Weekly Announcements - February 10, 2008

Communicants' Class Is your child ready to take Communion? We offer this class once a year, right before Easter. The class is designed for grades 2 - 5, with a parent attending. It is important for us to have an accurate head count, so please register by February 10 by contacting either Marcia or the SPC church office. The class dates are February 17 and 24 and March 2 and 9 from 3 - 5 p.m. We will have a Seder meal on March 16. The class will bake bread on March 19, and take their first Conirnunion on Maundy Thursday at the worship service at SPC. This is a wonderful opportunity for your child and yourself to dig deeper into your faith. Questions? Contact Marcia.

Parents' Night Out Today is the deadline to sign up for the Parents' Night Out, held this Saturday, February 16, from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. for children nursery - 5th grade. To register kids: sign up on the bulletin board in the children's wing. Teens: contact Tim or Marcia to volunteer today. We will have planned activities, a snack, movie and loads of fun, and you can go out alone and have loads of fun by yourself!

Teacher Needed We have an opening for a preschool teacher during the 11:15 a.m. worship service. If you feel you are being called to serve in this way, contact Marcia at church (898-4673). We have an adorable group of preschoolers ready to learn!

Gulf Coast Disaster Relief Mission Trip We are preparing for our next mission trip to Long Beach, MS from March 29 - April 5! Signup sheets are on the bulletin board in the stair well connecting the Narthex and Children's Wing. More information will follow. The points of contact are Jim or Martha Dow, 854-5072, or Lyne Shackeford, 786-8966

SAM Matinee at Riverside Dinner Theater - Thoroughly Modern Millie SAM is hosting this production at the Riverside Dinner Theater at 12:30 p.m., Sunday, April 13, for dinner and show. This award winning show is a perfectly constructed musical of madcap merriment. Refer to the February issue of the SPC Post for more details. The cost is $42 per person which includes the dinner, show and gratuities. Sign up with a check (NO CASH) made out to SPC for $42 and "Riverside" on the memo line and place in the communication box (not in the offering plate) no later than April 1. This event will replace our nonnal monthly Sunday brunch.

High School Students Interested in New Orleans Mission Trip should pick up an application and other information from the Youth Ministry Office. The trip is July 11-19. Applications as well as $50 are due February 24. Interested adults should contact Tim Habecker (898-4673) or David Way.

Help Wanted with Parents' Night Out Parents' Night Out is next Saturday, February 16, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. We can always use more middle school and high school students to help. If you wouldn't mind hanging out, playing games, doing crafts, eating snacks, etc. with little kids, sign up on the bulletin board outside Tim's office in the Youth Area. It's worth some community service hours if you're interested.

Haiti Mission Trip Team Is Forming Now SPC will be sending a team to Haiti this summer! Perhaps, this is the year you decide to go! Please contact Susan Weber at (540) 582-9387 or at highwayjim00@msn.com if you would like to learn more about this opportunity to serve. Not all of the details of this trip have been worked out, but we do know the focus of the trip will be a pastoral staff retreat (week one), computer training (week two) and light construction (both weeks). We will be serving for two weeks this time, but you only need to commit to one week of service. Dates for the mission trip are June 28 through July 5 or July 5 through July 12. Call Susan with questions, attend an information meeting on February 17 at 4:00 p.m. and complete an application to serve by February 24. Mission trip applications are available in the church office or can be sent via email.

Noisy Offering of Change for Change The SPC Missions Committee has adopted a new way to help with ministries involving children here and in other countries like Peru, Kenya and Haiti. Please take home the label inserted in your bulletin today and start saving your change for change. On the 2^nd Sunday in March (March 9) we will have our first noisy offering collection. Let's watch how our small change can add up to big change for the Lord!

Dinner with Pastor Luc from Haiti Pastor Luc Aristhene is visiting from Haiti and although he will not be preaching at SPC, we will still have an opportunity to hear from him. The Missions Committee will be hosting a Pot-luck BBQ Dinner (Pork & Chicken BBQ) on Friday. February 15 at 6:00 p.m. The dinner will be held in the SPC Small Dining Hall. Please join us, and if you can, bring a side dish to compliment the meal. Call Robin Woodard (786-6238) with any questions or to let us know that you' II join us!

Souper Bowl: Soup for S.E.C.A. Children's Ministry would like to thank everyone who brought in soup the past 5 weeks. Our goal this year was 400 cans of soup in order to beat our 2007 total of 370 cans. (2006 total: 109) We counted the cans last Sunday for a grand total of...747 cans of soup! Yes, you read that correctly! The children's Sunday school classes will all enjoy donuts and juice today to celebrate giving to others. Congrats to the 3 grade class for bringing in the highest number.

The children from Karbururi are here. This is the same village where the SPC youth in Vacation Bible School sent school supplies. Each child sponsored helps that child, their family and the community rise up from poverty. We've received sponsorship packets for fifteen children in SPCs adopted village, Karbururi Kenya. Eight kids have already been sponsored... in one weekend! Please contact John or Chrissy Conway for information about sponsoring a child in Karbururi (540) 898-4168 or johnconway@earthlink.net.

Youth Ministry Sunday Night Schedule Update Middle school youth group meets Sunday nights at SPC from 6-7:30. The high school guys small group will Continue to meet upstairs at SPC from 6:30-8:00 p.m., and the high school girls are now meeting in Andrea Pastor's basement! See the youth bulletin board in the Fellowship Hall foyer for the address and/or directions.