Stuffed Toy Drive: We are collecting stuffed animals to be given out to patients at area nursing homes & extended care/hospital. Put your donations in the box by the media display in the Welcome Lounge. Must be clean and no tears please. Thank you.
Prayer Open House: The church will be open Tuesday morning at 7am and stay open for prayer until Pastor Jim is out of surgery. Please feel free to stop in at any time to lift him in prayer.

Baked Goods: The Teens are raising money for their trip to ATF in Cleveland. The table by the water fountain has baked goods for sale for this purpose. Please consider supporting them with a purchase. Thanks.
Secret Sisters: The table will be located in the entryway facing Walnut Street until VBS is over. Thanks for your cooperation in finding the missing name. From now on, please make sure to put your name on the back of the paper you draw (every 3 months) and drop it into the box. This helps alleviate a bunch of phone calls if there is a problem. Thanks.
Church Yard Sale: If you haven’t signed up to work the yard sale, please see Sis. Becky Treat. We need your help more than ever now that Pastor & I won’t be able to help much. We can’t find words to tell you how grateful we are to have a church like you! We know we don’t have to worry because you showed us how great you are when Pastor had his stroke and you pulled together to move the church. You were awesome!!! And you still are!!! I’ll try to be around a bit but no guarantees Robin
Important Meeting: Sis. Cindy needs to meet with ANYONE and EVERYONE who will commit to help in some way during the week of VBS. Please come at 6pm this coming Wednesday for a brief meeting to determine how much help she will have that week. She needs to assign positions so that everyone knows what they are doing. Many hands make light work. The more of you that come to help, the more blessed the week will become. Please join us.
Yard Sale Set Up: This Tuesday night, 5pm or after, if you have a truck and can help haul boxes to the Fairgrounds for the yard sale, please let Sis. Becky Treat know. It would also be a blessing to have a crew at the barn at the fairgrounds to help unload those boxes. Then 9am Wednesday morning, we will begin setting up. If enough showed up for that, there wouldn’t be anyone who had to miss church Wednesday night if they didn’t want to. This is a big job but many hands make light work. We need YOU!!
Prayer Warriors Needed: Bro. Steve Mercer is seeking men, women & children who will commit to pray during August for the 2nd ward of Coshocton (our church is on the border line). There is a sign up sheet on the back radiator so please consider joining this prayer army and sign up.

VBS Donations Needed:
2 Cake Mixes
Yellow Food Coloring
Sugar Cookies
2 Cans Vanilla Frosting
2 Cans Chocolate Frosting
Blue Jello
Fish Cackers
Waffle Pretzels
Mandarin Oranges (Canned)
Round Crackers
Canned Cheese (The kind you squirt out)
String Licorice (2 bags)
Pepperoni Slices
Large Box of Raisins
2 Bags of Mini Marshmallows
We are planning for 40 children. If you need to know how much to get see Betty Larntz. Items can be brought in and placed beneath the Secret Sister Table by the Walnut Street door. Please check off the item you brought in on the list posted on the Bulletin Board. Thank you.
The Duck & the Devil
There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm. He
was given a slingshot to play with out in the woods. He practiced in the woods, but he could never hit the target. Getting a little discouraged, he headed back for dinner. As he was walking back he saw Grandma's pet duck. Just out of impulse, he let the slingshot fly, hit the duck square in the head, and killed it. He was shocked and grieved. In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the wood pile, only to see his sister watching! Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing. After lunch the next day Grandma said, "Sally, let's wash the dishes." But Sally said, "Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen. Then she whispered to him, "Remember the duck? So Johnny did the dishes. Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing and Grandma said, "I'm sorry but I need Sally to help make supper." Sally just smiled and said," Well that's all right because Johnny told me he wanted to help." She whispered again, "Remember the duck?" So Sally went fishing and Johnny stayed to help. After several days of Johnny doing both his chores and Sallys... he finally couldn't stand it any longer. He came to Grandma and confessed that he had killed the duck. Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug, and said, sweetheart, I knew. You see, I was standing at the window and I saw the whole thing, but because I love you, I forgave you. I was just wondering how long you would let Sally make a slave of you."

Whatever is in your past, whatever you have done... and the devil keeps throwing it up in your face (lying, cheating, debt, fear, bad habits, hatred, anger, bitterness, etc.).whatever it is....You need to know that God was standing at the window and He saw the whole thing..... He has seen your whole life. He wants you to know that He loves you and that you are forgiven. He's just wondering how long you will let the devil make a slave of you. The great thing about God is that when you ask for forgiveness, He not only forgives you, but He forgets. It is by God's grace and mercy that we are saved. Always remember: God is at the window.