Let us all gather next Sunday, the 29th, to hear the last sermon preached by or intern Tara DeCock. Her gentle demeanor and kind presence in the pulpit will be missed by the entire congregation.
But...not to fear, we will still be blessed to have Tara, as well as Dean be part of our worshiping community.
As you can tell.....
This academic year, Dean and Tara will be offering a Foundations in Personal Finance course for all 7th through 12th graders who are interested. It is based off of the Financial Peace University course that has been offered to adults in the congregation for the past few years. We will do 8 sessions. Each session will be about an hour and a half long. These will be schedule once a month beginning in late September. We will do our best to schedule when the most kids can participate. If you would like to take part in this, or if you are the parent of a 7th through 12th grader and you would like your child to participate, then call and let Dean and Tara know (623-5039) by September 10th.. Each kid will need their own workbook, which will cost them $6 (the total cost is $13 but the education committee will cover the remainder of the cost). Tara will order all of the books at once when we have a final head count.
SPRC will be Sunday the 29th at 8:45am, before the worship service.
The UMM (United Methodist Men) will once again be preparing the Buckaroo Breakfast on the Nixon lawn during the Labor Day Fair. The breakfast will begin at 7:00am on both days and the cost is $7 a plate, which includes pancakes, sausages and eggs, coffee or juice. Come on down--both days and take advantage of the early morning air and a great breakfast, which goes to a great cause.
The UMM are looking for volunteers to help with one or both days.
On September 12th, we will have our Second Worship of the year to be held at Water Canyon. Same time...same place. Bring a lawn chair.
Also, a reminder that the UMW book of the quarter is "Baking Cakes in Kigali" by Gaile Parkin.
Won't you join along and read with us? We will be discussing the book towards the end of September. Stay tuned for the exact date and time.
Treasurer's Report
Offerings for June, 2010
June 6 $2,863.64
June 13 720.00
June 20 2,000.00
June 27 1,016.00
June Total $6,599.64
Offerings for July, 2010
July 4 $1,777.00
July 11 1,600.00
July 18 1,264.00
July 25 921.00
July Total $5,562.00
The end of July we were able to make a payment toward apportionments, and
I'm happy to report that we have paid the pastor pension portion ($4,794)
in full! As always, the financial reports are available for inspection at
any time.
Respectfully submitted,
Letty Norcutt
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July, 2010
Alec, Macie and Pastor Gayle travelled in style to Ft. Hall, Idaho, thanks to Trudy and Rolly Rollison who graciously offered the use of their van.
Our week stay on the Bannoch~Shoshone reservation began with getting settled in our living quarters, the combined Jr & Sr High located on the reservation. We met 24 new people in our firs half-hour and late that evening we were assigned to work groups.
Both work groups built wheel chair ramps. Alec's and Pastor Gayle's was a 37-footer. Post holes had already been dug (thank God) and some of us managed not to fall into them!
We mixed pounds and pounds of cement, sunk posts, hung joists, learned new skills with power tools, sweated, swatted mosquitoes and played Ninja (see Alec Mayo for a demonstration).
A very good time was had by all. So grateful to our many stockholders, parents and Trudy and Rolly for helping make this trip possible.
Stockholder dinner will be held on Saturday, October 2nd, to thank all our benefactors.
