Many thanks!

Many thanks to everyone who worked so hard to make our service at Old Drawyers on Sunday a success! Thank you to Jewel for playing the organ, to the choir for a great rendition of "Amazing Grace," to Mary Lou for providing communion and to Pat for helping to serve; to Norm and Neil for ushering, to the Eriksen family for providing lemonade and to all the elders who came forward to help us bless Margie as she leaves for a semester in France! There is nothing better than a service in which so many play a part!

Thanks, also, to everyone who has contributed food to restock "Broken Bread," our food closet ministry. Your kind donations will help keep tummys full in our towns during this difficult economic time.

Worship Time Change Reminder
This Sunday, Sept. 6 is our last joint service for the summer. We will gather to worship at 10:30 a.m. in Port Penn. On Sunday, September 13 we will resume two services: Port Penn at 9:45 a.m. and Delaware City at 11:15 a.m.

Saturday, Sept. 12 Choir Workshop
The last workshop in the series the Choir and the Small Church will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Pencader Presbyterian Church and all singers from Delaware City and Port Penn are invited to attend. These AMAZING workshops are fun for all who attend. Please mark your calendars and plan to join in--you do not need to have gone to previous sessions to attend on Sept. 12.

Sunday, Sept. 13--Grandparents' Day and Choir Celebration
On Sunday September 13 we will celebrate Grandparents' Day at both of our morning worship services. Special activities are being planned. All grandchildren are asked to invite their grandparents to church that day and all grandparents are asked to bring their grandchildren with them to worship. We will have Sunday School in both locations that day for those children who wish to attend.

At 5 p.m. on Sunday, September 13 members of our joint choir will join singers from several other small churches in the Presbytery to present the choral works they have learned by attending the Choir and the Small Church workshops. The concert begins at 5 p.m. at Pencader Presbyterian and is followed by a pot luck. Ruth Smith, Mary Lou Reynolds and Bil Derrickson have attended the workshops and we are hoping other members can attend the last one (see above). All members of both churches are urged to come out to the concert and support everyone for their great work!

Service at Old Drawyers
Don't forget our final service for the month of August will be held this Sunday, Aug. 30 at Old Drawyers in Odessa at 10 a.m. Communion will be served, our combined choir will be singing and we will have a time of fellowship and lemonade following our worship service. Hope to see YOU there!

Backpacks Blessed
Many thanks to Jewel Blansfield who coordinated our "Blessing of the Backpacks" event on Sunday in Port Penn. We had lots of goodies to put in our own children's backpacks, more backpacks to give away to children at Southern Elementary and a cupcake feast! It was just wonderful to see so many children and families attending! Thanks, too, to Debbie Pilli and her helper Margie Eriksen who provided Sunday School for children ranging in age from two to 11--what a job!

Choir Reminder
The second workshop for the Choir and the Small Church will be held this Saturday at Pencader Presbyerian from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and includes a free lunch. Our three members who attended the first event had a great time and highly recommend it to all! If you haven't pre-registered but want to attend just show up!

Prayer Requests
Please remember to pray for
*the friends and family of Frank Havens who went home to be witih the Lord last week
*all of our families who have lost loved ones this summer
*all of our remaining senior saints, many of whom are having health issues
*our sessions, deacons, pastor and Sunday School teachers as we being a new program year in September

Pray...Pray...Pray
*For the family and friends of Frank Havens who went home to be with the Lord.
*For our students and teachers as they head back to school.
*For the family and friends of Mr. Boone, who went home to be with the Lord.
*For Dawna Eriksen's sister.

Thanks...Thanks...Thanks
*To Dr. Thom Scott for filling the pulpit on Sunday, Aug. 16 and to Fred Palmer for providing special music. Port Penn and Delaware City are always uplifted by the speaking and singing of these two local favorites!
*To Scott Burkley and the congregation of New Covenant Presbyterian who joined us on Sunday, Aug. 9 for a joy-filled joint service!
*To all of our choir members who attended the Choir and Small Church Workshop on Saturday. Thank you for your dedication to our churches and their music ministries!

Remember....Remember...Remember

Special service for children and teachers
All members of the congregation are invited to bring their children and grandchildren (with their backpacks) to the service at Port Penn this Sunday, Aug. 23 at 10:30 a.m., when we will have a special "Blessing of the Backpacks" Back-To-School service. Any members or friends who are teachers or school workers are invited, too. Come and help us celebrate and pray for all of our children as they enter a new school year! Children are invited to join Debbie Pilli in Sunday School after the special children's part of the service.

Items Needed
All members are asked to consider donating 10 small items for our Advent Bags for Shut-ins.

We would appreciate donations of "travel size items" such as bandaids, toothpaste, shampoo, etc., small "lightly scented or no scented hand creams", Forever stamps, hand soaps, bath soaps, antibacterial gel or antibacterial wipes for hands, boxes of regular size envelopes, boxes of long size/business size envelopes, Jumbo size playing cards, permanent markers, etc. for our joint Advent Bag project for shut-ins and ill members or friends of the church. We would appreciate all donations by Sept. 4. Please see Dawna Eriksen, Linda Heeren or Mary Lou Reynolds for more information.

Session Meetings Scheduled
Fall is almost here and it's time for our Sessions to return from summer break!
*Port Penn Session will meet on Tuesday, Aug. 25 at 7 p.m.
*Delaware City Session will meet on Wednesday, Sept. 2 at 7 p.m.

Please Pray:

*For the family and friends of Emilie Tugend, who went home to be with the Lord.

*Prayers of thanksgiving for our wonderful turnout on Sunday! Singing in Port Penn
never sounded so good! Many thanks to all the faithful who came out!

Many thanks!

* To Julia Morrill for putting out the latest edition of our newsletter.

* To George and Sue Ellen and to Bill and Andrea for already volunteering to take a shift at Broken Bread!

This week's worship:

We will be worshiping this Sunday with members of New Covenant Presbyterian, providing a temporary home as that congregation gets a new roof. The service will be at 10:30 a.m., upstairs in Port Penn so dress casually for our un-airconditioned space! In exchange for our hospitality New Covenant has invited all of us to its annual Pig Roast that will be held at 4 p.m. that afternoon on the grounds of the church off of 896 on Boyds' Corner Road.

Reminders:

*We need people to staff the Broken Bread food closet from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13 and Thursday, Aug. 27. Please let Sue Schauber or Jewel Blansfield know if you can help.

*We need people to donate ten $1 gifts for our Advent Bags for shut-ins. Please contact Linda Heeren if you need some ideas!