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Deadline for Annual Reports

If you are responsible for a report to be included in the Annual Report, please note that the deadline for the information to be in the church office is January 21, 2008. Thank you for your cooperation by having your report ready by the deadline date.

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Hospitality Notes

In order for our congregation to become more familiar with each other – to learn the names of new members and for them to learn the names of old familiar faces, as well as identifying visitors, we are encouraging everyone to wear name tags during worship services. For a start, we are using disposable stick-on tags until a more permanent model is decided upon. Let’s try to meet someone unfamiliar to us each week! Also, starting today, there is coffee or tea available all Sunday morning in the Christian Education wing. It is set up in front of the parlor. Help yourself, enjoying the warmth and conversation with others. Special thanks to Dennis and Jason DeFrain for making and installing the table. If anyone is interested in serving on the Hospitality committee or has any suggestions, please contact the church office.

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Announcements Archives Bulletin Consistory Corner Events Games Newsletter Paul's Parable Survey Web Poll Help Wanted Submit an Article What's Happening	Chicken Corn Chowder Soup Sale Cancelled! Unfortunately, the Chicken Corn Chowder Soup Sale has been cancelled. The Social Functions Committee does not feel that we have enough people to help cook chicken this year. Not sure if everyone knows just how many chickens we normally cook off to make about 600 quarts, but that would be between 70 and 80 chickens, depending on the weight of the chickens. So as you can see we need your help. Maybe next year we will try again. Thank you. Top Deadline for Annual Reports If you are responsible for a report to be included in the Annual Report, please note that the deadline for the information to be in the church office is January 21, 2008. Thank you for your cooperation by having your report ready by the deadline date. Top Hospitality Notes In order for our congregation to become more familiar with each other – to learn the names of new members and for them to learn the names of old familiar faces, as well as identifying visitors, we are encouraging everyone to wear name tags during worship services. For a start, we are using disposable stick-on tags until a more permanent model is decided upon. Let’s try to meet someone unfamiliar to us each week! Also, starting today, there is coffee or tea available all Sunday morning in the Christian Education wing. It is set up in front of the parlor. Help yourself, enjoying the warmth and conversation with others. Special thanks to Dennis and Jason DeFrain for making and installing the table. If anyone is interested in serving on the Hospitality committee or has any suggestions, please contact the church office. Top	St. John's United Church of Christ 139 N. Fourth St. Emmaus, Pennsylvania 18049 Phone: 610.965.9158 FAX: 610.967.5380 stjohnsucc@enter.net Services: 8:00 AM Sunrise Service 9:15 AM Sunday School 10:30 AM Worship Service All Are Welcome Dare To Transform The Way People Live And Feel About Themselves Today Through Christ!
toolbar powered by Conduit Keep In Touch! Download St. John's Toolbar Today!	Entertainment Books On Sale The Entertainment Books for 2008 are available for purchase for $20.00. The books make great Christmas gifts and save you lots of money. You can pick one up at the church office. Top Applying Biblical Principles Money is a neutral commodity, a means of exchange. It is neither inherently good nor evil. But a wrong view of money can become a problem to us. In First Timothy 6:9-10, Scripture warns about the dangers of a determination to get rich: "But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil; and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains." When we have a consuming desire to get rich, when we are obsessed with money so that it becomes the focus of our time and attention, then we have made it the number one priority in our lives. In that spot, it replaces everything, including God. We begin to find our security in money, not in God and in God alone. However, when our view of God is right and our view of money is right, we will realize that money cannot buy security; money cannot purchase happiness; money cannot guarantee peace or joy or contentment. God alone can provide these essentials as we " . . . strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness." In his book, The Gift of Giving, Wayne Watts said this: "God always lovingly instructs us in the path that is in our best interest and which will bring us the greatest happiness in life. Therefore, for our good, He instructs us to put Him first in all things, and this includes how we use our money." How do you view money? Is it at the center of your life, thereby perhaps replacing God's rightful role? And equally important, are you using the money God has given to you to advance His kingdom and His righteousness? Top	St. John’s United Church of Christ welcomes visitors and encourages people to unite with our family of faith.
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