ANNOUNCEMENTS July 1, 2009
Recent Changes in red
7/3 Church Office closed
July Feed My Sheep goes to Loaves and Fishes

HYMN SING
There will be a CHURCH HYMN SING Sunday July 12 at both services.  Be prepared on Sunday July 5 to turn in your favorites, (or phone the church office). Your request must be turned before July 8.

Special Summer Music and Anthems
Our Choir Director has a couple of dates available this summer for special worship music. If you are interested, please take a few minutes today to speak to him about it!

July 26 ONE SERVICE-followed by Ice Cream Social, sponsored by Pat & Ron Weinrich. Proceeds from Ice Cream Social to be given to Grove/East Ridge Center.

A Commissioning Service – Sunday 12 During both services next Sunday we will be asking God’s blessings on our young people and their leaders as they journey to New Orleans.

Mother’s Day/Father’s Day Recognition
Eveyln Coffinberger 2009 Mother of the Year
Don Smith & Scott Wood 2009 Fathers of the Year
PARENTS DAY PICTURES

VBS OPPORTUNITY
Looking for a week when you don’t cook dinner or do the dishes?  Then mark Sunday, July 12 through Friday July 17 on your calendar! Dinner will be from 6 – 6:30, Bible School from 6:30 – 8PM.  If you are available to help in any way, please leave your name, phone number and what you would be interested in helping with in the church office (or call 304-263-9291) and we will be in touch with you.
 The “multi-generation” classes will take a walk through Rome with Paul and the underground church. Crafts and activities will follow the theme, so come along and bring a friend!

Check Out Your Newsletter for the “Baggie Project” Details.The Women of the ELCA will have drawings at their Synod Convention for these filled baggies and will use the monies raised as a way to benefit the
Tour de Revs World Hunger Appeal
Baggies may be brought to the Lounge by Sunday, July 26^th.

Pentecost Geranium Report
This year sixty-eight plants were contributed and $263 was received in lieu of flowers. This money was contributed to Safe Haven, a local agency that seeks to help trouble youth in our area.

THANK YOU
Buddy Newman and Ron Weinrich for cleaning, repairing the walls in the classroom before replacing the new flooring.
Roger Wall for repairing the front door of the Church. Thank You Ken Cottrill, Buddy Newman and Ron Weinrich for painting the outside doors of the church!! They really look great!

What a Wonderful  Mother/Child Banquet!
Thank  You Scott Wood and your helpers for the wonderful  meal. .  The names of all those helping can be found in the June  Women’s newsletter article.  Also  Thank You to Linda McQuaid and Jerry Crites for working with the many talented members of St. John’s who performed at the banquet.  All their names and pictures can also be found in the June newsletter.  St. John’s does have talent!

RAISE THE LIFT REPORT
"Raise the Lift" Contributions on 6/21/09 were $2638 (including one gift of $1000). The total to date is $13,861. Thank you!! click here

Dates to Remember.
Lutheran Women in the Fast Lane meet on the 2^nd Sunday of the month in the Lounge at 12:30PM.
St. John’s Circle meets at 1:00PM on the 3^rd Tuesday of the month in the Lounge. 
Mary/Martha Circle meets at 7:00PM on the 3^rd Tuesday of the month in the Lounge   
Wednesdays 1PM Bible Study in Luther Hall
July 3 Church Ofice closed
July 12 Hymn Sing at both services
July 12 : FLYTE Commissioning Service
July 12-17 VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
July 19 FLYTE Members leave for New Orleans
July 25 Friends Feeding Friends 11AM -1PM
July 26 ONE SERVICE followed by Ice Cream Social
by Sunday, July 26^{th :}Baggies may be brought to the Lounge
Sept 13- RALLY DAY

Our Graduates
Eight members of the church were recognized Sunday, May 24 for their academic achievement.
High School graduates: Lauren Taylor (Martinsburg); Emily Jenkins (Hedgesville); Amelia Park (Jefferson); Brett Cole (Hedgesville), and Amanda Boswell (Hedgesville).
College/University: Vicki Rigot (Shepherd University) Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Master’s Degree recipients: Sarah Shewbridge (Montclair State University (New Jersey) Master of Fine Arts.
Doctorate Program: Rebecca Orr (West Virginia University) Doctor of Dental Science.
Congratulations to all and accept your fellow members’ best wishes for a bright and successful future!

Through June 1, $300 has been received for the H. Blaine Grove Eastridge Workshop Center. Matching funds from the Endowment were used to match that amount, and $600 in Script cards are being purchased for the Center.

5/26/09 Aluminum Tabs
Alan and Carol Temple have been transporting our aluminum tabs to the Ronald McDonald House( Morgantown) to help with their program of help to families needing housing while a loved one is a patient at the university hospital.
This last trip was something of a record. They took a hundred pounds of aluminum tabs and that is a lot of tabs. I understand that it takes 1,300 small tabs to make a pound, which means they took 130,000 tabs.
Thanks to everyone who contributes to the meaningful project!

Friends Feeding Friends
The fourth Saturday of the month 11AM to 1PM!
Many thanks to our volunteers. Friends Feeding Friends

Check Out Our Library - It’s stocked full of great books! The library is located in the Lounge in Luther Hall.

CELL PHONE RECYCLE PROJECT
Cell Phone Recycling Project Collection Boxes have been placed in each Narthex and in Luther Hall to collect your old cell phones, Details of this project will follow in the next newsletter

SCRIPT CARD EARNINGS THROUGH 5/31/09 $2043
$1500 to be used to defray cost of new flooring in classrooms
(EXCEL FILE -may require latest version) 4/22/08 Script Card Order Blank
(Adobe .pdf FILE) 4/22/08 Script Card Order Blank

Stewardship Information
The Church Council has requested that periodically we print information on congregational giving. At the end of May 2009, we have contributed $90,127 in offering and spent $120,917 leaving a deficit of $30,790

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