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New Orleans
Mission Trip
Slide Show
A slide show of the
Mission Trip prepared by Morgan Kiker is now
available. It is about 25 minutes long.
This is an incredibly moving presentation - you will
not be disappointed....
Click here
to see and hear. |
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INQUIRER'S CLASS
For
those considering full membership in our
congregation, we invite you to come and learn more
about who we are as a family of faith, what we
believe, how we are organized and about our various
ministries. Sunday afternoons, May 4th
and May 11th from 3-5PM. Service of New
Members will take place on Sunday, June 1 during the
morning worship service. Please call Sherry Tupper
(978-474-8943) or the office (978-475-0321) to let
us know of your interest or for more information.
Sherry Tupper |
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EVENING PRAYERS
Tuesday May 13th 7:30pm
in the Chapel - Led by Jan Brink |
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*** SEARCH COMMITTEE
NAMED ***
On Palm Sunday the
church council appointed the members of the Search
Committee for our next Senior Pastor. They are:
Michael Bronder, David Bryan, Anne Clough, Becky
Cutts, Susan Henke, Jennifer Hoenig, Hooks Johnston,
Marty Mason and Rob Thomas. We are very
grateful for their willingness to serve on this
important task, and for all those who expressed
interest in helping with the search. Please pray
for God’s blessing upon them.
Bill Schroeder,
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HELP WITH BULLETIN
BOARDS
The church staff is
looking for a volunteer (or two) to help create
and maintain some of the church bulletin boards.
Contact the office.
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GRANDPARENTS ROCK
Remembering our
baptismal promise… Please consider being a
“grand rocker” in the Nursery or the
Beginners Class (ages 2 & 3) during church worship
hour. Volunteer “rockers” will assist two teachers,
so the responsibility is simply to rock a little one
or perhaps read a story. To share this special
connection with the youngest members of our church
family, please sign up at the Board of Women’s
Ministry table in Fellowship Hall during coffee
hour.
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HEATING COSTS HAVE SOARED!
Not just for your homes
but also for the church. Please help conserve fuel
by remembering to turn down the heat (old building)
when leaving a classroom. Also, the double doors on
each floor (also know as fire doors) between the new
and old building must remain closed at all
times. This regulates the heat/air conditioning
controls as each building is under a separate
furnace. Leaving the doors opens WASTES energy.
Please help us conserve. And, don’t forget to turn
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BE PART OF THE
SOLUTION
The South Church
GREEN Team will be offering an opportunity to
sing up for energy audits and the Clean Energy
Choice program on Sundays after worship during
January and February. Look for them in
Fellowship Hall or contact Candy Dann at 978-
470-2797.
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Name tagS
Wearing your name tag every Sunday is a gracious
gift to others. They are located in the racks
outside Fellowship Hall. If you need a name tag,
please write your request on the Friendship
Register, or make use of the weekly name tags that
can be found in the pews.
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RECYCLE DEPOSIT RETURNS
Bring your returnable (MA deposit) glass,
metal, and plastic bottles to the recycle bins
located on the far side of the shed near the small
back parking lot. Recycling will run continuously
throughout the school year. The bins are
emptied weekly by the Boy Scouts. |
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SOUTH CHURCH
AUDIO MINISTRY
Listen
to the recordings of the Sunday Worship services on-line!
Just go to
http://www.southchurch.com/audio_ministry.htm
Most computers manufactured after 1998 have what you need to
listen. Plug in a pair of powered speakers or headphones and
you’re all set. You may need to adjust speaker volumes to
hear certain portions of the service. You can listen to them
immediately or save for later playback on your MP3 player.
You are free to fast forward to any portion of a service.
Also available to view or print are the accompanying church
bulletins. |
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VOLUNTEERS
NEEDED
The Samaritans of Merrimack
Valley rely on volunteers to help those in crisis.
People from all walks of life are trained by Samaritans to
offer support and caring to those who are lonely, despairing
and suicidal. We are looking for anyone who can listen with
an open mind, with compassion, and without judgment. Please
call the Samaritans at (978) 688-0030 or email us at:
Samaritans@familyserviceinc.com. |
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REMINDER!
Please remember to enter
the church parking lots from the right side of the
building and exit the lots by driving slowly around
the back of the church building and out to street on the
left side of the church. Thank you for following
our safety measures. |
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CEMETERY INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLINE
If you want to search for records in the
South Church cemetery visit the new web page that lets you
look up records of people and/or monuments. You can
enter either a first name, last name, or a partial name and
the web site will return all the information. Thanks
to Char Lyons for gathering and entering all the
data. It's fun, try it out at:
http://www.southchurch.com/cemetery/ or just go
the South Church web site and click on "Cemetery Database"
on the menu on the left side. For questions and
inquiries you may send Email to:
cemetery@southchurch.com |
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ROMPERS
NURSERY SCHOOL
Did you
know that Andover Rompers Nursery School is located
downstairs in the Discovery Room at our church? The school,
for children ages 3 to 5, has openings for the 2006-2007
school-year. For more information call 978-475-4080. |
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO HELP ANDOVER SENIORS
Andover Senior Center is looking for volunteers to provide
transportation for Elders to do their weekly grocery
shipping. Commitment is approximately 1-2 hours per week.
For more information, please contact Kathy Urquhart,
Director Elder Services at the Senior Center.
978-623-8321.
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BOARD of WOMEN'S MINISTRIES
What are your volunteer
activities? We are exploring opportunities to
support, through financial sponsorship, South Church
members who volunteer in our greater community. We
hope to meet with you to learn more about your volunteer
work and the organization you help support. If you
wish to discuss any of the above, contact by email
Liz Roos,
Lizandmikeroos@comcast.net, to arrange a meeting with our
board. In addition to supporting new
sponsorship opportunities we also have
empowerment funds,
for tuition, professional development, continuing
education or personal financial needs.
Day of Service Collection for Women's Resource
Center of Lawrence. Bring soap, toothbrushes,
toothpaste, chapsticks, deodorant etc. to add to our
collection box. Thanks for your support!
Baby Dinners: We organize a list of
volunteers who will make dinners for families who have a
new bundle of joy added to their household. If you
could make 1 or 2 meals a year and wish to participate,
please let us know by e-mail
Lizandmikeroos@comcast.net.
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NEIGHBORS IN NEED FOOD COLLECTION
Let’s fill the Big Red
Wagons in the Narthex with staple foods for hungry
neighbors. Neighbors in Need, a food pantry
serving the larger Lawrence community, provides food to
hundreds of needy folks each week. Bring
nutritious foods such as tuna, beef stew, peanut butter
and other staple foods to help fill the red wagons each
Sunday.
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5
MINUTES BY E-MAIL: New postage
rates remind us of the cost, not only for the paper and
printing, but additional postage cost as we send this 5
Minutes through the mail. We invite you to
subscribe by email. (You will receive it much quicker!)
Email your address to
scand@southchurch.com. |
