August 17, 2011
SECOND ANNUAL SUMMER WORSHIP
ENCAMPMENT AT EMIGRANT LAKE
Our encampment worship will be held on Sunday, August 21, beginning at 10:00 a.m. followed by activities and lunch. Parking fees are $4.00 per car. Please bring your lawn chairs, games, blankets, towels, and a potluck dish to share. We will provide the meat, but ask that you bring the side dishes. Please RSVP to Brian or Terry on Facebook, or the church office so that we know how much meat to provide.
If you need a ride to the lake, please let Terry, Brian or the office know. We will have a shuttle service leaving the parking lot at 9:00 a.m.; otherwise, please drive yourself to the lake. We are in Picnic Area C. We will also have shuttle service returning to the building at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. We will have boat tours of Emigrant Lake from 11:00-11:45 a.m. Lunch will be at 12:00 p.m.
We encourage you to bring your own snacks, drinks, and sandwiches for your own dinner and stay until Emigrant Lake closes at 9:30 p.m. Please come and enjoy a day of worship and fellowship. Please dress appropriately for all the activities...casual, but respectful clothing is appreciated...camp rules apply as to swim wear.
Services at the building: We will have our worship service at the building beginning at 10:15 a.m. We will have No Bible Class and No Nursery Care that morning and No Evening Worship that day.
Let Us Be Children of Peace and Love
I just got to take my family to the National Civil Rights Museum. It is housed on the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN, where Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot. Needless to say, it was incredibly moving. We shed tears as we looked at an ugly blight on our nation's history. My children were confused. This type of hatred was foreign to them. We were able to explain a lot. Some things, they simply could not grasp. It was a great opportunity to reinforce the teachings we have tried to give them on the equality of men, and how EVERYONE was made in the image of God, and loved by God!
We watched a film on the assassination. We were able to stand at the balcony where he was slain. We sat on a bus that Rosa Parks was arrested from. We saw remnants of Mississippi burnings and lynchings. We saw about school integration and the ugly violence that resulted. It was A LOT to take in. It was very emotional. It was a powerful time.
As I walked in silence through the many exhibits, I was struck by an overwhelming sadness. I was overcome with many questions. But the most prevalent was: HOW? How did mankind get to this? How does someone know such hate? How does such an evil enter society? And how is it that, it will never go away?
I was struck by how sad it made me, and how much more sad it must make our Father in heaven. He said that He gave his son FOR ANYONE to believe in. There was no race distinction. May we, as God's children, never forget this. May we set aside all nationalities and loyalties and submit to God alone first and foremost! We submit to God! And God is good all the time. Let’s be children of peace, love, justice and mercy, so that the whole world may see His love.
– Pannell
BIBLE CLASSES FOR THE FALL QUARTER
Beginning on September 18, we will have three new adult Bible classes. Our Ladies class will meet in the Fireside Room and we will be studying the topic of “Bible Foods.” We will have an adult Bible study in the auditorium with Terry teaching on the book of “Revelation.” We will have an additional adult Bible study in the upstairs adult classroom studying on the topic of “The First Principles of Living a Christian Life.” Lance Lake and Brad Holm will be leading this class.
***Promotion Sunday for our children will be Sunday, September 4.
LIFE GROUPS
Life Groups will begin meeting on September 11. Look for more information over the next few weeks about times and places. If you are interested in starting a Life Group, please contact Brad Olson or Dan Beeks.
WEST MAIN BIBLE INSTITUTE will begin classes on September 8, at 7:00 p.m. All students must complete an application form and applications need to be received by August 19. If you have more questions, please contact Dan Beeks.
Women's Fall Retreat -- Ladies, get ready for a real treat - our Women’s Retreat is just around the corner! This year’s theme will be Having the Mind of Christ with guest speaker, Liz Pence, of Hope Revealed Ministries and family friend of the Christopher’s.
The retreat is Friday, September 30 – Sunday, October 2 at Sugarloaf Cottages Resort at Lake Shasta, California. The registration fees are $95.00- $155.00 depending upon what you sign up for. Also, there is a $5.00 discount for registering and paying by Sunday, August 28. Scholarships will be available. September 25 is the last day to register.
Please see Jessie Pannell with any questions and to give your registration forms and money to. Registration forms are available in the lobby. Please come, and invite your friends.
Connie Kennedy had surgery August 12. Please pray for her complete healing. If you are able to help her, please give her a call as it will take eight weeks for her to heal ... For Ferne Scott who fell while traveling and fractured the second vertebrae in her neck. She is home now and recovering. Please pray for healing from her pain and for a speedy recovery ... Corinne Christopher has been having a lot of back pain recently and prayers for her while she travels to take Kayla to Harding University ... For Jenny Way - that she can make progress from her brain injury ... Cooper Albright had a negative blood test (this is good news!) ... For Jesse Page to find a job that he can do with his medical problems ... For Vicki, the daughter of Mandy Briethaupt, as she battles cancer ... For the three year old great-grandson of Shirley, who will be going to Doernbecher Hospital for a colonoscopy ... For all of our students who will be starting school in a few weeks - that things will go well for them ... For our President and all of our military men, women and families.
Praises: Justin Rogers is now employed - we want to wish Justin and Jennifer and family God’s blessings as they move to Clackamas as Justin begins his new job on the 28th ... Teddy Labnow (a former member) has completed her nursing degree and is working as a home health nurse in Rogue River ... Jaedynn Marie Morgan was born on August 11, weighing in at 8lbs. 2 oz. Congratulations to Nick and Danielle and grandparents, Stephen and Diane Liles ... Evelyn Bates has a new great-great grandson, Connor Allen Bates who was born August 13.
Our Sympathy is extended to the family of Betty Miller who passed away this past week. Betty was a former member of West Main. She is the mother of Greg Miller and the grandmother of Jennifer Bucey. Services will be held this Saturday at Siskiyou Church of Christ. Please keep their family in your prayers.
Clothing and School Supplies Giveaway
and Carnival
Saturday, August 27 - 11:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m.
Our annual carnival will be held at the same time as our Clothing and School Supplies Giveaway. Boxes are in the Fireside Room to place your clothing donations in. We also need new packages of socks and underwear for all age groups. Money may be given to September Flock, the church office or placed in the contribution and marked for school supplies, as September will do the shopping for the supplies. Cost is $20.00 for elementary supplies; $35.00 for junior and senior high supplies. Also, we need backpacks. We will accept very good, clean, used backpacks or you may purchase a new one and donate it. We also need donations for hot dogs, buns and chips for the carnival. Please let Betty Lake know if you can donate food items.
We need all volunteers to be at the church building at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday.
****Volunteers are needed on Friday, August 26, at 9:00 a.m. to help sort the clothing. If you can help, please contact Betty Lake.
Aug 21: 2nd Annual Encampment at Emigrant Lake
Aug 27: Clothing & School Supplies Giveaway
Aug 28: Last Super Summer Sunday Night
Sept 8: Bible Institute Classes Begin
Sept 11: Life Groups Begin
Sept 30-Oct 2: Women’s Retreat
Nursery Help is needed for Sept 4th.
Coffee Servers are needed for September.
