We are making progress in executing the lease on the new building, after a delay due to the illness of MAR’s lawyer. A real estate lawyer and member of 1st Presbyterian, Sarasota, is providing our counsel. Thanks for your patience and for all the gifts to the furnishings fund, totally $1500 after just two weeks!
After worship this week, the Evangelism Team strongly encourages you to stay for an hour of vision work, called Reaching Out: Ideas for Connecting with Our Community. With gratitude in our hearts, let’s seize the moment to prayerfully consider new ways to fulfill our mission to make God known! Be ready on Sunday to answer these questions: What/who brought you to Peace? And why did you stay?
There will be a Congregational Meeting on October 3 following worship to elect a nominating committee to guide the election of four elders for the class of 2013. The session designates two elders to serve on this committee, one who must be on the session and able to moderate the committee. These elders are Tom C., moderator, and Ivy R.. You will have the opportunity to nominate three more adults and a youth to serve. Begin your prayerful thought now and discuss the availability with anyone whom you would like to nominate to this committee (not to office of elder). These persons cannot be clergy, or currently on session. They must be active members (not affiliates) and need to know the congregation well. The nominating committee will have two meetings in the month of October to prepare a slate of elder nominees. I am sure they will welcome your input after they are elected to serve.
There are two opportunities to help Family Promise in October. October 10-16 (meals — Christian Retreat nearby) and October 31-November 6 (meals and overnight — Westminster, Bradenton). Eirinn C. will tell you more.
Remember the Steele family, in the loss of Judi’s mother, Hazel Paul. There will be a memorial service for family members and a few close friends in the Steele’s home on October 3rd at 2:00. In Christ, all shall be made alive!
Current sermon series is on the five goals of Peace Presbyterian: Inspiring Worship, Authentic Relationships, Nurturing Discipleship, Compassionate Outreach, and Responsive Stewardship.
Peace to you, every one!
Elizabeth
