Monday, January 25, 2010

St. John's Weekly Reminders

BIM: January is the month that St. John’s is committed to stock the food pantry and provide toiletries at Braes Interfaith Ministries. If you choose to make a monetary contribution, remember that your contribution of $1.00 can provide $27.00 worth of food from the Houston Food Bank.

Book Group, Wednesday, February 3: Everyone is welcome to join St. John’s Book Group as they continue discussing Karen Armstrong’s A History of God.

St. John’s Breakfast, Saturday, February 6: Breakfast is served at 8 am, and our special speaker, Gillian Cooke, will present her program at 8:30 am. She will be talking to us about her childhood in England during World War II.

Mark your calendar, Sunday, February 21, 6 pm: Everyone is invited to a special performance by The Johnny Dyson Band, presenting a unique musical program featuring 40 years of Your Kind of Music for listening and dancing.

Session News – Session meeting, Saturday January 16, 2010
● The Session will be meeting on the 4th Wednesday of the each month.
● The Session elected Mary Herlitz, Clerk of Session and Dave Nelson and Lois Stowell as delegates to the Feb. 6 Presbytery Meeting.
● The Session approved Jon Burnham’s study leave for Feb. 1-6
(Austin Seminary MidWinter Lecture Series).
● The Session appointed Bill Ehrenstrom and Mary Hughes to head the planning team for the Nov. 13 Presbytery Meeting, which will be held at St. John’s.
● The Session will have a retreat at ChristChurch in Bellaire on Jan. 30.
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