Presbyterian Women
EAST LIVERPOOL -The Presbyterian Women of the Grace Presbyterian Church met recently. Moderator, Marilyn Wagner, welcomed everyone and read a poem "In the Fold". The Martha Circle had the devotions on the Beatitudes.
During the business meeting, reports were given by Leah Bosco and Nancy Tice. Announcements were made. The Fall Workshop will be on Oct.. 9th at the Oak Ridge Presbyterian Church.
The group will do the Samaritan Purse Christmas Child shoe boxes. They will be packed on Nov. 11 and everyone is asked to bring their items to the November circle meetings.
Thank Offering will be Nov. 18.
A report was given on the prayer retreat that was held at the Seeds of Hope farm on Aug. 11. Five women from the church attended.
A video was shown of a baby in the womb and a donation was made to Heartbeat of Columbiana County to purchase more videos for them to distribute.
The Heartbeat of Columbiana County "walk for life" will be held on Oct. 13 at Thompson Park.
Program Chairman, Phyllis Conley, introduced the guest speaker, Lucy Harris. She is a member of the First Methodist Church. Her talk was on honoring gray hair and she gave several Proverb scriptures of younger women needing older women's wisdom. She also had several vocal selections.
Lunch was served by the McLain Circle. The next meeting will be the Christmas party. Instead of a gift exchange the money will be used for the postage for the shoe boxes. The McLain Circle will have devotions and the Martha circle the refreshments.
