Karen, Ethan and I leave on Thursday to get E set up at Ottawa University (Kansas). Karen and I will return to Oakland on Sunday afternoon. Classes at Ottawa begin on Monday. Thank you for your interest, support and continued prayers.
Allison will preach this coming Sunday. Paige Bence will be our soloist. Jim Armstrong will be our guest organist. Allison's sermon title is our Christian Formation theme for the the year – "Let Us Work For the Good of All." The theme is taken from Galatians 6:10, I Corinthians 10:24 and Deuteronomy 22:3.
The family and friends of Idella Berry as they mourn her death. Idella passed away on Monday evening.
The August meeting of the Church Council will be on Tuesday evening, the 23rd at 7:30.
Congratulations to Jennifer Pancoe who is receiving her Master of Science in Nursing (Adult Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist) from San Francisco State on Saturday.
The funeral for Ideall is tentatively scheduled for next Monday at Fouche Hudson Mortuary with the repast to follow at the church.