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Link to the United Church of Christ Main Church for news on a national level and to the Southwest Conference for our regional UCC news. | |
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The monthly newsletter, The Staff, is stored in PDF format and requires Adobe Acrobat for viewing.
Starting in 2009, Kirk's Log (and Sunday Bulletin) is also stored in PDF format. Click here to download your free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. [Occasionally, place holders will appear below for future items which will become available closer to the specified date.] |
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Children's Sunday School
Down on the floor - this is serious business. |
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Having a look at the work in progress
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Their finished photo montages may be viewed in the church hallway. |
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Update - Tomato Tornado
The mountain of tomatoes grows - compare with earlier photos from July 4th. |
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and still more tomatoes! All the cans of tomato products and pasta that have been collected by August 1 will be loaded and taken to The Storehouse on behalf of the poor. | |
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Preview of the future presentation of Mary and Martha
Sunday School students line up on the steps. |
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Getting ready to sing Here are the rest of them on stage. | |
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Sunday morning
- Worship Service July 4th - 2010 included the power point Presentation - New Orleans Mission Trips 2007-2010 some of which is shown below. Other slides may be found on the Justice page To the left are some of the participants of the 2010 trip who spoke during the presentation. |
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The Sermon begins:
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Selections from the Power Point presentation:
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Sunday morning
July 4th - 2010 A fleet of motorcycles arrive; there is at least one more parked elsewhere. |
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Children's Sunday School
today consists of games - volley ball, chalk drawing, etc. Future plans call for a better play area than a roped off parking area. |
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Meanwhile, summer Hospitality
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Red, white, and blue for the 4th of July |
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Multi-generational interactions
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Quite a spread! More than the usual amount of food was available because someone also brought leftovers from a party the night before. | |
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The Tomato Tornado is underway
Cans of tomato goods and pasta are starting to arrive. |
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A case of tomato cans has just been added to the pile. It is time for the worship service to begin - the sermon was a power-point presentation of the COGS New Orleans Mission Trips from 2007 to 2010. | |
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Dinners for Ten
June 27, 2010 - gathering starting with wine. |
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Chatting before dinner. | |
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Aah... help yourself |
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COGS children compost with newspaper and worms!
June 27, 2010 Two of the adults shred newspapers. |
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The recipe for composting Mix water, newspaper, worms and coffee grounds using a recycled kitty litter tub for a composting bin. |
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Shredding party
Far right: "now you see - it's like this ..." Far left: "wait ... hold on ... how did she do that?" |
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Congregational meeting, awards, and new members
Sunday, June 20, 2010 Clerk, Nancy Adam, checks that members sign in - to make sure that we have a quorum for the meeting. |
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Moderator, Stephen Foiles, calls the annual meeting to order What is the significance of the paper chain in the background? On each link of the chain is a comment by a COGS member regarding our vision for COGS. These comments were used by the vision committee to develop a new vision for COGS which ammended states: Progressive Christians, aspiring to diversity, engaging in service and sincerely friendly. In addition to passing the vision statement, the congregation voted in the slate of new officers for the coming year which begins July 1. |
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Time for the awards for outstanding service
Each awardee has gone beyond the call of duty inserving the church and we have benefited greatly from their efforts. The first of two Johnny awards was presented by Stephen Foiles to John Davis (left). |
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The second Johnny award was presented by Judy Gilman (not shown) to Ray Wenger (right). |
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The Josephine goes to
Orp Christopher, seen here getting a hug from her presenter, Mercy Martinez-Nunnally. |
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7 new members were welcomed into COGS It was a busy day at COGS - 2 new members joined at the early service; the rest are shown here with their sponsors during the second service which was held after the congregational meeting. | |
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Dinners for Ten
June 18, 2010 - gathering It was nice enough to eat outside. |
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A mouth-watering dessert - anticipation! | |
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Time to stretch Quite a few empty wine bottles ... |
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Profound(?) Conversation
"now you see - it's like this ..." |
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Gardening This particular Sunday, the children are gardening. All ages are involved. |
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Planting involves wet soil i.e. mud
The children really got into it! |
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Everyone gets a turn
On Sunday June 27, they will be learning about composting. It will involve worms - do you suppose that will be as much fun as the mud? |
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Meanwhile - Hospitality is in full swing
COGS members chat with visitors over cool drinks. |
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A table of goodies | |
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A COGS presence at the Albuquerque PrideFest Saturday, June 12, 2010 We set up a table and handed out bottles of cold water, small cups of mixed nuts, and COGS calling cards. |
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Souvenirs
One's entrance ticket was turned in for a rainbow bracelet. As well as nuts, we passed out COGS calling cards - the front has the name and address of COGS; here is what is on the back of the card! |
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Map of ABQ PrideFest
Look carefully at the lower left for the arrow marking COGS's spot at #113. |
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Looking down Main Street | |
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Church Street?
Foreground - COGS table - ready for PrideFest to start; Background - next to us is our sister church First Congregational UCC... [and across the way is Pagan Pride.] A good day to be out - it cooled down (just a bit), no rain, but VERY WINDY - several tents started to blow over and had to be retied.. |
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The Parade finally arrives | |
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Parade walkers | |
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Business picks up
once Pastor Bill arrives and aggressively pushes the bottles of cold water. The rest of us learned by his example and soon we were hawking cups of nuts and passing out the COGS calling cards. It also helped that it was warming up and people were thirsty. |
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A good place to people watch.
such as the colorful turqoise twins to the left of Pastor Bill. |
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Pastor Bill comes over for more water bottes to pass out. | |
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Typical Hospitality Time
May 30, 2010 after the second service when people meet and eat!. |
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A thought provoking conversation? | |
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Next week we will move outside - weather permitting
and the coffee hour will be mainly between the two services during the summer. Then we really will need the hats and sunscreen. |
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The Hats have it!
We must live in the desert southwest! |
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It was a dark and stormy night for Choir, Bells, Praise Band, etc. - potluck May 27, 2010 but it was bright and cheery inside. |
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Deep in thought | |
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Out on the patio
On the drive over to the east side of the Sandias, it poured rain, then sleet, then small hail; the temperature went from 81F to 48F - a good reason to move inside. |
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Drinks on the covered patio | |
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What is Pastor Bill doing?
Practicing his sermon for Sunday? or singing a solo? or ?? |
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More people arrive | |
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Heading for the drinks | |
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Serving up the grilled meats | |
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It all looks delicious | |
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Another view | |
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A spacious home
with plenty of room to sit with views out the big windows. |
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These two found a cozy corner | |
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Eat up - but save room for dessert | |
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Some escape to the patio | |
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Dinners for Ten
May 23, 2010 Another group meets in a member's home on a perfect day to eat outside. |
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Another view
Someone commented that it was like a Midwest Memorial Day picnic. |
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Looks like everyone is enjoying themselves
These dinners for ten seem to be more like for twelve persons! |
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Pentecost Sunday and Teacher Appreciation May 23, 2010 Red was the colour de rigour for this Pentecost Sunday. |
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A special anthem from the choir Our choir director, left front, explains the piece Ritmo! which is Spanish for rhythm and this piece sure has rhythm! |
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The rest of the choir The music stands were needed because there was rhythmic clapping as well as singing. |
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Teacher Appreciation Sunday
The Pastor hands out flowers to volunteers as the Leader of the Ministry of Spiritual Development and Education reads the names of Sunday School teachers, substitutes, volunteers for the children's Sunday morning Breakfast Club, etc. |
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There were many who received flowers | |
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One young lass brings flowers to her
grandfather, one of the volunteers.  |
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Children's sermon - just what is Pentecost? | |
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Figaro and the Count (Dr. Jason Vest) They are great actors as well as excellent singers. |
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Kelly Vigil as Rosina What a beautiful, powerful voice! - which can be said of all three performers. |
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The plot thickens
as does the humor. The Count is in disguise as a music teacher while Derek plays the part of Rosina's guardian. |
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Will you marry me? | |
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We must hurry and get away! At the end of their performance, they received a standing ovation from the crowd of COGS friends, relatives, and guests who filled the Sanctuary. It was a wonderful evening, albeit too short! | |
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Mother - Daughter Baptism
May 16, 2010 Family and friends fill two rows. |
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Sponsors join mother and daughter and Pastor Bill up front for the service of baptism. | |
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The baptism service begins |
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Lifting up the little one to be baptised |
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She did not care for the water! This is Pastor Bill's first baptism at the Church of the Good Shepherd. |
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All recovered! Pastor Bill and the baptised mother and daughter parade around the congregation so all can meet them. |
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Dinners for Ten
May 15, 2010 Another group (of 12) meets in a member's home. Serving the first course of salad. |
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The group photo
(minus the hostess who took the photo) |
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Forever Young visits the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology (UNM) - May 11, 2010 Model Orp demonstrates a burden basket. |
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Viewing an exhibit of a dig in a pit house |
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A view of the viewers! |
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Lunch at the 66 Diner; yummy! |
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Good attendance at this outing |
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A time of relaxation and conversation while waiting for the food to arrive. |
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African Music May 9, 2010 Mostly Men's ensemble and children's choir. |
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Children's Sermon to an overflow crowd! |
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SW Conference meeting in Sedona AZ April 23-25, 2010 Group photo of COGS Delegation. With this kind of scenery, how did they get any work done? Answer - they got inspired! |
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Registration You are supposed to look to see if you recognize anyone in these photos. Hint - look in the back right side, first name begins with J |
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Care packages for Haiti |
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Council room at Church of the Red Rock. |
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Evening light show! |
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Youth Choir from one of the Marshalese churches in Phoenix |
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Rev. Dorhauer, SW Conference minister, addresses the delegates and guests. |
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Break time |
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Some of our delegates |
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Close up |
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Ernie Dunn (left) from St. Paul's UCC in Rio Rancho takes a break with Bob (COGS) |
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Choir Festival takes place at COGS April 15, 2010 COGS hosted the annual Choir Festival - with 5 church choirs participating this year. The COGS Quartet led off the evening of music. |
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Choir from the Holy Cross Lutheran Church |
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Choir from St. Mary's Episcopal Church |
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Choir from Risen Savior Catholic Community |
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COGS Chancel Choir performs. |
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Choir from Second Presbyterian Church We enjoyed hearing the music from the different choirs and the food and fellowship afterwards. |
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3rd Breakfast with Pastor Bill April 7, 2010 When the flash did not go off, we took Bill by surprise! |
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"8:30 am" is a winner or else Pastor Bill is very popular! Seventeen people came to breakfast. |
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A view from one end |
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Easter Sunday Breakfast April 04, 2010 Last minute items added to the decorations. |
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Setting out the sweet rolls |
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Casseroles come out of the oven |
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The Blessing |
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The line-up for food - looks good! |
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Easter Egg Hunt
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No eggs in here! |
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A pair of Easter Egg Hunters |
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Get up and greet
during the Easter Worship Service |
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The Senior Choir |
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Pastor Bill delivers the Easter message
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The Traditional Hallelujah Chorus where members of the congregation join the choir. |
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Preparation for Easter Breakfast Saturday, April 03, 2010 Many hands make light work! |
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The "Breakfast Boss" gives instructions to some helpers. |
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When it comes to helping, age doesn't matter. |
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Frying up a storm
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Discussing the recipe or theology? |
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How many eggs (cooks) does it take to make an Easter casserole?
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What is this team making?? |
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Tables are decorated
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Last minute changes to the sermon? |
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The Sanctuary is ready for Easter (with the help of two sisters).
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Palm Sunday Service and new members March 28, 2010 The combined choirs and the congregation came out in force. |
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The Children's Sermon |
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When you hear Hosanna! Wave your palms - and they did, enthusiastically! |
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New Members and their sponsors. | |
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