INTERCESSIONS AND THANKSGIVINGS
WE PRAY FOR THE SICK AND THOSE RECOVERING: Priscilla Abbitt, Tom Allder, Caroline and Tim Baldwin, Michael Bourne, Jack Bruce, Hugh Byrd, Judy Cahill, George Eschert, Frank Faulhaber, Robert Hancock, G. Harwood IV, Eliza Heitmuller, Bea Johnson, Justine Kosher, Ricky Lewis, Bruce Marshall, Joyce Mayo, Stewart Peery, Gay Plack, Kimberley Richbourg, Keenan Smith, Margaret Stoneman, Blanche Thurmond, Deane Wettstone and Luther White.
We pray for those who cannot join us physically for worship: Erna Mae Behrend, Flo Clark, Henry and Doris Dunbar, Mary Jane Johann, Ellen Loving, Margaret Martin, Harry Taliaferro, Margaret Vilcins, and Eunice Wells.
WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED: especially Polly Clark.
WE PRAY FOR OUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS IN THE ARMED SERVICES: especially Lori Cronin, Jamie Moseley, Bryan Phillips, Justin Luckey, Regan Simmons, Roy Edward Murray Jr., Kevin Pugh, Ryan Gitchell, Adam Noorigian, Bill Robinson, Paula Smith, David Escalera, Neil Thomson, Louis Henkel, Christopher Hayes, Paul Habenicht, Douglas Robinson, David S. Smith, Jesse L. Martin, Brandon Garrett, Eric Johnson and Mike Lockard.
THE FLOWERS ON THE ALTAR ARE GIVEN BY: Jim and Janet Cocke in thanksgiving for the one year anniversary of Jamie’s multi-organ transplant.; Maryann Fowler in memory of her parents, Marian and Edwin Ryder and, by Rex and Marjorie Jones in celebration of their 6th wedding anniversary.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
WELCOME VISITORS: Please take a moment to fill out a visitors card and place it in the offering plate and join us for coffee and fellowship in the Parish Hall after the 10:30 service.
ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL: continues next Sunday at 9:15 am in the Parish Hall. We continue our focus on Being the Church.
WALK FOR SUDAN Please join Hope for Humanity’s Third Annual “Walk for Sudan” today at 2:00 pm. The walk is 2 miles (or however long) at the Deep Run HS track (4801 Twin Hickory Rd, Glen Allen, VA) Registration begins at 1:30 pm. See the big bulletin board for more information and on how to make a tax deductible contribution.
ST. HILDA’S CIRCLE will meet at the home of Libby Danforth, 1910 Barribee Lane tomorrow at 10:30 am.
ST. AGNES CIRCLE will meet Wed., May 10 at 11:30 am at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Café.
THE CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER will hold its 2006 Walk for Life at 10 am on Sat., May 13, departing from Immanuel Baptist Church (corner of Thompson and Monument). Help support this local mission by walking and asking friends and family to make pledges to sponsor you, or sponsor someone you know who is walking. Proceeds allow the center to provide free assistance to women facing crisis and unplanned pregnancies. For a brochure on how to participate, call the CPC, 266-9555. For sponsor sheets or to sponsor a walker call Marianne Micks, 288-4487.
BIBLE STUDIES:
Women's Bible Study will resume in the fall.
Vachet Group - Proverbs
2nd & 4th Monday 7:15 - 8:30 pm - Library
Men's Small Group - Galatians
Tuesday 7:30 pm—Conference Room
Women's Small Group - Psalms (12 week study)
Thursday 4:30-5:30 pm - Fellowship Room
Christian Men's Fellowship - Romans
Wednesday 6:30 - 7:30 am - Library
Men's Breakfast Bible Study aka TGIF
Friday 7:00-8:00 am - Parish Hall
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MOTHER’S DAY CAKE SALE: Calling all Dads who want to make their wives’ Mother's Day the best ever! The Christian Children’s Ministry needs you to buy a cake for Mother’s Day to help us support the Christian children’s Fund and Compassion International. The Cake Sale will take place in the Parish Hall after church on May 14th. If you would like to bake a cake for the sale, please bring it to the Parish Hall before the 10:30 service marked for the “Cake Sale.” The cakes will cost $8.00, so be ready with money in hand to make this a special Mother’s Day!
PRIMETIMERS: Join us on Mon., May 15 at noon. Sally Gunn from All Saints will be our guest speaker. Bring your lunch and invite a friend.
ECW STEERING COMMITTEE will meet on Tues., May 16th in the library at 12:30 pm. Please note that this is a date change.
UTO SUNDAY, May 21: The United Thank Offering (UTO) gives each of us an opportunity to express tangible thanks to God for our many blessings. In offering prayers and money, we can reach out to our neighbors around the world. Blue UTO envelopes will be in the bulletin on the 21st and you can pick up a “blue box” today in the Narthex.
ECW Spring Open Board Meeting on Tues., May 23 at Christ Church, Spotsylvania. Dr. Inez Tuck will be the keynote speaker on the topic “Achieving Balance: Mind-Body-Spirit.” Check out her website at www.nursing.vcu.edu/is/Faculty/Tuck/tuck. The $15 registration fee includes lunch and is due May 15. Sign-in begins at 8:30, program at 9:30 and Eucharist after lunch. Register for child care when you register and bring a bag lunch for each child. Contact Bonnie Wilkins, 288-4351 or . Also see info on large bulletin board.
YOUTH NEWS
Jr. High Bible Studies begin Mon., May 15, 7-8:00 pm. Join your 6th-8th grade friends each week as we study the Gospel of Mark. We’ll meet in the library together, then boys and girls will attend separate bible studies. Email or call Jill and Todd Rich, 740-1541, therichfamily5@verizon.net.
Bible Reading Program: Today-Micah 7, Mon.-Nahum 1, Tues.-Nahum 2, Wed.-Nahum 3, Thurs.-Habakkuk 1; Fri.-Habakkuk 2, Sat.-Habakkuk 3. Reading schedules are available in the Narthex, along with the outlines.
COLLEGE STUDENTS AND HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS — We would love to have the latest info on you! Please fill out the forms located in the Narthex and Parish Hall so we can stay a part of your busy lives. We also would like to honor our Graduates and welcome home our College students at the 10:30 service, June 4th. Parents please help us. Forms can be returned to the church, or faxed to 288-6554.
ADULT MISSION TRIP to New Orleans July 15-22. Sign up in the Parish Hall after the 10:30 service, or see Mario Gonzalez.
ALL ABOARD FOR VBS 2006! The Gospel Express is rolling down the tracks at St. Matt’s on July 24-28. It is going to be a great ride for kids Preschool-5th grade. Registration forms are available this week in the office. Volunteers (teens-adult) are needed. The effort to bring this together for our children is paid back in lots of fun and great satisfaction—join us! Call Kate Hillestad, 706-1444.
DIRECTOR of CHRISTIAN EDUCATION: We are currently accepting resumes for a part-time (20 hours a week) Director of Christian Education The job description is on our website. If you know of someone who would be interested in the position, please encourage them to submit a resume to the church.
