Please join us today between services for donuts, muffins, fruit, coffee and juice in the social hall. Our host is the Christian Ed Board. Our host next week will be the Wee Care/Peppermint Board.

Welcome Team (8:00) David Rehberger Ermajean Rehberger
Harold Byers Lynn Haller

(10:15) Bill Baer Marla Baer
Jeremy Fenton

Valet Team (8:00) Lori Miscik (10:15) Marla Baer

Lay Reader (8:00) Debi Zobrist (10:15) Paula Redman

Worship Service Attendance for November 6 - 259

Hearing Devices are available. Please ask one of the ushers.

General Operating Contributions for Week of 11/06/16-11/12/16

Weekly Total $ 10,066.73
Weekly Budget $ 5,218.40

Over(Under) Weekly Budget $ 4,848.33

YTD Total $ 231,935.64

YTD Budget $ 234,193.80

Over(Under) YTD Budget $ (2,258.16)

Senior Pastor – Christopher Hill ()
Associate Pastor – Will VerDuin ()
Contemporary Worship Director – Mandy Pennington
Choir Director – Lisa Cleveland ()

Organist – Joan Schuetz ()
Director of Children’s Ministries – Darlene Nagel
Youth Director – Terrisa Gehrig
Radio Ministry – Casper Heichelbeck, Jacob Plocher and Zach Plocher

EvUCC Communications Ministries
Radio Station WGEL 101.7 FM Greenville
Church Phone: 618-654-7459

EVANGELICAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

THE WEEKLY WORD

November 13, 2016

Welcome to Evangelical United Church of Christ! We encourage you to return soon. Please stop at the visitors’ desk. Please sign the Friendship Pad and pass it to the outside aisle where an usher will pick it up.

Nursery care is available today in Room 38 for infants and toddlers (3 years old and under). Our volunteers are: 9am Jane Sudhoff and 10am Ruthie Shownes. Our nursery staff attendant is Katie Henricks.

Prayers, Concerns and Joys - Please include in your Prayers

Connie Louer Abert, Terry Bell, Christel Bense (Barb Bray’s niece), Warren Clayton (son of Rich and Marge), Florence Collmann, Betty Jo Cornell, Jeanne Dankenbring, Viola Deibert, Gene and Debra Dilley (Marsha Rinderer’s sister and brother-in-law), Marlene Dickerson, Jared Emig (nephew of Jerry and Karla Zurliene), Ellen Gelly, Robert Goth, Elaine Grundhoefer (Harold Byers’ sister), Maurie Henricks, Chrissy Knebel Hoeflinger, Carol Hoffman, Dorothy Johnson (Aunt of Ron and Kathy Schneider), Betty Kamm, Jon Kamm (Betty’s great-grandson), John Klueter, Ben Krauz, Sophie Kreher, Vera Kunz, Rev. Jim Langdoc, Betty Legier, Traci Luitjohan, Marion Marcus, Wayne Marcus, Ava Martin, Joe Michaelis, Becky Morris (Shirley Hug’s niece), Daniel Morris, Morris Moser, Richard Moser, Verla Moser, Darrell Rankin, Alicia Rayner (Al & Shirley Flath’s daughter), Robert Reeves, Sandra Reinacher, Ruth Reker, Don Rinderer, Russell Rinderer, Sandy Rinderer, Karen Schindler (Chari Hagler sister), Norman Schoeck, Sandy Schoeck, Tyler Simpson, John Snider, Doris (mother of Barb Stallard), Dorothy Steiner, Paige Stevens (Arnie and Jeanne Meyer’s daughter), Gloria Stuckwisch, Ken Sudbring, Diann Thiems, Elva Tucker, De De Weder, Alvin Whitsell (Florence Collmann’s brother-in-law), Dale Wiesemeyer (Niala Keilbach’s brother), and Kathy Wilsman (Nancy Byers’ sister), Barb Winters and Shirley Zbornak.

USHERS – We are STILL in need of someone to volunteer to line up volunteers! Each month a schedule of ushers is needed for both services. If interested in coordinating this, please contact the church office.

Hospitality Nook Teams!- We’ve loved having food (muffins, fruit, coffee, juice, etc.) in the lobby Hospitality Nook and are looking for people to handle that as small teams, once or twice a month! If you’re interested in hosting the Hospitality Nook for a little over an hour (just between services) Contact: Barb:

Wee Care Daycare is looking to hire two full-time Teachers. Please contact the church office if you or someone you know is interested.

Christmas is a great time to help our children understand the message of giving and sharing with the less fortunate. Every year each Sunday school class sponsors and buys gifts for a child from KinderCottage in East St. Louis. To provide funds for this mission project, the Sunday school classes will be holding a bake sale November 20th. Please check out our yummy treats and baked goods and support our children in this mission project.

The Mission Board is planning for their Annual Community Thanksgiving Feast. This year we will be holding it on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, November 20th from 4—7pm in the Social Hall. All are welcome to attend to share a meal. We will be looking for Donations of: #10 Cans of Corn, Green beans, and Applesauce; Country Time Lemonade, Ice Tea, and Coffee; Plastic Utensils - Forks, Knifes, and Spoons and Paper Products: 3 Compartment Paper Plates, Napkins, 8oz. Foam Coffee cups and 16oz. Plastic Drinking cups.

TOTENFEST - On Sunday, November 20 we will reflect back both in grief and gratitude and remember those of our fellowship who have died, or as the early Christian said - have had their birthday in eternity. We invite you to be with us on that Sunday, especially if there is a loved one whom you will be remembering on that day.

Our ecumenical (many-church) Thanksgiving Service sponsored by HAMA (Highland Area Ministerial Alliance) is on Sunday, November 20th at 6pm at the Highland Middle School. All are welcome as Highland's pastors join together in leading a worship service of gratitude. This is always a tender and wondrous time to give thanks to the God of all Life!

Work Day - Mark your calendar for another work day scheduled for Saturday, December 3 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. We will again work on the landscaping around the buildings trimming the bushes back for the winter. Please join us for some good old fashion work and great fellowship. Hope to see you there. The more the merrier.

This Week’s Schedule
Sunday: 6 – 7:30 City Wide Dodgeball Tourey Grades 6 – 12 Social Hall

7:00 p.m. AA
Monday: 7:00 a.m. Quilters
10:00 a.m. First Place for Life Bible Study
(conference room)
6:30 p.m. Grief Share

7:00 p.m. Property Board

Tuesday: 7:00 p.m. Wee Care/Peppermint Board Meeting
8:00 p.m. AA

Wednesday: 9:00 a.m. Wednesday Morning Followship Bible Study
6:00 p.m. God Squad
5:30 p.m. Bell Choir Practice
6:30 p.m. No Next Step
7:00 p.m. Choir Practice
Thursday: 7:00 p.m. Consistory

Friday: 8:00 p.m. AA/ Alanon
Sunday: 4:00 p.m. Community Thanksgiving Feast
6:00 p.m. Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service

Worship Memorials/Honorariums to the Glory of God


The Radio Ministry is from Steve and Bonnie Thiems and Family in memory of Carolyn Crabtree.

The Bulletin Ministry is from the Poss Family in memory of Homer Poss and all Veterans on Veterans Day.

The red rosebud on the altar honors the birth of Carter Scott Barton born October 14th to Adam and Brianna Barton.

The white rosebud on the altar honors the baptism of Emmett Dexter Riechmann, the son of Brady and Ashley Riechmann.