ROCKLEDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Calendar for Jan. 18 - 24, 2010 (L)=Library (K)=Knox Hall (C)=Calvin Hall (P)=Parlor (A)=Annex (B)=Balcony Infant & Toddler Nursery Available Every Sun. Morning - Knox Hall 8:30 a.m. Worship Celebration (S) 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Fellowship Hour (C) 11:00 a.m. Worship Celebration (S) 11:00 a.m. Children’s Church (Rm. 5) Rockledge Presbyterian School classes.…..ages 1 - 5 (Pre-K) For more information, please call the school at 632-3343 Monday (1/18) MLK Birthday! Office Closed 6:30 p.m. Worship Committee (L) 6:30 p.m. IPN (K) Tuesday (1/19) 10:00 a.m. Mary Martha Circle (C) 6:00 p.m. Girl Scouts (C) 7:00 p.m. Ruth Circle (home of Carold McKinley) 7:00 p.m. AA (K) Wednesday (1/20) 10:00 a.m. Esther Circle (homes) 5:30 p.m. Kids’ Nite 7:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal (K) Thursday (1/21) 7:00 p.m. NA Meeting (K) Friday (1/22) 7:00 p.m. AA (K) Saturday (1/23) Sunday (1/24) 8:30 a.m. Worship Service (S) 9:30 a.m. New Member Class 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Fellowship Hour 11:00 a.m. Worship Service 8:30 a.m. Lay Leader: Pete Aude’ 11:00 a.m. Lay Leader: Bill Carson GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME! It is a joy to have you with us today as we worship God. PRAYER REQUESTS may be submitted using the welcome card in the pew rack. Please place requests in the offering plate. The flowers in the chancel today were given by Sandy Golden in honor of Joan Meekins’ birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOAN!!! 2010 OFFERING ENVELOPES If you have not picked up your envelopes, please do so today from the south hallway counter. Soon they will be mailed out. Please save us the cost of mailing them. If you do not want envelopes, please notify BJ Smith or the church office so we do not mail them to you when they are cleared off the counter. END OF YEAR STATEMENTS End of year statements are ready. Please see BJ after the 8:30 worship service or before the 11:00 worship service. PHOTOS NEEDED FOR DIRECTORY We are looking for photos you may have from different activities here at church. We would like them for our new church directory. If possible, please burn to a CD and put them in either BJ Smith’s box or the Worship box by 1/19/10. BREVARD CITRUS GLEANING is Saturday morning, January 30, 2010, 8:00 AM to 12:00 Noon, leaving RPC at 7:30 AM. I will lead a group to pick citrus for the Society of St. Andrew in north Brevard. The fruit picked gets distributed to homeless shelters and food banks throughout Florida. It is a fun time to help out those who are less fortunate. Sign up in the South hallway. Contact Thad Martin @ 633-3116 for more info. BLANKET SUNDAY – JANUARY 24TH Church World Service responds to disasters at home and around the world to provide basic tools to assist impoverished communities. When disaster strikes, people need more than blankets; they need shelter, food, safe water, tools, and training to help rebuild their lives. Blanket + means that Church World Service is there for the long haul as people recover from a disaster. Please give generously for those in need around the world. RPC annually sends over one thousand dollars for this program, which at $5.00 each, buys lots of blankets. JOYS AND CONCERNS January 17, 2010 Assisted Living/Rehabilitation: The Place, Merritt Island: Margaret Peterson Cedar Creek Life Center, 4279 Judith Ave. #230, M.I. 32953: Mary Varn Watersong, 7300 Watersong Lane, Melbourne, FL: Irene Ney, Rm. 6120 Continuing Concern: Please keep our active duty military personnel in your prayers: Sgt Paul Helm (Germany), CPO John Shortridge; Sgt Jennifer Mitchell (Ft. Drum, NY), Spc Lamont Morris (Ft. Drum, NY), Sgt Brandon Jewell (Ft. Bragg, NC), LCpl Jason Chen (Camp Lejune, NC), Sgt Chas Mitchell (Quantico, VA), MC1 William R. Lovelady (Jacksonville, FL), Ben Blier, Ben Cook (Army Basic Training), PO2 Robert (Matt) Branson (Kuwait). Addresses and pictures are on the bulletin board in the South Hall. Dodie Hamilton, cousin of Catherine Shelton, is undergoing long term medical treatment. Bob Carroll is under hospice care at home. June Sullivan’s husband, Mike is recovering at home. Cheryl Carson’s friend, K.C. Crawley. Jennifer Mitchell’s stepmother, Sheila Mitchell, has advanced cancer and needs prayers. Bob Crocker, father of Sally Preuss, has kidney cancer. Karen Craig would like us to continue praying for her health concerns. June Harper, mother of RPS Director Jan Taffer, is in Wuesthoff Medical Center recovering from an operation. Betty Loring is under hospice care at home. Tom Kroger, friend of Terrie Franco, has terminal brain cancer. Tish Little is having a leg problem and trouble walking. Audrey and Bill Skidmore’s son, Christopher, still needs our prayers. Audrey and Bill Skidmore’s niece,Tammy, needs prayers for internal bleeding, and is in an induced coma. Eric VerValin, Bill and Cheryl Carson’s grandson, is receiving therapeutic treatment in Atlanta. Update on Harriette We received a letter from Harriette Fraser’s daughter informing us that Harriette is doing well. She is living in a community (of about 20 residents) that specializes in the type of care she needs. She gets to visit with her family much more often and spent the holidays with them. No phone, but her address is: Hearthstone, 402 Hemenway St., Marlborough, MA 01752 Carole Fraser Plesser, her daughter, assures us she’d love to hear from us! FLOWER CHART FOR 2010 There are many openings for sponsoring the chancel flowers for 2010. January 24th (next Sunday) is open. Please sign up if you’re interested in reserving a date. The cost of the flowers is $25.00. (Please be sure to put “Flowers” in the memo section of your check.) You can either take the flowers home after the 11:00 worship service or donate them to members who are in the hospital or shut-ins. For weeks with no sponsors we will use plastic flowers. The chart is on the bulletin board in the south hallway. 2010 PLEDGES Pledges to date - 88 pledges for a total of $192,504. Pledges continue to come in and we urge you to turn yours in if you have not already done so. We understand that this may be a best estimate of what you feel you can give. It is important for budget purposes to know what funds have been pledged for the year 2010. NEW MEMBER CLASSES New member classes will be held from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. January 17, 24th and 31st in Calvin Hall. If you are interested in becoming a member of RPC or would like to know more about our basic beliefs, our ministry and mission, you are welcome to attend. TALENT SHOW Sunday, Jan. 31st - Don't forget the Talent Show - immediately following the 11:00 am worship service. Lunch will be Potluck Sandwiches! Bring your favorite sandwich! Chips and drinks will be provided. Cookies and brownies needed for dessert! Singers, dancers, comedians are wanted! Sign up sheet in south hallway. HABITAT FOR HUMANITY Volunteers needed to help with lunches at the Paw Paw St. building site. Sandwiches, chips, sodas, fruit, and cookies are needed for lunch on Wednesdays. Help feed the volunteer workers a lunch at this building site. Contact Virginia Wright at 321-433-0876.