Our float trip is still on schedule for this Saturday, September 12.  Reservations need to be made by Thursday at noon.  If you would like to come, please contact Jonathan Kimball directly (jonathankimball@gmail.com).  If you are alone but want to share a canoe, he will do matchmaking.  Cost is $35/canoe, $25/kayak, $20/private haul.  We will meet at the church at 8:15 am and should return around 5:00 pm.  The river level is pretty good, and weather looks good (if a little cool).

Directories are in each officer and/or employee’s folder.  Others are on the table outside the office for distribution.

Brochures are printed and placed on table in sanctuary, pamphlet holders downstairs from office and area going into the fellowship hall.

I also replaced the visitor bags with up to date brochures.

The title of Reverend Lou Ellen Hartley’s sermon for the week of September 06, 2015 is Hospitality for Life based on scriptures from James 2: 1-17.  The hymns for Sunday are O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing; God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending; Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love; and Go With Us Lord.

Worship begins at 9:45 am, followed by fellowship at 11:00 a.m.  Our church provides a Nursery during worship service.  First Presbyterian Church is located at 919 E. Tenth Street in Rolla.  Our website is www.rollapresby.org.

Our informal worship service, FIRED UP! is held Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the Sadler Chapel.

A new Bible study is held each Monday morning at 10 am (excluding holidays).  Everyone is welcome.

Float trip will be Saturday, September 12 from Cedar Grove to Akers Ferry.  Information and signup is posted outside the church office.  Meet at the church at 8:15 am to car-pool.

The fall General Meeting of the Presbyterian Women with lunch will take place in the Fellowship Hall on Saturday, September 19, from 11 am – 1 pm.  The speaker will be Rachel Allison, Director of the Preschool.

Join us at Matt’s Steakhouse at 5:30 p.m. for our First Friday Night outing.

If you are missing a lanyard with two keys on it, check with Betti Jo in the office.

The title of Reverend Lou Ellen Hartley’s sermon for the week of August 30, 2015 is Pure Religion Looks Like This? based on scriptures from Mark 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21-23 and James 1: 17-27.  The hymns for Sunday are I Come with Joy; All Creatures of Our God and King; Today We All Are Called to Be Disciples; and Lord, Make Us Servants of Your Peace.

Worship begins at 9:45 am, followed by fellowship at 11:00 a.m.  Our church provides a Nursery during worship service.  First Presbyterian Church is located at 919 E. Tenth Street in Rolla.  Our website is www.rollapresby.org.

Our informal worship service, FIRED UP! is held Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall.

Please consider contributing to offset the cost of the sandwiches and salads (from the Coffee Mine) for the Presbytery Day lunch this coming Thursday.  Please give contributions directly to Betti Jo in the church office.  Thanks very much.

Choir will not practice this week but will resume on September 2.

The title of Reverend Lou Ellen Hartley’s sermon for the week of August 23, 2015 is Greetings and Salutations based on scriptures from Ephesians 1: 1-2.  The hymns for Sunday are Be Thou My Vision; How Lovely, Lord; and Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing.

Worship begins at 9:45 am, followed by fellowship at 11:00 a.m.  Our church provides a Nursery during worship service.  First Presbyterian Church is located at 919 E. Tenth Street in Rolla.  Our website is www.rollapresby.org.

Our informal worship service, FIRED UP! is held Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall.

Everyone is welcome to join us for a new weekly Bible Study on Mondays at 10 am in the Sadler Lounge.

Besides a lunch at noon on Thursday, August 27^th, plans for Presbytery Day include an opportunity to learn more about John Calvin Presbytery and the Presbyterian Church (USA) from Rev. Melana Scruggs in the Sadler Lounge at 10:30 am.