Date: August 9, 2015
A warm welcome! The Lord calls all of us to a new way of living under his
wonderful grace in our Savior. If you are a guest, it is a pleasure to have you worshipping with us. Please help us to get to know who you are by introducing yourself and signing our guest book.
Greeting you this morning are Shirley Ruth and Kathleen Jansen. Ushers are
Marilyn More and Hal Hauck.
Sanctuary flowers are placed by Shirley Ruth and Kathy Jansen in loving
memory of Richard Ruth.
Nursery Care for toddlers and infants is available in Room 7 and is provided
by Jen Meyer, an experienced caregiver. If you feel your child could be a disruption to the worship experience, please take advantage of this option.
Deacon of the month isDino Sumerano. Contact Dino at 845-331-4217
if you are in need of a deacon’s assistance.
Reach out to those who need your support in their day to day needs: Gordon
Kent in Ten Broeck; FriedelBorst; Andrew Holbrook; Don Hornbeck (Barbara Hornbeck’s father); Dolores McGoldrick; Esther Keator; Florence Prehn at Hudson Valley Senior Residence; Lori Pinkham in Wingate at Ulster.
Activities this week:
Monday: Consistory, 7:00 pm
TuesdayWomen’s Bible Study 1:00 pm
Saturday:Hurley Heritage Society Corn Festival
Join us in Schadewald Hall after worship for fellowship. Your baking talents
are urgently needed!!!! Please sign up for refreshments for fellowship hour. Contact Hal Hauck.
The family of Mia Luna Elizabeth Zimmerman invites you to celebrate the joy of
her baptism with her family with cake and coffee at fellowship hour.
Tickets for the Stone Pony Chicken BBQ go on sale next Sunday, August 16. See
Sandy Emrich for details.
Eagle Scout Project: Sam Cohen from the Boy Scouts of Troop 20 is running a
Supply Drive for the Ulster County SPCA. The drive will be on August 29th. He is looking for donations to support his project. There will be a box outside Schadewald Hall for donations. Thank you for your help and support of this project.
Spire Articles are due August 20. It’s very hard to grasp that summer is almost
over! Get your articles or any other thing you want in the Spire to Dorothy. Thanks!
The Women's Ministry’s Bible Study will meet onTuesday, August 11and again
onTuesday, August 25 at 1 PMin the Dutch Room. The focus of the study will be on women in the Bible, and how their lives still have meaning for us today. At our organizational meeting on July 21, those in attendance decided to use the bookA Lineage of Grace: Five Stories of Unlikely Women Who Changed Eternityby Francine Rivers as an additional resource. There will be an information table in Schadewald Hall today where you may look at the book and ask questions, we hope that you will decide to join us at our next meeting. Refreshments will be served.You may also contact Nancy Sweeney, group coordinator, at 336-5267 or via email .
The Back to School sales flyers are out and that means . . . . Our Operation
Christmas Child shoebox collection will be starting! Now is the time to find bargains on crayons, pencils, markers, sharpeners, rulers, notepads, paper, etc. If you’d like someone to do your shopping for you, contact Sandie Gregory, 338-7626. More information to come.
Our Mission of the month for August: The Mission for the month for August is
Angel Food East located at St. John's Episcopal Church in Kingston. They cook and deliver lunches to people who are homebound with chronic illness. Theycurrently serve 40 clients for a total of 794 meals cooked by volunteers and delivered by volunteers each week.
Buildingfund (envelope)donations for the month of August will be used for needed repairs to the Parsonage.
Plant Sale will happen September 19 and 20. Look for more information as
we near the date. See Ellen Richards.
Picnic for Stone House Day volunteers. A picnic is planned for 2:00 pm
September 13, 2015 at the Parsonage. Bring a dish to pass; meat provided.
Save the Date: The Annual Hurley Reformed Church Golf Tournament is
scheduled for September 20, 2015. Need more info? See Sonnie Howe.
Events at other churches and in the Classis:
August 15: Midtown Loves Kids Community Bazaar and Fundraiser 12pm - 3pm Liberty Street and Clinton Avenue. Sponsored by Caring Hands Soup Kitchen, the Clinton Avenue United Methodist Church Sunday School and Midtown Rising. Call (845) 331-7188 for more information.
August 25: Poughkeepsie Reformed Church: Camerata Chorale will be having a "Sing-Thru" of their Fall season music featuring "Centuries of Psalms". 7:30 pm.
October 19-20, 2015: A Directed Retreat: Encouraging the nurture of a listening heart. Linwood Spiritual Center, Rhinebeck. Info available in the church office.
"In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places and occasions are now and here. God himself culminates in the present moment, and will never be more divine in the lapse of all the ages."
- Henry David Thoreau,Walden
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