FIRE EXTINGUISHERS FOR SALE: COTC recently has had to upgrade fire extinguishers and has several perfectly good, functional five-pound extinguishers for you to purchase! They are twice the size as a normal household fire extinguisher – five whole seconds of fun! They are a $55.00 value and are being offered for $20.00. Contact Jim Vakoc if you are interested. Checks are payable to COTC.
MANNA ORDERS ARE MAY 12: Place your order now!!! Order forms will be picked up at 12:30 for delivery on May 19. Remember that the goal is $5,000.00 for 2013 to subsidize COTC ministries. 2012 total net profits were $2,905.15. Keep in mind that you can order gift cards to local grocery stores, including Mariano’s, to use for your regular grocery shopping and COTC nets profits with no additional cost to you.
MAY BOOK DISCUSSION: The book club will meet Wednesday, May 15 at 7:15 p.m. and discuss The Paris Wife by Paula McLain.
2013 VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL - A SPECIAL OFFERING FOR VBS WAS RECEIVED LAST WEEK. EVERY WHERE FUN FAIR, Where God’s World Comes Together, June 10-14, 9:00am – 12:00 noon, Monday through Friday. VBS Doers still are needed. Contact VBS Director: Nicole Naja. VBS Registration is available on-line at: 2013.cokesburyvbs.com/COTC. $30 per child (includes T-shirt, family CD, supplies, and snacks).
TRAINING DATES FOR VBS DOERS: Two dates have been scheduled for required training of VBS adult and youth Doers: Wednesday, May 29, 7:00 – 9:00 pm and Monday, June 3, 9:00 – 11:00 am. Please contact Nicole Naja nicolenaja@gmail.com to let her know which of the two dates you will be attending.
REQUEST FROM YOUTH: The Youth Group needs to borrow tools for use in fixing residents’ homes during their Mission Trip to West Virginia from July 21-27. If you have tools you are willing to lend the group, please contact Holly Miner theminers238@comcast.net
COTC KEY REGISTRATION & TURN-IN: If you are a member or a former officer of the church who still has a set of COTC keys, please turn them into a member of the Corporate Operations Team (Kim Greindl, Marla Tischler, or Stewart Truelsen), or bring them to the church office during office hours. For insurance, safety and liability reasons; COTC must maintain a registry of individuals with key access to the building. We also would like to reduce the expenses incurred in copying keys for new officers instead of passing on unused keys to current leaders needing them. Help us by turning in your keys if you no longer are in a ministry leadership position, or by registering your keys if you have not formerly completed a key form with the church office.
Those who are not currently active officers, but who may need keys for current ministries being performed, please complete a Request for Building Keys form and return it to the church office. (Forms are available in the box outside the office.) The Corporate Operations Team will take action on such requests and the church office will be back in touch with you after their consideration.
COTC CARES!!!
Hospitals do not call if you or anyone in your family is hospitalized. Please call the church office with any illness or need so that we can offer the friendly resources of the church as soon as possible. If you want a concern listed in our bulletin Prayers Concerns or want to have your concern taken out of the bulletin, complete a Prayer Card found in the pew racks and place it in the offering plate.
Unless otherwise noted, names will appear on the list for 4 Sundays.
Church of the Cross • 475
W. Higgins Road, Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60169 • (847) 885-1199
