ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE: Service will be Wednesday Feb. 17th at 7 p.m..  The Christmas Joy Offering is one of the four special offerings designated by the General Assembly of the PC (USA) to provide congregations direct ways of supporting specific causes that help those in need. The receipts from the Offering are distributed equally to the Board of Pensions for assistance programs and to Racial Ethnic and Woman’s Ministries of the General Assembly Council to support Presbyterian racial ethnic education. The Board of Pensions has a number of Financial Assistance Programs that are supported by this Offering. Among those pro-grams are: help for retired church workers and their surviving spouses; emergency medical expenses; help with equipment or services not covered by traditional insurance; unexpected financial need or recover from a natural disaster. Each of these grants is an expression of Presbyterian’s faithful witness to and sharing of the love of Christ for all people. Each week in Advent we are including with the bulletin an insert with more information about this special Offering. We do encourage you to read it as you prayerfully prepare to respond to this special Offering. 2010 CHURCH CALENDARS The 2010 church calendars at here and are located in the Welcome Center. These are generously donated to us each year by the Eikenberry-Eddy Funeral Home.  QUILT GUILD—The Quilt Guild will not meet in December. The 2010 Chancel Flower Chart is now posted in the Welcome Center. COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE Hester Wood taught, for many years, at Peru High School, and was a member of First Presbyterian Church. She loved the Lord, and this church. She was also a strong proponent of higher education. She established the Wood-Wilson Scholarship, to provide financial assistance to high school graduates in Peru, who are members of First Presbyterian Church, Peru, Indiana. The Dunckinson-Lyndon Memorial Scholarship was established to provide equal assistance to members of our church who are graduates of high schools other than PHS. The Wood-Wilson Scholarship and the Dunckinson-Lyndon Memorial Scholarship have provided financial assistance to many in our church family, helping to offset the high cost of a college education. The scholarships are awarded each year, at the beginning of the Fall and Spring semesters. Scholarships must be re-applied for, each year of eligibility. Applications for the Wood-Wilson Scholarship and the Dunckinson-Lyndon Memorial Scholarship are available in the church office, or can be downloaded from the church website, www.fpcperu.org, on the “Christian Education” page. Applications must be received by December 15, 2008. They can be delivered to the church office, sent in by mail, to First Presbyterian Church, 102 W. Main St., Peru, IN 46970, or sent by email or fax to the clerk: clerk@fpcperu.org; Fax- (630) 929-8562. Scholarships will be awarded during the worship service on December 21st.