August 13, 2006

Prayer Requests:
1. 2nd Ward of Coshocton
2. Karen Carpenter
3. VBS – our children would be touched by God’s Spirit; our volunteers would be touched by God’s Spirit and refreshed
4. Homer Mencer – Triple Bypass open Heart Surgery on Monday (Sheldon’s dad)
5. Joyce Crozier – had her baby (no details at this time)

Let’s Welcome This Morning’s Guest Preacher Gene Hunt and his wife, Karen, with a handshake and hug!!

Wednesday Night - No Service due to VBS. Why not plan to come out and see the program, how it works, what we do, and maybe lend a hand. You’ll never have a better opportunity to see first hand what Vacation Bible School is all about.

There will be no Sunday evening services during August for various reasons.

Mark Your Calendars: Baptism Service at Tony & Connie William’s house on August 27 after morning service. We will gather at their house for some food & fellowship. If your last name begins with A – J please bring a main entrée dish. If your last name begins with K – T please bring a salad or dessert dish. If your last name begins with the letter U – Z you may choose whatever you’d like to bring. (You are all welcome to bring any additional item you’d like. If we follow this format we should get a nice variety.) After everyone is done we will have a baptism service in the swimming pool. Please let Robin know if you want to be baptized. Thanks.

FYI: There are Voice of the Martyrs Monthly Magazines on our Media Display rack for anyone interested. These magazines have great stories about the present day persecuted church in various parts of our world and many times speak of modern day martyrs. These stories are very humbling and inspiring. You may have the publication. I hesitate to throw them away when someone might be blessed by the reading. If I don’t see any interest, I will remove them from the Display and throw them away. Just don’t want to do it if there is an interested soul somewhere.

Attention to those of you who have access to a computer:
If you go to the web site at www.letssaythanks.com  you can pick out a thank you card and the Xerox Corporation will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq. You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services. It is FREE and it only takes a second. Wouldn't it be wonderful if our military received a bunch of these? C'mon...DO IT!!

DEDICATED TO THE GARDENERS OF WORD WORSHIP CENTER:
*He who plants a garden plants happiness. –Chinese Proverb
A big thank you to those of you who have shared your harvest from this year’s garden. Bless you! It says in Jeremiah 29:5: Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. You are fulfilling a Scriptural mandate Your generosity surely blesses God!
*Lord, make us mindful of the little things that grow and blossom in these days to make the world beautiful for us. –W.E.B. DuBois
*What was Paradise? But a garden, an orchard of trees and herbs, full of pleasure and nothing but delights. – William Lawson
*Flowers leave some of their fragrance in the hand that bestows them. –Chinese Proverb (Surely tomatoes, green beans, corn, melons, etc. are flowers then!!!)

Thank You: Pastor gives his heartfelt thanks for all the cards, calls, visits, flowers, groceries, meals, sitting with him or making the grocery runs, and any other way not mentioned that you helped. (The bed has been a priceless help!!!) He cherishes you and treasures his sheep within the depths of his heart. May the Lord bless you and keep you and cause His face to shine upon you. May His light shine within your heart as yours has shined within that of your pastors!

You still have opportunity to offer up a contribution toward VBS unto the Lord. Give Sis. Betty Larntz a call (622-6561) to see what she still needs.