Announcements

Mar 9th – Children’s & Youth Ministries Round Table 6:30pm
Mar 10th – Soup Supper & Lenten Presentation 6:30pm
Mar 8th – 11th Morning Prayer, 8:00 am
Mar 9th – Children’s & Youth Ministries Round Table, 6:30pm
Mar 10th – Evening Prayer, Holy Eucharist & Healing, 5:30pm
Mar 10th – Soup Supper & Lenten Presentation, 6:30pm
Mar 11th – Contemplative Prayer, 11:00am
Mar 12th – Stations of the Cross 5:30pm
Mar 14th – Executive Committee Meeting after the 10am service.
Mar 14th – Youth confirmation class 3:30-5:00pm.

Special Wednesday Evening Lenten series beginning Wednesday February 24th thru March 17th: During Lent, we will be offering a Lenten presentation on the big screen of “Christianity the First Thousand Years”. A soup & bread supper and the presentation will begin at 6:30pm directly after the Wednesday evening service that starts at 5:30pm. Please plan to make this part of your Lenten devotions this year. There is a sign-up sheet in Polycarp if you would like to provide soup or bread for one of the evenings. Contact Heather Steiner for more information at (928) 532-1508.

Lenten series beginning Wednesday February 24th thru March 17th: During Lent, we will be offering a Lenten presentation on the big screen of “Christianity the First Thousand Years”. A soup & bread supper and the presentation will begin at 6:30pm directly after the Wednesday evening service that starts at 5:30pm. Please plan to make this part of your Lenten devotions this year. There is a sign-up sheet in Polycarp if you would like to provide soup or bread for one of the evenings. Contact Heather Steiner for more information at (928) 532-1508.

Stations of the Cross: Would you like to lead the Stations of the Cross on one or more of the Friday’s during Lent at 5:30pm? The dates available are Friday, Feb. 26th, March 5th, 12th, 19th or 26th. If so, please sign-up in Polycarp Hall. Materials and training will be provided.

Sign-ups are now being accepted for “Fun in the Forest” Camp 2010. Sign up before March 1 and save $20. You may also register online at www.chapelrock.net. Scholarship assistance is also available. Camps begin June 6th. For more information and dates of the camps, please see the brochure in Polycarp Hall.

Palm Crosses for Palm Sunday. All are invited to join the altar guild in making the palm crosses for our Palm Sunday services. The crosses will be made on Wednesday, March 24th from 9-11am in Polycarp Hall.

Women’s Group 9am in Polycarp Hall on 6 March.

Men’s Group 8:30am @ Addi J’s on the 6th of March.

Supporting Our Troops: 16 boxes were mailed on March 2nd, bringing the total this year to 31. This is a wonderful start to the year. Let us all ensure our wounded are remembered when they are so far from home and feeling very much alone this Easter. We will mail Easter cookies, candy etc., on or about March 23rd to ensure arrival in time for Easter. Please try to get all your contributions to the Church on Sunday March 21st or to the office by March 22nd. Oatmeal, chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies seem to evaporate once the boxes are opened and the contents viewed! If you are unable to cook, please hit the stores and find the bargains! This program really does make a tremendous difference to the patients and staff. Keep up the great work. Thank you one and all.
Peter G Bish

All are invited to a round table meeting to discuss our Children's and Youth Ministries on Tuesday, March 9th from 6:30-7:30pm in Polycarp Hall. The ideas, comments and suggestions offered at this meeting will form the basis of our planned revitalization of Children‟s and Youth Ministries at COS. Please join us for this important open discussion. Your input is vital and welcomed. Parents, grandparents, and Godparents are particularly invited toattend.

Author Jeremy Taylor will be at St. Andrew‟s Episcopal Church in Sedona on March 19-20 to present his workshop on dreams. Full price is $40 including reception and lunch on Saturday – for more information please call the office.

Health Kits – March is Soap Month! The health ministries team are now collecting specific items for kits that will be sent to Lutheran World Relief for distribution to displaced persons around the world, including those affected by war and natural disasters. March is soap month! Please drop off 4-5 oz (bath size) individually wrapped bars of soap at the Parish Nurse Corner in Polycarp Hall! Thanks for your support.
Carol Anton, R.N, Parish Nurse

The Rev. Dr. Ruth A. Meyers will present “I Will with God’s Help: The Baptismal Covenant in the Anglican Communion” at noon on April 13th at the All Saints’ Episcopal Parish in Phoenix. Cost is $18. For all the details, see the bulletin in Polycarp Hall.

“So Long Insecurity” will be featured Saturday, April 24th from 9am to 3pm at the First Baptist Church of Pinetop. Tickets are $20 and this includes your lunch. Please see the bulletin in Polycarp Hall for more details.

Hope Cottage, Flagstaff is the Outreach Project this year. The conference will be held at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Flagstaff on Saturday, April 17th from 8:30am to 3:30pm. Cost is $6.00 plus a pound of sugar, flour, salt, etc. The sign-up sheet and agenda are in Polycarp Hall.

Are you interested in deepening your relationship with God? Join us in the Chapel on Thursdays from 11am – noon for contemplative prayer.

Dear church family,

Please phone announcements by Wednesday afternoon each week to the church office at (928-537-7830) or use email at cos5147office@frontiernet.net

If you would like to give Altar Flowers in honor or memory of someone you love, simply put your name and the person or persons you wish to honor or remember on the signup sheet in Polycarp Hall. Use the envelope located in the Pew Pack to pay for your flowers – make certain you mark your envelope with your name and the person you are giving the flowers in honor/memory.

We recently received a generous gift of 10 copies of the Lutheran Book of Worship. To enhance our Lutheran services and broaden the hymn choices, we are planning to purchase more copies of the LBW, and an altar book. If you would like to purchase and dedicate one or more of the new LBWs (at $25 per gift), please write LBW in the memo line of your check and enclose in one of the offering envelopes with your dedication.

Thanks to everyone who uses GoodSearch as their internet search engine. This is free and easy money for us, and everything we receive will go into the Capital Development Fund. Click: www.goodsearch.com/Default.aspx to make GoodSearch your first and favorite search stop, and then make The Church of Our Saviour (spelled: SAVIOUR) your designated beneficiary today!

eScrip! Each of us needs to renew our participation in the eScrip program if we are to continue to get funds. It's easy to do. Just go to www.escrip.com with your Safeway club card number and click on "Yes renew".
Ron and Marty LaMar

If you need help to sign up for eScrip – stop by the office this morning after services and Shelley will gladly help you get up and running on this simple way to earn money for The Church of Our Saviour.

Policy for Protection of Children and Youth from Abuse: Vestry adopted the Church of Our Saviour Policy for Protection of Children and Youth from Abuse on 12/14/2008. A complete copy is available in the church office and the library

The Lenten season is a particularly appropriate time to consider the Rite of Reconciliation of a Penitent (see pages 446-452 in the Book of Common Prayer). Confession is an ancient practice of the Church and is not confined to any season of the year. However, many choose to make a formal confession to their pastor during this period. If you have any questions, or would like to make arrangements to make your confession, please let me know.
Susan+

We are interrupting the Book of Revelation Bible Study until after the Lenten season.

Beginning February 21st through March 21st we will be studying Galatians chapter 5 and The Fruit of the Spirit. Please join us at 9am in Polycarp Hall each week of Lent to learn more about the fruit of the Holy Spirit in our lives and our community. Week 1, Week 2, Week 3,

There are many relief agencies working to help the people of Haiti. If you would like to check out a highly rated charity, please go to www.charitynavigator.org. If you would like COS to forward your donation to ERD, please write “Haiti” in the memo line of your check.

Please sign up for your Easter lily and dedication today. Cost is $15, please write ‘Easter lily’ in the memo line of your check, or be sure to put your name on the envelope if you pay cash.

Nursery care is now available during the 10am service. To continue to make this possible, we are looking for two volunteers per week to rotate as caregivers. Please sign up in Polycarp Hall if you would like to share your love by serving the youngest members of our community in this way!

Click: Our Saviour's Voice Newsletter for other announcements and articles only found in the newsletter

● Would you like to read Sunday’s lessons before you come? Click on: Liturgical Calendar for Upcoming Weeks With Links to the Bible Lessons.
Choose the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) Scroll to the date desired. Then click on RCL (not BCP). That’s because at the last General Convention, the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) was chosen as the official lectionary of the church. It is not hugely different than the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) lectionary, but using it puts us in sync with most Protestant churches. One additional bonus is that it gives us an option, in the Sundays following Pentecost and continuing to Advent, to read Old Testament lessons in sequence. That’s the option we are using this summer. So when you get the lessons off the web, always select the first OT reading. The change of Sunday lectionaries does not affect the Daily Office lectionary in the prayer book.

Click below to find the e-Pistle link http://www.thechurchofoursaviour.org/Links.html

Calendar to be updated when it is available

Click: February 2010 Worship Leader Calendar
Click: March 2010 Worship Leader Calendar
Worship Leaders Needed: Come and be a part of Worship Service by becoming part of the Worship Leaders Team! Lay Readers, Acolytes and Chalice Bearers are needed for both 8 am and 10 am services! Training is provided. If you would like to be part of the Sunday service Worship Leaders Team, please contact Lynda Klinger at 367-0914 or the church office at 537-7830.

Living Hope Women's Centers and Hope House Maternity Home are seeking donations of diapers, Clorox wipes, disinfectants, money, toilet paper, paper towels, high chairs and other baby furniture, and office supplies like copy paper. If you would like to support this local organization that assists about 400 women each month, please bring any of the requested items to the office and we will ensure that Living Hope receives your gift. For more information please see the bulletin board in Polycarp Hall. Thank you!

Shape Up! In Body, Mind and Spirit. We have started a 30-minute gentle exercise program in Polycarp, followed by a short walk around the neighborhood beginning at 10am on Thursday mornings. Please see the signup sheet in Polycarp Hall, if you would like to join us.

● Four headphone sets for the hearing impaired are now available. Those wishing to try out the system may retrieve the wireless unit from the piano at the back of the church. Simply turn on the unit, fasten it to your belt (or whatever) and put on the headphones. If you find that you would prefer a headphone set from home, you are welcome to bring it next time and plug it into the remote receiver unit. Let’s see how they work and order a few more if necessary. Please provide your feedback to Cliff Spencer, Junior Warden.

“Butterfly Boutique”, Family and Advocacy Center, and Community Food Pantry is now open. The White Mountain SAFE House has created this unique opportunity to serve our community. Please stop the boutique at 1663 W. White Mountain Blvd. in Lakeside, and see what is available. Donations and volunteers are always welcome. You may also find out more by calling 928-368-4066, or by visiting the SAFE House website at www.wmsafehouse.org.

YOU CAN HELP The Outreach Team is gathering items for the Bread of Life's Wish List. Bread of Life Mission provides a home to those who have been hit hard by the economic crisis, have lost their homes or have had to leave their homes for other reasons. When you are shopping do you see any of the items on the Bread of Life Wish List on sale - or is the price reasonable? If so, why not pick up just ONE item that is on the Wish List and put it the collection basket in Polycarp Hall. If we all purchase just ONE item when we are out shopping, think of what we can fulfill on that Wish List! God bless you for your generosity! We are currently collecting clothing for men, women, and children, especially, socks and underwear, sweatpants, flip flops (to wear to and from the shower) toilet paper, cleaning supplies, paper products and canned goods.

As some of you may have read, the Love Kitchen was broken into again. The Director’s office was trashed causing approximately $1,000 in damage. They are now looking for donations to install plexi-glass windows and bars. Let’s see if the Church of Our Saviour can help. Make checks payable to COS with Love Kitchen in the memo portion of your check.

Have you gotten yours? At the rate they are selling, summer will see us sold out. Don’t miss out! The price is only $10 and all proceeds go to outreach. They are available in the office or in Polycarp Hall after services.

Parish By-Laws: The Parish By-laws have been amended by your Vestry. Copies are available in the office and by request.

The Episcopal Church Year Calendar is now available in the office for $2. This is a great resource for your daily prayer and celebration of the various feasts and fasts of our liturgical year. Supplies are limited, so please stop by the office soon!

Click: 2009 Annual Meeting Report
Click: Annual parish meeting 1-31-10
Click: 2009 Mid-yr parish meeting 8-30-09
Click: 2008 Annual Meeting and Report 18 January 2009
Click: 2008 Mid-yr parish meeting 8-30-09
Click: 2007 Annual Report
Click: 2007 Annual Report Minutes

CLICK HERE FOR: Approved Vestry Minutes

Outreach Team Update - FaithWorks in Tanzania. Glen Allen and staff member David Patton, of our partner in ministry FaithWorks will be heading out to Tanzania to shepherd the disbursement of your generous Outreach gifts, and the matching grant monies from the Diocese of Arizona. The monies were designated to set up a new feeding station for the hungry and poor in the region of Karatu, Tanzania. Glen requests our prayers for their trip planned for April 11-19.