Announcements – Vol. 62, No. 8

Church Workday

It’s that time of year again when flowers begin to peek out of the dirt after their long sleep, trees sway in the wind waking up their roots, and the grays and browns of winter turn into little green beginnings of leaves or buds of color. The amazing gift of creation of nature is not only for us to enjoy but to offer a pretty setting for the church experience of others.

If you would like to get your hands in a little dirt to plant some flowers, do some digging, or other tasks needed, please join us on Saturday, April 30, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the church courtyard. Bring your garden gloves, your favorite garden tools (shovels and rakes could be handy), and we’ll have donuts to start our time together. Water will be provided, too.

Mobile Market

We love partnering with the St. Louis Area Food Bank to get free groceries into the hands of families in need in our community. Anyone is welcome to come get groceries on the second Monday of each month, at 10:00 a.m. (until the food runs out).

Our upcoming 2022 dates will be:

  • May 9
  • June 13
  • July 11
  • August 8
  • September 12
  • October 10
  • November 14
  • December 12
Deacon Recommendations

Qualifications/Expectations

  1. Choose persons who meet the biblical qualifications set forth primarily in Acts 6:1-7 and I Timothy 3:8-13.
  • A man of honest (good) report (Acts 6:3).
  • Full of the Holy Spirit (Acts 6:3).
  • Full of wisdom (Acts 6:3).
  • Full of faith (Acts 6:5).
  • Grave (I Timothy 3:8); reverence for spiritual matters.
  • Not double-tongued (I Timothy 3:8).
  • Not given to much wine (I Timothy 3:8).
  • Not greedy of filthy lucre (I Timothy 3:8).
  • A holder of the faith (I Timothy 3:9).
  • Tested and proved (I Timothy 3:10).
  • Blameless (I Timothy 3:10).
  • Christian family life (I Timothy 3:11-12).
  • Husband of one wife (I Timothy 3:11-12).
  • Ruling their children and their own houses well (I Timothy 3:12).
  • Bold in the faith (I Timothy 3:13).
  1. Choose persons who can serve well.

 

(Full recommendation forms can be found in the Connection Center and can be turned in to a Deacon, church staff, or church office.)