Weekly This Week’s Activities January 18 -25, 2015 Today First Service - 9:00 a.m. Sunday School Classes - all ages - 10:15 a.m. Second Service - 11:15 a.m. Worship Ensemble, Sanctuary, 2:30 p.m. Choir, Great Hall, 4:00 p.m. Coram Deo Housekirk, 7:00 p.m. Monday Meeting of the Session, Great Hall, 5:30 p.m. Parish Deacons, Hospitality Room, 7:00 p.m. Tuesday Women’s Bible Study, East Wing, 1:00 p.m. Stephen Ministry, Hospitality Room, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday WOW Supper, 5:30 p.m. Worship, Sanctuary, 6:15 p.m. Classes for Children, Students and Adults, 6:30 p.m. Best Housekirk, 7:00 p.m. Thursday Women’s Bible Study, Cunitz Residence, 7:00 p.m. Saturday Early Risers Housekirk, 8:00 a.m. Sunday, January 25 Worship Ensemble, Sanctuary, 2:30 p.m. Choir, Sanctuary, 3:45 p.m. Church Potluck, Great Hall, 5:00 p.m. Annual Meeting, Sanctuary, 6:00 p.m. Our Weekly Concerns - New additions will be listed in bold print, and names will be removed upon request. Names left on for more than 3 weeks will be removed at the discretion of the office. Please keep these friends in your prayers: Carolyn Barnes, Beth Boeckemeier, Ann Bratney, Don and Bette Burroughs, Darlene Denison, Judy Gaumer, Lou Heitbrink, Ellen Kinnaird, Marillyn McCulloch, Marie McGhee, Ryan Miller, VT Miller, Jack Moore, Fran Nugteren, Colleen Obrecht, Paul Olson, Ken Phillips, Del Quenzer, Christina Radke, Mary Ellen Risewick, Shannon RaischRoam, Genevieve Stogdill, McPeter Waylee, Kristen Webb, Jack Wilson. Condolences to: Glen and Roma Bassett and family on the death of Glen’s brother, Merle Bassett of Casey; Bruce Beals and family on the death of his wife, Golda; Paul and Evelyn Kurtz and family on the death of Evelyn’s sister-inlaw, Betty Hahn of Kansas; Mona and Kirk Yentes and family on the death of Mona’s brother-in-law, Bill De Kruif. WOW Menu Cheeseburger and French Fries, Tossed Salad, Fruit Cup and Cookie Announcing!! 2015 Westkirk Mission Trip - Athens, Greece! We are excited to announce the 2015 Westkirk Mission trip will be to Athens, Greece. Our plans are beginning to take shape and we wanted to share some of the basic information you may need to decide whether this trip might be for you! Dates: October 3-11, 2015 Cost: $2,500 Objectives: We will be visiting Westkirk supported missionaries, Argyris and Dina Petrou. We’ll visit their various ministries, explore Corinth and the Acropolis, and help in their work of reaching out to the youth of Athens. More information will be coming. If you are at all interested, please contact Brandon Mick or Sue Holcomb soon. This trip is limited to only 8 people. Call to Annual Meeting. This is the official call by the Session for the Annual Meeting of the Congregation of Westkirk Presbyterian Church on Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. Please mark your calendar and plan to attend. The evening will begin with a potluck supper in the Great Hall at 5:00 p.m. Bring your favorite dish to share. The business meeting of the congregation will follow at 6:00 p.m. The Nominating Committee will present the candidates for the offices of Elders and Deacons to be elected. The financial report will be reviewed and the 2015 budget will be presented for approval. Your presence and vote are very important to the life and health of Westkirk. Reserve the evening of Sunday, January 25, 2015 now! Attention: those who like to knit and crochet. We have an opportunity to provide warmth and comfort to the girls and women who have been involved in sex trafficking in Des Moines and who will be coming to Dorothy’s House. We would like to provide hand knitted or crocheted afghans for them. What a wonderful way to show our Christian love and caring. This can be done out of the comfort of your own home – no meetings to attend. Use whatever pattern and yarn you desire but something washable would be preferable. If you have any questions please contact Cynthia Fisher or Sue Holcomb. We look forward to having you join us in this ministry. Souper Bowl Sunday. We invite you to participate in Hope Ministries’ Souper Bowl Sunday on February 1st by bringing cans of any variety or brand of soup and putting them in the red Campbell’s barrel located in the Narthex by February 1st. The soup will be used to stock Hope Ministries’ pantries and to feed those who come to the shelters for meals. Let’s fill this barrel to the brim and provide nice hot meals for many needy people. Thank you for being a blessing to those in need. Urbandale Food Pantry Item for January Diapers (size 4-6 and pull-ups) Additional Resources on Church Discipline Pastor Michael's sermon series, "Guarding One Another: Church Discipline Today," takes its outline from the small group study guide of the same name that is available for your Housekirk in our small group resources collection. The sermon series focuses on these passages: Hebrews 12:3-11 Colossians 3:12-17 Galatians 6:1-5 Matthew 18:15-20 2 Corinthians 2:5-11 For your own study, note also: 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 From Chapter 30 of the Westminster Confession of Faith: WCF 30.3 Church censures are necessary, for the reclaiming and gaining of offending brethren, for deterring of others from the like offenses, for purging out of that leaven which might infect the whole lump, for vindicating the honor of Christ, and the holy profession of the Gospel, and for preventing the wrath of God, which might justly fall upon the Church, if they should suffer His covenant, and the seals thereof, to be profaned by notorious and obstinate offenders. The Westkirk Book of Government, Membership Vows: 5. Do you submit yourself to the government and discipline of the Westkirk Presbyterian Church to the spiritual oversight of this Session, and do you promise to promote the unity, purity and peace of the Church? The Westkirk Book of Discipline, §1-5 Purpose of Discipline: The exercise of discipline is highly important and necessary. The purpose of discipline is to maintain the honor of God, to restore the sinner, and to remove offense from the church. Ministers must instruct the officers and congregation in discipline and jointly practice it in the context of the congregation and courts of the church. Westkirk Presbyterian Church 2700 Colby Woods Drive, Urbandale, Iowa 50322 515-253-0330 [email protected]