Newsletter

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

Upcoming Events:

Thursday March 1 Ladies of the Young at Heart meet at the church at 3:30pm

Tuesday March 6 5:30pm Steward’s meeting at the home of Pat McEntire

Monday March 12 6:00pm Board Meeting (annual reports due)

Sunday March 18 AM Missions service– Work & Witness update (New Orleans trip)

Friday March 23 Mercy Me concert – see bulletin board for details

Sunday April 1

Fellowship dinner after morning service

1:30pm Annual Meeting

Wednesday April 11 6:30pm Rev. Howie & Bev Shute, missionaries to Horn of Africa

Good St. Patrick

On March 17, many churches, especially those with a large Irish population, will celebrate the life of St. Patrick. He grew up in a Christian home in Britain, but wasn’t very religious until a major event changed his life. As a teen, he was captured and sold into slavery in Ireland, but escaped to Gaul (France) after six years. The years of enslavement strengthened his faith. He later wrote, “In that strange land [Ireland], the Lord opened my unbelieving eyes.” He was led by God’s voice to return to Ireland where he converted people to Christianity tribe by tribe.

Because Ireland is called the Emerald Isle, those who celebrate St. Patrick’s Day will wear something green. Some Christians will even color food or drink green. Many Christians will also eat corned beef and cabbage and decorate tables with shamrocks. Shamrocks are actually three-leaf (not four-leaf) clover plants. Legend has it that St. Patrick used the three leaves to teach about the Holy Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Young at Heart Group

The Young at Heart did not attend the Currier & Ives Sleigh Rally at Chautauqua as planned on Sunday, February 4 due to extremely cold temperature and wind chill factor. The ladies from our group will be attending the Heart, Health and Humor program at the Jamestown Ice Arena on Thursday, March 1. $5Admission. Food will be available. Meet at the church at 3:30pm. We do not have any other activities planned for March due to uncertain weather conditions.

Family members currently serving in the military:

Nils Carlson, grandson of Dar & Joann Eckstrom – Army, Georgia

Jeff Painter, son of Chuck & Sharon Painter – Air Force, Qatar

Shawn Shilling, son of Dennis Shilling - Air Force Reserves, Niagara Falls, NY

Jon Torrey Jr., son of Jon & Kim Torrey – Navy, Maine

Sunday School News

Sr. High Sunday School Class

We have welcomed Brittaini Ricker as a new member of our class.

We continue to work at imbedding the truth of scripture into our minds and hearts. The Bible is the best axiom on which to base everything we think and do.

The URGENCY of growing closer to Christ is difficult to attain in our modern sin-saturated world. Prayer by and for our teens is requested.

Answers to February

Quiz of the Month

Was Abraham a Jew or Gentile? Answer: Gentile

Was Noah’s Flood local or global? Answer: Global

How do you know which it was?

Answer: Because the Bible says so. See Genesis 7:19 – 20; 2 Peter 3:5 – 6.

Who was Jeremiah?

Answer: Author of the books of Jeremiah and Lamentations. Jeremiah was a prophet who pleaded for 42 years for the nation of Judah to repent.

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Do grass and leaves die?

Answer: Death was not part of the original creation. Genesis 1:29 – 30 – both humans and animals were vegetarians at the time of creation. The Bible makes a distinction between plants and animals. The Hebrew word NEPHESH means “breathing creature” and describes the aspect of life attributed only to animals and humans. Genesis 1:20 – 21, 24. Plants do not possess this NEPHESH quality and so cannot die in the scriptural sense. Isaiah 40:7, 1 Peter 1:24.

March Questions:

1. Who was the first Israelite?

2. Why does God require a blood sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin?

3. Who was Jemima?

4. How many races are there in the world today?

We would like to publish your answers in the next newsletter. You may choose to remain anonymous.

Library News/Book Review

Marvels of Creation – Sensational Sea Creatures

by Buddy and Kay Davis

Children and adults will delight in this illustrated guide to fish and sea creatures. This book is filled with spectacular photographs as well as information about many kinds of sea creatures.

Marvels of Creation – Magnificent Mammals

by Buddy and Kay Davis

This is another book that children and adults will thoroughly enjoy. The Master Creator made such wonderful and beautiful animals for our enjoyment. The book is filled with beautiful photographs and information about many amazing animals.

Say Goodbye to Whining and Complaining and Bad Attitudes in You and Your Kids

by Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller

Do you remember those idealistic goals you had when you brought your baby home for the first time? Did those goals give way to a simple desire to survive each day? What happened?

This book suggests that the key is not in controlling children, but rather instilling honor into family life.

Included in this book are:

v Ways to teach honor to your children

v Biblical solutions to sibling rivalry

v Practical family activities

v Much, much more

If you are tired of all the legalistic child-training books and programs that focus on maintaining control with superficial solutions, apply this book’s life-changing principles.

I wish they would remember that the charge to Peter was "Feed my sheep," not "Try experiments on my rats," or even "Teach my performing dogs new tricks."

C.S. Lewis

Kid’s Corner

Honor Roll

Jamestown High School – Karen Eckstrom, Chris Myers

Southwestern Middle School – Sara Elifritz

Merit Roll

Jamestown High School – Rory Jones

Panama Central – Jacob Short

Student of the Month

Maggie Spencer

National Honor Society

Southwestern High School - Nicole Eckstrom, granddaughter of Dar & Joann Eckstrom.

Sunday school teacher: “How many of you children want to go to heaven?”
Everyone raised a hand except one little boy.
Teacher to the boy: “Johnny, don’t you want to go to heaven?”
Johnny: “I can’t. Mother told me to come home right after Sunday school.”

B-I-B-L-E

Basic Instructions

Before Leaving Earth

Recall the old story of the grandmother who was reading the Bible. When her grandson asked her why, she said, “I’m getting ready for my final exam.”

Youth Group

Come to youth group and have some fun on your Friday night! This is for 7^th grade and up. We meet at the church weekly @ 6:30 every Friday. The youth group leaders are Butch Short and Dennis Shilling. We always have supper of pizza or some type of fast food. We usually go to Dennis’s or stay at the church. Sometimes we go on “field trips”. We are hoping to go sledding and bowling sometime soon. When we are at Dennis’s or at the church, we watch movies and/or play games that help us grow as Christians. Youth group could always use more teens. “The more the merrier”

Submitted by Sara Elifritz