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Volume 5, Issue 15 May 31, 2013
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Summer Youth Activities
808 Games Begin!
Incoming Freshmen - Seniors June 9 5:30 at Bruce Jones' house. Dinner Provided
If you are looking for summer activities for your youth, 808 Games is where you will find it. Every Sunday night during the summer, we will provide dinner and both athletic/ non-athletic competitive games for youth. Contact Evan Davis for a schedule of times, locations, and events.
June 2
Kids are meeting at Panera Bread on Randal Rd (1492 South Randal Rd. Geneva) at 5:30. This is just a time to hang out and relax as the summer begins.
VBS June 10-14
If any junior or senior high youth are interested in helping out with Vacation Bible School. Please contact Sam Wolf. sametallica@aol.com
There is also a Meeting on June 2 at 12:00 at St. Mark's
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Local Outreach
Salvation Army Food Pantry
Our next ingathering take place the weekend of June 1 and 2. Please bring paper goods such as toilet paper, facial tissue, napkins, and paper towels. Bins will be located at all entrances of St. Mark's.
Hesed House
Our turn to provide food and serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner is Monday and Tuesday, June 10 and 11, with a sandwich-making party 3:00 t0 5:00 pm Monday. Please sign up in the narthex today to join the sandwich party, provide food, or serve in Aurora. Contact Deacon Steve or Lela Lowe for more information: 630.208.7150.
Lazarus House
St. Markers are needed to donate food and serve dinner on Saturday, June 22 at Lazarus House. Please check the signup sheet in the narthex for needed food items or to serve the evening meal.
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Summer Children's Programs
Sunday School:
June 2 No Sunday School.
June 9: Sunday: Summer class starts June 10 for preschool-Grade 2.
June 10-14: Vacation Bible School-sign up now! Contact Sam Wolf, 630.232.4400; Miss Carol, x12, or online at www.stmarks-geneva.org.
June 16: Sunday: Vacation Bible School presentation in 9:00 am worship.
Vacation Bible School, Monday-Friday, June 10-14, 9:00 am-noon.
Sign up now! Volunteers and donations of supplies also needed-see lists in the narthex. Contact Sam Wolf, 630.232.4400 or Carol Rennolds, 630.232.0133x12,cerennolds@sbcglobal.net.
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Banns of Marriage
We publish the Banns of Marriage between Aimee Schneider of Geneva and Bob Spring of Geneva. If any of you know just cause why they may not be joined together in Holy Matrimony, you are bidden to declare it. This is the third time of asking.
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The Week Ahead
Friday, May 31
No events scheduled
Saturday, Jun 1
8:00 am
Rector's Study
Men's Bible Study
(Temples')
3:00 pm
Private family party
(fellowship hall)
5:00 pm
Holy Eucharist
(chapel)
7:00 pm
AA
Sunday, Jun 2
8:00 am
Holy Eucharist,
Rite I (chapel)
8:45 am
Prodigal Café
9:00 am
Holy Eucharist,
Rite II
Nursery
10:30 am
Holy Eucharist,
Rite II
Nursery
Read the Bible in a
Year (rectory)
Noon
VBS planning
(fellowship hall)
5:00 pm
Healing Prayer Service (Geneva
UMC)
Monday, Jun 3
6:45 am
AA
Noon
Bulletin deadline
AA
7:00 pm
Mission Commission
Al Anon
(3rd Grade Room)
7:30 pm
Property Committee
(library)
AA
Tuesday, Jun 4
9:00 am
Little Traveler
program
(fellowship hall)
Noon
AA
Wednesday, Jun 5
7:30 am
Healing Eucharist
(chapel)
9:00 am
Mom 2 Mom Group
Noon
Staff meeting
AA
5:30 pm
Isaiah (parlor)
7:00 pm
AA
OA
(5th Grade room)
Thursday, Jun 6
Noon
AA
5:00 pm
AA
Friday, Jun 7
Schneider/Spring
wedding rehearsal
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Coming Up . . .
Prodigal Café will reopen June 2. Come on back!
The Order of St. Luke Healing Service will be Sunday, June 2, 5:00-6:00pm, at Geneva United Methodist Church (2nd & Hamilton Streets).
Did you purchase a copy of the Patsy McGregor book Tamana but left it at church? Call Pat Wright who will return it to you (630.682.5785).
ASP Car Wash: Saturday, June 15, 7:00 am-2:00 pm in our parking lot. Support our youth!
Women's Book Group will read Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore for the June 23 meeting (date was changed from June 16 because it is Father's Day). Mary Ann Borgman will be hosting. There are about eight copies available through the Library.
The book for July is NOT available through the Library system. It is Washed and Waiting : Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality by Wesley Hill.
Help Needed: Join our group of dedicated Security Teams! Looking for husband/wife teams to close up and secure the building after 8:30pm each night for a week. Serve about every two months. Contact John Temple, 630.606.0074, JTemple886@aol.com.
Are you creative?
Volunteer to create one bulletin board a year for St. Mark's Adult Education. Fall: 8/4/13; Winter: 1/5/14; Easter: 4/6-25/14; Spring/Summer: 4/27/14. Contact Amy Reynertson, reynertson2306@comcast.net, 630.888.7984.
Save a life - Give Blood! Our annual blood drive is Sunday, June 9, 8:30am-12:30pm.
Sign-up now for flower dedications for this summer and fall. It's a nice way to remember a loved one or to celebrate an important moment in our lives. Contact Glorianne Campbell at gloriannescambell@gmail.com, 630.232.1132.
New to St. Mark's? Or want a refresher? Find your way around with our GPS class, a fun orientation to our life, faith, & traditions. Sunday, noon, May 19,or June 23. Sign up by the front bulletin board. Contact: Fr. Mark Tusken or Pastor Claudia Nalven.
Pastoral Care Needs? We must count on you to let us know of pastoral care needs for yourself or family members. Please call the office if there is a death in your family, someone is hospitalized, or you have other pastoral needs.
Please help us keep in touch: remember to update the office if you change your email or phone number, or drop your landline.
Bulletin announcements due by Monday, noon to bulletin@stmarks-geneva.org.
Newsletter articles due by Tuesday, noon to newsletter@stmarks-geneva.org.
Subscribe to our weekly e-mail newsletter, The St. Marker, by signing-up in the narthex.
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