Three Things You Need to Know from the Deacons

The Diaconate met on Sunday January 18, 2009 immediately following a wonderful Laity Sunday worship service that highlighted our church's history.

Here are the three things you need to know about that meeting:

1) The Season of Lent will be here before you know it! And the Deacons and I had a wonderful discussion about the traditions and customs of the Encanto Community Church during this holy season. Ash Wednesday is February 25th and we will have our traditional soup supper at 6PM followed by a worship service at 7PM. We also discussed plans for Palm Sunday (April 5), Maundy Thursday (April 9), and Easter Sunday (April 12). My birthday on April 13 was not discussed, but feel free to add that date to your calendar too!

2) A small group of Deacons (Jan and Betty) agreed to help me revise and revamp our Wedding Guidelines and procedures. A new working document will be brought to the February Deacon's Meeting.

3) In wrapping up January as "Church History Month" at Encanto Community Church we discussed plans for the next step, which involves "Filling in the Gaps Sunday". During a Sunday in February (date still to be determined) we will take intentional time during Coffee Hour to walk from sheet to sheet in the Fellowship Hall, look over all the wonderful pieces that are a part of each decade's history here at the church, and ask ourselves, "What did we forget? What is missing?" Then we will fill in those gaps and write in those details on our History sheets. Look forward to hearing more about it, and keep in filling in those sheets until then!