The Scroll
A Monthly Newsletter of SAM’s Lambs
At The Episcopal Church Of The Good Shepherd
Webster NY 585-872-2281 VM # 3
Update January 1, 2008

WINTER BREAK TIME – We will not be doing our weekly gathering on Tuesday nights during January & February but we will be having monthly sharing dinners and social events.  Our first sharing dinner Open House is on Sat Jan 12 at 6:00 pm in our Parish Hall. This will be $3. and a dish-to-pass.  We will have music, fun, food & fellowship as well as information on our group.  Please reserve in advance so we know for how many to prepare.

Healing Ministry – Several of our SAM’s Lambs participate in Good Shepherd’s new Healing Ministry teachings and you are welcome to join us. Our next session is Jan 5th
from 10:00 am  – 11:00 am.  We usually meet twice a month but we need to verify the future dates so check back soon or call our voice mail to tell us you want to attend.

Bible/Spiritual Growth Study – We continue with Bible Study on the 2^nd and 4^th Sat mornings, following the Healing sessions.   We are also considering using a series of DVDs for spiritual growth on alternating Saturdays. We will discuss and make decisions, from the samples, on Jan 12^th.
Sat Jan 12th 11:00 am – Bible Study using Bible For Dummies – chapter 15 –
Rockin; The Temple: Music in Ancient Israel (Psalms),  plus planning for future gatherings.
Sat Jan 26th 11:00 am – Discussion following DVD or video

Book Club - We're starting a book club in January and you can see info on that here.
If interested, you can sign up at our Open House on Jan 12th, 2008 or leave a message on our voice mail above.

Social events for January:
Our calendar is now online as well - View our online calendar by clicking on our Scroll newsletter link  on the home page or use this link: http://my.calendars.net/samslambscal  (Click on the Month link)
Sat Jan 5th 6:00 pm – Dining out at Flaherty’s Three Flags restaurant on Bay Rd in Webster. Please reserve through our voice mail.  Music by singer Marty Roberts. 
You can see him and hear him on his web site at  http://www.singermartyroberts.com/
We may even invite him to entertain us at our Open House sharing dinner on January 12.
Sat Jan 12^th 6:00 pm - Dish-To-Pass sharing dinner, with music, games, fun & fellowship in our Parish Hall. A good chance to meet some new local singles, and sign up for groups and social events. Watch for the ad in local papers, and bring your friends.

More events are in process, like Friday night fish fry, movies, bowling, dancing, ice skating, etc., and will be added as they are finalized. To find out about them, visit our site, or call our info line, or pick up info at our meetings. Our first meeting of the new year will be on Sunday Jan 6^th and we will make a final decision then on whether we will meet weekly or twice monthly, and whether it will be on Saturday or Sunday.

'with gladness and singleness of heart'  ,

Betty Van Volkenburg
SAM’s Lambs ‘volunteer shepherdess’
See you at our next gathering - and remember his Command -
'Love One Another, As I Have Loved You' and spread it around.

On Solo Flight, the Episcopal Singles Ministry model for our group:
 http://www.singlescenter.com/Publisher/solo.htm

The Rev:   Father Lance’s pearls for singles:
http://www.samslambs.org/TheRevSays/index.htm

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