KIRK’S LOG

Stardate: January 6, 2008

Minister: The Rev. Dr. Sue Gallagher Usher/Greeter Team: 8:30 – Amity & Tim Johnson,

Lay Reader: Christa Manning Harry Kolenc

Music: Marilyn Levine, Director 10:30 – Enid Bradley, Ann & Larry Brotman,

Kate Sauer, organ Cindy Hutchinson, Bobbi Luft, Kay Main

Dorenda Morse, piano Hospitality: Judy & Charles Kneebone

Adult Ed: Floyd Coppage, Richard Mitchell Lock Up: Roger Hailstone

Those for Whom We Pray

Our members: Nancy Eberhardt, Charles Hill, John Jenne, Anis Johnson, and Jeri Smith;

Our homebound members and friends: Fran Doty (Amy Homicz’s mother) and Fred Luft (Bobbi Luft’s husband);

Our extended family: Linda Coen (friend of Ann Meierkord), Mary Jo Colegrove (Dorenda Morse's mother), Geneva Davis (Diane Fleming’s mother), Michelle Feng (Patrick Xavier's cousin), Edgar Gerhardt (Hillard Gerhardt’s brother), Stephen Halsted (former COGS pastor), Madeline Katribe Hanna (Linc Nagle’s former spouse’s mother and grandmother of his two daughters), Roger Hogeboom (Don & Barbara Mitchell’s nephew), Andy Hurst (Linc Nagle’s cousin) in Iraq, Justin Zel Montgomery (Linc Nagle’s son-in-law, serving in the Police Department), Amy Mueller (daughter of Susan Olson-Phillips & Det Phillips), Dave Myers (former pastor’s wife Sue Altenbernd-Myers’ husband), Donald Peterson (Shirley Puariea’s friend), Olivia Prisco (Don & Barbara Mitchell’s granddaughter), Peter Smith (Linc Nagle’s brother), Neil Weaver (Nancy Barfield's friend), for others for whom we have been praying, and for those whose names are known by you and God.

Church Meetings for the Week of January 6-13, 2008

Sunday: Confirmation and Epiphany

8:30 a.m. Worship – Communion

All morning Coffee

9:00 a.m. Children’s Education Time

9:15 a.m. Adult Education Time

10:30 a.m. Worship – Communion

11:30 a.m. Listening Post

Tuesday: 11:00 a.m. Forever Young –

Albuquerque Museum of Art

and History – carpool leaves

COGS at 10:30 a.m. – lunch

at restaurant in Old Town

Wednesday: 6:00 p.m. ContemPLAYtion Band

7:00 p.m. Building Committee meeting

7:00 p.m. Worship planning meeting

Thursday: 1:00 p.m. Preschool Team – parlor

3:00 p.m. Study of Spirituality Group

6:00 p.m. Handbell rehearsal – sanctuary

7:30 p.m. Choir rehearsal – sanctuary

Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Church School Teacher

Enrichment – until 11:30 a.m.

Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Worship

All morning Coffee

9:00 a.m. Children’s Education Time

9:15 a.m. Adult Education Time

10:30 a.m. Worship

Announcements

The D. L. Dykes, Jr. Foundation, in association with the UNM Religious Studies Program, presents

JOHN DOMINIC CROSSAN

In

"GOD & EMPIRE: JESUS AGAINST ROME, THEN AND NOW"

January 25 & 26 – Seminar Fee $50

To register, call Kirk in the church office.

For more information about John Dominic Crossan and about his January 25-26 seminar, visit www.faithandreason.org.

(Friday evening lecture is free and open to the public; registration required for the 3 lectures on Saturday, Jan. 26.)

All events and lectures will be held at

the UNM Continuing Education Conference Center, 1634 University Blvd. NE.

SEMINAR SCHEDULE

Friday, January 25

7:30 pm "Civilization and Violence"

Friday evening lecture is FREE and open to the public.

Saturday, January 26

(Registration Required, Three Lectures, $50)

8:30 - 9:30 am Registration

9:30 am - 10:45 am "The Bible and Violence"

11 am - 12:15 pm "Jesus & Violence"

2 pm - 3:15 pm "Apocalypse & Violence"

3:15 pm Dr. Crossan signs books

This event is produced in cooperation with:

Albuquerque Mennonite Church

Called Back to the Well

Church of the Good Shepherd, UCC

La Mesa Presbyterian Church

Albuquerque Network of Spiritual Progressives

Santa Fe Theologians

St. Andrew Presbyterian Church

St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church

Church School Teacher Enrichment, Saturday, January 12, 9:30-11:30 a.m. – Advent/Christmas Evaluation; looking forward to Lent/Easter.

Let’s surprise Susan Jessup – our financial secretary, and pick up all the offering envelopes this morning. The offering envelopes are on the counter outside the office.

James Talley , Nashville singer/songwriter, in concert at COGS, Saturday, January 19, 7:30 p.m., Fellowship Hall – presented by the Sandia Heights Coffeehouse Concert Series. James Talley may live in Nashville, but he has roots in Albuquerque, where he graduated from UNM with a degree in fine arts and worked here for several years. His songs have been covered by such luminaries as Johnny Cash and Alan Jackson, and he performed twice at the White House for President Jimmy Carter. Read more about him on jamestalley.com and myspace.com/jamestalleymusic. For more information, contact Linda Bolton at 856-7100 or nlightsmgt@aol.com.

COGS Adult Ed

Adult Ed classes run from 9:15 to 10:00 a.m.
and meet in the Church School classrooms.

Contemporary Theology Class

A continuation to conclusion of the study of Marcus Borg’s excellent book — Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings, and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary.
– with Floyd Coppage in Classroom 1.

Biblical Studies

The Ancestry of Jesus as Chronicled in the Old Testament: from Abraham to David! A little history, a lot of mystery! – with Richard Mitchell in Classroom 2.

Informational Congregational Meeting

January 20, 9:15 a.m.

Come and learn about the plans for the 2008 budget.

Annual Congregational Budget Meeting

January 27, 9:15 a.m.

Listening Post – Today, and on the first Sunday of each month, the Listening Post will be in operation after the 10:30 service, in the Preschool Office. In July 2005, we discussed the “Instrument of Peace” through mailings and during a church service. This will provide a place where concerns & suggestions of members of our congregation can be discussed and questions posed & answered.

Forever Young – will meet at 11 a.m. this Tuesday, January 8, at the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, 2000 Mountain Rd. NW. We will tour the exhibit called “Temples and Tombs: Egyptian Art from the British Museum.” Entrance fee: $2.00 for Seniors. After the tour, we will have lunch at a restaurant in Old Town. Carpool leaves COGS at 10:30 a.m. Everyone is invited.

New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence –
For help, call 246-9240. State Hotline: 1-800-773-3645; National Hotline: 1-800-799-7233; Statewide Legal Resources Hotline: 1-877-974-3400. Services are FREE and confidential.