KIRK’S LOG
Stardate: May 25, 2008
Focus Scripture –
Matthew 6:24-34
"No one can
serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or
be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
Therefore I tell you,
do not worry about
your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what
you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the
body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air;
they neither sow nor
reap nor gather into barns, and yet God feeds them. Are you not of more value
than they? And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of
life? And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow; they neither toil nor spin,
yet I tell you, even
Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so
clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown
into the oven, will God not much more clothe you — you of little faith?
Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What will we eat?' or
'What will we
drink?' or 'What will we wear?' For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these
things;
and indeed God knows
that you need all these things. But strive first for the realm of God and God’s
righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. So do not worry about tomorrow,
for tomorrow
will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today."
Minister: The Rev. Dr. Sue Gallagher Usher/Greeter Team: 8:30 –
Lay Reader: Patrick Xavier 10:30 – Richard Mitchell &
Ruth Randall,
Music: Marilyn Levine, Director Terry Owen, Bruce &
Carol St John
Kate
Sauer, organ; Dorenda Morse, piano Hospitality: Lou Ann Kinder
Adult Ed: Richard
Mitchell, Floyd Coppage Lock Up: Gene Johnson
Those for Whom We Pray
The members
of the Church of the Good Shepherd would like to extend our sympathy to: Pastor Sue Gallagher and Bobbi Luft and their
family on the death of Fred Luft, on May 1.
Our members:
Nancy Eberhardt, Robert Huffman, Jeri Smith, and Michelle Tang;
Our homebound members and friends:
Fran Doty (Amy Homicz’s mother) and Anis Johnson;
Our extended
family: Tammy Diaz (Paula Paul’s
friend), Michelle Feng (Patrick Xavier’s cousin), Ted Feng (Patrick Xavier’s
uncle), Brian Festa (Lori Festa’s
brother), Tommy
Fitz Patrick (Kay Main’s brother-in-law), Susan Fivelstad (friend of Judy & Chuck Gilman), 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, serving in Iraq), Julia Martinez (Mercy Martinez-Nunnally’s mother), Justin Zel Montgomery (Linc Nagle’s son-in-law, serving in the
Police Department), Amy Mueller (daughter of
Susan Olson-Phillips & Det Phillips), Donald Peterson (Shirley
Puariea’s friend), Jane Tutolo (sister of Judy Kneebone, friend of COGS), Charles Wenger (son of Ray
Wenger), 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 May 25
to June 1, 2008
Bread for the World’s 2008 Offering of Letters –
The Peace and Justice
Committee is participating again this year in Bread for the World's annual
"offering of letters". We will
be asking Congress for more and better poverty-focused development assistance —
funding for programs in the U.S. budget that give people in poor countries the
skills and opportunities to break the cycle of poverty permanently. These include investments in things like
education, agriculture, nutrition, health and clean water. Last year, members of COGS and friends wrote
close to 100 letters — we hope to increase that number this year. Information is on the table and easel in the
hallway. We encourage all of you to pick
up the information, write your letters, and bring them back to church and drop
them in the basket. On June 15, we will
be dedicating the letters and faxing them to your senators and
congresswoman. Thank you for your
participation in this important ministry.
– Beth
Kissling
Hunger and Poverty Facts
In the past
two decades, immunization has prevented an estimated 20 million deaths. Mothers
who receive at least a primary school education are 50 percent more likely to
immunize their children than mothers with no schooling.
STILL, about one-fifth of the world's adult
population—771 million adults—do not have basic literacy skills. At least
two-thirds of these are women.
Flowers on the Communion table – have been given by Richard
Mitchell, in celebration of Ruth Randall’s birthday on May 29.
Informational
Meeting
next Sunday, June 1, 9:30 AM
People
interested in talking about the issues that will be raised at the
Congregational Meeting on June 8
are invited to
a time of
conversation (no action)
next Sunday, June 1, at
9:30 a.m.
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 New Christianity for a New World, by Bishop John Shelby
Spong. Books are available at all the major
bookstores. – 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.
Cards for Michelle Tang – You are invited to send
funny cards to Michelle Tang. Her address: 4555 Forest Park Ave., Unit 319, St. Louis, MO 63108. Thank you.
Summer Special Music at COGS –
Those of you with special musical talents are invited to choose a Sunday during
the summer when you would love to share them.
Please call Kate Sauer at 286-4532 and offer to share your gifts.
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.