Thursday, June 27, 2024

THIS WEEKEND

Opening Hymn: Rejoice, You Pure in Heart This hymn, inspired by Philippians 4:4, was written for the Choral Festival held at Peterborough Cathedral in England. The author was an Anglican priest and a professor of theology at Oxford University.

The Anthem: Near to the Heart of God by Ralph Manuel.

The Communion Anthem: Lamb of God, a German Chorale, 1540. Arranged by F. Melius Christiansen.

The Closing Hymn: All the Colors of the Rainbow set to the tune ABBOTS LEIGH.

We Celebrate with...

Claire Carrington (27th)

Ray Roberson (29th)

Sherri Free (30th)

Patti Morris (1st)

Connie Smallwood (1st)

Lola Wheeler (1st)

Megan Proffer (4th)

as they celebrates their birthdays

Youth Will Continue to Meet This Summer!

Youth Group Meals Will Still Be Needed

Our youth will continue to meet during the summer months, every Sunday at 5:00. We would like to offer them a light meal. If you would like to help provide a meal click the link to sign up. They love easy meals. Some suggestions are tacos, spaghetti, chili, sandwiches and pizza! Please review the available slots by clicking on the button to sign up. Dates will be added as planning continues. Thank you! We typically have between 10-15 youth and adults. Please call or text Jennifer Kimble-Keen (318-307-6716) with any questions! 

 YOUTH MEALS SIGNUP

NO CHILDREN OR YOUTH SUNDAY SCHOOL THIS SUNDAY,JUNE 30

Due to youth camp and all of our children’s Sunday School teachers being out of town, there will be no Children or Youth Sunday School this Sunday. A nursery will be available for children during the Sunday School hour.

BANNER SEARCH

Last June a banner with the Northminster Logo was purchased from Signs Now. It was supposed to be ready for the PRIDE festival for our booth at the Zoo. However, it was not ready in time and was picked up on July 3 by a church member to be brought to the church. Did you pick up this banner? Did you bring it to the church? Did you perhaps put it in your storage room? Renee has searched the inside of the church in all the hiding places and has searched the two outside buildings and the storage room on the back of the church but has been unable to locate it and never remembers even seeing it.

This banner is needed this Saturday! Please contact Pastor Jillian if you have knowledge of this! Thanks!

AFTER CHUCH FELLOWSHIP

In order to continue our after church fellowship, we need folks to volunteer to provide drinks and snacks. Please see the sign-up sheet in the hall outside the pastor's office!

Please, NO items with icing or "gooey" stuff. This is getting into our rugs and embedded into the concrete floors.

5TH SUNDAY LUNCH

We will meet at Jade Garden for 5th Sunday Lunch this Sunday!

PUB THEOLOGY

Thursday, July 18 at 7pm at The Fat Pelican!

BOOK CLUB

Our Next book is Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See. We will meet for potluck and discussion on Thursday, August 1 at 6pm in the home of Kyle Gregory.

AUDIO / VIDEO TECHNICIAN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Are you interested in the wonderful world of Audio/Visual work? Well now is the time to hone your skills right here at Northminster. we currently have three trained individuals, but one is often unavailable and the other will leave in December so we are on the hunt for help! If you are interested in this ministry, contact Mara Loeb at 348-3026, maraloeb@hotmail.com or Hannah Clark at 366-7625, hannclark@aol.com. We need you and training will be provided!!

GREETERS / ATTENDANCE TAKERS NEEDED

We are in need of folks who would be willing to serve as "greeters" prior to services. This would involve wearing a name tag provided on the bookshelf in the office, handing out orders of worship and then later after services have begun, taking attendance. After the service you would collect all the sign-in sheets by tearing them out of the book, replacing the book in the appropriate hymn holder on the inside isle and putting the sheets in the church office on the desk. Please contact Jillian or Renee if you are interested in serving in this much needed capacity. Training will be provided!!

Registration is Open!

Join the Alliance of Baptists as we make our second pilgrimage to Montgomery, Alabama, to visit the Legacy Sites of the Equal Justice Initiative September 19-21, 2024. Members of the Alliance of Baptists first visited the sites in November of 2022. The experience was so moving and important that we, as a predominantly and historically white organization, have found it important to make a regular pilgrimage to this historic location. We must continue to excavate our roots as an organization, as congregations, and as individuals. Join us this September for our second visit to this important location.

Registration includes access to all of the Legacy Sites and to all of the Alliance programming. The cost of registration is $75. Lodging and meals will be the responsibility of the participants.

The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. EJI runs three Legacy Sites in Montgomery. Learn more about EJI here.

There are three legacy sites: The Legacy Museum, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, and the new Freedom Garden Sculpture Park. The Legacy Sites invite visitors to reckon with the history of racial injustice in places where that history was lived. The Legacy Sites offer visitors a powerful opportunity to engage with history and begin an era of truth telling. The Legacy Museum travels through 400 years of American history, recounting first-person historical accounts of enslavement, racial terrorism, codified segregation, and mass incarceration. The National Memorial for Peace and Justice is a six-acre memorial dedicated to the victims of racial terror and lynchings. And the Freedom Garden Sculpture Park explores the lived experience of enslaved people in America. Learn more about the Legacy Sites here.

JULY MISSION EMPHASIS:

COA - FANS FOR SENIORS

The Mission Commission has chosen to sponsor Ouachita Council on Aging "Fans for Seniors" during the month of July.

Many senior citizens are moving their thermostats high and not cooling their home due to being worried about the increased cost of Entergy and some are choosing to buy their medications rather than pay their increased electric bill. Some have no AC at all. A plea was put out for donations of fans of any kind that could be brought to the Council on Aging and then distributed to the needy seniors. 

Northminster will be collecting fans (box, tower, oscillating, all kinds) all through the month of July and the fans will be taken to the COA as they are brought to the church since the need is so great. If you would prefer to drop the fan(s) off yourself you may do so at their location at 2407 Ferrand St., Monroe. Tell them you are dropping off from Northminster Church. Their phone is 387-0535. 

Ollie's is a great place to get fans of all kinds and their prices are great! They are located at 2279 Louisville Ave.

The floral offering on Sunday, June 23 was given to the Glory of God

And in gratitude for the generous support given to us by

Our congregation and community

From the Northminster Youth

Arrangement by Ellen Prather and Laura Duke