February 25 – 26 is the 35th annual retreat at Camp Chrysalis (near Kerrville, Texas) for the Family of Gethsemane. Please consider being part of the fun!

The theme: “Transformed by Grace on the Mountain” —Matthew 17:1-9. Registration forms/information available in the narthex.

This is a very special opportunity for friends and all members of the congregational family: singles, couples, those with and without children, from the very young to the not so young in years, but all young in spirit.

All are “Called by Grace” to come enjoy a relaxed, informal time, to share thoughts, histories, dreams, conversations, laughter, songs, the bread and wine of communion, the fresh air of the hill country, and good food.

“Led by Faith”, you may climb to the cross on the mountain, read your Bibles, play, eat, visit, and rock on the porch.

“Welcoming All to Share God’s Love”, we will meet new friends and have time to relax and be with those we may not know so well. This is a great event to invite friends to share in the family life of Gethsemane.

Please print the 2017 Family of Gethsemane Retreat Brochure and return to Dar, Belinda or Pastor Susie by February 21st.

WEDNESDAY MIDWEEK CONNECTIONS

January 18 – February 22, 2017

The names of persons having received the final commendation of the baptized community since All Saints Sunday, 2015 will be read during 8:15 & 10:30 a.m. festival liturgies. Family members/friends are invited to light a candle in memory of their loved ones.

The faith community is blessed by saints having lived their baptism as well as those with whom the Gospel is lived today.

All Saints Sunday reminds the church community, that by the grace of God, the baptized live and die in God’s mercy and love:

• Charles Lynn Barker (10/27/2015)
• Rocio Alejandra Hernandez (10/30/2015)
• Manuel Ciriaco Garza (11/3/2015)
• Donald Wayne Snowden, Sr. (11/19/2015)
• Eunice Elaine Swening Waller (12/10/2015)
• Gwendolyn “Gwen” Johnson Ericson (12/17/2015)
• John “Duke” Grover Whitcomb (1/10/2016)
• Pauline May Clunis Jones (1/17/2016)
• Glen Allen Courtright (1/22/2016)
• Susan Loretta Nichol (2/8/2016)
• Sylvia Christina May (1/14/2016)
• Barbara “Babs” Kelly Warren (2/6/2016)
• Rachael Elizabeth Floca Hernandez (2/13/2016)
• Wyatt “Sonny” Ashley Driskell (3/6/2016)
• Frances Ann Hyltin Bornemann (3/3/2016)
• Karin Corbett Ozuna (3/3/2016)
• Stanley Malcolm Berkman (3/8/2016)
• Clifford Kite (2/22/2016)
• Martha Dehrlein Johnson (3/30/2016)
• Kitty Claude Deane (5/5/2016)
• Sandra “Sandy” Gail Wrubel Jones (5/7/2016)
• Joyce Lillian Hudson Kingsbury (5/8/2016)
• Clarence Monte Anderson (5/17/2016)
• Claude Lane Gann (6/5/2016)
• Ronald Godwin (6/7/2016)
• Daniel Kurt Lambert (5/21/2016)
• Chizuko M. Morita Adams (7/5/2016)
• Arthur Connor (8/16/2016)
• Robena Leona Hodgson Rushing (9/3/2016)
• Robert Brice Mosley, Jr. (9/20/2016)
• Kileen “Kay” Marie Menem Freitag (9/29/2016)
• Phat So (10/3/2016)
• Rose Marie Stenson Jones (9/11/2016)

“For all the saints who from their labors rest. All who by faith before the world confessed.”