Christmas Caroling

Friday December 16th

This event is open to EVERYONE!  We will be boarding a bus and sharing the joy of our Saviors birth with our shut-ins and area nursing homes. This is a great family event! All are welcome, the more the merrier!  We will have hot chocolate and doughnuts on the bus.

We begin at St. John's at 6pm and try to return by 9pm.  Bring your friends and your friends friends~  open to all not just members of the church.

This is my favorite event of the year and I know if you join us you too will feel the same.  It is such a joy to bring a smile to the faces of so many!

Make you own handmade Chrismtas Cards!

Make you own handmade Chrismtas Cards!

Christmas Cards--2 Dates-Different Cards each day!

Class One--Saturday November 12--10 am -3pm
Make 10 Christmas Cards -- all different!
You will need to supply your own envelopes and adhesive.


Class Two--Saturday November 25--10 am - 3 pm
Make 10 Christmas Cards -- all different!
You will need to supply your own envelopes and adhesive.

If you do both classes you will have 20 different original cards to send to your loved ones.  Please be sure to RSVP early!  Seats are limited.


No experience needed.  Call Mary Jo  812-2639 for more details.  You must RSVP to have supplies ready for you.

Planning meeting tonight!

All right ladies!  I know I have not been posting on here but I am going to give it one more shot and see if we can get members to use it to know what is going on with the women of St. John's.  Hopefully we can promote it better this time around.

Please join us tonight as we plan the 2012 events!  We will be working on budget and dates for events.  Bring any ideas you may have or just come to fellowship with us.  See ya there.

Where: St. John's west room
When: 6:30 pm  Tuesday-November 15th

Our First Annual Women's Retreat!

More details coming soon!

Women's Retreat

 

Where

Holdiay Valley Resort

More Info

We would love to have you join us. Our retreat will be featuring the Loving Well study by Beth Moore. You won't want to miss this. Time for connecting with other women of faith and building a stronger relationship with Jesus! The event will be all inclusive and have four different price choices.

We need your help with our newest fund raiser!

Card Party Fund Raiser Planning Meeting
Thanks to everyone who has been offering to help out with this fund raiser.  We will have our first planning meeting on Monday, April 11 at 7pm.  Please join us!  The are many ways to help.  Won't you consider joining us. We will need people to help plan, to help set up, to help clean up, to serve lunch, prepare lunch,  to help get donations for basket auction, to help run basket auction, to help partner up card players with groups on day of event and so much more.  Anyone can help so don't be shy! Call Mary Jo at 716-662-7888 or yourrep@roadrunner.com.

Join us on Tuesday Evenings for a book study.

5 Love Languages Book Study

What if you could say or do just the right thing guaranteed to make that special someone feel loved? The secret is learning the right love language!  We will be spending seven weeks, leaning, sharing and discovering though the study of the Book The 5 Love Languages.  Won't you join us.  Beginning on Tuesday April 5 and continuing each Tuesday through May 24th.  We will not meet on April 19 as many will be going away during Spring Break.  First meeting will be at St. John's and we will discuss moving to an off site location--Mangia, Panera, Coffee Shop or other.  Meeting will run from 7pm to 8-8:15.  If you will be needing a book please let Mary Jo know at 716-662-7888 or yourrep@roadrunner.com.

Bottles for Babies

Do you remember this fun event last year.  Well we are doing it again!  You will be able to pick up a baby bottle at any of the services on April 9th and 10th.  Start saving your change now!  The thank you letter from last years donation is hanging on the Women's ministry bulletin board!  We did a fabulous job--let's do it again!  All funds raised go to the Harvest House Baby Ministry located in South Buffalo.

Do you need this today??

God put it on my heart to share this video here--so I am assuming one of you need it today!

A thank you from Operation Write Home

Our next card making date for cards for soldiers will be held on September 10th. We will have the congregation sign the cards on September 11th, the anniversary of the bombings.  Hope you will be able to help us!

Save the date NOW!

Save the date.  We are all set for a wonderful night of relaxation and fellowship.  We are sending out the date early so you can mark your calendars!

3 M Night--Movie --a real chick flick
                   Munchies -- pizza
                   Massages -- I have two people lined up so far but if we need more we can get more.

This is going to be super fun and we hope you will be there.  More details will be given as the time gets closer but be sure to mark your calendars NOW! 

Feel free to leave a comment with you choice of movie. 

Love this--something to think about.

The question for each man is not what he would do if he had the means, time, influence and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has.

Frank Hamilton