KIRK’S LOG
Stardate: June 8, 2008
Focus Scripture –
Matthew 9:9-13
As Jesus was walking
along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth;
and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him.
And as he sat at dinner
in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting
with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they
said to his disciples,
“Why does your teacher
eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
But when he heard this, he said,
“Those who are well have
no need of a physician, but those who are sick.
Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have come to call not the righteous but
sinners.”
Minister: The Rev. Dr. Sue Gallagher Usher/Greeter Team: 8:30 – Pamela
& Erik Giberti
Lay Reader: Roger Hailstone 10:30 – John Davis, Judy Gilman,
Music: Kate Sauer, Director & organist Jon & Karla
Mitovich, Ann Travelstead
Don
Sauer, Band Director Hospitality: Gail Chynoweth
Adult Ed: Congregational
Meeting Lock Up: John Davis
Those for Whom We Pray
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), Marjie
Prisco (Don and Barbara Mitchell’s daughter), 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 June 8-15,
2008
9:00 a.m. Children’s Education Time
9:15 a.m. Congregational Meeting
9:30 a.m. Coffee on the patio
Wednesday: 6:00 p.m. ContemPLAYtion Band
Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Lay Ministry team meeting
10:30 a.m. Pride
Parade – assemble
between 9 & 10 a.m. in UNM
parking lot at Central & Girard
9:00 a.m. Children’s Education Time
9:15 a.m. Adult
Ed
9:30 a.m. Coffee
on the patio
Flowers on the Communion
table
– have been given by Victoria Lopez, in memory of her son, Brent.
COGS Isotopes/Blakes
Lottaburger picnic! –
Date: Tuesday, July 29. Time:
Picnic starts at 5:30, game time is 7:05
p.m. Ginger Davis is selling tickets, which are
$23 each. See her in church or give her
a call at 554-2276 to reserve your tickets!
Remember Project Share,
Sunday, June 29 – Bring your
stuff! Check the sign-up board to see
what we need. Thank you for the generous gift of your time and
resources! – COGS Community Service Program
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.
Bread for the World’s 2008 Offering of Letters –
The
Peace and Justice Committee is participating in Bread for the World's annual
"offering of letters". We are asking Congress for more and better
poverty-focused development assistance — that will give people in poor
countries the skills and opportunities to break the cycle of poverty permanently.
These include investments in education, agriculture, nutrition, health and
clean water. Last year, members of COGS and friends wrote close to 100
letters. Information is on the table and
easel in the hallway. Write your letters, bring them
back to church, and drop them in the basket. Next Sunday, June 15,
we will dedicate the letters and fax them to your senators and congresspeople. – Beth Kissling
Hunger and Poverty Facts
In sub-Saharan Africa, more than two-thirds of women receive
prenatal care at least once during pregnancy. Since 1990, the percentage of
deliveries attended by skilled healthcare personnel has steadily increased.
STILL,
each year, more than 500,000 women die from treatable or preventable
complications of pregnancy and childbirth.
In sub-Saharan Africa, a
woman's risk of dying from such complications over the course of her lifetime
is 1 in 16, compared to
1 in 2,500 in the United
States.
COGS Adult Ed
Adult Ed classes run from 9:15 to
10:00 a.m.
and meet in the Church School
classrooms.
June 15, 22, and 29
Sacred Conversations
How to talk about what is hard to talk about,
when
we’d all rather avoid talking about it.
Leader: Pastor Sue
Are you my
cousin? – A new way to celebrate Vacation Bible School,
Friday, June 20, 6-8 p.m. – An interactive, intergenerational
evening of food, fun, and face-to-face fellowship with friends from the UCC
churches in our city. Bring your
children, your spouse, your partner, your friends, your appetite for food and
fellowship, and your curiosity on Friday, June 20,
6-8 p.m., to: First Congregational UCC, 2801 Lomas Blvd. NE. Supper
provided by First Congregational Church.
Please RSVP to Kirk in the church office.
Summer Reading – This is a great time to look
over the "Reading Ark"
at church. For a very small donation you can pick a book or several books to entertain yourself
over the coming
months. Also, if you have books (popular fiction and non-fiction), feel free to add them to the shelves.
Also, note the bulletin
board with short reviews that will help you decide which books to grab. All of the donations for
"good reads" go to the Heifer Project.
New
Members and Inquirers Class
New
members will be received Sunday, June 22.
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,
June 15, 11:30 a.m., in the parlor.
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.