Submission by Dan Martella

Welcome to Worship! Today we celebrate the growth and vitality of the King's Kids Pathfinder Club.

Welcome To the Merrimack Valley Church! Today we celebrate the growth and vitality of the King's Kids Pathfinder Club. Our speaker today, Rob Colon, is Youth Evangelist for the Southern New England Conference and Pastor of the Sterling Church.

Tomorrow Morning at 10:30 we will meet with the Tewksbury First Baptist Church to share thanks for their many years of shared hospitality with our congregation. We will present them with a gift and host the refreshment table. Bring cookies, coffee cakes, pastries, juices, etc.

The Church Board will meet on Monday evening at 7:30. Please be prompt.

The Midweek Connection will begin on Wednesday evening at 7:00 under the direction of Gustav Mergenthaler. The evening will include singing, Scripture memorization, a discussion of Little Prayer, Big Prize, and prayer.

The Pathfinders will meet Wednesday evening at 6:00. Wear field uniforms.

The Compleat Parent Seminar begins next Friday night at 7:00 with presenter Nancy Van Pelt. Because of food preparation, pre-registration is especially important. Call Ingrid Mergenthaler today at 603/894-7295.

Becoming a Contagious Christian has been rescheduled to begin on Tuesday, February 19. This 8 week course in friendship evangelism will help you discover your witnessing style, how to turn conversations into witnessing opportunities, how to share your personal testimony, how to make a Gospel presentation, and how to lead your friend to Christ. Contact the Pastor to register.

The Inaugural Organ Concert has been rescheduled for March 23.

A Blood Drive and a Bone Marrow Donor Drive will be held at the church from 3:00 - 8:00 pm on February 28.

Honey, I Shrunk The Church Debt would make yet another great comedy for the wacky inventor Wayne Szalinski. Your faithful zap each month will enable us to shrink the remaining debt on the new church construction and to advance the important ministries in this congregation. January income for Church Budget: $ 2,114.37. Needed: $ 3,725.00. January income for Building Fund: $ 2,842.76. Needed: $ 3,166.00.

With Sympathy: Jill Hodson's Grandmother, Martha Jane Carruthers, passed away this past Sunday. Funeral home visitation will be hosted at Anderson-Bryant Funeral Home, 4 Common St., Stoneham, MA this coming Thursday from 2:00 - 4:00 pm and 7:00 - 9:00 pm. A tribute to Martha Jane will be held during the worship service next Sabbath at the Stoneham Church.