First Church Of God 1862 Mercer Rd Ellwood City, PA 16117 724-758-7970 www.ecfcog.org January Family Night Meals $3.00 for adults - $1.00 for children ($10.00 max. per family) Date Meal Prepared By Menu Clean-up Security 2 Stacy Jewell Jake & Michelle Ron VanHorn Diane Shaner Pentz Tacos French Fries Pudding 9 Doris Crawford Stacy Jewell Turkey over Biscuits Cookies (Please Sign-up for Cookies) Ed Crawford Doris Conklin Dale Brown 16 Dave & Connie Cunningham Sandwiches Mac & Cheese Ice Cream Pat Shoaf Shirley Racan Paula VanHorn Mark Shaner 23 Brenda West Mary Challis Ham Scalloped Potatoes Green Beans Costco Cake Boyd West Bill Challis Bill Challis 30 Chris LeViere Pizza Salad Pudding Kay Edinger Joyce Bucci Betty Strohecker Ed Crawford
30 4:00 PM Un-decorating the Church 31 1 2 Tacos Meal 3 Discipleship Team EOB Team 4 5 9:00 PM Prayer Time 6 7 8 9 Turkey over Biscuits Meal 10 Worship Team Fellowship Team 11 12 9:00 PM Prayer Time 13 14 15 6:30 PM Ladies Night Out 16 Sandwiches Meal 17 Property Team 18 19 8:00 AM Men s Small Group 9:00 PM Prayer Time 20 21 22 23 Ham Meal 24 Coordinating Team 25 26 9:00 PM Prayer Time 27 28 29 30 Pizza Meal 31
JANUARY - WORSHIP SCHEDULES DATE PREACHER WORSHIP LEADER SPECIAL MUSIC PRAISE TEAM 6 Pastor Phil Barry Freed Donna Jones Autumn Heinz Conklin Donna Jones Boyd West 13 Pastor Phil Conklin 20 Pastor Phil Conklin Cliff Kaufman Jim Caldwell Kala Cunningham Lami Ziegler Boyd West Barry Freed Boyd West Kim Kaufman Doris Conklin Boyd West SOUND & VIDEO Dave Cunningham Beth Freed Fred Ziegler Lisa Zeigler Jay Daugherty Connie Cunningham 27 Pastor Phil Conklin Cliff Kaufman Cliff Kaufman Connie LeViere Donna Jones Barry Freed Dave Cunningham Beth Freed DATE NURSERY CHILDREN S CHURCH 6 Mary Challis Jen Parks 13 Kathy Rugh April Haswell 20 Jackie Kushner Lisa Zeigler 27 Cindy Hunter Jen Parks JANUARY - MINISTRY SCHEDULES April Haswell Jackie Syphrit Reagen Tritt Jen Parks Cindy Hunter Markae Pisano Brenda West Heather Pisano Hunter Tritt April Haswell Jackie Syphrit Reagen Tritt GREETERS USHERS DONUT SCHEDULE John & Kathy Rugh Donna Wright & Kay Edinger Leslie Quinn & Gail McClymonds Jake & Michelle Pentz Mark Shaner Doug LeViere John Hall Jake Pentz Dale Pritchard John Rugh Dale Brown Ed Crawford Bill Snyder Pat Snyder Skip LeViere Ron VanHorn Alan Fabritius Del Wiley Fred Ziegler Bill Challis Dale & Beverly Brown Bill & Mary Challis Ron & Paula VanHorn Fred & Sharon Tritt SECURITY TEAM Mark Shaner Brad LeViere Ed Crawford Bill Challis Skip LeViere Doug LeViere Alan Fabritius Jeff Syphrit
THANKS TO THE CHURCH FAMILY!!! ***Thank you to ALL who helped decorate the church for Christmas! Our church always looks so beautiful at Christmas time and ALL of your help is appreciated! Thank you to Ron VanHorn for setting up the beautiful JOY nativity under the cross. As soon as I heard the theme for Christ Birthday Offering was Great JOY for All I knew I needed to see Ron about his JOY nativity and he didn t hesitate to let us borrow it! Thank you to the Coulter Family and Lami for setting up the poinsettia tree this year as Skip and I were away! Thank you again to everyone for ALL of your help in filling the church with Christmas Joy this Christmas season! ***Thank you to ALL of our Advent Readers this year! I appreciate your willingness to participate and it was so wonderful to see all of the four generations represented in our church. We are sooo blessed!!! ***Thank you to all who provided our Annual Holiday Dinner. Thank you to all who cooked the turkeys, to those who worked in the kitchen, to those who served, and to all who attended and participated in the fellowship time. This dinner is always a wonderful time in the life of the church. ***Dear First Church of God Family, Thank you for the flowers, the wonderful dinner, and all the expressions of sympathy. Thank you Pastor Phil for the moving service and the love shown to us. We appreciate you all. Love, The Leona Zeigler Family ***Thank you to the Women of the Church of God for the very nice cookie tray. Your Kindness and thoughtfulness is appreciated. Sandra Smith ***Thank you so much for the Christmas Cookies. It is greatly appreciated. With appreciation for the special blessing you ve been. John LaRitz
JANUARY BIRTHDAYS 3 Joyce Bucci 4 Ray Meals 5 Brenda West 7 Destinee Wawrzynski 11 Jim Freshcorn 12 Mary Shallenberger 14 Heather Coulter 15 Dylan Johns 21 Cindy Hunter 21 Braxton LeViere 21 Mark Peeples 23 Cullen Tritt 24 Diane Shaner 26 Larry Chandler 28 Sharon Tritt JANUARY ANNIVERSARIES 2 Jeff & Carrie Boots 22 John & Kathy Rugh Christmas Un-decorating Please come out on Sunday, Dec. 30 th at 4:00pm to help us un-decorate the church. Everything Christmas will need taken down and stored in the church attic. We appreciate all of your help!
Passion Play Passion Play time is quickly approaching! What will be your part in the play this coming Easter? There are sign-up sheets on the bulletin board in the hallway. Practices will be starting soon as Easter is April 21 st. Please let your family and friends, who normally help us with the play, know so you can add their names to the sign-up sheet. Baby Congratulations Congratulations to Shannon Hall on the birth of her daughter, Alora Jo Striegel. Alora was born on Dec. 16 th and weighed 7lbs 2oz. Congratulations to proud grandparents John & Jodi Hall and to her great-grandparents Bill & Mary Challis. Ladies Night Out Ladies are invited to our Ladies Night Out on Tuesday, Jan. 15 th at 6:30pm. Our theme is Living an Un-cluttered Life. Please join us as we share our thoughts and ideas to un-clutter our lives in the New Year!!! Please sign-up on the bulletin board in the hallway to attend.
Men s Small Group The men of the church meet the third Saturday of each month for Bible Study. They are studying the book Walking with God by John Eldredge. Please join them Saturday, January 18 th at 8:00am here at the church. 2019 Tithing Envelopes Your 2019 Tithing Envelopes are available out on the pews in the front narthex. If you do not see your name and would like to receive envelopes, please see our Church Financial Secretary Connie LeViere. Please use the envelope system as this helps Connie to keep record for your year -end tax statements. Saturday Evening Prayer Time The church will be open on Saturday evenings at 9:00pm for anyone who would like to come in for a time of prayer. There is no set time to stay and this is not an organized group time just a time for individual prayer for your prayer concerns and for the church. What s This All About Explanations ***The monthly birthday basket is sponsored by the Discipleship Team. Everyone with a birthday in that month can go up front during the birthday song in the morning worship service and receive a small gift (lollipop, pencil, etc.). Any money that is donated during this time is saved for the Christ Birthday Offering every December. ***The Milestone Card Showers are sponsored by the Fellowship Team and we celebrate the following birthdays: 50 60 70 75 80 85 90 95 100. And we also celebrate 25 th and 50 th wedding anniversaries. Please let Chris LeViere know if you have one of these milestones coming up to be sure it is celebrated! ***Our Welcome Center is taken care of by Doris Conklin and she is available before every Sunday service to take your prayer requests and announcements for the morning service. The Welcome Center is under the direction of the Worship Team. To place your prayer requests in the weekly bulletin please call the church office. ***The Penny Banner that is handed out each month is awarded to the Children s Class that collects the most pennies during the offering that month. The penny money is used to purchase whatever is needed for the children such as swings, balls, etc. This is sponsored by the Discipleship Team. Pennies are not collected for the penny banner during for the summer months and the month of December.
Special Collections EOB Team Yellow Ribbon Girls Military Box Collection - EOB Team has an ongoing collection for the Yellow Ribbon Girls. The yellow ribbon girls pack boxes monthly for the soldiers. They collect hotel size soap, lotion, and shampoo to send to the military. They also accept new pillow cases, pens, pencils, tablets, tea bags, ramen noodles, cough drops, cup o soup, individual mac & cheese, breakfast bars, beef jerky, and Hershey bars. Please bring in your donations and put them in the black box in the front narthex area. Coordinator Carrie Tillia EOB Team Lawrence County Jail Book Collection - The EOB Team also has their on-going collection of un-used greeting cards and paperback books for the Lawrence County Jail. Please bring in your donations and put them in the black box in the front narthex area.coordinator Donna Jones Stamp Ministry - The income from the sale of used stamps goes to support preparations, publishing, and distribution of Spanish language curriculum for Projects in 40 different denominations in 19 different Spanish speaking countries in South America, Central America, and even in the USA. The Stamp Ministry started back in 1972 and has raised over $800,000 for missions work. There is a box in the narthex labeled Stamp Ministry to collect your used stamps. Coordinator - Nora Lee Kerry Glasses & Cases - The EOB Team is sponsoring an on-going collection for ALL types of eyeglasses, readers, sunglasses, and eyeglass cases. They are collecting them for a local church that takes them on their yearly mission trip to a medical
and vision clinic in Orkarkar, Kenya. Please place these items in the silver box in the narthex. Coordinator Donna Jones Driveway Fund - Our church driveway is in much need of repair and plans are being made to have it repaved. A fund has been established for that purpose. If you are able to contribute above and beyond your tithe, please give an offering designated for the Driveway Fund. Thank you in advance for your support!