Laurel Blanchard has moved to Mount Vernon Rehabilitaton Center in Alexandria.  This has been a good week for her.  She is now opening her eyes more and is communicating with head nods and is trying to mouth words.  Her physical therapy sessions will take place 3 times per days for about an hour each time.  John says visitors are welcome.  For details, please ask either Pastor Jim or Pastor Carol.  Thanks to Bonnie Murphy and our Health Ministry Team for preparing meals for the Blanchard Family.  Happy Birthday to Josh Blanchard who had his 5th birthday party on Saturday, June 27.  John really appreciates all the prayers and best wishes from his Resurrection Family.
 

"Marked with the cross of Christ forever, we are claimed, gathered, and sent for the sake of the world."

 

We are an evangelizing church, and this mission flows out of a life attentive to God's Word and rooted in unceasing prayer for the Spirit's life-giving work with the Word. In the seven weeks leading to the start of the ELCA Churchwide Assembly on Aug. 17, I invite you to join in 50 days of renewed and focused prayer around the Scriptures that will be used at the assembly, when your co-workers in the Gospel are daily gathered, centered and sent into mission. 

 

Rev Mark S. Hanson

 

A proposed social statement on Human Sexuality comes to the 2009 Churchwide Assembly in August. Our own Virginia Bishop Jim Mauney has crafted a pastoral letter to us all regarding Recommendation One of the Task Force's Report and Recommendations.  Read the Introduction first and then follow the included link to the Pastoral Letter. 

 

The Property Team would like to recognize and thank Frank Jacobeen, Norm Sahley and Berrie Patton for spreading three loads of mulch on the West side of the new building.  These folks have worked hard to ensure the new plants are going to survive the summer heat, retain much needed moisture and to reduce weed growth.   The area looks great!  Thank you.
 

On the Sunday after the Congregational Meeting, the offerings looked healthy for a third Sunday in June.  M&M was over $8,000 (usually just over $6,000) and Building was over $5,000 (usually just over $2,000).  Our hope is to end our fiscal year 2008-2009 with no deficit in our M&M account.  In March we were about $21,000 in the red.  At the end of May we had reduced this to just over $4,000 in the red.  
 

Mr. David Coleman Sr., (who recently painted the RLC narthex, hallways, and old fellowship hall, the L-3 office building in Stafford, and the garage floor at our home) has 45 years experience in residential and commercial painting.  If you need some painting, call him at:

(540) 785-3784.   

 

Know a good craftsman looking for work?  Send me their contact info and I'll share it in the next Website News!