Announcements for the week of January 18, 2009

The Second Sunday after Epiphany

MISSION STATEMENT
The Church of the Holy Spirit (Episcopal) shares the love of Jesus through being a friendly community, participating in liturgically rich worship experiences, and by empowering individual ministries.

WORSHIP NEWS
WELCOME NEWCOMERS AND VISITORS Please feel free to join us at the communion rail when it is time to receive Holy Communion. Our ushers and any member will be happy to assist if you have any questions during our worship. Jesus loves you! We are glad you are here.

Weather and Office Hours: With the change in weather, it is once again time to remind you that if the Bellevue Schools are closed, the church office will be closed. To see if weather or road conditions impact our weekend services please check our website and watch KETV’s scrolling closures for the latest updates.

YOUTH
Winter Activities Abound!. Today, we’ll venture to Motto McLean Ice at Hitchcock Park for an ice skating outing. All of the area rinks open a little later than our normal outings occur, so this ice skating trip will occur from 2:30-4:30pm today. Please mark your calendars for Feb 15. On 2/15, we’ll host our annual Valentine’s Bake Sale fund-raiser to raise funds for our activities and to contribute to Ian Tuttle’s Eagle Scout Godly Play Room project. Plan to bake goods and then sell our wares that morning. Watch the bulletin for more information!

CHRISTIAN ED
Lost and Found: There are many coats, gloves and scarves that have been left here at church. They are on the table in the conference room. Please check and see if anything belongs to your family. They will be taken to the Siena Francis house on Monday, January 26. Thanks!

We have a needs list for Journeys! I may request some specific items for specific weeks. We have our own shelves in the freezer and refrigerator so if you bring anything perishable they can be put in the appropriate place. Any non-perishable items can be put on the counter in my office. Copies of the list are on the clipboard table and one is posted on the big bulletin board in the undercroft.

COMMUNICATIONS
A special thanks to those families who decorated the church (and also took down the decorations); Myrt Kunkel and her granddaughters, Chris Brockinton and her daughters, Bev and Bud Oltman, Joan and Stuart Wood. Thank you for your gift of time!

Please join us today for a pancake breakfast between the services. Donations will support Ian Tuttle’s Eagle Scout project of a Godly Play room.

The 3D group (Diet, Discipline, Discipleship) is meeting every Saturday morning at 10am in the conference room. This is a wonderful time for learning and fellowship. Questions? See Pat Tarleton.

Annual Meeting
The Annual Parish Meeting will be held on Sunday January, 25th beginning at 11:45 am. All members of CHS are encouraged to participate.

Music at CHS
This Wednesday, January 21, beginning with dinner at 6:30, there will be a meeting to discuss the future of music here at CHS. We will eat with the folks from Journeys, who will provide the main course. All who come are asked to bring a side dish or a dessert to share.

Vestry Nominations
Each year the vestry seeks out members of our parish who feel called to take an active role in the leadership of our community and who are willing to fill vestry positions being vacated as other’s terms of service come to an end. If you think God is calling you to serve in this capacity, or you see this gift in a member of our parish, please contact Dean Olander or Fr. Tom.

Web Site Changes
In February we will be changing over to a different web site provider. In the process we are planning to update the information our site contains. If you chair a ministry at CHS, please forward a brief description of your ministry, how often it meets, and a photo (if possible) of your ministry team in action to Kim Culp by January 15th at vkculp@cox.net. There will be a site organization meeting on Monday evening January 19th beginning at 7:00. If you have computer skills and would like to be part of this team, please contact Kim Culp or Fr. Tom.

Time and Talents for 2009
Please submit your Time and Talents sheet for 2009, letting us know what ministries you are or would like to participate in. There are surveys on the clip board table and a box for them. In addition, there is a copy on the web site at:
http://www.chsepiscopal.org/programs/index.html.

Year End Statements
Year end financial statements have been put in the mail this week. We still have some giving envelopes that have not yet been picked up. Please be sure to submit the Initial offering to cover the cost of the envelopes. If anyone would like a set of envelopes who did not receive, please see Ruth Richter or call the office at 291-7732

Annual Reports are available to pick up in advance of the January 25, Annual Meeting and Potluck brunch.

Lenten Program
Time to start thinking ahead to our Lenten Program. I am thinking of a program centered around music used in worship. The idea is to learn about a few hymns each week (maybe a little about their history, the composer, the time of year or season the hymn is typically sung) and then to practice it so to become familiar with it. I am looking for some help with this program. If you would like to learn how you could help please grab me during coffee hour or call the office at 291-7732. I understand that CHS tradition has normally had the Lenten program on Wednesday evenings and that it begins with a soup supper. I would like to hear your opinion about the possibility of having our program on Sunday evenings. We could start at 5:00pm with the traditional soup supper and begin our program session at 5:30ish. This would allow the folks involved with Journeys to attend and would alleviate a conflict we have for the first week with the Journey’s group. It would also end early enough that youth who attend are not kept out late on a school night.

Our prayers of thanksgiving are offered with those who are celebrating birthdays this week, especially: Marcia Adams, Joe Wallace (Jan 18).

Our prayers of thanksgiving are also offered with those who are celebrating wedding anniversaries this week, especially: Tommy & Judy Thompson.

Lt. Col. Timothy M. Sipowicz, Commander, 97th Intelligence Squadron cordially invites you to attend a military ceremony honoring
Master Sergeant Phillip G. Scarbrough
on the occasion of his retirement from the USAF on Friday, 23 Jan 2009
at 3:00pm in the afternoon - Global Room in Patriot Club - Offutt AFB
Military ~ Uniform of the day - Civilian ~ Business Casual
Reception to follow
Any non-military personnel please email their drivers license number, state it was issued from and date of birth information to Phil at pscarbrough@tti-tech.com
No later than Tuesday, January 20.