West Main

A  SUMMER  OF  EVANGELISM

This coming summer, starting in June, we will be kicking off at West Main what we are going to be calling, A Summer of Evangelism. The full details of what is involved will be shared in the coming weeks, but I thought I would give you a little teaser of what is in store.

Starting Sunday June 10^th and running through to August all our Sunday morning sermons will be focused on an evangelistic message. Our intent is to have each of our Sunday morning lessons focus on the saving message of Jesus Christ. Additionally, our hope is that all our members will invite and encourage their family and friends to attend. Each sermon will be a complete lesson in and of itself on how and why to come to salvation in Jesus Christ. Also, each sermon will be no longer than twenty-five minutes! Yes, you heard me, twenty-five minutes. Why? Our thinking is that many people today who are not familiar with Christian worship might have a more difficult time sitting for longer lessons more focused on our lives as Christians.

So all summer long, you can invite any family, friends, or the people you meet each day to attend a Sunday morning worship service. No matter which service those you invite attend, they will be able to hear a self-contained lesson on the good news of Jesus Christ! You might be able to encourage those you know to attend by appealing to the brevity of the lessons. This time frame of the sermons may also help those with young children sit through the entire service. Our overall goal is to have our songs, Lord Table Talks, prayers, and sermons all focus uniquely on salvation in Jesus.

We are also going to be using our Sunday night services to appeal evangelistically. Beginning June 24^th we will be having our evening service at Lewis Park. The goal here is to have a short devotional with an object lesson to go along with the message. We will keep it to roughly fifteen minutes. After the devotion, we will provide free hot dogs and hamburgers and various outdoor games! Our youth group will be handing out flyers to the neighborhood homes during the week inviting those who live in the neighborhood to attend. Our hope is that our continued presence in the neighborhood will be an effective outreach to our neighbors and a good witness of our service and love to others. This time at the park will also be a wonderful and relaxed opportunity to invite those you know to get to know us in an atmosphere of fellowship, fun, and food!

Lastly, each of the Sunday morning Bible lessons starting in July will focus on the meaning of evangelism. We will discuss the history, theology, and some how-to of evangelism. Our adult classes will be combined for July and August as we discuss what evangelism is and is not.

So as you can see our summer is truly gearing up to be A Summer of Evangelism! We hope that our focus on evangelism and the opportunities that we will provide congregationally will lead those we know to know the One we know saves us from sin and death—Jesus Christ!

– Terry

Vacation Bible School  is just four weeks away! We still need: Kitchen help for lunch on Friday, help with outside activities on Friday after lunch, someone to run the sno-cone machine, cookies, prizes and lots more! Please contact Denise Beeks to volunteer to help.

***VBS DATES: June 19-22 – Ages: Finished Kindergarten-6th Grade. Time: 9:00-11:30 a.m.

Our Last Ladies Class will be May 29 until we start again in the Fall. On May 29, it will be a potluck luncheon only beginning at 11:00 a.m. Please bring lots of your favorite potluck foods to share.

Children’s Worship has been dismissed for the summer. We will resume on September 9^th.

Transportation Needed  -- We need some volunteers to be on-call to help transport our seniors and members to appointments, for errands, doctor visits, etc., for any day of the week. Please contact the church office if you can volunteer.

Coffee Servers are needed for June. Please sign up on the list posted in the hallway by the stairs. Thank you for all your help.

Camp Dinner & Auction -- Thank you for all your support for the Camp Dinner and Auction. It was a tremendous success. We raised over $6,500.00 for camp. A special thank you to all those people who donated items, bought items, cooked the dinner and helped with clean-up.

Moving Away  -- Larry and Lynn Albright will be moving to Dayton, Oregon, about the 4^th of June. We want to honor them with a going away party on June 3^rd after evening services. Please bring lots of your favorite fingerfoods to share for the fellowship time. Also, Larry and Lynn will be celebrating their 45^th Wedding Anniversary that night.

Prayer Requests . . . For the family of Levi Wisdom - his father, Charlie, passed away this past week from ALS disease. Please pray for comfort for the family...For Caleb Walker as he travels to and from Wisconsin for a training seminar...For the improved liver and kidney function for Nick Morgan...For Nellie Kelton as she recovers from hand surgery and for Bill and Russell Kelton who have been ill...For Jesse Page who is scheduled for surgery again this week...The Parker family requests your prayers for Kinsey as she has foot surgery this week and for Amber as she travels to Japan for six weeks on a mission trip...For David Mayes’ friends, Cora, for her spiritual growth; for Barbara to accept Christ; for Sandy & Brandi to have good health; and for David to be a good example...For our President and all of our military men, women and families.