Newsletter May 2007
Newsletter May 2007
Sunday
9:30am Sunday School
10:45am Morning Service
Tuesday
9:30am Ladies Bible Study at the home of Sharon Painter
Wednesday
6:30pm Bible
Study & Prayer
Kids Club
Friday
6:30pm Youth Group
Tuesday May 1 6:00pm Board meeting
Wednesday 5/2 – Thursday 5/3
NMI
Convention
Thursday 5/3
– Friday 5/4
District Assembly
Worship on Wednesdays
(WOW!) will be starting again June 6 at 6:00pm. Food, Fellowship, Fun, and
Devotions.
Family
members currently serving in the military:
¶ Nils Carlson, grandson of Dar & Joann Eckstrom –
¶ Bill
Leichner, Jr., son of Bill Sr. & Betty Leichner – Air Force,
¶ Jeff
Painter, son of Chuck & Sharon Painter –
¶ Shawn
Shilling, son of Dennis Shilling – Air Force Reserves,
¶ Jon
Torrey Jr., son of Jon & Kim Torrey – Navy,
Be not angry that you
cannot make others as you wish them to be since you cannot make yourself as you
wish to be.
~ Thomas à Kempis
Sr. High Sunday School Class
We learned some interesting
and important facts about Palm Sunday.
The Jewish people showed
their love for Jesus by sacrificing palm branches to make a royal path for
Jesus as He rode into
The palm branch was to the
Jews what the stars and stripes is to us. It was the emblem on their coins.
Palm trees were important to
the economy of the Jews. In addition to
wood, the palm tree provided dates for food and palm oil. The branches were used for material to make
baskets, mats used for beds, and even “thread”.
Even more important was the
fact of lamb selection day. This was the
day the families selected their best lamb for their Passover sacrifice. They would take this lamb into their home and
love it as a family member. Then that
lamb was taken to the temple to be sacrificed.
Jesus was God’s selection on
“lamb selection” day. He would be the
Lamb selected to die once and for all for the whole world. There was no more need to offer animals in
our behalf.
Answers to April
Quiz of the Month
1.
Who was Keturah?
Answer: After Sarah, Abraham’s wife died, Abraham married
Keturah.
Abraham and Keturah had six sons who are named
in Genesis 25:1.
2.
It had never rained before the Flood. How could life – both plant
and animal as well as human – be sustained without the benefit of rainfall?
Answer: See Genesis 2:4 - 6
3.
Who was
Answer: Saul
4.
Jesus’ mother had inherited Adam’s sinful blood. Jesus did not inherit Adam’s sinful
blood. How could this be accomplished
seeing that Jesus was Mary’s son?
Answer: The baby’s blood supply comes from the father –
not the mother. God was Jesus’ Father, therefore Jesus’ blood was pure and sinless. Mother’s blood does not mingle with baby’s
blood. Nutrients pass through the walls
of the mother’s blood vessels to the baby’s blood vessels, but her blood does
not. This information helps us to understand
how Jesus could be born with sinless blood in His body.
The DVD Fearfully
and Wonderfully Made explains in greater detail this marvelous miracle.
May Questions
1.
Who was Hannah?
2.
Noah’s grandfather’s name was mentioned in the
Bible. What was his name?
3.
What is the difference between the tabernacle and the
temple? How are they similar?
4.
What is the significance of Pentecost?
We would like to publish your answers in the next newsletter. You may choose to remain anonymous.
Library News
& Book Review
Tested
By Fire
by
Merrill and Virginia Womack
This book portrays the ultimate courage in crisis, and
faith in God.
Merrill Womack was a
much in demand concert singer. An
airplane accident badly burned his body and totally destroyed his face. Look at the photo of his charred face and
marvel that God had spared his eyesight and his vocal chords. The doctor did reconstruct his eyelids, his
mouth, his hands, etc.
After 14 years of agony
and over 50 surgeries, Merrill was again singing, playing piano, and speaking
to large audiences.
God tested this family
by fire, and out of the suffering He made something beautiful in their lives.
Special
Book
Review
Celebrating
the Wonder of Motherhood
by Bobbi McCaughey
Bobbi McCaughey is a mother of 8. When Mikayla was
three years old, her mommy gave birth to 7 – yes SEVEN - new baby siblings.
Bobbi relates some very amusing happenings
as well as very difficult ones. Going to
a neighbor’s basement with 8 small children while the tornadoes
passed by was most discomforting.
One of the amusing stories is about two
volunteer helpers who did not know each other before that time. As they got acquainted, one inquired of the
other, “How many little ones do you have?”
The answer was, “I’m not even married, so I don’t have any kids.” 3 year old Mikayla
looked around the room and asked her, “Do you want some?”
Music
CD’s
Try a CD of 30 beautifully arranged classic hymns. Play it in the morning and set the tome for
the day. Play it in the evening and go
to sleep with these precious songs replaying themselves in your mind.
The Young at Heart
The Young at Heart group attended the
Choose Life Spring fundraiser at the
Youth Group
Youth group meets at the church every
Friday at 6:30
(time subject
to change occasionally due to special events)
Grades 7 - 12
See Butch Short or
Dennis Shilling
for details
On
the table side by side;
A
Holy Bible and the TV Guide,
One is well worn but cherished with pride,
(Not
the Bible, but the TV Guide).
One
is used daily to help folks decide,
No!
It isn’t the Bible; it’s the TV Guide.
As
pages are turned, what shall they see?
Oh,
what does it matter, turn on the TV.
So they open the book in which they confide
(No,
not the Bible, it’s the TV Guide).
The
Word of God is seldom read,
Maybe
a verse ere they fall into bed.
Exhausted
and sleepy and tired as can be,
Not from reading the Bible, but watching TV.
So,
then back to the table, side by side,
Is
the Holy Bible and the TV Guide.
No
time for prayer, no time for the Word;
The
plan for salvation is seldom heard.
Forgiveness
of sin so full and free
Is found in the Bible, not on TV!!
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