- This Sunday: Jennifer would like to have a brief VBS meeting following the Morning Worship Service.
- Special Business Meeting: This Sunday at 6:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall. Please bring finger foods and desserts as there will be a time of fellowship before the meeting.
- VBS: June 13-17, 6:00 – 8:30 PM.
Purchased
I started playing the guitar when I was ten years old. My parents bought me my first guitar for Christmas that year. It came from Woolco, and cost the princely sum of $39.95! I thought it was the most beautiful thing in the world…for a while. After about a year I began to realize just how hard to play my Woolco guitar really was. In those days inexpensive guitars were mainly “instruments of torture”.
I’d look at other guitars when I went shopping with my parents. They used to sell guitars and amplifiers at Sears and other department stores. These instruments also weren’t very expensive—or very good—but they sure were fun to look at. Back then, I thought that the more buttons and knobs a guitar had, the better it was.Read More
Weekly Update for Sunday, May 29, 2016
- We will not have an evening service this Sunday due to the Memorial Day weekend. Families are encouraged to spend this time together.
- Indian Creek summer camps will begin the first week in June. There is information at the Welcome Center.
- We are calling a Special Business Meeting to be held Sunday evening, June 5th at 6:00 PM. This will be for the sole purpose of considering a proposal from the trustees regarding a new security system. We will meet in the Fellowship Hall. Bring finger foods and desserts for a time of fellowship before the business meeting.
- Sharon Payne would like to thank all the men who helped with the Mother/Daughter Tea this year. There were quite a few this year and it was much appreciated.
Weekly Update for Sunday, May 22, 2016
- Graduation dinner: this Sunday after the Morning Worship Service. We encourage everyone to stay, even if you are visiting or new to our church. We would like to get to know you and welcome you to our church family.
- We will not have a Sunday evening service next week, as it is Memorial Day Sunday. Families are encouraged to spend this time together.
- Indian Creek summer camps will begin the first week in June. There is information at the Welcome Center.
- We are calling a Special Business Meeting to be held Sunday evening, June 5th at 6:00 PM. This will be for the sole purpose of considering a proposal from the trustees regarding a new security system. We will meet in the Fellowship Hall. Bring finger foods and desserts for a time of fellowship before the business meeting.
Weekly Update for Sunday, May 15, 2016
- Deacons meeting: this Sunday, following the morning service.
- Trustees meeting: this Sunday, following the morning service.
- Official Board meeting: this Sunday at 4:30 PM.
- Graduate Recognition: May 22, in the Morning Worship service, with a dinner afterward to honor the graduates.
Weekly Update for Sunday, May 8, 2016
- There will be no evening service this Sunday, so that families may gather to celebrate Mother’s Day.
- There are flowers in the narthex this Sunday for our mothers.
- Deacons meeting: this Sunday following the Morning Worship service.
- Mother-Daughter Tea: May 9, 6:30 PM. See Sharon Payne for further information.
- ROC club Open House and “Thank You” dinner: May 11. The Open House is 5-7 PM, dinner for kids and their families is 5:15 PM. The church is also invited to come meet the kids and their families.
- Faith & Fellowship class and Tree House kids will have a joint fishing outing/cookout May 14, 4:00 PM at the Place family property in Dugger. Bring your lawn chairs, fishing poles, roasting sticks, etc!
- Trustee meeting: May 15, following the Morning Worship service.
- Official Board meeting: May 15, 4:15 PM.
Strength
One of the things that amazed me after my shoulder surgery was how fast I lost muscle in my right arm. I would look in the mirror and think, “Good grief! I can’t believe how skinny that arm is compared to the other one!” As much as I enjoyed the medically-induced rest after my surgery, it came with a price. Inaction leads to loss of strength. In my case, it was prescribed and intentional, but the consequences were still the same. It really is true: move it or lose it. I didn’t move my shoulder and my arm for a while, and as a consequence I became significantly weaker.
I’ve been going through physical therapy, first to get back the range of motion, then to regain the strength that my arm had before. And it’s been a long and sometimes arduous process.
At first it didn’t hurt at all. The physical therapist would gently move my arm through a limited range of motion. All I had to do was lay there; the therapist did all the work.Read More
Weekly Update for Sunday, May 1, 2016
- Deacons meeting: this Sunday following the Morning Worship service.
- Sarah Mission Circle meeting: May 2, 1:00 PM in the Library. This is the last one until this Fall.
- Mother-Daughter Tea: May 9, 6:30 PM. Debbie Martindale will be the guest speaker. Please sign up at the east bulletin board. Men are also encouraged to sign up for serving, clean-up, etc. See Sharon Payne for further information.
- “Thank You” dinner: May 11, 5:15 PM for the ROC volunteers, also for the kids & their families. The church is invited as well to make them feel welcome and show appreciation for all the workers we had this year. Also, we’ll have an open house from 5-7 PM for potential new students or volunteers for next year’s program.
- Faith & Fellowship class and Tree House kids will have a joint fishing outing/cookout May 14, 4:00 PM at the Place family property in Dugger. Bring your lawn chairs, fishing poles, roasting sticks, etc!
- Trustee meeting: May 15, following the Morning Worship service.
- Official Board meeting: May 15, 4:15 PM.
- There is a sign-up sheet at the Welcome Center for 2016 grads. The graduate recognition/dinner will be May 22.