NEWSLETTER FOR July 12, 2009

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NEWCOMERS: Smiling Faces

And the Lord added to their number daily… Acts 2:47
We see new faces every Sunday at St. Thaddeus. Some belong to folks returning to our community, others belong to folks who are altogether new. If you’re new or if you’ve been around awhile, but you’re not in the church directory, after church today look for an eager photographer standing outside the church and let them take your picture. We’ll print it with your name attached and post it on the bulletin board in the narthex and print it in the newsletter so everybody can learn who you are.

If you’ve been around awhile, and even if you’re pretty sure everybody knows your name, wear your nametag, just in case. If you don’t have a nametag, there’s a sign-up sheet in the narthex. After a few weeks, you’ll see it hanging on the rack – also in the narthex.

Watch for more news from our Newcomers Team. And guess what! You’re already a member. All you have to do is smile and welcome somebody you’ve never seen at St. Thaddeus before, and you’ve done what we do best, made people feel right at home.

DROP-IN SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS: The drop-in Class has finished Max Lucado’s A Cure for the Common Life. For the summer we will be using the lectionary sheet for discussion. Please join us. Marianne Swearingen and Kathie Fowler will facilitate.

EMAIL ADDRESSES: Please give the Church office any new or revised email addresses. stthad@bellsouth.net. Thank you.

MUSICIANS WANTED: The Balcony Musicians of the 9:00 Sunday service are looking for musicians – instrumentalists and singers – to join us in worship music. Come and give a brief amount of your time and talents. Practice is every Thursday evening 7:30 – 9:00.

CHILDREN’S CHAPEL TEACHERS NEEDED: Children between 3 and 6 years old attend children’s chapel during regular service times and take part in a special ministry that is for their specific age group. They play games, sing songs, and listen to bible stories. If you are interested in helping on a rotating schedule, please call Phyllis Sorensen, 642-9636.

ATTENDANCE
Services, July 5, 2009: 246
Average Sunday Attendance for 2008: 235
Wednesday 11:00 service: 9
Nursery Attendance:
Children’s Chapel: 3
Sunday Adult “Drop-In” Class:
Wise/Kennedy SS Class: 15
Saturday, July 4, 2009 Soup Kitchen served:
Mead Hall School projected enrollment: 205+

ALTAR GUILD NEEDS MORE MEMBERS: Please email asteeper@bellsouth.net or call and leave a message (648-3385) to volunteer or if you have any questions regarding the upcoming training. A training session will be held on July 22 at 1:00 in the church. We will also have a training session on Saturday July 25 at 10:00 AM in the church for those who work during the week. ALL altar guild members need to attend one of these training sessions. We need to get up-to-date on some changes of our duties.

EFM: EFM has finished until September 8. It will meet on Tuesdays at 7:00 pm. Please contact Gibert Kennedy if interested. (gibert@bellsouth.net) or call 648-5664.

GOT CANS? Please drop off any 48oz. cans to the church office for the flower deliveries. No vases please. Want a project? These cans need new contact paper covers. Please let us know if you can help. 648-5497.

SOUP KITCHEN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Volunteers (individuals or groups)are needed to work the Soup Kitchen. The Soup Kitchen feeds the hungry every Saturday for lunch. Help is needed on one or more of those Saturdays on a regular basis. Please contact Jim Hanna, 803-292-8239 or email him at: jimhanna@bellsouth.net if you can help out on a Saturday.

BOOKSTORE: Grandchildren visiting this summer? Stop by for a special something. Still have plenty red golf shirts with St. Thaddeus logo in youth sizes to adult 2XX. Just 10.00 in Book Store. Great buy!

ROBIN MARK IN AIKEN, Saturday, September 5, 2009 (Labor Day weekend) – save the date for an evening of songs of praise and worship with Robin Mark! St. Thaddeus will again host an evening with one of today’s most influential Christian singer and songwriter. His songs are known and sung throughout the English speaking world, including Days of Elijah, Take Us to the River, Everything Cries Holy, and many, many others. More information to follow!

PILATES: There is a free pilates class in the large parlor each Monday and Wednesday from 9 am to 10:00 am. This class is taught by a Mead Hall School teacher, Elizabeth Howell. If you want some “cool” exercise try it out! Questions and more information please call Elizabeth Howell, 649-0264.

CEMETERY PLOTS: The congregation is reminded that there are still many regular and ash plots still available. Regular plots (9ft. x 4 ft.) are $1,500 and ash plots (2ft. x 2 ft.) are $400, which includes the cost of a marker at $75.00. Should anyone be interested in the purchase of either type, please call Ed Sampson at 648-4941.

WISE/KENNEDY SS CLASS: “Jesus and the Gospels”
Summer Program We have begun our summer program with a series of 30-minute video presentations by Luke Timothy Johnson, professor at Emory University: Jesus and the Gospels. The introduction states that, “The Jesus who is inscribed in these Gospels is the Jesus who has shaped Western culture and who has shaped the Christian religion. Professor Johnson also introduces you to Jesus’ world of Mediterranean culture, Greek ideals and realities, Roman governance, and the religion of Israel from which Christianity began.” These will be a very interesting series of lectures.

The boxes in the narthex and Church
office are for canned goods for ACTS.
PEANUT BUTTER FOR JULY
MACARONI & CHEESE FOR AUGUST
1 LB. DRY BEANS OR RICE FOR SEPTEMBER
TUNA OR SALMON FOR OCTOBER
BEEF STEW FOR NOVEMBER
SOUPS FOR DECEMBER

New Addresses:

The Reverend Ella H. Breckenridge
186 Woodsedge Drive
Painted Post, New York 14870

July 6 – August 19:
Mr. Joe Tyler Mitchell
5531 Hale Gap Road
Pound, VA 24279

Beginning August 19:
Mr. Joe Tyler Mitchell
The General Theological Seminary
175 Ninth Avenue
Box 162
New York, NY 10011