E-Newsletter
Friday, June 24, 2005
Brothers & Sisters In Christ;
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Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon our hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Deuteronomy 6:5-7
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This is a weekly update of activities in the life and ministry of Greenwich Presbyterian Church. If you would like to have anything included in the weekly email or have suggestions, please let me know by the Thursday before. If you wish to be removed from this list, please reply with “remove” in the subject line. Thank you, Liz
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Announcements
Softball – Tonight! 6:30pm GPC vs NokeUMC (VV 3) and 8:30 pm Friday, July 1, Greenwich vs. Manassas Brethren (VV5) and a make up game 8:30pm Thursday, July 7 vs. Bethel (VV5) www.softballtech.com for more information on the Manassas Church Softball League schedule and standings
For All Musicians of GPC - We invite you to share your musical talents this summer during the months of July and August. The choirs are on vacation so please consider taking their place one Sunday this summer. Sign up sheet is on the bulletin board outside the office.
The Waterhole The Fellowship Hall serves PIZZA tonight for or final VBS dinner!Thank you to everyone for loans of: 6’ artificial trees, and stuffed monkeys, zebras, giraffes or lions. Please collect your items after church on Sunday. Liz is here daily 8:30-4:00pm if you’d like to collect anything during the week. Email the church gpcsecretary@comcast.net or call Jeanne Edwards at 540-349-8698.
Family Sunday is June 26. Join us as we end the exciting week of Vacation Bible School with this service focused on our children and their talents. This is also Wendy’s final day with us!
Jr. Church is on vacation! There is no Jr. Church during the summer months. We will resume in September. Elementary aged children are encouraged to use this time to experience the worship service with their family. As a reminder, there are children's bulletins on the back table in the sanctuary for the children to use.
Annual Church Picnic—Today, Sunday, June 26! 12:30—2:00pm. Hamburgers and Hotdogs will be provided along with drinks. Please bring a picnic side or dessert to share. Don’t miss out on this afternoon of great fun. Your responses were appreciated and we estimated for those who just now are deciding to come! If you want to drop off a dish in the kitchen someone will be there after 9:30am to help.
New Members Join the Greenwich Church Family— We welcome the following individuals and their families into membership at Greenwich Presbyterian Church:
June 2005 Class
Katrina Bell Chris Crigler David McGlothlin
Mark Beran Mary Crigler Edna Ramsey
Mary Beran Janet DeBonis Bob Ruckle
Mark Blocker John DeBonis Trish Ruckle
Karen Blocker Joe Duffus Jan Smith
Dave Broadwater Maria Duffus Lynne Snow
Patty Broadwater Dwight Hurley Crystal Taylor
Gary Brown John Kane Darryl White
Anne Brown Stephen King Kimberly White
Amanda Coker Ada McGlothlin Rachel White
Farewell Wendy— We express our heartfelt thanks and blessings to Wendy, Scott, Connor and MacKenzie Campbell as they move to California. You have shown love, kindness and understanding to your brothers and sisters here in the Greenwich family. The Lord’s Holy Spirit lives in you and so we feel obligated to show the same love and candor for each other as you have displayed to us. With thanks always, we will treasure the memories and know that the Lord’s all-surpassing power will be with you forever. Farewell, good and faithful servants.
Parking Lot Plans— Can it be? The paving company has informed us that we are on the schedule! Plans are to begin on Monday, July 11 and should take only a week. Please pray for good weather and any last minute details to go well!
Heartfelt Thanks, and Blessings to Lynn Monroe!! — Today we honor Lynn for her 10 years of service as Chancel Choir Director with a reception at 12:15 in Fellowship Hall. Lynn is stepping down to focus on her new teaching duties this Fall. We thank Lynn, her husband Mark, and her children Scott & Deanna, for sharing the love of Christ in countless ways these past years. We will continue to enjoy Lynn’s fellowship at church, but say, “Well done, good and faithful servant!”
Photos for the Directory - We will be taking family photos for a supplement to the church pictorial directory on Sundays June 26th and July 3, from the end of the first service to the end of the third service in the social hall. If your family is not in, or has changed since the original directory, come by. Questions, call Jim Pittman at 703-743-5314.
Sunday School - We are excited to have a great Wild and Wacky Sunday School this summer! Children who have just completed grades K-5 will meet together in the Fellowship Hall at 9:30am on Sunday mornings. Come join us!
Faith Village Workshop Rotation: Faith Village is going on summer vacation until the fall and that all Villagers are encouraged to attend our special summer program taught be our new Dir. of Children's Ministry Joy Yates. Yea!
Mission Trip at Home On Saturday, July 9th, our church will again host “Mary’s Family”, an organization which provides respite care for families with children and adolescents with disabilities. The respite care is offered monthly on the second Saturday of each month at area churches. Contact Charlie or Ben Coe at 703.393.9384 or Shamaine at 703.754.7933.
Women’s Bible Study— “What’s so Amazing about Grace?” Starts July 8th. All women are invited to a summer Bible Study led by Shamaine Friday mornings from 10:15—11:15 a.m. at the home of Trish Ruckle. Child care is available, but please call the church office to sign up. 703.754.7933.
Teacher’s Aide— The Preschool has an opening for a Teacher’s Aide for the 2005-2006 school year. For more information, please call Marian Rood at 703-754-7933.
New Standards - For more information on the new water standards, please read the letter on the bulletin board posted from Bruce Rood and the Virginia Department of Health. The EPA standards will change January 23, 2006. Current water testing results for maximum contaminant levels continue to be far below the current standard.
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Eric Keller and Pam Lynn are the Prayer Ministry Deacons. For the prayer chain requests by email, send to jimandpamlynn@aol.com and for the phone requests, call Pam at 703-754-1899 or Eric Keller at 540-788-9891 or the church office at 703-754-7933. Please be sure to advise your prayer contact if you want your name in the bulletin and for how long. If you know of a current prayer concern that should be updated in the bulletin, please let us know. We praise the Lord when healing occurs (physical, emotional, spiritual) and we are able to remove those names!
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“This is my command, Love each other” John15:17
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