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ADDRESS CHANGES. Please notify the Church Office of any address changes ASAP so that we can keep our church records up to date!!

REMEMBER OUR SERVICEMEN:

SPC Boggs, Michael
TF 201 Company B
Camp Buehring Camp
APO AE 09330

PV2 Myers, Rhyan
TF 201 Company B
Camp LSA
APO AE 09815

Items to send: Cards and Letters, Chips Ahoy Cookies, Oreo Cookies, Chicken-in-a-Biskit, Cheez-It Crackers, Brown Sugar and Cinnamon or Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Pop Tarts, Beef Jerky (cannot contain pork), chewing gum, candy (nothing that will melt), lip balm, baby wipes, etc. A box will be available in the Narthex for these items.

RACHAEL LANDES may be contacted by email at rlandes87@gmail.com. Her mailing address is Rachael M. Landes, c/o Tukurngailngug School, General Delivery, Stebbins, AK 99671. Check out her blog at http://topoftheworldteaching.blogspot.com.

CONGREGATIONAL CARE NOTE. When there are major illnesses, special needs, or other crises in our church family, please contact Rev. Long at revkaren84@gmail.com or the Church Office at keyserpc@frontier.com. Comments, feedback, and suggestions are welcome as well. Your help is very much appreciated!

TRANSPORTATION SERVICE. Anyone in need of transportation to the doctor, dentist, hospital, pharmacy or grocery store, etc., please call the Church Office at 304-788-2142 for a list of available drivers. Also, if you are available to provide transportation, let us know.

MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING PLEDGES. If you need envelopes, please contact the church office at 304-788-2142.

SHENANDOAH PRESBYTERY: A Heritage of Service. The History Committee of Shenandoah Presbytery is nearing the publication of the History of Shenandoah Presbytery. Expected to be available in late 2011, the Committee is offering the book at the pre-publication price of $32 plus $5 shipping for each copy ordered. This first history of Shenandoah Presbytery offers 450 pages of church profiles, an oversize fold-out map with church locations, photographs of all 110 churches, early histories of the Winchester and Lexington Presbyteries and lots of photographs! Order forms are available at http://www.shenpres.org/HistoryBook.html or you may call the church office.

PRESBYTERIAN DISASTER RELIEF. There are over 100 work teams that are ready to go to help with flooding and tornado damage. The need for money is overwhelming as this is the worst year of disasters since records have been kept. Kits are needed always. Thank you Circle 1 for stepping up to prepare them. Over 1200 have been sent so far. Remember, when you have nothing and are in a shelter, a personal kit is most welcome. They will be taken to Church World Service shortly. They have the transportation available to help. Meanwhile, thank you for the donations to the shower trailer outreach. We need to help all we can. All of us can remember our flood of '85.

Church News

4 CENTS-A-MEAL OFFERING will be received February 26. Thank you for helping the children collect coins to fight hunger. If you would like to participate, it’s easy! 1) Pick up a little jar from the gray cart in the lobby. 2) For each meal that you eat, place 4 cents in the jar. 3) Bring the jar full of money back on the 4th Sunday of the month and the children will collect the jars in their little red wagon. Proceeds go to our local Faith-In-Action Food Pantry and also to the Presbytery’s Bread for the World Fund.

SESSION DIGEST
January 2012

The Session of the Keyser Presbyterian Church met for the regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at 7:00 PM. The following actions are highlighted from the meeting:

►Welcomed the Class of 2013 to the Session;
►Heard a detailed report on the 2012 budget from Mark Boggs and Jean Fazenbaker, and adopted the budget, which will be presented to the congregation at the January 29 Annual Meeting;
►Recorded Session committee assignments for new elders (see the back of the bulletin for this list)
►Discussed rental and usage rules for outside groups for the Fellowship Hall, Heritage House, and the Multipurpose Building
►Learned that Ashly Knaggs has volunteered to direct 2012 Vacation Bible School, scheduled for the mornings of June 11-15. Stay tuned to learn how you can be involved!
►In compliance with the Book of Order, elected Sue Kyle as Clerk of Session for 2012, and Jean Fazenbaker, Ann Parrish and Jim Kyle as treasurers for 2012;
►Elected Charlotte Hott as elder representative to the February 11 meeting of Shenandoah Presbytery;
►Approved March 12-22 as vacation for Pastor Karen;
►Approved, with several changes, the Annual Statistical Report of the congregation which will be submitted electronically to the PC(USA);
► Agreed to move the monthly meeting of Session from the 4th Tuesday to the 4th Monday of the month.

Session NOW meets 4th Monday of each month

FEBRUARY GREETERS are Sam & Sandy Kalbaugh.

FEBRUARY COUNTERS are Jack & Carol Landes, Jean Burgess and Lynn Luvara.

FEBRUARY USHERS are Jeff Burgess (Head), Craig Fazenbaker, Ed Smith & Kirby Adkins.

2012 GIVERS ENVELOPES. Please pick up your envelopes today. Boxes are labeled and arranged alphabetically on the table in the Narthex. You may contact the church office at 304-788-2142 or sign the sheet on the table in the Narthex if we missed anyone.

CHRISTMAS JOY GIFT. Just a reminder that you may still donate to Christmas Joy Gift. Please use the Christmas Joy envelope from your box or make a note on your check.

POLICY HANDBOOKS are still available in the church office for anyone who did not get a copy.

REVEREND LONG’S home phone number is 304-788-5269.

REV. KAREN J. LONG'S EMAIL ADDRESSES: revren84@frontier.com and revkaren84@gmail.com

It’s that time of year! Time to start thinking about VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL! The Christian Education Committee is asking YOU to search your heart and see if YOU would be willing to devote YOUR TIME and TALENT to this program. If you are interested in taking on the job as director, please talk to Pastor Karen, Mary Jane or any member of the Christian Ed. Committee today.

MISSION STATEMENT. The Worship Committee would like to thank Tammy Trenter for her submission of a new mission statement for KPC. After discussion, it was decided to delay work on a new mission statement until the congregation undertakes the mission study which is part of the interim process in Shenandoah Presbytery. Meanwhile, if you have ideas for a new mission study, please jot them down and hold them until we write a new statement. Thank you!

THE WORSHIP COMMITTEE is seeking smiling, friendly people to serve as greeters before the worship service on Sundays. Greeters can help visitors with bulletins and questions they might have about our church. If you are a smiling, friendly person and you are willing to volunteer as a greeter, please see Janice Clem or Mark Trenter.

NURSERY. Children from birth to 6 years old are invited to enjoy our nursery. All children are to remain in the sanctuary until after they participate in the Children's Message. They will meet the volunteer nursery attendants in the Narthex who will take them to the nursery for the remaining part of the service. Session asks for volunteers to sign up on the sheet provided on the bulletin board in the Narthex. Thank you!

PRAYER CHAIN. The Prayer Chain will be done by telephone and e-mail. To activate by telephone, call Jean Burgess at 304-788-3430. If there is no answer, call Elrose Smith at 304-788-0384. The E-mail Chain can be started by sending a message to Elrose Smith at edelsm@frontier.com.

IF YOU HAVE CD’S of previous worship services at home, please return cases to the church office so that they may be reused. Call the office if you need someone to pick them up. We have ordered more cases but recycling helps us continue our CD ministry.