September 12, 2010
Welcome to Rehoboth! We are delighted you are worshiping with us today. If you are a visitor, please sign the guest register in the narthex. When entering the sanctuary for our worship service, please use this time for prayers and meditation to prepare your hearts for worship. Th outside bell is rung at 9:25 AM when the assistant is approaching the altar to move people out of the narthex and into the sanctuary. Please join us for fellowship downstairs following the service. To preserve the sanctity of the worship service, photography is not permitted at any time. Video cameras may be used only from the balcony. Thank you for your cooperation. There are large print ELW books available to the congregation. If you need a large print ELW copy, please ask an usher.
Today's Flowers: To the glory of God.
Prayer List . . . While we try to be inclusive in our prayer concerns, there are times we are unaware of specific needs, If you would like to include a family member on our prayer concerns list, please submit their name in writing to the church office. If is our policy to keep names on the list for three weeks unless otherwise specified.
The People of Rehoboth Evangelical Lutheran Church are holding these people
In Our Prayers this week:
Our family members and friends: Roberta, Leslie, Rob, Olivia, Maureen, Lillian, Megan, Kitty, Tom, Daniel, Irene, Les, Chuck, Wilma, George, Jack, Pam, Becky, Kelly, Amy, Betty, Brian, Joshua, Barb, Delora, Jamie, Donald, Krysta, Alice, John, Les.
Members who cannot be with us: Georgene, Dorothy, Virginia, Emily, Dorothy, Wilma, James, Florence.
Flower Chart... The 2010 chart is posted in the narthex. Please take the time to pick out a special Sunday. Write only your name next to the appropriate date. Take an envelope and complete the dedication information. Place envelope (with payment) in the offering plate. The cost of a pair of vases is $8.00. Please remember to pay at least one week in advance.
Last Week's Attendance: 57
Reminder. . .Next Sunday we will have Rally Day for Sunday School followed by worship at 10:30 AM.
Reminder . . . Envelopes for placing orders for Altar Flowers are available directly below the Flower Chart in the narthex. Please be sure to fill out all necessary information and place in the offering plate with payment at least one week in advance.
Newsletter Deadline. . .The newsletter deadline is next Sunday, September 19th. Please email your articles to the church or place them in the secretary's mailbox.
We will have a congregational meeting on Suunday, September 26th. . .immediately following the worship service. Agenda items will be: Update on State of the Union, Update on building expansion and loan, Update on Human Sexuality Resolutions. Please mark your calendars and plan on attending.
Attention. . .The start of Junior & Senior Choir has been postponed until Wednesday, September 29th.
Reminder . . . Copies of the new Word in Season devotional books, The Home Altar for Children and The Lutheran Magazine are available in the narthex.
Rummage sale to be held on Saturday, October 2nd. . .starting at 8:00 AM. Are you taking some time to purge your basement, attic, children's playrooms for unwanted but useable items to donate for this church fundraiser? Will accept clothing, garage/household items, books sporting equipment, tools, toys and muscellaneous stuff. Habitat for Humanity promotes making the right decision - don't dump, donate. Volunteers are needed to help too. Donation pick-up available but limited. contact Lorrie Kuny with questions.
Streakfree Microfiber Window/Mirror Cloths . . . are now being sold by the Women of the ELCA for the benefit of the Kitchen Fund. Cost is $4.00 per reusable cloth. Please see any member of the women's group or stop by the Fellowship Hall after church to purchase a cloth. They are REMARKABLE!Fair Trade Coffee . . . Are you enjoying the coffee during fellowship? Have you already purchased Fair Trade Coffee and have a favorite? We are now going to offer monthly sales of the Fair Trade Coffee and Tea. You can find a purple order form in the narthex; fill it out and put it in Lori Shoup's mail slot with a check made payable to Rehoboth with the memo indicating Fair Trade. It's that simple. You will have your order filled within two weeks (earlier if in stock) to enjoy at home. Any questions, please see Lori.
Simply Giving... If you would like to sign up for our automated giving program, authorization forms are now available. This program uses automatic withdrawals from your bank account directly into Rehoboth's. Please prayerfully consider this new giving opportunity. Enrollment forms are available in the Treasurer's mailbox in the narthex. For further information, contact Tom Kuny or Debbie Jasinski. Debbie's e-mail address for Simply Giving is d-jasinski@comcast.net.
The Women of the ELCA... continue to support our troops abroad through the Yellow Ribbon Girls. The following items will be collected through the month of September, rubber flip flops, pillowcases, slim jims, beef jerkey and individually wrapped hard candy. Also, no additional toilet/paper towel rolls are needed at this time.
Volunteers are needed for Coffee Hour . . . A sign-up sheet is available in the narthex.
Please take a moment... before exiting the church to pick-up bulletins, papers, etc. from the pew and take them with you. Also, return all hymnals to the rack. This will help in keeping our sanctuary looking nice.
Reminder... to avoid scheduling conflicts, please contact the church secretary to get activities placed on our church calendar. Please do not write on the printed calendar. A current copy of this month's calendar will be posted in the narthex. You may phone or email the church office to check with the secretary regarding the availability of the date.
Worship Assistants:
| Preacher | Rev. Eric Reimer |
| Liturgist | |
| Organist | Donna DuPont |
| Accompanist | Heather Goncz |
| Acolytes | Lexie & Katarina |
| Greeters | Joan & Jerry States and Nicolle & Hailey Chumak |
| Altar Care | |
| Ushers | |
| Coffee Hour |
