in the chancel in a display that will glorify God as it symbolizes the joy and splendor of the resurrection. See the March-April, 2017 – Presbyter for the order form and mail or deliver…

UPDATE ON 2017 STEWARDSHIP CAMPAIGN

The final results for the 2017 Stewardship Campaign, “The Gifts of God for the People of God” have been tabulated. They indicate that $613,428 was pledged by 227 households. This amount compares favorably with the $610,375 that was pledged for 2016. As of February 9, 96.6% of the 2016 pledges have been received, with an unexpected blessing: those who pledged actually gave…

The New Wilmington Mission Conference

This is an amazing conference for all ages, and all ages are welcome. We are especially recruiting middle school and high school students to attend the conference. WHEN – July 22-29, 2017 WHERE – New Wilmington, PA, he campus of Westminster College WHAT – NWMC combines the fun and outdoors of summer camp, the education and networking of a conference, and the…

YOUTH MINISTRY

YOUTH GROUP SCHEDULE FOR MARCH AND APRIL March 12 – Richland FPC hosts (movie) March 19 – Richland FPC hosts (movie, part 2) March 26 – Kalamazoo FPC hosts April 2 – No meeting (Spring Break) April 9 – No meeting (Spring Break) April 16 – No meeting (Easter Sunday) STAY HOME MISSION TRIP Middle School students (going into 6th grade through…

FEBRUARY SESSION MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

Allison Hammond was elected Clerk of Session and Rick Russell was elected Treasurer. The following motions were made and adopted: • to approve a revised Kalamazoo First Presbyterian Church logo as presented. • to approve the congregational project of “Walking to Jerusalem”, to be held between Easter and Pentecost. • to revise the Sexual Misconduct and Child Abuse Policy. • to approve…

Congressional Deacons

Class of 2017 Bob Candido Kathy Cooney Lisa and John Diamond Nancy Klesert Nancy Maleitzke Sue Potts Joseph Sablan Colleen and Mike Sherrill Class of 2018 Dorothy Castor Karen Cooper Dan Dowswell Nancy and Keith Johnson Karen Nellums Carolyn Neubauer Donna Schonveld Class of 2019 Tim Aldrich Cynthia Feucht Anna Hamel Karen Hassler Judy Johnson Wendy King Louise McCallum Jackie Stults