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WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS
SPRUCE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday, October 11, 2020

CHURCH SERVICE-Church will be open Sunday.  If you are feeling unwell or uncomfortable please stay home.  Please follow our Church guidelines.  

Weekly Sunday Announcements will be sent out every week. As we look for ways to improve, we will let you know.  We will keep you updated as Session moves forward.  
Pledges can be mailed to the Church (PO Box 37 Spruce, MI 48762), submitted on the church website or brought to Sunday worship service.
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Please contact Bonnie by Church email if you have any new announcements: sprucepres@hotmail.com.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact:
Pastor Ken 989-335-1106 or email: kenkrause@al.upsem.edu
Ted Fines 335-4500/335-3443 egfines@charter.net
Kristian Benghauser 471-2088 k_benghauser@yahoo.com  
Dick Nelson 600-9247 sprucemembership@gmail.com
Sue Skibbe 356-9491 sueskibbe@hotmail.com
Chris Fines 335-4500 cafines@charter.net
Gary Cattin 586-292-4854 gcattin55@gmail.com
Rick Flatt 734-664-8147 rcf1252@aol.com

2020 Church Resolution                                                                    
We resolve to become the people which God has called us to be.

Congregational Meeting 
There will be a Congregational Meeting on Sunday, October 25th at 3 pm.   
 
Session 
Will be on Tuesday, October 27th at 5:30 pm.   
 
Daylight Savings 
Don’t forget to Fall Back 1 hour on Sunday, November 1st at 2 am.   
 
Remembrance Service 
Will be on Sunday, November 1st at 9 am. 

Church Pens 
We have free Spruce Presbyterian Church pens complete with the website.  Please pick yours up at the church.   
 
Peace and Global Witness Offering 
This October we celebrate peace and participate in the Peace and Global Witness offering.  This is the Season of Peace.  This time encourages the church of our time to cast off anxiety and fear, discord and division, and embrace our reconciling God's mission with those around the corner and around the world, as active peacemakers - at all times in all ways.   
So how will the offering be used?  Our church keep 25% of the money collected and it will be given to Hope Shores Alliance which supports people experiencing domestic violence and/or human trafficking.  25% goes to mid councils, joining with other congregations in our presbytery to support peacemaking work in our region.  This money is available to us through Presbytery Congregational grants.  The remaining 50% is used to engage in peacemaking and build ministries of reconciliation done by Presbyterians around the world.  These programs include providing services to women in prisons in Washington State; HIV and AIDS education in Malawi, Africa; promoting anti-violence school programs in Baltimore, Maryland just to name a few.    
We will be collecting the offering during the month of October.  Envelopes are on the back table by the offering plates. If you mail in your offering you can note on your check that it should go to the Peace and Global Witness offering.  The noisy offering for October will also go to this offering.  It will be taken on October 25th.  Please give generously. 
 
Donations 
In this time of need, when more people are unemployed and in need of food, and kids are home instead of school, we can give locally to help.  If you are interested and able to give, you could make a donation to either or both of the local pantries.  Thank you. Mission Committee 
 
Sunrise Community Food Pantry  PO Box 81, Spruce, MI 48762.    
 
Alcona Food Pantry  PO Box 342, Harrisville, MI 48740.  
                                                                                      
Elder of Month: 
Dick Nelson
​989-600-9247 
    
Church Funds                                                                                    
If you have any questions on any specific Church fund please see Ted Fines or Pastor Ken.  
 
Per Capita                                                                                           
Per Capita is still $38 dollars a year, if you want to pay yours for this year or last year, please note on envelope or check.  
Offerings to date as of 9/20/20: $33,942  
Budget for offering to date as of 9/20/20: $41,800 
Per capita received to date: $420  

SERVING IN THE LORD'S HOUSE ON October 25th                        
Liturgist:    Janet Nelson 
Sermon:    Pastor Ken Krause 
Organist & Choir Director:    Linda Knight   
 
 TOGETHER WITH PRAYER 
For the week of October 26, we ask that you pray for: 
First Presbyterian Church, Rudyard 
 50 ~ Members  

SERVING IN THE LORD'S HOUSE ON November 1           
Liturgist:    Sue Skibbe 
Sermon:    Pastor Ken Krause 
Organist & Choir Director:    Linda Knight
  
Scripture Lessons for November 1: 
New Testament: Revelation 7:9-17 
New Testament: 1 John 3:1-3