NORTHMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NEWSLETTER
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Happy New Year!
In 2021 you gave me a wonderful opportunity to renew my ministry and lead worship. I shall always be grateful. You are a congre-gation that has shown me grace and generosity. Thank you.
For a variety of reasons, I have resigned my position effective January 31. I have an assortment of personal health problems that individually are not especially serious but taken in combination have made it increasingly difficult for me to continue as your interim pastor. Next month I shall celebrate my 78th birthday, and my body is just not as resilient as I might like to pretend.

This coming Sunday, January 9, I have to attend to a family matter that has just come up. I will be available all week as usual for any conversations or pastoral emergencies. After that there are still three Sundays left in January, and I shall be here to continue my ministry and worship leadership through the 31st.

Your PNC is working hard on discerning who your next installed pastor will be. They have a difficult job, and the pandemic has further complicated their responsibilities. Keep them in your prayers.

Blessings to each of you. The Lord will bless the continuing ministry of Northminster Presbyterian Church.

Pastor Jim
THIS SUNDAY at NORTHMINSTER

THIS SUNDAY WE WELCOME
DAN CALLAHAN
TO OUR PULPIT
THIS WEEK'S SCRPTURE READINGS
OLD TESTAMENT READING
Isaiah 43:1-7

GOSPEL READING
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
SUNDAY'S SERMON

"Baptism: His and Ours"
by Dan Callahan

LAST SUNDAY'S SERMON
"Presents for the Baby"
by Pastor Jim Crawford

Attendance on 1/2 - 25

BEGINNING SUNDAY, JANUARY 9
Sunday school for adults will begins this Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 9:30 a.m. in the church parlor. The class facilitator will be Perry Lazich and Jeff Weltman will assist. Perry has years of experience leading adult classes at Christ Presbyterian Church and is excited to lead us at Northminster.
Ministry Partners for Sunday, January 9
Liturgist - Dee Downerd
Ushers - Jim McKelvey & Kent Scherpenisse
OFFERING PROCEDURES
  • Place your offering envelopes in the plate as you enter the sanctuary.
  • Mail in your offerings or drop in the mail slot.
  • Click the DONATE tab located on the website.
GIVING STATEMENTS
for 2021
Year end statements will be available in the narthex on Sunday underneath the bulletin board. By picking up your statement you save North-minster the cost of postage.
If you are unable to pick up your statement, it will be mailed next week.
THIS WEEK at NORTHMINSTER

CHOIR PRACTICE
CHOIR PRACTICE TONIGHT AT
7:00 PM
THE MINISTRY of NORTHMINSTER

GIVEN TO DATE:
$735.00
RAHAB MINISTRY
DONATIONS
RAHAB MINISTRY meets the needs of women and children who have been caught in the sex trafficking industry.
Liquid Laundry Detergent
Liquid Fabric Softener
Lysol Bathroom Cleaner
Lysol Spray

Donations can be dropped off during the week between 9:00 and 12:00 or brought in on Sunday.

JANUARY
BIRTHDAYS

2 - Sherry Jacobsen
13 - Debbie Spies
20 - Joyce Rake
23 - Corey Phillips
24 - Ben Verble
26 - Mike Jacobsen
29 - Kenzie McKelvey
30 - Tina Morris
JANUARY
ANNIVERSARIES

31 - Jerry & Susan Hill
NORTHMINSTER HOMEBOUND
This Week's Featured Member

SCOTT TANNEHILL
St. Luke Lutheran Community
220 Applegrove St. NE
North Canton, OH 44720
Scott is quite ill. Remember him in prayer.
PRAYER REQUESTS

IN ORDER TO KEEP PRAYER REQUESTS CURRENT PLEASE
CONTACT THE CHURCH OFFICE TO
UPDATE OR REMOVE REQUESTS ON A REGULAR BASIS.


  • Nancy Curtis is at St. Luke's for rehab.
  • Robin Cutcher (friend of Cindy Taylor) is doing well. Continue to pray for her healing.
  • Mark DeGalen (friend of Cindy Taylor) is in remission from bile duct cancer and being continually watched by his doctors. Please continue to pray for him.
  • Todd & Cooper Downerd (son and grandson of the Downerds) - Continued prayer for physical and emotional recovery.
  • Kelly Holmes and family. Kelly's father has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
  • Jayne Kidder is in hospice care (Level 6).
  • Pastor Nominating Committee: Jerry Hill; Jeannine Swaffield; Jeff Weltman; Ginny West; Jim York
  • Joyce Rake - Weekly dialysis.
  • Mark Reels - Cancer
  • John Ritchie (coworker of Susan Verble) - Lymphoma
  • Carl Simpson (Joanne Sogan's son-in-law) - Medical condition.
  • Larry Sprandel (son-in-law of Joanne Sogan) is a paraplegic (15 years). Please continue to pray.
  • Scott Tannehill has Covid and is very ill.
  • Browning West (16) (grandson of Chuck & Ginny) - In need of your continued prayers.


WAYS YOU CAN SERVE
at Northminster
SERVE AS...
  • An Offering Counter
  • A Driver for Joyce Rake
  • A Liturgist
If you can serve on a regular or occasional basis, contact Barb in the church office.
Office Hours
Monday - Friday / 9:00 a.m. to Noon
2022 Per Capita - $30.59
The amount for 2022 is the same as 2021!
ON the CALENDAR
JANUARY 16
Fellowship Hour