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Please made it a priority to attend the Annual Meeting on January 27,

following the 10:45 service in the Fellowship Hall. Copies of the Con-

stitution and Continuing Resolutions are located on the bench in the of-

fice area if you would like a copy. We will be having a potluck luncheon

and if your last name begins with A-J please bring vegetables; K-P

brings salads, and Q-Z brings desserts. Meat and cheese trays will beprovided. Luther League will be providing childcare following the mealfor those attending the annual meeting. Preschool children will be in the

nursery and elementary children will meet in the gym.

FOR THE YEAR 2013

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WOMEN OF THE CHURCH

All women of St. Mark are in-

vited to attend our Bible study

on Tuesday, January 8, 10:30a.m., in the Fellowship Hall.

Please bring a sack lunch to be

enjoyed during our business

meeting. Readings are availa-

ble in the church office or refer

to the Lutheran Women Today

publication. For more infor-mation contact Cindy Acker-

man at 567-225-2844.

THURSDAY MORNING

PRAYER GROUP

ST. MARK SENIORS

St. Mark Seniors will meet for

lunch and fellowship on Thurs-

day, January 17, 11:30 a.m., at

the Oregon Inn. Please contactRuth Kinsel, 419-693-7800, for

reservations and information.

THEOLOGY ON TAP

Our mens bible study, invites

you to ENTER, SAVOR, EXPE-

RIENCE and WALK with others

and engage in thoughtful discus-

sions about your spiritual journeyas a Christian. We meeton Mon-

day evenings from 6:30-8:00 in

the Chapel. If you have ques-

ADULT CHRISTIAN

EDUCATION - ACE

Our Adult Christian Education

(ACE) classes for the New Year

will focus on the 'Basics of Chris-

tianity with a Lutheran Perspec-

tive.' These classes will be held in

the Ladies Lounge during the

Education Hour between our ser-

vices and will be led by Ron

Fournier, our Pastoral Assistant.

This will be a great series forthose new to the Christian faith as

well as a refresher for those who

may have forgotten a few things

along the way, or for those who

want to delve deeper. Part One of

this series will begin on January

13th. The topic of this 5 week

session will be on The Professionof Faith where we will take a his-

torical look at the Apostles' Creed

and the Nicene Creed, followed

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Notes from the Youth Director

1 John 3:18-20 Little children, let us love, not in word or speech , but in truth and action.19And by this wewill know that we are from the truth and will reassure our hearts before him 20 whenever our hearts con-demn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year! I want to say thank you to all of you

who have supported the youth in the year 2012. What a great journey for us! We had many successfulevents: we held a Youth led worship service on January 1, Candlelight Dinner, Golf Outing, celebrated thehigh school seniors, attended the ELCA National Youth convention, participated in the 30 hour famine,supported Just Pancakes and volunteered our time, supported Souper Bowl for caring and many more funactivities.

I would like to thank those of you who came to worship December 30 with Rew!nd and Rachel Kurtz.What a special gift to our congregation to have a well-known Christian artist share in the word and theamazing ministry led by our very own youth band, Rew!nd. We are so blessed to have youth who canshare in the word through their gifts of music! I would like to give a big THANK YOU to the Susor clanand all their sidekicks who helped prepare an amazing breakfast for the congregation and guests.

I have decided since early fall that I would like the congregation and the high school youth to get acquaint-ed with one another. Therefore, every Sunday for the last few months a congregation member comes andintroduces themselves to the youth and shares in their journey here at St. Mark and their walk of faith. It

has made a positive impact on our youth as they have shared in their reflection with the adult leaders ofMerge that their words are encouraging, motivating, and inspirational. I welcome anyone who is willing tospeak to the high school youth and would appreciate your words and time. If you feel called to do this,please contact me at [email protected] or 419-691-3597 or 419-704-0622. Thank you to those who

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MERGE

Our high school youth program meets everyWednesday evening from 7-8:30 p.m. and

Sunday mornings from 9:30-10:30 a.m. All

high school youth 9th 12th grade are welcome

Whisk Away the Winter Blues

Our 2013 Whisk Away the Winter Blues Scrapbook Eventwill be held Saturday, February 23rd, from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00p m Proceeds will go to: 50% St Mark Family In Need

CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE

The Constitution Committee is comprised of Rita Carter, Chairperson; John Jenkins, Leslie Carr, Mike Liv-

ingston, Barry Ramlow, Kent Rhubright, Tom Susor and Pastor Beth Giller. We have been meeting since

April, reviewing the current St. Mark Constitution and Continuing Resolutions. We reviewed other

churchs constitutions for their council structural layout. We have spent a considerable amount of time re-

viewing and updating our Constitution and Continuing Resolutions. We need the congregation to vote onthe Constitution to accept the changes. We will be presenting the Constitution changes at the annual meet-

ing in January and then again at a special meeting in the spring. It takes two special meetings with votes at

each to implement the changes. The Church Council has to vote and approve the Continuing Resolutions.

Due to the volumes of paper that would be used to print a copy for everyone, if you need a copy of the Con-

stitution and or Continuing Resolutions please contact Pat Henry in the church office to get a copy or have

her send you an electronic version. Please feel free to contact Rita Carter or anyone of the committee mem-

bers for any questions or concerns you might have.

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PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY

Do you like to Knit or Crochet?Or do you know someone whodoes? We would like to start up thePrayer Shawl ministry. Shawls willbe donated, prayed over and pre-sented to people in need of prayerand comfort. We have instructionsfor the shawls available. Shawlscan also be sewn if you are a seam-

stress. Contact the church office orCheri Summers at [email protected] or 419-509-7053 ifyou would like to help.

MENS DARTBALL SCHEDULE

Thank you to my church family for your prayers, visits and wellwishes while I was in the hospital and recovering at home. TheSt. Mark members are a testament of Gods grace for all. Thankyou.

- Joy Roecker

Lee and Elsie Pfouts would like to thank everyone for submittingBox Tops for Education and labels. They have made two ship-ments this year so far. On May 9, they sent 576 box tops and 780labels and on November 9, they sent 416 box tops and 1,310 la-bels. Since they started this project, they have sent 8,810 boxtops and 29,600 labels. Please continue to collect and submit

these items. Thanks again!

The care that the Clark family received from our faith communityand solidarity of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, other church-es, and organizations helped us find hope and healing through thegrueling six-month passing of Florence M. Clark, as she fell intothe spiral of death. The family of God loves so deeply; and we

are so thankful for your comfort, support, and prayers.- The Clark family

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WHISKAWAYTHE WINTERBLUES SCRAPBOOKPARTY

SATURDAY, FEB 23, 2013at 9am 9pm

StMarkLutheranChurch

611 Woodville Rd, Toledo OH 43605

We heard what you said...and are doing it! table Famous soup and salad lunchGames Italian Night DinnerVegetarian options Beverages provided!Prizes VENDORS will be present!A Muse Studio Close To My Heart Stampin Up and more!

You will be able to scrap your heart away until 9pm!

All for $25! ($35 after Feb 9, 2013)Make check out to: St. Mark Lutheran Church

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AMELIA ANDROWS & HELEN FELT by FlorenceAndrows.

FLORENCE CLARK by Barb Miller.

ROGER FREIMARK by Mr. & Mrs. Garey Sherer, Pas-tor & Mrs. Al Baumann, Mr. & Mrs. Barry Ramlow,Irene Ewersen, Mr. & Mrs. Jack Schultz.

PHILIP HOEDT by Pastor Gerald & Ilean Labuhn.

ESTHER HOFFMAN by Mr. & Mrs. Al Zeckzer.

BRAYDEN MOON by Peggy Dorr.

DALE SCHIMMING by Barb Ritzenthaler, Mr. & Mrs.Bob Marquette, Margene Spring, Mr. & Mrs. Cliff Bury,Deb Lofquest, John Jenkins, Mr. & Mrs. Keith Kwiat-kowski, Jean Oberkiser, Sandy Schneider, Mr. & Mrs.Robert Long, Debbie Weisinbacher, Mr. & Mrs. John

Kohlman, Mr. & Mrs. Dave ONeal, Mr. & Mrs. BobDerker, Mr. & Mrs. Carl Miller, and Mr. & Mrs. DonHolmes.

DEAKON JAX LOYER, the son of Mi-chael and Deana (Deluca), December 9.

ROGER FREIMARK, age 82, died Decem-ber 11. Interment Williston Cemetery.

GET MOVING

Faith is the word that describes the direc-tion our feet start moving when we find thatwe are loved. Faith is stepping out into theunknown with nothing to guide us but ahand just beyond our grasp.

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DIVINE DOLLARS

Please stop by the Welcome Center to see the list of vendors,ask questions, or place an order.

Register your Kroger Card! Go to https://customer.kroger.com/Login.aspx

If you do not have an account already, you will need toopen one... its free and you will just need to register youremail and create a password

Once you have your account, go to Commu-

nity Rewards

Here you will enroll St Mark their ID is

82129 You can also download and print off coupons s

and check your gas point rewards from thissite.

If you are still having problems registering your card, pleasecall customer service at 1-800-576-4377 or technical support,1-866-221-4141, while at your computer. Thank you.

Get your Spire delivered to you viaEMAIL! The St. Mark Newsletters website is available for you to get the Spireemailed to your inbox where you can viewit and print it! And then, to reduce post-

age costs, you can contact the church of-fice to request that it not be sent via snailmail.

Simply register at http://stmarknews.sytes.net and fill out theregistration page. Youll get a confir-mation email requesting that youactivate your newsletter account. Onceactivated, youll receive new newslettersonce they are created. You can login tothe site to manage your subscriptions andview previously sent newsletters.

Please consider this option as we cannot

be sure the bulk mail processing unit inToledo will remain open and construc-

tion will begin in 2013 on the High Lev-

el Bridge.

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5:00pm Social MinistryNeighborhood Dinner

6:00pm Bells7:00pm Traditional Choir8:00pm Al-Anon Meeting

30First Place for Health6:30pm AA Meeting

2928ANNUAL MEETING8:30am Traditional Service9:00am S L A M -

Children/Youth Choir9:30am Sunday School9:40am Educational &

Fellowship Hour

10:45am Praise & Worship

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26256:30pm Cub Scouts24


23First Place for Health6:30pm AA Meeting

226:30pm Devotions6:45pm Board Meetings7:00pm Dartball - SMLC vs St.

Lucas7:45pm Church Council

218:30am Traditional Service9:00am S L A M -

Children/Youth Choir

9:30am Sunday School9:40am Educational &

Fellowship Hour10:45am Praise & Worship

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11:30am Senior Adults Lunch -Oregon Inn

6:30pm Cub Scouts

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CHURCH COUNCILINSTALLATION




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9First Place for Health10:30am WOC6:30pm AA Meeting

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BUILDING CLOSEDHAPPY NEW YEAR6:30pm AA Meeting7:00pm Intern Meeting

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