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Weekly Update for Sunday, June 11, 2023

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Operation Christmas Child June items for Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes are toys. Items may be dropped in the boxes in the narthex.

Tuesdays at the ROC (June-July) Come join us for Tuesdays at the ROC! During June and July, on Tuesdays from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, we’ll open the ROC for our families and friends to come and enjoy hanging out together.

Deacons Meeting There will be a deacons meeting this Tuesday, June 13, here at the church.

Men’s Breakfast Guys, this is your last chance to sign up for the Men’s Breakfast at 8:30 AM on Saturday, June 17th, the day before Father’s Day. Pastor Dave wants to share seven Hebrew words about what it means to be a man.

VBS (June 26-30) Mark your calendars for VBS 2023! We are going to Babylon for a Holy Land Adventure on June 26-30 from 6:00-8:00 PM. If you would like to help, see Ryan or Sarah Swaby.

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Weekly Update for Sunday, June 4, 2023

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The Meet & Greet ladies group will meet Tuesday, June 6 at 6:30 PM.

Our first game in the church softball league is Thursday, June 8, at 7:40pm at the FOP Field. Come on out and support our team!

Mark your calendars for VBS 2023! We are going to Babylon for a Holy Land Adventure on June 26-30 from 6:00-8:00 PM. If you would like to help, see Ryan or Sarah Swaby.

Come join us for Tuesdays at the ROC! During June and July, on Tuesdays from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, we’ll open the ROC for our families and friends to come and enjoy hanging out together.

On the first Sunday of every month, all offerings that are cash or not in envelopes go into the Deacons Benevolence Fund to be used for the aid of those in need of assistance.

June items for Operation Christmas Child are toys.

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Faithful

Written by David Tyra

   Not long after my wife and I got married, we were buying a few things at a small department store, and I made an impulse purchase. I saw a small yellow-and-black multi-purpose screwdriver in one of the displays. It was kind of a long tear-drop shape, and you could unscrew one end of it to reveal five assorted screwdriver blades inside. You chose a blade, inserted it in the other end, tightened it down, and presto-chango, in just a few seconds you had the right size screwdriver for whatever you needed. It wasn’t a great tool, but we didn’t have hardly any tools at all, at that point in our marriage. I remember thinking that it probably wouldn’t last long, but it might be useful until we could get more and better tools.

   That was 45 years ago. That little black-and-yellow screwdriver is still in the utility drawer in our kitchen. I can’t begin to count the times one of us has reached for it and used it to tighten a doorknob, take something apart, or put something back together. It has outlasted many of the other tools we’ve purchased over the years. It has more than paid for itself, many times over, and has proven to be more useful than we ever could have imagined. When I die, I hope someone throws it in my casket and says, “Who knows? He might need this.”

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Weekly Update for Sunday, May 28, 2023

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The church office will be closed on Monday for the Memorial Day holiday.

This Wednesday, May 31st, the Bible Explorers will have their final session for this Spring. There will be no Adult Bible Study in the Library that evening so that we might give our support to the children and their families.

The “Meet & Greet” ladies group will meet Tuesday, June 6th at 6:30 pm.

We are trying to gauge the interest that our guys might have in coming to a Men’s Breakfast on Saturday, June 17th, the day before Father’s Day. Pastor Dave has seven Hebrew words about what it means to be a man that he would love to share. If you would be interested in coming to such a breakfast meeting at 8:30 am on Saturday, June 17th, please sign your name on the sheet on the Welcome Center.

Don’t forget to sign up to help with VBS which will be held June 26-30 from 6:00-8:00 each night! If you haven’t yet signed up to help, we’d love to have you. There will be a meeting for all those involved Monday night, May 22, at 6:30.

This summer you are invited to Tuesdays at the ROC! During June and July, on Tuesdays from 11:00 am-1:00 pm, we’ll open the ROC for our families and friends to come enjoy hanging out together and playing on the playground or in the gym. No sign-up needed, just show up.

On the first Sunday of every month, all offerings that are cash or not in envelopes go into the Deacons Benevolence Fund to be used for the aid of those in need of assistance.

We’d like to put together a team to play in the Linton Church League Softball Association. The games are played in June through early August on various weeknights except Wednesdays. We need at least 11 people to play with at least 3 women-the more the merrier as we understand people will miss from time to time. Anyone 14 or older can play! Sign up at the Welcome Center or see Andrew Wring with any questions.

June items for Operation Christmas Child are toys.

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Weekly Update for Sunday, May 21, 2023

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This Sunday is Graduation Sunday. We’ll have a pitch-in dinner after the morning service to honor our graduates.

There will be an official board meeting this Sunday at 4:30.

You are invited to a graduation celebration for Merissa Keown & Tony Lopez on Saturday, May 27 at 4:30 pm at the ROC.

Don’t forget to sign up to help with VBS which will be held June 26-30 from 6:00-8:00 each night! If you haven’t yet signed up to help, we’d love to have you. There will be a meeting for all those involved Monday night, May 22, at 6:30.

May items for Operation Christmas Child are toys.

We’d like to put together a team to play in the Linton Church League Softball Association. The games are played in June through early August on various weeknights except Wednesdays. We need at least 11 people to play with at least 3 women-the more the merrier as we understand people will miss from time to time. Anyone 14 or older can play! Sign up at the Welcome Center or see Andrew Wring with any questions.

From Sharon Boyd: I want to thank all those who sent cards and came to my party to wish me a happy birthday. You really made my day and made me feel so loved. All of you mean so much in my life and I thank God for all of you.

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Weekly Update for Sunday, May 14, 2023

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This Sunday, we want to thank God for motherhood. In honor of Mother’s Day there are flowers in the narthex. If you are a mother, or if you have a mother, please take one or more. Take one to your mother, or keep one in remembrance of your mother. We also acknowledge that Mother’s Day can be difficult for some. So, we remember the grief of those who have lost their mothers; the struggle of those who desire to be, but have not yet become a mother; and the deep heartbreak of those who are, for whatever reason, unable to become mothers. Nevertheless, today we want to honor motherhood, and give thanks to God for our own mothers.

The Mother’s Day Banquet will take place on Monday, May 15 at 6:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall. (Guys, you’re welcome to help serve and clean up also.)

We’d like to put together a team to play in the Linton Church League Softball Association. The games are played in June through early August on various weeknights except Wednesdays. We need at least 11 people to play with at least 3 women-the more the merrier as we understand people will miss from time to time. Anyone 14 or older can play! Sign up at the Welcome Center or see Andrew Wring with any questions.

May 21st is Graduation Sunday. If you have a graduate in the family, please sign up at the Welcome Center. We’ll have a pitch-in dinner after the morning service. The church will provide lasagna. Those whose last name begins with A-M, please bring dessert and those with N-Z should bring sides and salads.

There will be a short Deacons meeting in the BYKOTA classroom after the Sunday morning service.

There will be an official board meeting on Sunday, May 21 at 4:30 pm.

May items for Operation Christmas Child are toys.

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Weekly Update for Sunday, May 7, 2023

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There will be a Special Business meeting right after the morning service this Sunday for the sole purpose of voting to call Bobby Ludlow to the position of Family/Children’s Ministry Director.

There will be no adult Bible Study this Wednesday, May 10. You are encouraged to observe and support Bible Explorers.

The ladies of the Meet and Greet group are collecting miscellaneous items for the Sullivan tornado survivors. Please see the list in the East narthex, which also includes items for local “blessing boxes”. You may also call the church office or email Pat Woodall at prwoodall@hughes.net. Items may be left on the receptionist desk. Our next meeting will be June 6 and we will deliver the items.

The Mother’s Day Banquet will take place on Monday, May 15 at 6:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall. Please sign up in the narthex.

ViaQuest Hospice will be holding an informational meeting at Autumn Trace on May 17th at 6:00 pm for anyone interested.

May 21st is Graduation Sunday. We’d like to honor our graduates with a dinner after the morning service. If you have a graduate in the family, please sign up at the Welcome Center.

There will be an official board meeting on Sunday, May 21 at 4:30 pm.

May items for Operation Christmas Child are toys.

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What Does God Want?

Written by David Tyra

There is the usual, accepted way of doing things. Then there is God’s way. And as often as not, they are not the same.

When I came to the church, I had preached here several times before anyone even asked me for a resume’. When my wife and I got one together and gave it to the deacons, I was surprised one Sunday morning to walk into the sanctuary just before the service and see three or four little old ladies intently reading a copy of it.

But I’m glad we got to know each other before you ever saw my resume’. I think it was better that way. For that matter, I’m glad my family and I got to know the church in person instead of reading a description of it. Some intangible things you just can’t put down on paper.

Someone—I honestly think it was Kermit the Frog in A Muppet Christmas Carol—said, “Life is made of meetings and partings. That is the way of it.” And God has a way of arranging those meetings and partings to suit His own purposes.

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