12 Wednesday, April 10, 2013 The Montmoreny County Tribune
You are invited to come
and gather in Jesus' name
at the Lewiston Congrega-
tional United Church of
Christ this Sunday, April
14. The service begins at
10:30 a.m. There is Sunday
School for children 4 years
old to 10 years old. Rev.
Keith Titus will be our wor-
ship leader. The liturgist is
Betty Clark. Roberta
Hanna and Gretchen New-
ton are the musician, for
the morning.
After the service, we wel-
come everyone to join us
downstairs for a time of re-
freshments and fellowship
The Board of Trustees
.... willbe meeting on Sunday,
April 14 at 9 a.m.
Mike Nichols will lead
morning prayer services at
CalvaryEpiscopal Church
on the second Sunday of
April. Please join us for 11
a.m. worship, with coffee
and fellowship following
in the Founders' Room
The community food
pantry is open on the sec-
ond and fourth Thursday
of each month. The pantry
serves area families and
individuals who may need
assistance with grocery
and personal care items. If
you are able, we welcome
your donations to help fill
the pantry shelves.
Canned goods, peanut
butter, shampoo, condi-
tioner, bath and laundry
soap are needed espe-
cially. A donation basket is
available at the Hillman
Wright Library if that's a
more convenient spot for
you to drop off items.
Thank you in advance for
your help!
Our prayer list for this
week includes Ruth,
Earlene, Mike, Mary,
Roxanne and Rebecca.
Please include these folks
in our prayers this week.
Those celebrating a
birthday are Doris
Behring, April 1; Virgil
Allen, April 3; Earlene Rea,
April 13; and Phyllis Benac
and Todd Porter on April
14. Happy birthday, allI
If you'd like information
on services or activities at
the church, please leave a
message on the answering
system and we'll be sure to
call you back. The church
number is 989-742-3111.
Have a blessed week!
New Beginnings Minis-
tries welcomes you to join
us for Sunday morning
worship with Pastor Dave
Hill at 10:45 a.m.
The ladies meet every
Wednesday at 10 a.m. and
all are welcome to join
them.
The men meet every
Thursday at 8:30 a.m. for
prayer time and discus-
sion.
We will be holding a con-
' cert on June 1 with the
Besser Chorus. Please join
US.
Our prayer list this week
includes pastor and his
family, our country and
leaders, the lost, the sik
and shut-ins, and our
young people.
God bless you all this
week.
the reading found in Rev- Father is available for pri-
elation chapter 5 verses 1- vate confessions during
14. The title of the sermon this time. Any Catholic in
is "What a Revelation!" The the Atlanta area who is un-
vision of the Lord is majes-
tic, but the message is
transforming! We will be
closing with the well-
known hymn "Crown Him
with Many Crowns."
Please join us on April 14
at 10:30 a.m. for a Sunday
morning filled with God's
word!
On Sunday, April 7 at
Hillman United Method-
ist Church Pastor Don
chose "Whose Fault?" as
the title for his sermon,
which was based on the
Gospel Lesson from lohn
9:1-12. The choir sang ]esustheGoodShepherd
"Breath on Me, Breath of Catholic Parish of Atlanta
God" and "Victory in celebrates mass with our
Jesus." They were accom- pastor, Fr. Rolando Silva,
panied by Sue Barsen on at 4:30 p.m. each Saturday
the piano. Ashley Bartow and all are welcome to at-
acted as acolyte and tend. The Rosary is prayed
Darrell and Ashley Bartow before mass at 4 p.m., and
were ushers.
Two beautiful lilies
adorning the altar stands
were given by Betty
Seymour in memory of her
husband, Stan Seymour.
There were also flowers
given by the following in
memory of loved ones:
Frank and Margaret
DeMaggio in memory of
Sarah and Russell De
Maggio, Lillian and :
Lawrence Kempel and
Elizabeth De Maggio; and
Mark Vanderveer in
memory of his wife, Hazel.
Also flowers were given by
Ron and Ada Ferguson,
Jim and Emma Elkie, Al
and Malynda Dubie and
Kendell and Diane
Hardies. We thank every-
one who helped to beau-
tify our sanctuary with
flowers during Easter.
Our Christian sympathy
goes to the family of Jewell
Church in the loss of their
loved one.
Our congratulations and
birthday blessings go to
Gary Baillargeon who had
a birthday April 7; Bill
O'Neil, April 8; Mark
Vanderveer, April 10; Alita
Richard, April 11 and Chris,
Geister on April 12.
We were blessed on Good
Friday to go to the First
Baptist Church of Atlanta
for theMCMAGoodFriday
Service, which was a very
inspiring service with Pas-
tor Dave Fisher from the
Full Gospel Church giving
the message, and with all
the involvement of the pas-
tors from all the other
churches and ours. We
also appreciated hearing
the choirs with the music
that focused on the cross.
We thank you and God
bless all of you.
Sundaty, April 14 the Sac-
rament: of Holy Commun-
ion will be observed.
Ron Elrod will be in con ........
cert at 7 p.m. on Saturday,
April 20 at the Spratt
United Methodist Church.
Everyone is welcome! - F:
There are monthly calen-
dars on the table in the
narthex, if you didn't get ....
one yet.
Please remember our
prayer requests. We. wish
everyone a blessed week!
At Bethlehem Lutheran
Church in Lewiston, we
are still in the Easter mes-
sage. On sunday, April 14,
Pastor Thiel will preach on
able to attend mass for
health reasons and would
like to receive communion
should contact Sue at the
church office (742-4542) to
make arrangements for a
home visit from our Eu-
charistic Ministers.
We will have a social after
mass on Saturday, April 20,
to celebrate our titular day:
Jesus the Good Shepherd!
All are invited to join us for
coffee and desserts.
Before mass on Saturday,
April 27, we will be asking
for nominations for people
to serve on the Pastoral
Council. There are two
openings, each for a 3 year
period. We hope that you
will prayerfully consider
how you can serve your
parish.
Biblical Selection will
take place before Mass on
Saturday, May 4.
We invite you to join us
every Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
at the Atlanta Congrega-
tional United Church of
Christ as we worship our
Lord. We welcome every-
one, wherever you are on
your spiritual journey.
There are many that we
lift up in prayer this week,
including: Barb Esper, Me-
lissa, Joe Jr., Jerry
Michalski, Wanda,
Claudia, Rich and Phebe,
unspoken, Tom and Sonja
Angel, Terri's friend, Bill
Rougue, Eileen, Nan and
Bud, the family of David
Wilson, Dana's veterinar-
ian in Alpena, and those
serving our country in the
military.Aprayer ofjoywas
expressed this Sunday for
the choir and the organist/
director.
The church that we are
lifting in prayer this month
is the Ironton Congrega-
tional United Church of
Christ., in Ironton, MI.
They are currently in the
search process for a new
shepherd for their flock.
First Baptist Church of
Atlanta hosted a Southern
gospel music group called
