Thank you, Melissa Mc, for volunteering to serve as our new More Hands 4 God coordinator. A cooperative ministry of the Disciples in the metro Atlanta area, More Hands 4 God takes place every October at God’s City of Refuge. We look forward to another awesome event this fall.

Global Ministries Sunday will feature several persons from LFCC who have travelled to visit our partners at the Christian Hospital, Mungeli, India. We will commission our new pilgrims during the 10:50 a.m. worship service. Envelopes will be provided for your donations that will go directly to the hospital to meet their current needs.

Save the date: New deacons, deacons returning after a year or more off the board, and our new deacons-in-training are asked to put February 5th on your calendars. We are working on coordinating the best possible time early in the afternoon, so that you can get home for the Super Bowl pre-game!

The Leadership Council will not meet on February 5th, due to the Super Bowl.  However, a planning session is scheduled for Saturday morning, February 11th at 9:00 a.m. All leadership council members are expected to attend this session in lieu of their monthly meeting. In addition, if you lead or are interested in leading one of our ministry teams, Christian Education, Worship, Property, Outreach and Mission, or Budget and Finance, please plan to attend.  Please contact Dan Burgart, board chair, for more information.

TAP (Theology and Practice) will meet February 7th at Jim n Nick’s Suwannee at 6:30 p.m.

Our Adult Sunday School class under the direction of Kara Russell has begun a study of Max Lucado’s book, Six Hours One Friday. Kara has extra copies of the book, or you can purchase your own (many used copies are available online. The class is reading chapters 2 and 3 this week. 

Disciple Women’s Variety Show Postponed We have decided to postpone the variety show until the fall. Because we have chosen a holiday weekend in February we are having quite some difficulty getting enough entertainment to make it work. We will be making some decisions about the show at the next meeting so please be thinking about how you might help. 

Disciple Women’s (CWF) Book Circle February Selection. The book selection for February is “The Shack” by William P. Young. . The book discussion will be on Saturday, February 25th at Panera Bread Company on Lawrenceville Suwanee Road at 10:00 a.m.

Mid Week Manna The Disciple Women will be in charge of the Lenten meals just like we did last year. They are on Wednesdays starting February 22nd. The meal should be simple like soup and sandwiches with fruit or a simple dessert. Just water and either tea or lemonade to drink. We will need at least one person to host each week but it would probably work better if we can pair up so no one is doing it alone. Here is the schedule:  Wed. Feb. 22, Wed. Feb. 29, Wed. March 7, Wed. March 14, Wed. March 21, Wed. March 28. Please let Jennifer know if you would be willing to help either by donating the meal or with set-up & clean-up. This was very successful last year and it did help encourage attendance to the Wednesday night Lenten devotionals. Dinner starts at 6:10 p.m.

We continue in prayer for: Jennifer B, Susan G, Chris K, Kris J, all with health concerns; Mildred P; Frank & Gen’s friend, Cindy; Stephen W’s Aunt Peg; Connie W’s cousin, Donald; Rod’s cousin in Afghanistan; Anna’s sister, Cheryl; Eileen Mc; Bessie’s Aunt Doris; Bessie’s nephew, Clyde; W.O.; Jim W's father, Jim Sr.; Nancy W; Alma’s brother in Indiana; Duck L’s son, Eddie; Sha P; Delores M; Reba & Virgil T; Matthew and Barbara Mc are expecting; Barbara J (Duck and Mildred’s first cousin), diagnosed with throat and mouth cancer; Tadd’s aunt and Hoyt’s sister-in-law, Faye W, has stage 4 lymphoma; Rosie’s foster sister; Mildred’s son-in-law, Donald, recovering; Grace A has asked for prayers to Nigerian homeland in crisis, where her daughter is a representative in the government; Kara R’’s uncle, Shelby; Judy K’s family – prayers for her mom; 104 year old dad; brother, who has stage 4 pancreatic cancer; Kevin K, recovering; all of our caregivers.

Please add to your prayers: Gen and Frank’s friend, Cindy, is going to NIH to remove brain tumors and part of her spine; David C’s friend, Ray, has 3 months to live; David R’s father was hospitalized; Jan T’s  nephew, Brian, will be in long term rehab; Elizabeth’s colleague, Fred T, passed away; Hoyt’s sister-in-law, Faye; Barbara J, has throat and mouth cancer; Jimmy’s cousin, Tim, is having a tumor treated successfully with injections; Melissa B, recovering from gall bladder surgery; the family of Lorraine P; Jan’s great nephew, Justin; Alma’s grandson, Peter, begins radiation next week.

DOC weekly prayer requests: First Christian Church, Warner Robins (Rev. Darrell Vandervort, Minister); Disciple Peace Fellowship (Kathy Coogins, Program Director); Hiram College (Thomas Chema, President).