Announcements for 2/12-2/18

This week in the Friendship Registry!
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FISH is in need of your help. You can donate canned foods by placing them in the grocery cart the first Sunday of the month. FISH also needs volunteers to accept phone calls, deliver food, or do both one day per month. Please call FISH at 548-2000 if you are interested.

LOGOS NEWS: There will not be LOGOS this Wednesday. Instead please bring a dish and enjoy the carry-in meal to celebrate Fat Tuesday & Ash Wednesday. The Dan Craine Comedy show will be performing during the meal. There will also be special music performances. Don’t miss the fun!

Ash Wednesday is February 21st. There will be a carry-in dinner for the congregation at 5:30 p.m. and a Communion Service at 7 p.m.


Knitting & Sewing Groups! The Sewing Group will meet every 4th Monday at 9:30 a.m.; the knitting group will meet every 2nd and 4th Monday at 9:30 a.m.

Fun in Marriage is Serious Business, A Date Night for Couples The Miami Valley Marriage Coalition is proud to sponsor a dinner date for you and your spouse. If you are interested in dinner and a presentation by Marriage Alive International call Nikki at 937-898-8811 ext 203. The dinner is Friday, February 23, 2007 at 5:30 p.m. at Christian Life Center, 3489 Little York Rd. in Dayton. The cost is $35.

Darke County Center of the Arts presents The Spencers, Theatre of Illusion on Saturday, February 24th at 8:00 p.m. at Memorial Hall. The Spencers use illusion as a source of healing and therapy. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children under 14. If interested please call DCCA at 547-0908.

Caregiver Education Series for Loved Ones with Dementia – The Alzheimer’s Association will be holding two workshops at the Versailles Health Care Center for Caregivers including Orientation to Dementia: Legal & Financial Issues on March 7, 2007 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. and Community Resources: Day-to-Day Caregiving, Caring for the Caregiver on March 14, 2007 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. If you are interested, call 800-272-3900 to register.

30-Hour Famine: Friday and Saturday February 23-24, our teenagers will experience what children around the world experience, hunger. Late Saturday afternoon, a meal will be given to our teenagers. If you would like to donate food for this event, please see Chris Benek.

The Stephen Ministry would like to give a special thank you to Dean & Arlene Bankson for engraving pendants for the members and a special thank you to Askus for engraving the groups’ name tags.

Lenten Soup & Sermon Series will start on Ash Wednesday, February 21st and run every Wednesday until Easter. These begin at 12:05 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church. Pastor John will be preaching on March 28th.


The Darke County March of Dimes is having their annual WalkAmerica on Saturday, April 28, 2007 at the Darke County Fairgrounds. If you would like to donate to March of Dimes, which raises funds for research to help detect birth defects, and provide emotional/medical support to families with premature babies, please contact Lauren Henry at 548-3188 or 547-1282. Any donations can be made payable to March of Dimes.

Cornerstone Café Coffee House on the corner of 121 and Weaver’s-Ft. Jefferson Rd. offers live music, a friendly atmosphere, delicious coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and games. Christian singer, James Clay will perform on March 10th from 7-10 p.m. Tickets for James Clay are $5.00 each. Please call Connie or Marty McCabe at 547-0497 with any questions.

Christian Concert featuring Storyside B, James Clay, and guest speaker, Mike Sandlin will be on Sunday, March 11th at the All Seasons Place, 5256 Sebring-Warner Rd. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Tickets are $10.00 in advance or $12.00 at the door. Call 459-2515 for details.

The deadline for the March LINK is tomorrow, Monday, February 19th.


The Media Committee will have a meeting at the church on Tuesday, February 27th at 7:00 p.m. Please call Karen Henninger or the church office if you are unavailable to attend.


The Mikesell Review group will have a meeting this Thursday, February 22nd at 7:00 p.m. at the church.


Congratulations to our Church Family’s dartball allstars, Andrew Fryman & Carl Trittschuh. They played in the Darke County 2007 Church Dartball All-star game this past Monday evening and won!