Rev.
Samer Azar from our Partner Congregation will visit Grosse Pointe
January 16-February 3! This visit is a cooperative effort between
St. Paul Lutheran and Grosse Pointe Memorial Church.
Rev. Azar
is the pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
in Amman, Jordan. Born and raised in Jerusalem, Pastor Azar
received his theological training at Makumira University College (the
Lutheran Seminary in Tanzania, Africa,) Classes at the seminary
are taught primarily in English, but Swahili is the language of the
people. Pastor Azar can speak Swahili, and spent time with the
Tanzanian people during his time in seminary.
Pastor Azar
will be joined on this visit by his wife Abla and their two sons, Naser
and Daniel. For more information about his congregation, visit
www.elcjhl.org and follow the link to congregations on the side of the
page.
You can meet with Pastor Azar in a number of ways during his visit:
In Worship
Sunday, January 22 (9 a.m. and 11 a.m.) at Grosse Pointe Memorial Church
Sunday, January 29 (10 a.m.) at St. Paul Lutheran
Joint Congregational Dinner
Sunday, January 22 at Grosse Pointe Memorial Church
6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Cost $7.50 per person
RSVP 882-5330 or reservations@gpmchurch.org
Mid-Week Seminars
In
addition to offering his unique perspective on the Arab Spring as a
Christian in the Middle East, Rev. Azar intends to address the
following in a series of midweek seminars:
* Challenges facing the Middle Eastern Christians with Special Reference to the Christians in Jordan.
* Two thousand years of Christianity in Jerusalem.
* Christian witness in a Muslim context (92% of the population in Jordan is Muslim.)
* The history and mission of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land.
These seminars are intended for two separate audiences. Morning and evening sessions will cover the same material.
Morning seminars held at Grosse Pointe Memorial Church:
Monday, January 23 and Wednesday January 25.
9:30 a.m. -11:00 a.m.
Child care is available at these sessions with prior arrangements. Contact Martie Nellie at 882-5330.
Evening seminars held at St. Paul Lutheran:
Tuesday, January 24 and Thursday, January 26
7:00p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Friday lunch seminar at Grosse Pointe Memorial Church:
10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. RSVP for the lunch at 882-5330 or reservations@gpmchurch.org
Cost $5.
Annual Meeting Information
Thank
You" for your participation in this year's stewardship response program
entitled "MAKE IT SIMPLE." We hope that your experience in this was
spiritually enriching. As a congregation we have experienced rich
conversation, thoughtful reflection, and prayerful discernment
concerning simple living and our stewardship of the abundant blessings
we receive from God. We have experienced a good response in estimates
of giving through the Commitment Cards. And we have grown as a
community of faith in the covenants that we have made with one another
in the use of the Covenant Cards.
If you have not responded with
your Commitment and Covenant card please take this opportunity to
participate. Now is the time to live your faith and grow in the
community of God. You can either drop them
off in the pledge box on Sunday, mail the card to chruch - attention
Gretchen Archinal or email the information directly to Gretchen at
gretchen.archinal@stpaulgp.org.This process helps us in planning the
budget for 2012.
Once again, thank you to all for your support.Click here
for the following: Percentage Giving Chart; Household
Giving Step Chart; and Commitment Card and Covenant Card
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