By year's end there were some twenty plus regular attendees each Saturday evening from about 9pm on to about 11pm. The activities are varied. There's the socializing through new frienships, Ping Pong, Karioke, Bible Study, discussions of relavent daily subjects and light refreshments.

Any member of the Sunset Park community is welcome to participate now THAT THE cLUB IS REGULARLY MEETING SINCE THE START OF 2007.

Pastor Mary Chang resigned the Call to Ministry at St. Jacobi to end January 31, 2005. With the Holidays coming the farewell Service was scheduled for the afternoon of January 7th. The Service and light refreshments are to begin at 2pm in the Sanctuary of St. Jacobi. The Service is open to all, the Congregation, friends, members of Organizations at St, Jacobi, other Pastors and Congregations and Synod officials.

This is the party to say our goodbyes.

Pastor Baum will assist Pastor Rommerein, second assigned vacancy Pastor, who replaced the first assigned vacancy Pastor, the Rev. Dr. Jane Gaeta of Whestcherter, New York. Pastor Gaeta served for only a short time due to a previous commitment starting Feb. 21st on Long Island.

Pastor Baum will be assisting with assebling the background data to evaluate the future Ministry at St. Jacobi. Rev. Rommerein will continue to cover our Congregations pastoral needs except for presiding at our regularly scheduled Sunday Worship. Sunday Services will have a Supply Pastor from the Synod presiding. The ongoing schedule is currently being developed.

Fei Yun (Frangrance) Chen and Yong Yee (Max) Foong were married in a Service at the Church Saturday afternoon. Following the Service guest were hosted in Friendship hall while waiting for the Formal Reception in the erly evening. Officiating at the Service was the Rev. Mary Chang, the former Pastor of St. Jacobi.

Music was inportant part of the Ceremony. Mr. Cryder Bankes was the Organist and special selections were presentated by Mr. Chen.

Any school age child who wants to learn or brush-up on simple Mandarin Chinese is welcome to attend. First time students can come to Friendship Hall at the Church by entering the doors at the left side of the Church building. Ask to speak to Ms. Frangrance.

Materials will be available for the sessions and the cost if any will be explained at the first visit.

An outgrowth of the monthly music series here at St. Jacobi is the Music Residency program. This feature an artist or two from the concert series as the resident musician in residence for the seek. Based mostly on classical traditions the program give interested children the opportunity to have a very tanlented musician working with them each day.

In 2007 there were about eight students starting the program although there was room for a few more. Covering a series of topic about such things as rythem, melody, harmony etc., the students explored each day topics and instruments. All directed to a final day with a short program as the end result.

The students then came together on September 9th to present their shot program as part of the 9-11 Memorial Anniversary Concert featuring Mr. Roosevelt Credit.

Starting in September we have a couple of projects for this year's matching funds from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. We can let you in on the fact that they will centered on our Anniversary Celebration this year.

The Anniversary Projects will be a publication for the Anniversary that includes the History and the Current members. There will also be a Luncheon on the day of the celebration - October 28th. The projects will be covered by in part a Fund-Raisong activity that starts now. Already in the first week of September a couple donations have been received to start the Fund Raising off to a fast start.

The St. Jacobi Church Council invites everyone to be a part of all the activies supported by the fund raising and matching donation.

Contributions can be made and creditted to 2007 [made to St. Jacobi Lutheran Church] and be sent to the Church Office [5406 Fourth Ave,. Brooklyn NY 11220] with a note that it is for the 'Thrivent match'. You may also place it in the Sunday Offering.

Several contribution for the fundraising match have been received and we are at about the $1300 level. Meaning we will have $26000 to use for the Anniversary activities.

Fei Yun (Frangrance) Chen and Yong Yee (Max) Foong were married in a Service at the Church Saturday afternoon. Following the Service guest were hosted in Friendship hall while waiting for the Formal Reception in the erly evening. Officiating at the Service was the Rev. Mary Chang, the former Pastor of St. Jacobi.

Music was inportant part of the Ceremony. Mr. Cryder Bankes was the Organist and special selections were presentated by Mr. Chen.

Our current small size limits our resources and ability to perform the many Ministries of an larger active Congregation. The Committee has been established to look at where we are, and what we currently bring to a plan for the future. To decide what form that future will be and for how long. Once complete, a reccomendation will be presentated to the Congregation members as to the form of our Ministru in the near and short term future.

Although the Committee is looking at three proposals our work is in the background to the activities of the Transistion Pastor and Council. Members are researching such things as required manpower needs, financial resources required, time involvement, benefits and deficiancies of each proposal.

Due to the very complicated nature of the Study the assistance of the Dean of the SW Conference and an Assistant to the Bynod Bishop is meeting with the Council Members and helping with the review of the current status and evaluating the ideas for the future.