Pastor's Column




START Sunday and Welcome Potluck Luncheon
September 12 Following Worship

Join us September 12 for the START of our new church year.  Children will meet their new teachers, families will meet our new Ministery of Children, Youth and Family - Amy Fairbanks, we will greet new students from the Chinese community attending university in St. Louis.  It will be a wonderful day to START again.  Following worship everyone is invited to go down to Wiese Hall for a potluck luncheon.  Please bring a favorite dish to share and join in the fellowship.

ESL (English as a Second Language) at Samuel!
Beginning September 16

An ESL class will be continued and offered at Samuel Church on Thursday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. for our friends from the Chinese Community and anyone who would like to learn English. If you would like more information regarding these classes, please contact the church office at 314-727-9540 or email info@samuelucc.org

 Living the Questions Study
Thursdays at 8:00 p.m.

This Fall Living the Questions will continue. We will meet from 8:00 to 9:30pm (to allow those in choir to participate in both if they choose.) Everyone is welcome. If you weren't a part of the gathering before, feel free to join us now. Each session can stand on its own, so check it out and come when you can.

Here is the Fall Living the Questions Schedule:

September 9 - Restoring Relationships
September 16 - The Prophetic Jesus
September 23 - Evil & Suffering
September 30 - No Class
October 7 - No Class
October 14 - No Class
October 21 - The Myth of Redemptive Violence
October 28 - Practicing Resurrection
November 4 - No Class
November 11 - Debunking the Rapture
November 18 - Honoring Creation
 

Samuel Block Party
September 26, 2010

We are having a Block Party and have invited our friends in the Samuel Pre-Kindergarten along with our friends in the neighborhood to join us.  Lots of activities will be included along with hot dogs on the grill.  Come and join us for the fun from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  Even better yet, everyone is invited to join us for worship at 10:00 and then we will party together following worship!
 

Samuel Blood Drive, September 27,

Appointments from 4:00 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
Please mark your calendars and give consideration to giving the “gift of life” on Monday, September 27th. Appointments can be made by contacting the church office at 314-727-9540.