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Please join us today for coffee, juice and donuts in the fellowship hall. Our host is the Stewardship Board. Our coffee hour host THE WEEKLY WORD next week is the Women’s Guild. August 23, 2015 Welcome Team (8:00) Harold Byers Nancy Byers Welcome to Evangelical United Church of Christ! We encourage Brian Stoff Amy Stoff you to return soon. Please stop at the visitors’ desk. Please sign the Friendship Pad and pass it to the outside aisle where an usher will (10:15) Dawn DeNap Beth Hegger pick it up. Donna Plocher Sue Vallee Nursery care is available today in Room 38 for infants and toddlers (3 Valet Team (8:00) Julie Mason (10:15) Karen Munie years old and under). Our volunteer today is Alicia VerDuin. Our nursery staff attendant is Katie Henricks. Layreader (8:00) Soundra Green (10:15) Elaine Fenton Prayers, Concerns and Joys - Please include in your Prayers Sound/Slide Booth (8:00) John Snider and Kay Whitecotton Connie Louer Abert, Bob Barney, Marie Bimes, Robin Chumbris, (10:15) Mary Beth Broughton and Bill Vallee Florence Collmann, Carolyn Crabtree, Jeanne Dankenbring, Viola Deibert, Randy Dellamano, Bob DePew, Gene and Debra Dilley

(Marsha Rinderer’s sister and brother-in-law), Marlene Dickerson,

Rev. Tom Drewer, Jared Emig (nephew of Jerry and Karla Zurliene), Hearing Devices are available. Please ask one of the ushers. Alma Erwin, Ellen Gelly, Olivia Genteman, Elaine Grundhoefer (Harold Byers’ sister), Norma Haberer, Maurie Henricks (Tom’s Senior Pastor – Christopher Hill ([email protected]) father), Carol Hoffman, Don Hundsdorfer, Curt Iberg, Janet Jenny, Associate Pastor – Will VerDuin ([email protected]) Dorothy Johnson (Aunt of Ron and Kathy Schneider), Betty Kamm, Office Business Manager – Barb Bray ([email protected]) Vera Kunz, Betty Legier, Herman Louer, Marion Marcus, Wayne Bookkeeper – Patti Kohlbrecher ([email protected]) Marcus, Mary Marchal, Ruth Meffert, Joe Michaelis, Becky Morris Choir Director – Lisa Neal ([email protected]) (Shirley Hug’s niece), Daniel Morris, Richard Moser, Anthony Perez Organist – Joan Schuetz ([email protected]) (friend of Steve and Denise Clayton), Alicia Rayner (Al & Shirley Contemporary Worship Director – Chris Swed Flath’s daughter), Sandra Reinacher, Don Rinderer, Flo Schneider, ([email protected]) Doris (mother of Barb Stallard), John Snider, Nathan Steding, Director of Children’s Ministries – Darlene Nagel Samantha Strom (friend of Tina Kutzgar), Gloria Stuckwisch, Radio Ministry – Casper Heichelbeck, Jacob Plocher and Carladine Vulliet, Alvin Whitsell (Florence Collmann’s brother-in- Zach Plocher law), Dale Wiesemeyer (Niala Keilbach’s brother), and Kathy EvUCC Communications Ministries Wilsman (Nancy Byers’ sister). Please also pray for the family of Radio Station WGEL 101.7 FM Greenville Henry Metzger, who passed away August 15th. Church Phone: 618-654-7459

EVANGELICAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST Our Church Needs YOU! The 28th Annual Auction Date is set (November 8th), the venue secured (KC Hall) and an experienced committee is assembled. Now all we need is a Chair for our traditional services. It's going to be a super year :-) committee and event! If you have even a flicker of interest in learning more about this opportunity, please contact the church Weekly Handbell Choir practice will start Wednesday, September office right away! Free training and TLC provided. This is a very 2nd at 6:00. important event for our church and we do not want it to fade into history. Please give the Auction Chair position some serious 175th Anniversary Celebration – We are looking for pictures (old thought and prayer. and new) or any other memorabilia from our 175 years to share with our congregation and the community. If you are in possession of Highland Area “Meals on Wheels” Mazzio’s Pizza Fund Raiser: something you think would be of interest, please contact the church st Monday, August 31 from 5 – 9pm. office. 5k Run/Walk! There’s still time to sign-up for our first annual 5k Produce Table - During the month August, the Stewardship Board is run/walk!! The 5k is on Saturday, Sept. 12 at 9am and will begin and hosting a produce table each Sunday morning. Please help us out by end at the church. Registration forms can be found in the Narthex or sharing the "fruits" of your harvest with others and know that this is at evucc.org. If you are interested in volunteering to help the day of just another opportunity to show how you are BLESSED TO BE A the event or if you have any questions, please contact Beth Hegger at BLESSING. 618-978-5554 or Jenny Seger at 618-973-1329. This Week’s Schedule Our Crosswalk Youth Program will begin again each Monday from rd th Sept. 14 – Nov. 2 from 3:30 – 5:00 pm for grades 3 thru 5 . We will Sunday: 7:00 p.m. AA have lots of games, active snacks, and lessons on following Jesus! For Monday: 7:00 a.m. Quilters more information, contact Angela Smith at Tuesday: 8:00 p.m. AA [email protected] Wednesday: 7:00 p.m. Next Step Info. Mtg and Ice Cream Blowout Thursday: 6:15 p.m. Peppermint Parent Night Wednesday Morning Followship Bible Study – will start meeting Friday: The Point After Youth Event (following the HHS home again September 9th from 9 – 11am in the conference room. Please football game) plan to join us. 8:00 p.m. AA/Al-Anon Looking Forward Women’s Guild – will meet next on September 1st at 1pm. Traci August 30 – UNITE Youth Group here at 6 p.m. Riechmann from Leaps of Love will be our guest speaker. The Guild

Board will meet at 12:30pm. Worship Memorials/Honorariums to the Glory of God

God Squad and Chancel Choir rehearsals will begin on September The Radio Ministry is in memory of loved ones from Betty Kamm nd 2 . God squad will be from 6 PM until 6:30. Chancel choir will start at and in memory of Marie Zobrist from family and friends. 7 PM and usually is over by 8:30. God Squad singers! We would love to have any school age children who have a heart to sing praise! Rehearsals will be short – from 6 to 6:30 on Wednesday evenings. God squad will sing in church once a month this year alternating between the ignite 10:15 and 8 AM