KIRK’S LOG
Stardate:
Focus Scripture –
Genesis
2:15-17; 3:1-7
God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. And God commanded the
man,
“You may freely eat of every tree of the
garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat,
for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.” Now the serpent was more crafty
than any other wild animal that God had made.
He said to the woman, “Did God say, ‘You shall not
eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman
said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees
in the garden; but God said, ‘You shall not
eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden,
nor shall you touch it, or you shall die.’ ” But the serpent
said to the woman, “You will not die;
for God knows that when you eat of it your
eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So when
the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and
that it was a delight to the eyes,
and that the tree was to be desired to make
one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some
to her husband, who was with her, and he
ate. Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew
that they were naked; and they sewed fig
leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.
Minister: The Rev. Dr. Sue Gallagher Usher/Greeter Team:
Guest Preacher: Cindy Hutchinson
Lay Reader: Jon Mitovich Jon & Karla Mitovich, Ann Travelstead
Music: Marilyn Levine, Director Hospitality: Gail
Chynoweth
Kate Sauer, organ; Dorenda
Morse, piano Lock Up: John Davis
Adult Ed: Floyd Coppage
Our members: Fran Doty, Nancy Eberhardt, Charles Hill,
Robert Huffman, John Jenne, Anis Johnson, Jeri Smith, and Opal Zuercher;
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, Danica and Addison Montgomery (Linc Nagle’s daughter and
granddaughter), 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), 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
All
morning Coffee
Tuesday:
by Nancy Kolenc on Senior
Health
Care – potluck lunch
of soups, breads and dessert –
Fellowship
Hall
Wednesday:
Thursday:
All
morning Coffee
Announcements
Lent 2008
“Water”
What do Lent and Water have in common?
We tend to
take them both for granted!
Join us for
a season of exploring the simple things
in life this Lenten Season.
Sunday,
February 10
Lent 1: “Crashing Waters
of Creation and Destruction”
Sunday,
February 17
Lent 2: “Dark Waters”
Sunday,
February 24
Lent 3: “Deep Waters”
Sunday,
March 2
Lent 4: “Muddy Waters”
Sunday,
March 9
Lent 5: “Binding
Waters”
Palm
Sunday, March 16
“Brooding Waters”
Holy Week
We will read The Last Week,
by Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan.
Each day we will take a chapter.
Maundy
Thursday, March 20
“Troubled Waters”
Easter
Sunday, March 23
“Calm Waters”
Our effort
at living the WORD in Lent will be to help an underdeveloped community build a
WELL
so that they may have living water!
Come join
our effort to make a difference.
New
Members and Inquirers Class
New
members will be received Sunday,
February 24. If you feel ready to join
this family of faith, please contact Pastor Sue. The Inquirers Class for people interested in
learning more about Church of the Good Shepherd will be next Sunday,
February
17, 11:30 a.m., in the parlor.
Forever Young – Forever
Young will meet on Tuesday, February 12, at
Remember the story
of Elijah? –
When the great prophet Elijah asked a single mom
to bring him some water and a morsel of bread, she told him that she had but a
handful of meal in a jar and a little bit of oil in a jug. Elijah assured her that as long as she
provided for the needs of others, the jar would never be empty and the oil
would never run out. God would provide
what she needed. And God did.
Lent is an excellent time to focus on the needs
of others and to practice trusting that God will provide for ours. This year
the theme for Lent is WATER, and we are asking that we each take an empty water
bottle and use it collect our leftovers.
LEFTOVERS?
ARE YOU SERIOUS? Yes, the
leftover change you carry in your pocket or wallet at the end of the day. On Easter Sunday we will collect all of the
filled water bottles and use the money to help a less advantaged community
build access to clean safe water. Think
about it .....
Change for a Change!
Church of the Good
Shepherd, UCC
Please pick up
your new COGS directory – with your name on
it, on the counter outside the church office.
Next
COGS
Adult Ed
Adult Ed
classes run from
and meet in the
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.
Scout
Troop #220 is needing some boys who are looking for a
great scout program – Are you
one of them? Come by for a visit/chat
with a leader, meet some of the scouts, and see what Troop #220 has to
offer. Meetings are held at COGS on
Monday night at
For help, call 246-9240.
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