Announcements

• Groceries for Families

  The Evangelism/Social Ministry Committee collects groceries for a family once a month.  If anyone in the congregation would like to contribute to this, please mark your contribution envelope with "Groceries for Family" and place it in the offering plate.  Thank you!
• WELCA Monthly Ministry

  The WELCA Project for the month is the Lutheran Retreat Centers.  Items needed include paper towels, toilet paper, white towels and wash cloths, mattress pads (twin and double), cleanin supplies (Dawn and bleach), laundry detergeant, trash bags (13 and 30 gallon).  Donated items may be left in the boxes in the narthex.  

  Thank you for your participation in this ministry.  
• Mothers Day and Fathers Day Donations

  To honor Mothers and Fathers, we will collect monetary donations in honor or memory of these important figures in our lives to be give to the Pomaria Food Bank.  

  This year, we will have recognition of these gifts in our Mother's Day and Father's Day bulletins.  

  To give for Mother's Day, please have your honararium/memorial in by Sunday, May 6th.  

  To give for Father's Day, please have your honorarium/memorial in by Sunday, June 3rd.  
• Improvement Fundraising

  All committees planning to sponsor and an Improvement Fund Super, please coordinate the dates with the Lutheran Men in Mission. They will assure no two committees plan for the same date. Contact Don Kunkle. Thanks!
• Relay for Life

  It's time to sign up for Relay for Life!  If you are interested in joing our St. Philip's Relay for LIfe team, please go online at www.relayforlife.org/newberrysc and sign up to be a member of our team or call 1-800-227-2345.  If you are a cancer survivor, whether you choose to be on the team or not, please use the website or phone to register for the Relay for Life Event.  All survivors must register every year to be included in the event and the Survivors Dinner.  The event will be May 12 at Newberry  College 3:00-9:00.  Thankfor all your past and future support!

  Hamburger luncheon March 11th at St. Philip's after worship.  $6 for hamburger, chips, slaw and baked beans, $8 for two hamburger plate. Eat in or take out.  See a tram memver for tickets. 

  Also available are Business/Personal signs $100, Business signs with logo $125, In Memory/Honor signs $100, Luminaries $10, t-shirts $15. 

   

   

   
• WP Hendrix Memorial Scholarship

  Each year the Lutheran Men have the privilege to award the WP Hendrix Scholarship to a deserving high school graduate that will be going to higher education.  Application forms are in the clear file holder beside the bulletin board at the office.  Please fill out and return no later than May 1st to the office.  Thanks!
• Ladies Banquet

  Come join us for our Ladies Banquet:  One Enhanted Evening on Sunday, May 20th at 6:00pm in the Fellowship Hall.  Tickets will go on sale April 29th through May 13. Children three and under are free, everyone else $5.  
• PICs--NEW MEMBERS

  Anyone going into the sixth grade, please contact Carl Lominick.  As a rising 6th grader, you are eligible to join PICs.  We will be having a family gathering on September 18th.  You and your family will be receiving invitations soon.  The PICs look forward to you joining the group!  We meet on the 1st and 3rd Sunday at 5:00pm in the PICs room. 
• Children's Church Lesson Plans

  Children's church lesson plans are now available for use.  Theere are 3 books of lesson plans that are in a labeled folder box in the ladies' choir room.  There will also be a notebook in the box for leaders to write down their name, which activity they chose to do and what date it was used (so we don't use the same activities in consecutive months).  Please take advantage of these materials!
• Nursery during Sunday School

  The Educational Ministry Committee is continuing to offer the Nursery for those kids ages two and under during the Sunday School hour the 1st and 3rd Sundays to allow some of our new parents the opportunity to attend Sunday School each month.

   

  If you would like to choose a Sunday to participate keeping the nursery during the Sunday School hour only, please contact Nancy Alford or Lorianne Riggin.  Please take advantage of this service as we grow in our faith together.