The forms necessary to apply for the Cheryl Nelis Scholarship have been added to the website and can be obtained by following this link.
The Cheryl Nelis Scholarship aims to provide assistance to college bound students whose lives have been adversely affected by cancer.
Join us on Saturday, February 3rd from 4-7 PM as we take a trip to the tropics, right here in Turtle Creek, with an Island Chicken Dinner and related festivities.
A full dinner is only $6.50 and can be eaten in or taken out. Very local delivery will also be available. Call the church at 412-824-3303 after 2:00 PM that day to place your takeout order.
A full dinner consists of: a tropical fruit cup, boneless island chicken breast, rice, vegetable, drink, and choice of dessert. Bring your friends and family and get in out of the cold! Hawaiian shirts welcome, but not required.
There is an Electric Heights Corporation meeting scheduled for Sunday, January 28th. This will be a brief meeting immediately after Sunday service.
The Electric Heights Corporation consists of all members of the church conference and it is required to meet at least once per year. The corporation assists in exempting church members and officers from legal liability for debts or other obligations of the local church.
The trustees and/or corporation must give public notice before holding a corporation meeting (which is why this posting is being made several weeks ahead of time).
We had once again gotten behind in posting newsletters on the website. Last night I finally posted the August and September 2006 newsletters and this evening I added October and November. You can access the newsletters on the communications page where there is a link to the newsletter archives.
From Janet:
An enormous THANK YOU to all who donated notebooks, pens, pencils, etc. for our mission outreach to Uganda. We shipped an incredible 195 pounds of material to our friend Sarah, who will certainly put it to good use. Electric Heights truly is a special place that knows that the love of God reaches far beyond geographical boundaries.
Also, we were informed that the website address for the UMC Church in Nakuru (another church visited by Janet while she was in Africa) has changed from nakuruumc.org to umckenya.org. Reverend Josam in Nakuru has mentioned that several people have connected with him through our website. We are excited to be of help and pray that it continues.
A group of us volunteered to help out at Global Links yesterday. Global Links is an organization that takes quality discarded medical supplies and sends them to places where they can be used. Often, the supplies are discarded because a hospital changes vendor or because our standards and regulations are above and beyond those of other countries. Some hospitals that receive help have a shortage of supplies as basic as surgical gloves and soap. We helped sort some supplies and prepare them for shipment. We only spent two hours of our time but we hope we can feel good about helping people in several poor countries - people who badly need the help.
Here is a picture of the group that volunteered (along with Jennifer - the Global Links representative). (Click on the picture for a larger version.)
I took a bunch of short videos of the fireworks from Skyblast last night. I’ll convert them and make smaller versions available but for now here are the raw movies from the digital camera. Some of these are kind of large but if you have a fast connection and/or time to let it download they might be worthwhile.
A group from Electric Heights joined others from around the Western PA Conference tonight at the Pirates game. The Pirates lost but we enjoyed ourselves. The game was followed by a huge fireworks show that everyone enjoyed. We took a few pictures while we were there to share with everyone. Enjoy.
Thanks to Sharon for sending this picture to a bunch of people. There are countless stories about a boy and his dog but this cute picture of a dog at bedside prayers with his boy is great. I think the dog may actually know what he’s doing in this picture.
When our pastor, Janet Lord, visited Uganda and Kenya on a mission trip, one of the things that she helped put in motion was a sewing project. Some of the women who have taken part in the project sent along a picture to share with us. We are glad to hear from them and thrilled that the project is going well. We share the picture here with you:
We’re happy to declare another successful event at the church. The fundraising effort brought us $540 (barring any last minute take home purchases). Perhaps more importantly, it provided another fine evening of fellowship with the members and the community. There was plenty of hard work for the volunteers but there was plenty of fellowship for everyone.
I’ve captured the spirit of the event with a tongue in cheek pictorial commentary.
The July Newsletter has been posted on the communications page. The pastors’ letters from the newsletter have also been posted on the Pastor’s Message page.
Some notable inclusions in the newsletter that are suggested reading:
I aplogize for taking so long but the June Newsletter is finally available on the communications page. I know that people are currently working on getting the July newsletter together and out. I will try to make sure that July’s is posted here as soon as possible.
Of course, if you would like to see past issues you can get to the newsletter archives from the communications page. Enjoy.
Janet passed along this news and asked if it could be posted on our website. It is good to hear that efforts to help others are being successful.
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: [pastorjosamkariuki@]
To: [Rev. Lord]
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:03:34 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: hallo
Hallo Rev Jane,
Greetings from your brothers and sisters in Kenya.
Its long since we communicated. The Lord has take us thro all along. The Nakuru church is fine. Many times the women and youths have been asking me about you.
Through the sewing machines you bought for us, todate we have been able to train 82 women and youths. Glory be to God. Many have got jobs and today their families are not the same again. The training have given them an income genetaring. Joe and several people in their church are planning to come back in Kenya next year. Have you talked to him of late? He has been of great help to us. Soon we will be opening an Orphanage through their support. He is a wonderful brother with his church. I look forward seeing you in Kenya soon.
I will be happy to hear how you are doing and the ministry, Rev Josam.
Come join us at our regular service this Sunday while we celebrate Christmas in June.
We all know that things get hectic in November and December so why not pause to reflect on Christmas in June? Is there any wrong time to celebrate the birth of Christ? Relax and enjoy a warm weather reminder of why we come together in worship.
As an added bonus there’s no need to rush out to the mall after service for those last minute gifts.
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