Announcements

May 22, 2010

1.) There are no new prayer requests from Home Office this week but there are cards on the information table awaiting your signature.

4.) We are planning another summer activity for July 11. There will be camping, canoeing, great fun and fellowship on the Eleven Point river in Missouri. Mr. Gary Hall will co-ordinate this event so if you have questions see him.

5.) A number of copies of the correction sheet for our new address list is on the information table. If you want to stay in touch you must have a copy. Pick one up today!

6.) Dale Schurter’s presentation that has been cancelled twice previously is back on the schedule. It will take place on July 24-25 at the Church’s meeting hall in Cape Girardeau. Mr. Schurter will give the sermon on Sabbath morning. Then there will be a presentation after sundown about health. If he sticks to his normal format the first part will deal with health problems which will discourage you and then after a break the second part will deal with what can be done about health problems which will be encouraging. The program on Sunday will deal more with food and agriculture from a Biblical standpoint. You will probably find it most interesting. Make plans now for a great weekend in Cape Girardeau!

7.) If you’ve tried to access our web page lately you know there are further complications. We have really made progress toward password protection for our prayer and announcement pages because you now have to provide the username and password to access them as well as the homepage. Just use the same words: "user" and "faith". We will get there some day.

8.) All transfers to all U.S. and Canadian feast sites have been approved, however Wisconsin Dells is at capacity now and closed to further transfers.

9.) All those qualified to make early housing arrangements for the Feast (you will know if you are) may begin at 10 AM (time zone of the feast site) on Monday morning. If the site is Redmond, Steamboat Springs, Branson or Kerrville, you will be asked for a pass code. See your festival advisor (Jeanene Marty) to obtain that. If you will need financial assistance for the Feast, see Ms. Marty for a form that you will need to fill out in order to be considered for assistance.

10.) Pentecost services tomorrow will be at the Clinton building in Sikeston, MO where we have met for several years. They will begin at 10:30 AM and 2:30 PM. An offering will be collected during the morning service.

11.) Wanda Hostettler has been in and out of the hospital recently due to pneumonia and a number of factors in her health condition. Continue to pray for Mrs. Hostettler.

12.) Hilda Ray’s sister-in-law, Augusta Merriman (Jack Ray’s sister) has died. The visitation will be tonight at Brown’s Funeral Home im Mayfield, KY from 5-9 PM. The funeral will be held tomorrow.

May 15, 2010

1.)There are copies of the reports for the recent Council of Elders meetings in Cincinnati on May 4-5-6 on the information table for your information.

2. There are still a few CD’s in a box on the information table that are free for the taking. Check them out and take what you like. They will otherwise be thrown away.

3.) There are a number of copies of the prayer requests from Home Office on the information table at the front of the room. Pick up a copy if you like. Also several cards are awaiting your signature.

4.) Dale Schurter’s presentation that has been cancelled twice previously is back on the schedule. It will take place on July 17-18 at the Church’s meeting hall in Cape Girardeau. Mr. Schurter will give the sermon on Sabbath morning. Then there will be a presentation after sundown about health. If he sticks to his normal format the first part will deal with health problems which will discourage you and then after a break the second part will deal with what can be done about health problems which will be encouraging. The program on Sunday will deal more with food and agriculture from a Biblical standpoint. You will probably find it most interesting. Make plans now for a great weekend in Cape Girardeau!

5.) Preston and Pauline Fritts send their greetings. They now have a new home phone number and E-mail address. They are: (Contact Bill for details) Pauline is still making satisfactory progress toward recovery from her stroke. Preston informs me that they are pretty well settled in their new house and weren’t bothered by the severe flooding around Nashville and that he has his vegetable garden pretty well planted. They still plan a visit here as soon as Pauline is able to travel.

6.) As you all know, Pentecost is coming up on Sunday, May 23. All three of our congregations will meet in Sikeston, MO at the Clinton building. There will be two services. The morning service will begin at 10:30 AM and the afternoon service will begin at 2:30 PM. An offering will be collected during the morning service. There are still a few maps available if you don’t know the location of the Clinton building.

FYI: The Kinseys are going to spend Pentecost in Israel with the Schurters. Since they won’t be with us they wish you a happy Pentecost ahead of time.

7.) We are planning another summer activity for July 11. There will be camping, canoeing, great fun and fellowship on the Eleven Point river in Missouri. Mr. Gary Hall will co-ordinate this event so if you have questions see him. The date is still tentative so stay tuned.

8.) A number of copies of the correction sheet for our new address list is on the information table. If you want to stay in touch you must have a copy. Pick one up today!

May 8, 2010

1.) Mr. Beam feels that the General Conference of Elders went very well and will prove very beneficial for the Church in the future. He said that he felt better coming home than he did going up to Cincinnati. He feels that several "wrinkles" were ironed out. New council members won’t assume their new responsibilities until the beginning of the next fiscal year on July 1. Unless a new full-time president for the Church is chosen before that time, Melvin Rhodes will begin as interim president at that time. For further information there are some copies of the report on these meetings on the information table.

2.) If you’ve tried to access our local website recently you were probably surprised to be asked for a username and password. Thereby hangs a tale. Home office wanted us to either protect our prayer requests with a password or remove them. Our webmaster decided that we should protect both the announcements and the prayer requests. He was soon able to apply a username/password to the whole website but hasn’t yet been able to apply it to just those two sections. Rather than remove the announcements and prayer requests he will leave what we have in place for a while. The username is "user" (without the quotes) and the password is "faith". We apologize for any inconvenience.

3.) There is a stack of sheets on the information table with corrected information for the new address book. Be sure to pick up a copy today.

4.) As you all know, Pentecost is coming up on Sunday, May 23. All three of our congregations will meet in Sikeston, MO at the Clinton building. There will be two services. The morning service will begin at 10:30 AM and the afternoon service will begin at 2:30 PM. An offering will be collected during the morning service. There are still a few maps available if you don’t know the location of the Clinton building.

5.) We received a nice thank-you card from Tela for all the calls, cards and prayers during her recent illness. She says she is better but "not out of the woods yet".

6.) James Allen Davis, son of Carolyn Evans and step-son of Craig, is very gravely ill with cancer. He is not expected to live long at all. Please pray for this family, and especially for his mother Carolyn, in this most trying of times.

7.) Louise Thompson is in Southeastern Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She has so far received a blood transfusion because she is anemic. They don’t know why but are running tests to check it out. Louise and her family would appreciate your prayers for them.

8.) A happy announcement!! LeighAnn Gholson was baptized Saturday night, May 1 in Cincinnati by Mr. Beam. She wanted her father and mother both to be with her at this event so she and her party traveled to Cincinnati where Loyd lives since it wasn’t possible for him to travel to this area at this time. Congratulations to LeighAnn!!

9.) Another happy announcement!! Mr. Beam spoke with Noelle Ragus and she reports that they are the parents of another baby girl. Sally was born April 2. For those of you who don’t know, that makes three girls.

10.) For those who are eligible due to health, etc. reasons, you may begin making housing arrangements for the feast of tabernacles on Monday, May 24.

May 1, 2010

1.) The General Conference of Elders is in session this weekend from May 1 to 3. According to a report we have from there, there are about four hundred ministers registered. This is considered a good attendance. The twelve member Council of Elders will then hold meetings on May 4 to 6. Please pray for a very productive, effective, efficient and harmonious meeting.

2.) The May calendars are here. You may pick one up for your family from the information table at the front of the room. There are also several copies of the prayer request list there for the taking. Be sure to sign the sympathy card for the Neff family as well.

3.) A number of errors have been found in our new address list. Please check your information and inform Mr. Beam of any corrections that need to be made. He will compile a list and decide how we will need to remedy this matter.

4.) We are planning another summer activity for July 11. There will be camping, canoeing, great fun, food and fellowship on the Eleven Point River in Missouri. Gary Hall will co-ordinate this event so if you have questions see him. The date is still tentative so stay tuned for further information.

5.) There is a box on the information table containing CD’s we have pulled from the library. They are free for the taking since we can’t reuse them and they would have to be discarded.

6.) We just received a call from Terri Anderson and she said that little Tela is still suffering from the infection in her lymph system. There is considerable swelling associated with it. The medicine the doctor prescribed for it tastes so horrible she can’t take it so they are doing home remedies. Perhaps we should join together in prayer for Tela.

7.) On the new calendar there is a potluck scheduled for Paducah next week, May 8. The potluck has been CANCELED because we have to vacate the premises immediately after services to make room for a wedding party. Remember. NO POTLUCK!!!

8.) As you all know, Pentecost is coming up on Sunday, May 23. All three of our congregations will meet in Sikeston, MO at the Clinton building. There will be two services. The morning service will begin at 10:30 AM and the afternoon service will begin at 2:30 PM. There are still a few maps available if you don’t know the location of the Clinton building.

April 24, 2010

1.) You will find a Feast of Tabernacles registration form in the March/April issue of the United News. You need to fill that out and give it to Jeanene Marty today. If you don’t have that issue, Jeanene may be able to help. The Home Office needs the information in order to plan for how many will attend which site this Fall. Also, you may have gotten your Festival Planning Guide by now. If not, you should get one soon as they are in the mail. If for some reason you do not receive one, we will try to get the information for you some way. It may be posted on the church’s main web site at Cincinnati.

2.) The General Conference of Elders will be in session from May 1 to 3. The twelve member Council of Elders will then hold meetings on May 4 to 6. Please pray for a very productive, effective, efficient and harmonious meeting.

3.) We are planning another summer activity for July 11. There will be camping, canoeing, great fun and fellowship on a Missouri river. Mr. Gary Hall will co-ordinate this event so if you have questions see him. The date is still tentative so stay tuned for further information.

4.) A number of errors have been found in our new address list. Please check your information and inform Mr. Beam of any corrections that need to be made. He will compile a list and decide how we will need to remedy this matter.

5.) There are several lists of prayer requests from Home Office on the information table at the front of the room. Please pick up a copy if you like. There are also several cards awaiting your signature.

6.) We received the following Email from Irene Gibson last Thursday, April 23: Hello, Wanted to let you know Jimmy had a bad fall today. He fell out the front door on the way to the Dr. He stubbed his toe and fell on his face. His left side is swollen and his glasses poked a place in his head . Then the skin on the back of his left hand was peeled off . It has been bleeding tonight. His back is hurting pretty bad to . I got the blood cleaned up and got him on his feet and took him in. They are going to run some tests next week and going to check his heart. We want be able to come to church but he sure needs your prayers. Thanks Irene Gibson

7.) Lowell Walker reports that his wife, Leona, who has been troubled with back pain for some years is now in considerable pain constantly. She has some discs in her lower back that have degenerated over time. The medicine they gave her for pain makes her nauseous so that’s a quandary. She has a consultation with a doctor on Monday and will hopefully know more about how to proceed after that.

8.) Check the information table for updates on the changes that are taking place at the Home Office.

April 17, 2010

1.) The General Conference of Elders will be in session from May 1 to 3. The Council of Elders will then hold meetings May 4-6. Please pray for a very productive, effective, efficient and harmonious meeting.

2.) Peter McNair, son of the late Carl McNair, is scheduled for surgery on April 23. He has a recurring brain tumor. He is an elder in the Minnesota area. Please remember him in prayer.

3.) There are a number of prayer requests from Home Office on the information table at the front of the room and also several cards awaiting your signature.

4.) Janice Grove has been io the hospital in Carbondale, IL. She was released yesterday. They thought she was on the verge of a heart attack. The tests revealed no blockage and everything seemed to be OK. She does suffer from some degree of congestive heart failure which may have caused her to feel as she did.

5.) Preston and Pauline Fritts send their greetings. They now have a new address. It is: (Email Bill Bryan) They still have no home phone, no TV and no internet connection. Preston reports that Pauline is still recovering well. She can now walk with a cane rather than a walker. She still has not regained the ability to write which must be bothersome to her. They hope to come to Paducah for a visit as soon as Pauline is up to travelling.

6.) You will find a Feast of Tabernacles registration form in the March/April issue of the United News. You need to fill that out and give it to Jeanene Marty by next Sabbath. If you don’t have that issue, there are a few forms on the information table at the front of the room. The Home Office needs the information in order to plan for how many will attend which site this Fall. Also, you may have gotten your Festival Planning Guide by now. If not, you should get one soon as they are in the mail. If for some reason you do not receive one, we will try to get the information for you some way. It may be posted on the church’s main web site at Cincinnati.

7.) We are planning another summer activity for July 11. There will be camping, canoeing, great fun and fellowship on a Missouri river. Mr. Gary Hall will co-ordinate this event so if you have questions see him. The date is still tentative so stay tuned.

8.) A number of errors have been found in our new address list. Please check your information and inform Mr. Beam of any corrections that need to be made. He will compile a list and decide how we will need to remedy this matter.

April 10 2010

1.) The last day of unleavened bread attended by our three congregations in Sikeston, MO went well. The attendance at the morning service was eighty-six and the offering was $9,959 which is very, very good. I have no statistics for the afternoon service.

2.) You will find a Feast of Tabernacles registration form in the March/April issue of the United News. You need to fill that out and give it to Jeanene Marty by next Sabbath. If you don’t have that issue, there are a few forms on the information table at the front of the room. The Home Office needs the information in order to plan for how many will attend which site this Fall.

3.)/ The new address and telephone directory is here. There are a few copies available on the information table if you haven’t already obtained one.

4.) If you plan to attend summer camp, the deadline to submit applications is May 1.

5.) Yesterday some major changes took place in the UCG leadership in administration. Clyde Kilough, our president resigned as did Jim Franks, director of Ministerial Services and Larry Salyer, manager of Media Operations. They will be reassigned as pastors in the field. Roy Holloday, chairman of the Council of Elders will act as interim president of the church until another can be selected. More information will presently be available.

April 3, 2010

1.) On the last day of Unleavened Bread, Monday, April 5 there will be two services in the Clinton building in Sikeston, MO beginning at 10:30 AM and 2:30 PM. If you aren’t familiar with the location of the Clinton building, there are maps on the information table in the front of the room. An offering will be taken up during the morning service. Bring your special pre-addressed envelopes in order to get proper credit for your offering.

2.) Pick up a copy of the prayer requests from the information table and sign the sympathy and get-well cards you will find there as well.

3.) We had thirty-one in attendance and twenty-seven participated in our Passover service. The Night to Be Much Observed was attended by about thirty to thirty-five people and we had a great time of food and fellowship. There were one hundred and three in attendance at Sikeston, MO for the first day of unleavened bread and the offering was $8,198.50. Thank you for your participation.

4.) It is reported to us that Preston and Pauline Fritts will move into their new home on April 6. We wish them the best.

5.) If you plan to attend summer camp, the deadline to submit applications is May 1.