- Trustee meeting: this Sunday, following the Morning Worship Service.
- The church office will be closed this week.
- There is a sign-up sheet at the Welcome Center for students graduating this school year.
- The ROC club needs medium size flower pots for an upcoming project. Please bring them to the church or the ROC.
- VBS: June 13-18, 6:00-8:30 PM. There is a sign- up sheet for helpers at the Welcome Center. Watch for a meeting coming soon! Also, please bring clean gallon milk jugs to the church.
Weekly Update for Sunday, April 3, 2016
- The C.E. board would like to honor graduates this year. There will be a sign-up sheet at the Welcome Center for those from our church graduating from High School or college.
- Sarah Mission Circle meeting: April 4, 1:00 PM in the Library.
- VBS will take place June 13-18 this year, 6:00-8:30 PM. Please be in prayer as to how God could use you in this ministry. See the sign-up sheet at the Welcome Center for available openings for helpers. Watch for a brief meeting coming soon! Jennifer asks that we save gallon milk jugs. They need to be washed out and brought to the church. They will be used for VBS caves!
- Trustee meeting: April 10 following the Morning Worship Service.
Rest
I’ve always had trouble going to sleep. It seems like it takes me forever. I couldn’t begin to count the times I’ve looked at the clock at 2:00, 3:00 or even 4:00 in the morning. Even as a small child I can remember lying awake at night while all the rest of my family was asleep, crying because I couldn’t drift off.
I think I get it honest. My grandfather could sit down or lie down and go to sleep whenever he wanted. But my grandmother had difficulty getting and staying to sleep. As a teenager I would stay all night at their house and stay up to watch the late show. Grandma would get up about every hour or hour and a half, for one reason or another. She called it “prowling”. She had various explanations: “I can’t sleep.” “I’ve got to go to the bathroom.” Or my favorite: “My stomach’s upset. I need to drink some buttermilk.” (I never understood that one. Frankly, drinking buttermilk doesn’t settle my stomach.)Read More
Weekly Update for Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016
- Easter Sunday: Sunrise Service at 6:30 AM, followed by a big breakfast, Sunday School and Morning Worship Service. There will be no Sunday Evening service.
- There will no service this Sunday evening so that families may gather today.
- Ladies Bible Study: Mar. 31, 12:30 PM in the Alpha room. (7 weeks) Playground Set-up: Apr. 2, 9:00 AM (weather permitting). If you are willing to help, bring your work gloves and tools if you have them.
- Sarah Mission Circle meeting: Apr. 4, 1:00 PM in the Library.
Weekly Update for Sunday, March 20, 2016
- Children’s Easter Egg Hunt: This Sunday, following the Morning Service.
- There will be no Roots Youth Group this Sunday evening due to spring break.
- Memorial Easter lilies may be brought in this week, no later than 2:30 PM on Friday the 25th. Suggested ribbon colors are white or purple.
- Easter Sunday: Sunrise Service at 6:30 AM, followed by a big breakfast, Sunday School and Morning Worship Service. There will be no Sunday Evening service.
- Jonah-Navigating a Life Interrupted (by Priscilla Shirer): Ladies Bible Study beginning Mar. 31, running 7 weeks. The book cost is $20.00, due by Mar. 18. See Cynthia Frederick for further details.
- Playground Set-up: Apr. 2, 9:00 AM (weather permitting). If you are willing to help, bring your work gloves and tools if you have them.
Weekly Update for Sunday, March 13, 2016
- Trustee meeting: this Sunday after the Morning Worship Service in the JOY classroom.
- The Board of Christian Education is accepting donations of money and wrapped candy for the children’s Easter Egg Hunt. It will be held on March 20 (Palm Sunday) after the Morning Worship Service. There is a jar and basket located in the foyer at the Welcome Center.
- Easter Sunday breakfast: March 27, following the 6:30 AM Sunrise Service, Sunday School and Easter Worship Service.
- Jonah – Navigating a Life Interrupted (by Priscilla Shirer): Ladies Bible Study beginning March 31, running 7 weeks. The book cost is $20.00, due by March 18. See Cynthia Frederick for further details.
- Playground Set-up: April 2, 9:00 AM (weather permitting). If you are willing to help, bring your work gloves and tools if you have them.
Weekly Update for Sunday, March 6, 2016
- Sarah Mission Circle meeting: Mar. 7, 1:00 PM in the Library.
- The Board of Christian Education is accepting donations of money and wrapped candy for the children’s Easter Egg Hunt. It will be held on Mar. 20 (Palm Sunday) after the morning worship service. There is a jar and basket located in the foyer.
- The Roosevelt Mission is in need of volunteers to help with the remodel of their upstairs, as well as food pantry and yard sale workers. If you are interested in helping, please contact Rev. Jerry French. (812-847-8110)
Parts
The Bible says, “I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” (Psalm 139:14a) I usually take that fact for granted until something goes wrong in my body.
My mother used to say. “I don’t mind getting old, except the parts wear out.” I’m beginning to understand what she meant. As I write this, I am preparing to have arthroscopic surgery on my right shoulder. After a series of tests, x-rays and an MRI scan, they determined that I have torn the rotator cuff in my shoulder almost all the way through. People ask me, “How did you do that?” I wish I could point to some manly injury, but the truth is I don’t know how I did it. I guess the parts just wore out.
I didn’t even know what a rotator cuff was until I started having shoulder pain. Among other things, it hurt to lift my arm. For a while I tried to follow the advice of the doctor on the old Hee Haw show: “If it hurts when you do that, don’t do that!” But the pain kept getting worse. So I started reading about the shoulder.Read More