KIRK’S LOG
Stardate: November 9, 2008
Focus on the Gospel –
Matthew 25:1-13
“Then the kingdom of heaven shall be
compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went
to meet the bridegroom. Five of them
were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps,
they took no oil with them; but the wise
took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed,
they all slumbered and slept. But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold, the
bridegroom! Come out
to meet him.' Then all those maidens
rose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise,
'Give us some of your oil, for our
lamps are going out.' But the wise replied, 'Perhaps there will not be enough
for us and for you; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.' And while
they went to buy,
the bridegroom came, and those who were
ready went in with him to the marriage feast; and the door
was shut. Afterward the other maidens
came also, saying, 'Lord, lord, open to us.' But he replied,
'Truly, I say to you, I do not know
you.' Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.”
Ministers: The Rev. Carla Cunningham Lay Readers: 8:30 –
The Rev. Bruce Cunningham 10:30 – Nancy Eberhardt
Music: Kate Sauer, Music Director Usher/Greeter
Team: 8:30 – Pamela &
Erik Giberti
Linda Gilmour, Chancel
Choir/ 10:30 – Cyndi Brown, John Davis
Children’s Music
Director Jon & Karla Mitovich
Dorenda Morse, piano Hospitality: Jeanette & Bill Eckley
Adult Ed: Congregational Meeting Lock Up: John
Davis
Those for Whom We Pray
Our members:
Annie Gerhardt, Kirby Lewis, Richard
Street, 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), Patricia
Dickinson (friend of COGS), Ted Feng
(Patrick Xavier’s uncle), Brian Festa (Lori Festa’s brother), Fran Haley
(Michael Haley’s mother), Brian Hierl
(Cindy Hutchinson’s son, serving in Qatar), Roger Hogeboom (Don & Barbara Mitchell’s nephew), Andy Hurst
(Linc Nagle’s cousin, serving 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), Marjie Prisco
(Don and Barbara Mitchell’s daughter), Rev. Francis Rath
(friend of COGS), Jane Tutolo
(sister of Judy Kneebone, friend of COGS), 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 November
9-16, 2008
Picture directory –
Please see insert in today’s bulletin.
Stop by the table in the hallway to sign up for your appointment to have
your picture taken on either December 12 or 13.
Music at COGS – Enjoy friends, fellowship, fun, and be(come) musical!
Join the Choir or the Praise Band.
See Linda G. for details (797-7997), or talk to a current choir/band
member!
Congregational Meeting
TODAY, 9:30 a.m.
The purpose of
this Congregational Meeting is to present the tentative budget for 2009 fiscal
year.
Forever
Young – will meet this Tuesday, November 11. We will be
viewing the movie “The Alps” at the IMAX Theater in the Museum of Natural History. The movie begins at 1
p.m.
Lunch will be at 11:30 a.m. at the Museum’s
restaurant. For those who wish to carpool, we will meet at the church at 11
a.m.
Everyone is invited to attend. If you have any
questions, please call Christa Manning at 332-8671.
Remember
Project Share, Sunday, November 30 –
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
Rev. Carla & Rev. Bruce
Cunningham’s phone number and e-mail address – Please
feel free to call us or e-mail us, if you have questions or if a need
arises. Our cell phone number is: 734-730-9506.
Our e-mail address is: carlacrevccu@charter.net. – Rev.
Carla & Rev. Bruce
Have you dropped off your backpack and/or supplies? – Lists of supplies needed at East San Jose School are on
the Ministry of Justice bulletin board in the hallway, next to the poster. Collection boxes decorated by the children
are under the bulletin board for your convenience.
Thanksgiving Lunch and
Celebration of our Stewardship, Sunday, November 23 –
Right after our Thanksgiving worship service, please join us for our delicious
– and free – annual Thanksgiving lunch.
(To help cover food costs, there will be a basket for voluntary
donations.) Please join us!
Poinsettia sale – begins November 23.
You can order red or white poinsettias using the order form on the
Sunday, Nov. 23 Kirk’s Log tear-off sheet.
COGS Adult Ed
Adult
Ed classes run from 9:15 to 10:00 a.m.
Contemporary Theology Class
We have begun a new book, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose,
by Eckhart Tolle. –
with Floyd Coppage at 9:15
a.m. in Classroom 1
Advent Journey
Begins
Sunday, November 30 and continues each
Sunday through Advent – with Rev. Carla &
Rev. Bruce at 9:15 a.m. in the parlor
New
Member Classes
New member classes will be held on the 1st and 2nd
Sunday mornings of each month, at 11:30
a.m.
New members will then be received into the church on the last Sunday of
the month. If you are interested in
learning more about the United
Church
of Christ & Church of the Good Shepherd, please join us on those Sunday
mornings.
Rev.
Carla and Rev. Bruce
COGS Ski Trip, January
16-19, 2009
– The annual COGS Ski Trip at Wolf Creek, CO, is scheduled, as always, over the
Martin Luther King holiday weekend, January 16-19, 2009.
Lift tickets are $44.20/day and rooms are reserved at the Holiday Inn
Express in Pagosa Springs, CO at $72/night. Don’t miss the most snow in Colorado!!
Contact Suzanne Miller at suzmill3r@comcast.net or call 453-6838 and watch
for the sign-up poster in the hallway.
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.