Seekers Class E-News

For the Week of January 17, 2010                  Published January 17, 2010

 

Our Current Study

 

Paul Leslie continued his series on Biblical Allusions in Literature this Sunday and has one more Sunday to go.  He concludes this series January 24, and we appreciate his great talents and presentation of this. 

 

Mark your calendars for a Winter class party!  This party is being planned for the evening of February 5 (Friday) starting 6:30PM at Mary Anne Selber’s house, with Julia Blewer doing the planning.  Julia began this Sunday to collect volunteers for bringing something to the party, so please call Julia to volunteer something if you have not signed her list yet.

 

Note below the schedule of classes that will follow:

 

Future Schedule

 

January 31 – Don Hall – Medical Ethics 101

February 7-28 – Bonnie Watkins – Everything Belongs

March 7-14 – Pen Peery – What it means to be Presbyterian

 

Specials About our Members

 

Congratulations to Mary Anne Selber for being selected as one of the Outstanding Leaders for 2009 and being featured in The Times this Sunday.  Mary Anne, this was certainly well-deserved.

 

Some of you also would be interested in the connections of others who were selected for this Outstanding Leaders honor.  Dr. Juan Watkins is the husband of Bonnie Watkins, who will be teaching our class February 7 – 28.  Arthur Thompson is a past-president of Providence House.  Harry McInnis is the President of McInnis Brothers Construction that is the contractor on our church capital project.

 

Lee Morgan looks better every week he is back with us after being away for some time due to illness.

 

We still need some news about other class members.  Please provide some information that can be shared with our class.  Who else do we need to check on?

 

When the Seekers Class was organized we wanted this class to provide fellowship, lasting relationships, care for each other, and communication, as well as having meaningful studies each week in our class.  This purpose is being fulfilled for the most part, and we can do this more fully by providing appropriate information that can be communicated in this weekly E-News.  Please let me know about anything of special interest that has happened to you or any of our class members that can be passed along via this E-News.  Our class members would really like to know your news.

 

Seekers Class Vision

 

The following vision was adopted several years ago when the Seekers Class was first organized:

 

“An environment for the encouragement of spiritual growth, nurturing, mission, fellowship, community, and leadership.”

 

Other Opportunities

 

There will be a Haiti Relief Concert in our chapel this Monday, January 18 at 12:00 Noon by the Shreveport Opera Express Artists to raise funds for Haiti relief through the PCUSA Disaster Assistance.  Also, you may contribute directly to Haiti relief by sending a check to the Administrative Coordinator, Peggy Sartin and designate it to this Disaster Assistance or to the Haiti Education Fund.  The Trustees and the Thomason Grant Committee will be considering using some Thomason emergency funds for earthquake disaster relief through the Haiti Education Fund, which our church has been supporting for a number of years.

 

The McInnis Brothers construction trailer is now in our parking lot for the beginning of work on our capital project.  Initial work will begin on the outside waterproofing, the stone around the roof, and replacing the slate on the sanctuary.  Also, some of the areas in the west side of the church building are being vacated to get ready for the inside construction work.

 

“Meals on Wheels” needs help and donations.  You may contact Caddo Council on Aging for assisting them.

 

Remember if you make a pledge to Red River Radio (KDAQ Public Radio) of an amount of at least $120 per year, you can charge it on your credit card monthly or quarterly; and First Presbyterian can get some air time advertising our church activities.  Please contact Jean Mendenhall if you have contributed this year to Public Radio or if you do contribute in the future, and she will contact KDAQ to schedule the Day Sponsorship ad for the church.  She announced that Public Radio needs your help and said to contact her for a special program of Day Sponsorships for our Taize Services.