ALTAR FLOWERS are given today by Neil & Michele Stenzel and Amanda & Josh Drozek in loving memory of Jamie Stenzel Wagner.
GLEANINGS DEADLINE is this Wednesday, May 14th. Please note that if you are planning on submitting anything this is our summer issue which spans June – August.
MAY MISSION ENVELOPES are designated to support Potter’s Field, located on Highland Avenue in Niagara Falls. Potter’s Field is a group of Christian adults who gather together a group of our city’s high risk children and teens several times each week. Many of these children come from homes where a parent is incarcerated, or is involved in prostitution, drugs, or other illicit activities that lead to neglect of their children. At Potter’s Field, they are taught about God’s love for them, they receive a meal with each gathering, and they are given the opportunity to play, do crafts, and enjoy Christian music in the presence of Christian role models. If you would like to help Potter’s Field change the lives of these high risk children, place your mission envelope in the offering plate during May, or donate online under the “monthly mission” option.
SOCIAL MINISTRIES will meet after worship next Sunday. New members are always welcome. We will share a light lunch during the meeting.
STOCK THE SHOPPE: Beginning today and continuing until Father’s Day (June 15), we will be accepting baby items to support Summit Life Center on Pine Avenue in Niagara Falls. Summit is run by volunteers who provide support to young moms and dads in unplanned pregnancy situations with limited support systems. They provide pregnancy testing, peer counseling, and a variety of classes pertaining to pregnancy and parenting. Each contact for counseling or classes earns credits that can be used in their Parenting Shoppe for free items to help them prepare for their baby. Items that are needed include infant clothing, blankets, diapers, and baby toiletries. There are donation tables in the chapel and narthex if you would like to participate.
BABY BOTTLE BANKS: We have baby bottle banks on our donation tables if you would like to support Summit Life Center in this way. Feel free to take a bottle home with you and place your change (or paper money or checks made out to Summit Life) in the bottles and return it to the office or to Alice Moll by June 15.
THANK YOU for your generous donations toward Niagara Gospel Mission’s construction of a new Women’s Center in Niagara Falls. This facility will offer housing, food, and spiritual care to women who are abused, trafficked, or homeless. We were able to donate $800 to help with this mission.
GRACE LADIES thank you for supporting our Treichler gift card fundraiser. We sold 123 gift cards for a profit of $615.00. Alice Moll has your gift cards. If you have not paid yet, it’s $25 cash or check to Grace Ladies. Our planning meeting is Tuesday, May 20th beginning at 6PM.
CONFIRMATION: Weekly on Sundays, 11:45-1:00 PM, Ladies’ Lounge. Through Reformation Day. Will not meet: June 8th, July 20th, August 3rd, Sept 21st, and Oct 19th.
NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS are Acts 11:1-18, Revelation 21:1-7, and John 16:12-22.