You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3

Prayer Requests:
1. Nate McNeal – thyroid biopsy
2. Dean Haney – Health
3. Bill Treat – back & shoulder
4. Teresa Carpenter

Women’s Bible Study: Tonight at 6pm here at the church.

HELP WANTED: The following positions are opening up: Sunday School class teacher for ages 9 – 12. Junior Church teacher for ages 3 – 5. My Space Manager Flower Bed Caretaker
More volunteers to clean the church See Robin if interested.

IT’S A MIRACLE!!!! Our $10, no account, piece of junk tomato plant miraculously produced wonderful ripe “tomato sandwich” kind of tomatoes! It also produced cherry tomatoes and created a smiley face on our doorstep with a trail leading us to it. Wonder upon wonders! We found that it also bore us some cucumbers and peppers! All thanks to the one who gives miracles

Meeting: On Friday, August 29, at 6pm, here at the church, there will be a meeting for everyone who is interested in joining D.O.C. drama team. Men, women, girls and boys are welcome to join. Practices will most likely be on Monday nights. Hope to see you there.

Attention Music Team: This Tuesday at 6pm, Tony will meet us at the church to work on sound. Please come.

To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul – Psalm 25:1

The Buzzard, The Bat, & The Bumblebee
THE BUZZARD:
If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and is entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of 10 to 12 feet. Without space to run, as is its habit, it will not even attempt to fly, but
will remain a prisoner for life in a small jail with no top.
THE BAT:
The ordinary bat that flies around at night, a remarkable nimble creature in the air, cannot take off from a level place. If it is placed on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is shuffle about helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until it reaches some slight elevation from which it can throw itself into the air. Then, at once,
it takes off like a flash.
THE BUMBLEBEE:
A bumblebee, if dropped into an open tumbler, will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but persists in trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It will seek a way where none exists, until it completely destroys itself.
PEOPLE:
In many ways, we are like the buzzard, the bat, and the bumblebee. We struggle about with all our problems and frustrations, never realizing that all we have to do is look up!


“When I said, "My foot is slipping," your love, O LORD, supported me. When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul.”- Psalm 94:18-19

My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my soul. Psalm 108:1