Church Newsletter, January 25, 2023

Jan 25, 2023

 
 

 

 
 

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Dear Church Family,

Thank you so very much for traveling to Christus Victor for worship last Sunday.  I continue to be amazed at the faithful work you are doing in discerning God’s will in your life and that includes your engagement in our lunch conversations. New Beginnings 2.0 is meeting today to outline the next steps for our church. We will be reporting this to you Sunday.

Also, this Sunday we will have our Annual Congregational Meeting following worship. We will use this time to reflect on our continued good ministry through 2022 and looking ahead to 2023. I will also spend some time answering the questions you posed about Southminster Pres Church and Christus Victor. If you have additional questions, please don’t hesitate to ask me.

This Sunday I am preaching on blessings and so I thought I would leave you with this blessing!

“The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
the Lord turn his face toward you
and give you peace.”
Blessings abound,
Pastor Barbara 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Matthew 5:1-12

The Beatitudes
5 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2 Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying:
3 ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 ‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
5 ‘Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
6 ‘Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
7 ‘Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.
8 ‘Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
9 ‘Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
10 ‘Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 ‘Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

 

 

 

 
 

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I will lead the blind
by a road they do not know,
by paths they have not known
I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I will do,
and I will not forsake them.
Isaiah 42:16

This is New Beginnings 2.0 guiding
scripture verse for this in between time!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 
 

To keep our prayer list up-to-date, we will keep people on the prayer list for three weeks. If after three weeks you would like them to remain on the prayer list, just let Barbara Wilson, Christi Thompson or Pastor Barbara know! 

 

 
 

Prayers for our Church Family

Lois Thompson for healing
Bert & Nancy Clarbour with COVID & fatigue
Helen Robles searching for a new job

 

 
 

Prayers for those who have Died
Prayers for the family of Ted Milos
(Helen’s former boss)

Prayers for Barry Currin and family on the death of his wife, Kim (former colleague of Helen)

Prayers for Diana Olson and Courtney on the death of
John Olson

Prayers for the family of Ted Milos
(former boss of Helen Robles)

 

 
 

Prayers for Family and Friends
Bob Stall safe trip to Honduras on Medical Mission trip (son of Donna Stall), Debbie Treutle starting chemotherapy (friend of Christi Thompson)m Monique for continued healing post-surgery, Jeff Kubas for healing (brother-in-law of Christi Thompson), Ruth Holstein (friend of Peggy Dvorak), prayers for Liz Costa being treated for Multiple Myeloma, (colleague of Helen Robles), prayers for Ashley Chernikovich for courage, peace and joy as she endures ALS, (friend of Cindy Goodwin), prayers for Scott healing and guardianship, Carrie, her newborn son and much needed new phone, Gary Parker for healing (friend of Mead), Naomi having health issues (the wife of Moses), Wendy for sobriety (niece of Barbara Singelmann), 

 

 
 

General Prayers
Prayers for all migrants • Highland Park Community • our country and the war between Ukraine and Russia • Prayers for the people of Ukraine • Prayers for homebound • Houseless and hungry • Prayers for our church • Prayers for our Food Pantry • Prayers for our Clothing Ministry • Prayers for our President and Leaders at all levels • Prayers for those serving in the military (Barbara Singelmann’s grandson Peter). 

 

 
 

Answered Prayers

 

 
 

Special Celebrations!

Melodee Russow’s Birthday – January 27th

 

 

 

 
 

Food Pantry Updates!

 

 
The EGPC food pantry continues to serve our community and our volunteers remain faithful in their service to us. We are committed to adhering to all precautionary measures to ensure no cross-contamination with clients. The Food Pantry Donation drop box always seems to be filled. As you check on your neighbors, please share with them that our food pantry is open and ready to help anyone who needs food!

Food continues to appear in our food box.  Almost daily there is something donated and many times from people we don’t even know! I want to send a special thanks to all those faithful shoppers who each week pick up the special things we need. It is an ongoing blessing to be so graciously supported by your donations and donations from our community.

Thank you!
 

 

 

 

 

 
Thank you faithful friends and members of
Elk Grove Presbyterian Church!

 

 
 

NEWS from the Session!

Here are the latest things you should know:

  • Our next Session meeting is Sunday,  February 12th.
  • Ash Wednesday Service is scheduled for February 22nd at 7:00 pm
  • We are having a Lenten Book Study on the book “The Desert of Compassion.”
  • Sunday, February 12 and February 26th we will be visiting other churches. (No worship at EGPC!)
  • If you have anything you would like to bring to session please let any of the session members know.

 

 

 
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