Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles, and other items to be
recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.

The outreach committee has enlisted 25 visitors to make calls on 
people who are not afflicted with any church.

The Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10. All 
ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B.S. is 
done.

Evening massage - 6 p.m.

The Pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation 
would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next 
Sunday morning.

The audience is asked to remain seated until the end of the 
recession.

Low Self-Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Please use the back door.

Ushers will eat latecomers.

The third verse of Blessed Assurance will be sung without musical
accomplishment.

The Rev. Merriwether spoke briefly, much to the delight of the 
audience.

The pastor will preach his farewell message, after which the choir 
will sing, "Break Forth Into Joy."

Next Sunday Mrs. Vinson will be soloist for the morning service. The
pastor will then speak on "It's a Terrible Experience."

*** Due to the Rector's illness, Wednesday's healing services will be
discontinued until further notice.

The music for today's service was all composed by George Friedrich
Handel in celebration of the 300th anniversary of his birth.

The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the 
church basement on Friday at 7 p.m. The congregation is invited to 
attend this tragedy.

The concert held in Fellowship Hall was a great success. Special 
thanks are due to the minister's daughter, who labored the whole 
evening at the piano, which as usual fell upon her.

22 members were present at the church meeting held at the home of 
Mrs. Marsha Crutchfield last evening. Mrs. Crutchfield and Mrs. 
Rankin sang a duet, The Lord Knows Why.

A song fest was hell at the Methodist church Wednesday.

Hymn 43: "Great God, what do I see here?" Preacher: The Rev. Horace
Blodgett Hymn 47: "Hark! an awful voice is sounding"

On a church bulletin during the minister's illness:
GOD IS GOOD.  Dr.Hargreaves is better.

The 1997 Spring Council Retreat will be hell May 10 and 11.

Pastor is on vacation. Massages can be given to church secretary.

8 new choir robes are currently needed, due to the addition of 
several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.

The choir invites any member of the congregation who enjoys sinning 
to join the choir.

Weight Watchers will meet at 7 p.m. Please use large double door at 
the side entrance.