Peace Presbyterian Church

ALPHA IS COMING

Bring your favourite questions to Alpha because no question is too simple or too hostile. We share dinner with your Peace family. Begins May, 2008.
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2nd Sunday of the month - Supper & Cinema

Bring your favourite prepared dish to share with your Peace family. We may set a theme for some of these, so watch for more details to come. We will follow with a moviie, theatre snacks, and discussion about the movie. Begins Nov. 11, 2007.
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ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING

Special offering collected Resurrection Sunday, a meaningful way to share God’s love with people experiencing need. In response to Christ’s love for all people, Presbyterians have joined Christians throughout the nation for more than 50 years in joyfully sharing with people in need. Your Resurrection Sunday gift supports ministries of disaster response, refugee assistance and resettlement, and community development in more than one hundred countries.
Our church raised $797.00 during our One Great Hour of Sharing in 2007.
For more information see the PC-USA website: www.pcusa.org/oghs/

“Feed My Sheep”

The Elk Grove Food Bank continues to serve many families in need. Your contributions are always appreciated. The first Sunday of the month has been designated for the donation from Peace Presbyterian. Donations may be made at any time and placed in the Food Bank Basket which resides in our Sanctuary’s Fellowship Hall. Thank you!

“EVER AGAIN“

If you missed our presentaion of the film “Ever Again”, it will be shown Monday May 14 at 7:30 pm at the Varsity Theater in Davis (616 2nd Avenue).
This new feature documentary by Moriah Films, a division of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, examines the current dangerous resurgence of violent anti-Semitism throughout Europe - spurred by the exhortations of angry Muslim Imams and neo-Nazis who openly urge murder and destruction to their rapidly growing army of followers. EVER AGAIN is narrated by Kevin Costner (winner of two Academy Awards for Dances With Wolves), directed and co-written by Richard Trank (Academy Award winner for The Long Way Home) and produced and co-scripted by Simon Wiesenthal Center Founder and Dean Rabbi Marvin Hier (winner of two Academy awards for Genocide and The Long Way Home). Michelle Reardon of the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Greater Sacramento Region will facilitate a discussion after the screening. Admission is free and open to the public.
Moriah Films.

Internet Evangelism Day

29 April 2007
A resource for churches, Bible Colleges and other groups.
http://ied.gospelcom.net/

THE PENTECOST OFFERING

Taken during worship Sunday, May 11, 2008 (also Mother’s Day). This Presbyterian Church - USA offering began 1989 to help children at risk, youth and young adults. Our congregation will keep 40% of this offering to help children in our community. If you know of a worthy charity that supports children and young adults in our community, please contact one of Elders. And please wear red to church Pentecost Sunday in honor of this special offering!

RELAY FOR LIFE

There’s a way you can personally help the fight cancer. And it’s right in your own backyard! Sparked by One Man’s Hope... Relay For Life(R) is the American Cancer Society’s signature activity. It began in 1985 in Tacoma, Washington when Dr. Gordon Klatt walked for 24 hours to raise money for the American Cancer Society. He raised $27,000 that first year. Since then, Relay For Life(R) events around the world have raised a billion dollars to support programs aimed at eliminating cancer... Elk Grove alone raised $383,000 since 2005! Peace Presbyterian Church has raised $13,317 since 2003, yes that’s right, $13,317.00! I am looking for a Team Captain to represent and form the Peace Presbyterian Church team!

On Saturday, May 19, 2007, the American Cancer Society Relay For Life(R) of Elk Grove will bring together people in your community who’ve been touched by cancer. It is a day filled with fun, fellowship, and festivities. It is a time when people you know and people you don’t know team up to raise public awareness about cancer in the community and raise funds to find the cure.

Relay, the Society’s signature event, is a night of fellowship, remembrance, and hope. This unforgettable 24 hours raises awareness and funds to save lives, help those touched by cancer, and empower people to fight back against this disease. With the money raised at Relay, your American Cancer Society is working toward an important goal -- a future without cancer.
Become a part of this amazing movement and help fight cancer.
-- For more information please contact Gaylene Hall:
ElkGroveRelay@EGHalls.net or call 916.685.3520
www.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=192158.

OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL MISSION

Elk Grove Cleanup days
www.yourcsd.com/events/upcoming.asp. What a great way to service our community and be good stewards of the environment!

PEACEMAKING OFFERING

Sunday October 1: 2006
The Peacemaking Offering is one of four special offerings designated by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church to support peacemaking initiatives and peace education throughout the church. The Peacemaking Offering is received by most congregations on World Communion Sunday, celebrated the first Sunday in October. Our congregation keeps a percentage to donate locally and the rest is used by synods and presbyteries and the General Assembly ministries through the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program. Peace collected $235.00 to support peacemaking initiatives and peace education through the church. Thank you for your generosity!

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LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY FUNDRAISING

1. Since February of this 2007, Deanna M. trained for the Rock and Roll Marathon in San Diego to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in 2007. Her family has been involved with the society since 1997 when her son, Jeremy, was diagnosed with Leukemia. He is now 11 years Leukemia free due in part to research funded by events such as this. Anyone that would like to support her by donating to this cause can do so by contacting her by phone or through the donation web-site at
   http://www.active.com/donate/tntsac/tntsacDMcConn
   
2. Additionally, she held a fund-raising event: June 16th 2007 at Peace Presbyterian Church, there was a “Creative Memories“ scrap booking party. The $20 registration included food, drink, door prizes and scrap booking fun for all!

Support Annette By Participating In The ALS Association’s Fundraiser

UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who supported the Annette through the ALS Association’s Walk to D’Feet ALS, which was held last Saturday, October 7, 2006. It was a gorgeous day and the weather was perfect for walking. Thanks to those who came out and walked and also to those of you who made donations and/or collected donations from others. We were joined by a number of people that Annette has worked with over the years who collected a significant amount of donations. The amount raised by our team was just over $5,000 as of Saturday but that number will be higher as many people turned in their donations on that day and they haven’t been added to our total at this time.

If anyone would still like to make a donation, you can go on-line to: walk.alssac.org [see link below] and make a donation to our team: “Annette’s Angels”. You can also give a check made out to the ALS Association to me and I will make sure it gets sent in.

The ALS Association, Greater Sacramento Area Chapter kicked off its annual Walk to D’Feet ALS. I am the captain of “Annette’s Angels” and I am asking you to join me in the fight against ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) by becoming a member of my team and/or making a contribution. I walked in honor of my good friend, and member of our church, Annette S., who was diagnosed with ALS in February. She is an inspiration to all of her friends and family. ALS is a fatal, neuromuscular disease, which attacks the motor neurons making even the simplest movements of walking, speaking and gesturing impossible. Ultimately the body becomes paralyzed, yet through it all, the mind remains unaffected.

The staff of the ALS Association helps families in their day-to-day struggle with ALS. They offer many crucial patient service programs, as well as fund cutting-edge research worldwide. Funds raised from the Walk will support those programs. Every ninety minutes someone is diagnosed with ALS. Please help by: joining our team and raising money to fight ALS (some terrific incentive prizes are available, depending upon how much money you raise) OR Making a donation, large or small to fight ALS. You may make a check payable to The ALS Association, mail your check to me or donate online at:
http://walk.alssac.org/site/TR?team_id=1770&pg=team&fr_id=1020
The event is October 7th 2006 at the Elk Grove Regional Park.
Thanks for your support, Kathy W.

  www.pcusa.org/pda/faq/donate.htm

Relief

There are two main ways we can help those affected.

• The first is to pray: for those who have lost loved ones; for those who are homeless and hopeless; for those who are unsure of the whereabouts of friends and family; for those ministering in the midst of the death and destruction.
• The second is by giving of our hearts and resources to help those in need. The Presbyterian Disaster Relief funds go directly to help those whose lives have been impacted by disasters.

Thank you so much for your generosity; our congregation has given over $1280.00 towards those in need from Hurricane Katrina.

Check out the Presbytery of South Louisiana website for: Pictures of the good work happening in South Louisiana; or to register a Work Team
http://www.pslrecovery.org/pages/1/index.htm