MARKET SQUARE PRESBYTERIAN CHURC

MARKET SQUARE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Weekly Announcements

Casas por Cristo: If you would like to join a group from Market Square in building a home in Juarez, Mexico, please call Kelly at 257-1279. A group is headed to El Paso October 18 - 25 in order to build a home for a family in Mexico. The build will take only three days and no skills are required. We have ten people signed up so far and would like to add five to seven more. We will stay in a retreat center in downtown El Paso, enjoy the best Tex-Mex on the planet, explore the beautiful southwest, and build a sturdy home for a family now living in a cardboard shack.

SAVE THE DATE !!! Saturday, August 23, 2008, 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. Crossroads at the Public Square Christians & Government. A timely discussion of the intersection between faith and political life will be held here at Market Square Church. Registration and confirmed speaker details available soon! Sponsored by the PA Council of Churches with support from the Wallace Global Fund. Registration and confirmed speaker details available soon! Sponsored by the PA Council of Churches with support from the Wallace Global Fund.

ANNUAL CHURCH PICNIC! Save the date, September 14, right after church. You can wear your picnic clothes to church that day! More information to follow, keep watching for more information!

A PROSPECTIVE MEMBER CLASS will be held on Saturday, September 27, 2008 from 9:30 till noon for those wishing to learn about the Presbyterian Church in general and Market Square Church in particular. A follow up class will be held for those who decide to become members of Market Square. Please call the church at 257-1270 if you are interested in this class.

LUNCH BUNCH GROUP: Anyone wanting to get together for informal lunches after church on Sundays, we’ve set up the second Sunday of the month to get things going this fall. For September it will be the church picnic on the 14th. (please let Jim or Kelly know if you need a ride). For October we will meet in the atrium and car pool over to the Rock Bass Grill for brunch, located on the river at the end of Market Street Bridge.

Homeless Feeding available dates: Please help your community and be a volunteer for the Sunday morning Community Breakfast Program. Sign up sheets for 2008 are on a clip board in the Narthex of the church.

Mt. Gretna—Summer at the Tabernacle. Programs have resumed in the historic camp meeting tabernacle. Flyers are in the Atrium and Narthex. For further information, call Tom Herald at 939-0887.

Needed: Adults and teens who enjoy being friends with children and would like to assist in the nursery during the eleven o’clock service Sunday mornings. Please call Jeanne Miller, our nursery recruiter, at 957-4505.

SEEKING INFORMATION: Cindy Sproat is compiling a list of Market Square members who work in education or in our schools (teachers and professors, administrators, cafeteria workers, guidance counselors, volunteers, etc.) Please call her at 257-1280 or e-mail her (sproat@marketsquarechurch.org) if you or someone you know fits this category.

WORD ABOUT THE PARKING GARAGE—We have recently clarified with the Parking Authority the use of the cards we use for exiting the garage on Sundays and for other occasions such as evening meetings. The important point to note is that if these cards are used for exiting the garage on week days between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., the church is charged $18.00 each time one is used. During these hours you will need to ask someone in the office to stamp the ticket you received when you entered the garage.

YOUTH SUNDAY photos HERE.

The Session of Market Square Presbyterian Church adopted a “Commitment to Social Justice” on March 18, 2008. The purpose of the Commitment is to affirm Market Square’s long dedication to social justice. This effort involves all areas of congregational life, including worship, prayer, education, community ministries, worldwide mission as well as advocacy on social justice issues. The Commitment lists the many programs and activities at Market Square that promote social justice. A copy of a “Commitment to Social Justice” is available in the Atrium and here.

SESSION ADOPTS NEW MISSION GOALS-- at its January 15, 2008 meeting, the Session adopted a new set of mission goals. Click here to read the goals.

Updated 08/15/08