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Text Box: This year our congregation will have the opportunity to participate in VBS in a totally new and different way. We will be hosting VBS the week of July 21. The children will gather at the church at 3 pm for our Opening, then at about 3:45ish we will all trek eastward to Spring Hill Retreat Center. Children from Custer Parkway Preschool and their parents will be invited. Parents, grandparents, and all adults are welcome to join us at 6 pm daily for supper, which

Text Box: observed that our usual coffee hour, taking place between services, does not do well as a time for meeting first time visitors who tend to arrive shortly before worship begins. For these six weeks, we hope a coffee/fellowship time following worship will be an attractive time for us to share conversation with those visiting our church. On a few of these summer Sundays something will special will be planned during the time following worship. Stay tuned for more details as we get into the summer.

Text Box: Based on member comments and a positive experience when we have had occasional single services, the Session is conducting an experiment this summer with 6 weeks of single service worship. Beginning July 6 and continuing through August 10, we will have ONE SERVICE ONLY at 9:30 am. This time was chosen for two reasons. First, it is a compromise time between our usual times the rest of the year; and second, it will allow for a time of fellowship afterward. The Session has

Text Box: May Birthdays 05/01 Ashleigh Neal 05/04 Charlotte Van Cleaf Amanda Robinson 05/08 David Schmidt 05/09 Betsy Corlew 05/12 Burt Nelson 05/13 Susan Latsha 05/14 Betsy Covington 05/15 Paul Schattle 05/16 Chris Jones 05/17 Rob Larson 05/19 Andra Heimer Madeline Heimer 05/20 Barbara Peterson Dylan Naylor 05/22 Cindy Camp Kirby McLeod 05/25 Malcolm McLeod Quinn Fleming 05/26 Martha Baker 05/27 Bob Ganson 05/28 Terrie Smith 05/31 Sami Mikhail Jeannie Hernandez

One Great Hour of Sharing Update

By Joyce Jones

Text Box: Interested in becoming a Youth Sponsor? See Betty to be a part of this exciting ministry.

Since 1949, Presbyterians have joined with millions of other Christians through One Great Hour of Sharing to share God’s love with people experiencing need.

THANK YOU for your generous gifts towards the One Great Hour of Sharing offering that was collected on Easter Sunday and the Sunday following.

Our congregation’s gifts totaling $815 support Presbyterian ministries of disaster response, refugee assistance and resettlement, and community development that help people find safe refuge, start new lives, and work together to strengthen their families and communities.

Your money supports the Presbyterian Hunger Program which receives 36 percent of undesignated One Great Hour of Sharing gifts, while the Self-Development of People and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance each receive 32 percent.

Recognizing that hope we have in Christ is lived out in our hope for one another, we respond with gifts that help our sisters and brothers around the world find the hope for a brighter future

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