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Jazz Vesper Schedule Update
Mark your calendar for “Holiday Music with Cultural Spice” at the Dec 6 Jazz Vespers.
St Croix Reformed Church invites you join RENAISSANCE from 5:30-6:30. We almot locked them inside the Church last year so that they couldn’t leave!!!!
Tony Richard (keyboard), Bennett Smith (Bass), Rene Encarnactiion(percussion), and Leslie Matthias (Drums), will play under the direction of saxophonist D. Pikey Copemann.
SCRC will donate the Free Will Offering to help with Jennifer Galegos’ medical treatment.
Please come, bring a friend. — Claudette Young Hinds/Adjoa
John Harper and Bill Bohlke Receive Chamber Awards
Two members of the church recently received awards from The St. Croix Chamber of Commerce for their service to the community.
Bill Bohlke recently received the 2009 St. Croix Chamber of Commerce LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD “for his tireless efforts over the past 40 years to enhance of the quality of life available on St. Croix through his dedication to aviation, including founding Bohlke International Airways; certifying more than 900 pilots over the years after becoming youngest FAA Examiner in the Southern Region; successfully recruiting the prestigious Hurricane Hunters to relocate their base in the eastern Caribbean from Antigua to St. Croix; helping to save the lives of 38 airline passengers when a ALM-DC 6 ditched off of St. Croix in 1970; and his numerous efforts to help local youngsters succeed.”
John Harper, President of Marshall and Sterling Insurance accepted the 2009 BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD “for creating career and ownership opportunities for its 35 employee-owners while providing them with comprehensive benefits and contributing to dozens of community organizations and events.”
Photos courtesy of Ted Davis, www.ddstudio.us
Missions of the St Croix Reformed Church
In addition to worship, fellowship and giving back to the community through our member’s personal efforts across the island, together we support a number of special mission efforts.
The Kingshill School
-Founded and located at the church, the Kingshill School offers specialized instruction for students on St Croix facing special challenges which the local schools are unable to meet. The church provides and maintains its facility free-of-charge to the school, allowing them to focus their resources on students in need. For more information, go to www.kingshillschool.org
My Brother’s Table
-The St Croix Reformed Church is one of the major funding sources for this feeding ministry in Frederiksted. 15,000 meals a year are served one heaping and loving portion at a time to those in need. For more information, to donate and to volunteer, visit www.mybrotherstablevi.org
Reformed Church World Wide Missions & Disaster Relief
Donations to our denomination and special appeals support mission work and disaster relief around the globe, as well as, across the U.S. For more information go to www.rca.org
The Wind Turbine Fund
Our church was awarded a grant from the US Energy Dept and the VI Energy Office to install a 10K Wind Turbine. Portions of the energy savings generated by the turbine are being set aside to fund several important mission-related projects, including, providing additional instructional assistance to the Kingshill School, and providing energy-related assistance to local churches and communityorganizations. Read the Wind Turbine News category on this website for more information.
My Brother’s Table
The Brother's Table house two blocks from the Frederiksted post office.
June 2009
Stan Joines and Bolivia Doward leading the congregation in worship on Father's Day June 21, 2009.
Ethel Ritch, always a friendly face at the door helping preparing for worship.
Member and Deacon Julie Hansen Hodge was our guest preacher on June 28, 2009.
Stan Joines Receives Award
Stan Joines recently received an award from the local Rotary Club for his commitment to education.
Stan has been the band director at St. Croix’s Central High School for 16 years. As a member of our church and our choir director, he’s usually seen up front blowing his trumpet.
- Stan Joines received Rotary Award
Stan is also an avid sailor, cruising and racing aboard his beloved boat, The Windflower.
Have Member News and/or photos you’d like to share? Email stxrevrod@aol.com
Cyber Hymnal
Ever wonder what some of the unfamiliar hymns in our Presbyterian Hymnal sound like?
Go to http://www.stjameschicago.org/hymnal/index.htm. You can play most of the hymn tunes at Chicago’s St. James Presbyterian hymnal website.
Looking for a long lost hymn you can’t find in our hymnal? Consult The CyberHymanal at http://www.hymntime.com/tch
They have hundreds of hymn pages where you can listen to the music, see the lyrics, and read the stories behind the hymns.
June 2009 Guest Preaching Schedule
June 7: Tom Peil, Elder, Sunday School teacher.
June 14: Rev. Neil MacQueen, Elijah & the Prophets of Baal, and the Still Small Voice
June 21: Rev. Neil MacQueen, Elijah & Elisha and the Chariot of Fire
June 28: Julie Hansen Hodge, Deacon, leader in the St. Croix Reformed Church Women’s Group.
If you would like to help lead worship this summer (read scriptures, offer prayers) contact neilmacqueen@gmail.com (in June) or Rev Rod at strevrod@aol.com
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