Trunk or Treat

Honoring Julia

Part of Sunday's dinner was an opportunity to honor Julia Major, our church Administrative Assistant, who will be leaving November 1, after four years at Northminster. We feted her with cards, gifts, and good words. In this picture Julia (right) is hugged by Carol McElroy.

Northminster's First Ordination

On Sunday, October 28, Northminster hosted the first ordination by the Presbytery of Florida. Our own Mike W. was ordained by the presbytery; he will be minister of First Presbyterian Church in Elberton, Ga.

Presbyteian Women's conference in Georgia

I had the opportunity over the weekend to speak at the Synod women's conference at St. Simons Island. I saw a few old friends from PW leadership in other presbyteries. I had the opportunity to spread the word of disaster preparation. It was a good event.

Missionary Speaker next week

Next Thursday (Oct 25) at 7pm Ellen Dozier, a Presbyterian missionary to Guatamala, will speak at Northminster. Plan to come for dessert and her talk.

There is a good article on the PCUSA web site about the work she and colleagues do there. The article starts out with a story of Ms. Wiseman, then talks about Rev. Dozer.

There is a information and a video about Rev. Dozier on her home page.

Concert this Sunday

I am so excited about Bryan's concert here Sunday evening at 6. Youth will gather at 5; we'll have a game and dinner. Everyone is invited. Many youth from churches in the presbytery are coming.

A Special Birthday (in a strange place)

One of our church members, Estelle, was in the hospital for her 80th birthday. A group of us went and transformed the waiting room into a 'party room.' Here is a picture of the event. Please pray for everyone involved.

Northminster is the kind of church where we often have special birthday parties in strange places -- it is one of the things I like so much about it.

Documentary movie about Katrina recovery

A friend from Cursillo is working on a documentary about Katrina and the role of volunteers and work groups. You may click below to see one story from the documentary.