Prayer Requests:
1. Revival and infilling of God’s Spirit within our hearts
2. God’s Mercy
3. Relationships
4. Ryan Kline - unspoken


WE NEED YOUR HELP Bake Sale/Car Wash: Our Youth Group is having a car wash & bake sale at Auto Zone on June 9th from 7:30 – 3:30. The more hands there are to wash cars the better. Any baked goods would be appreciated as well. Contact Teresa or Ernie about scheduling a time to help or to donate baked goods for the sale.

Mark Your Calendar: Our Lake Park Fellowship will take place on Father’s Day this year. Bring a covered dish of some sort and come fellowship right after morning service. If you are interested in being baptized in the lake see Pastor Jim.

The Passion of Christ: this Wednesday, May 30, we will be showing the movie during our Wednesday night service to wrap up of our Way of the Master Seminar. Anyone and everyone is welcome to come watch it – even if you didn’t participate in the seminar. The movie will start at 6pm. If you know of someone who would like to see it, bring them along. The children’s classes will proceed as usual. It is up to the parent whether your child sees it but you need to know it is rated R and quite shocking to the viewer.

Memorial Day: We honor the final sacrifice of our service men and women by dedicating our own lives to peace and the defense of freedom. For these ideals they fought, and for these ideals we continue to strive. May we stand with diligence and with humility on the broad shoulders of those whose brave deeds and sacrifice we memorialize today. Let all of us commit this day, whether in public ceremony or in quiet reflection over a single grave, to remember them in fitting tribute."
 George W. Bush, President of the United States

THERE WILL BE NO SERVICE TONIGHT. Enjoy the holiday with someone you love. Say a prayer for our soldiers.

Board Meeting: June 5, 6:30pm, at the church.

Music Practice: Tuesday at 6:30pm.

WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT…CHILD TRAINING continued By J. Richard Fugate

Children Must Obey Both Their Father and Mother

When a government begins to misuse its authority, it goes beyond its boundaries and begins to undermine parental authority. The tendency then is to make the child responsible to the state rather than to the parents. Historically this has occurred many times with tragic results. The governments of such nations as Sparta, Hitler’s Germany, and Communist Russia have usurped the parents’ role. Currently, parental authority is being undermined in America through compulsory public education, child advocacy agencies, and child abuse laws. Parents must not allow government to usurp their authority in those areas in which God holds the parents alone accountable. For example, parents have the explicit instructions in the Bible to teach their children information consistent with God’s Word. The institution of government has no such instructions and therefore has no authority above the parents to teach children contrary information. In fact, no instructions can be found in the Bible that grant authority to government over children in any area except that of upholding the parents’ position of authority.
God honors the value of parental authority so highly that He instituted laws for government to protect the parental authority from internal revolution by the child himself. Rather than government being an agency to do the job of parents, it is actually to be the agency to enforce their position. Instead of invading the family and taking away the responsibility of the parents over the child, government is to ensure that parents are not prevented from doing their job. Children are not to be allowed to revolt against their parents.

VBS Meeting: Monday, June 4, 6:30pm. Anyone who wants to help out this year please come. If you want to help but can’t attend the meeting, please let Robin know.

Guitar Lessons: Our instructor is on sabbatical. Next lesson will be June 13 at 5:30pm. In the meantime, practice, practice, practice. Wondering if there is anyone wanting lessons but doesn’t own a guitar. See Robin.

May today be all that you need it to be. May the peace of God and the freshness of the Holy Spirit rest in your thoughts, rule in your dreams tonight and conquer all your fears. May God manifest himself today in ways that you have never experienced. May your joys be fulfilled, your dreams be closer and your prayers be answered. I pray that faith enters a new height for you; I pray that your territory is enlarged and I pray that you step into your destiny within the ministry. I pray for peace, health, happiness and true and undying love for God.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Today: Bryant Miller
Thursday: Cindy Carpenter

Prayer Requests:
1. Gene Hunt – Healing
2. Pat Moore – Sight
3. Doris Huston - Sight

Guitar Lessons: Thursday, 6:00pm, here at the church. If you can’t make it, please have the courtesy to let Tony know.

Bake Sale/Car Wash: Our Youth Group is having a car wash & bake sale at Auto Zone on June 9th from 7:30 – 3:30. All hands welcomed. Contact Teresa or Ernie about scheduling a time. Any baked goods would be appreciated.

Mark Your Calendar: Our Lake Park Fellowship will take place on Father’s Day this year. More info will come later but wanted to give you a head’s up

The Passion of Christ: On May 30 we will be showing the movie during our Wednesday night service as wrap up of our Way of the Master Seminar. Anyone and everyone is welcome to come watch it – even if you didn’t participate in the seminar. The movie will start at 6pm. If you know of someone who would like to see it, bring them along. The children’s classes will proceed as usual. It is up to the parent whether your child sees it but you need to know it is rated R and quite shocking to the viewer.

Clothing: There are clothes free for the taking hanging on the coat racks at both doors and some more downstairs sorted by size on the tables. Please help yourself. There are also hangers downstairs in boxes under the tables. Take anything you can use. These are mostly women’s clothes but there are a few men’s shirts behind the sanctuary door on the Walnut Street entrance side.

Memorial Day: Originally called Decoration Day. It’s a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. A day for us to remember and honor the gallant souls who laid down their lives in the service of our great nation. It's become a day when families and friends get together and enjoy one another. It probably evolved to this place when the death of a loved one made folks realize they needed to enjoy the company of each other while they could. There will be no evening service next Sunday night in honor of the holiday as it was and as it is. Spend some time with your family and friends.

The Way of the Master: This coming Saturday, May 26, we will be going to Lake Park to pass out tracts and witness as the opportunity arises. We will meet at the church between 10am and 10:30am. We will leave promptly at 10:30. All class members are expected to come. You are welcome to join us even if you haven’t attended the classes.

WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT…CHILD TRAINING continued By J. Richard Fugate

Children Must Obey Both Their Father and Mother

The boundary for parental authority is more extensive than that of any other institution. This is true because the parents’ right to rule includes the power to force obedience to their will in all things. No other institution is given this much power. The subjects of other institutions are to submit to their authorities, but the child is commanded to obey his parents. The basic difference between the Greek words translated “submit” and “obey” is that submission appeals to the attitude of voluntary acceptance of authority, whereas obedience is compliance with the authority whether the subject wills to or not. Parents not only have the right to rule in all things, they also have the power to enforce their child’s unwilling compliance to their commands.
Parental authority delegates to parents the right to rule the children under their control. No other institution or person has rulership rights over children. Neither society, school personnel, nosey individuals, nor even other institutions have any authority over children. The parents’ power over their children is accountable to government only through God’s laws concerning incest, injury, and murder. Parents are directly responsible to God for any misuse of their authority. There is no such thing as “child rights” sanctioned by the Word of God. The child has only the God-given right to be raised by his parents without the intervention of any other institution.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Monday: Tony Williams

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY:
Thursday: Heath & Kristy Miller

Happy Birthday Sabin Carpenter
Friday May 25 - 3 years old

Prayer Requests:
1. Heidi Ross – Health
2. Becky Ross - Health
3. Bill Richards - Health
4. Phillip Conn – Salvation & Health

Guitar Lessons: Thursday, 6:00pm, here at the church. If you can’t make it, please have the courtesy to let Tony know.

Mother/Daughter Banquet: Thanks Sis. Deborah Frye. A great time of fellowship.

Mark Your Calendar: Our Lake Park Fellowship will take place on Father’s Day this year. More info will come later but wanted to give you a head’s up

The Passion of Christ: On May 30 we will be showing the movie during our Wednesday night service as wrap up of our Way of the Master Seminar. Anyone and everyone is welcome to come watch it – even if you didn’t participate in the seminar. If you know of someone who would like to see it, bring them along. The children’s classes will proceed as usual. It is up to the parent whether your child sees it but you need to know it is rated R and quite shocking to the viewer.

Christian T-Shirts: For Sale $12. Hanging behind the door in the Central School Entrance. See Robin for purchase. There are also a few items on the register in the Walnut Street Entrance for sale. Put money in the can.

Mother’s Day: There will be no evening service tonight. Spend some time with your mother. If your mother has passed on, ask the Lord what He would have you do.

A thank you from the alternative school: Principal McNeal wrote, On behalf of all the students who have attended, are attending, or will be attending the Coshocton County Alternative School, I would like to thank you for your very generous financial donation to our school. [The letter in its entirety is posted on the bulletin board at the Walnut Street entrance if you would like to read it.]

ADVICE FOR THE DAY: 

Be nice to your kids. They will choose your nursing home one day.

Before I was a Mom I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby. ♥ 
♥ I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous. 
♥ I never thought about immunizations. ♥ 
♥ Before I was a Mom - I had never been puked on. ♥ 
♥ Pooped on. ♥ 
♥ Chewed on. ♥ 
♥ Peed on. ♥ 
♥ I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts. ♥ 
♥ I slept all night. ♥ 
♥ Before I was a Mom I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests. ♥ 
♥ Or give shots. ♥ 
♥ I never looked into teary eyes and cried. ♥ 
♥ I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin. ♥ 
♥ I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep. ♥ 
♥ Before I was a Mom I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put them down. ♥ 
♥ I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt. ♥ 
♥ I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much. ♥ 
♥ I never knew that I could love someone so much. ♥ 
♥ I never knew I would love being a Mom. ♥ 
♥ Before I was a Mom - I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body. ♥ 
♥ I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby. ♥ 
♥ I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child. ♥ 
♥ I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy. ♥ 
♥ Before I was a Mom - I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay. ♥ 
♥ I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom. ♥ 
♥ I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a Mom. ♥ 


WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT…CHILD TRAINING continued By J. Richard Fugate
Children Must Obey Both Their Father and Mother
Colossians 3:20a “Children obey your parents in all things;”
The word translated “obey” from the Greek language is a command and means “to hear and obey.” In other words, this passage says children must do what they are told. This means that a parent’s word is law for children. You may never have considered yourself to be someone who has the right to create law, but as far as your child is concerned, your word is law. If your child is disobedient to your word, he has broken the law you have set for him. Your children are to do what you tell them to do. Even though this command is addressed to children, parents, as the ones who are in charge, are accountable for its fulfillment as long as the children are under their control. God always holds the ones in authority responsible for the actions of those under their rulership. The parents are accountable to God for the obedience of their children. A parallel to this principle is that God has commanded man not to commit murder., but He has given government the responsibility and the power to administer the judgment of the death penalty. In the same way, God has given parents the power to enforce the child’s compliance to obey his parents in all things.
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1. You spend the first two years of their life 
teaching them to walk and talk. Then
you spend the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.
2. Grandchildren are God's reward 
for not killing your own children.
3. Mothers of teens now know why 
some animals eat their young.
4. Children seldom misquote you. 

In fact, they usually repeat word for word what
you shouldn't have said. 

 5. The main purpose of holding children's parties 
is to remind yourself that there are
children more awful than your own.

Prayer Requests:
1. Heidi Ross - Health
2. Charlie Ross - Peace
3. Robin Gross – Anointing throughout this week of ministering
4. Pat Moore – Healing of sight
5. Doris Huston – Healing of sight
6. Phillip Conn – Salvation & Health

Guitar Lessons: Thursday, 6:00pm, here at the church.

Mother/Daughter Banquet: This Saturday, May 12, 1:00pm, at Kid’s America. Plan to bring a covered dish according to the following plan. If your last name begins with: A – D Meat; E – I Casserole; J – M Vegetable; N – R Rolls or Bread; S – U Dessert; V – Z Beverage. See you there!

National Day of Prayer: This was an inspiring event that blessed the very heart and soul of those who took the time to participate. You also blessed the community in the outpouring of God’s Word upon the land. If you didn’t attend, you missed a powerful opportunity to share a Godly event with your child/children. This type of activity does more for kids than any movie at the theater, sports event, or game that they might sit and play for hours. You missed an opportunity and I’m sorry for that. If Women of Witness does this again next year, I encourage you to make the effort to participate.

Rite Aid Fundraiser: THANK YOU to all who helped make this event a success. $1068 was raised for Children’s Hospital. May you never have to know how special their hospitality is for parents. That same week-end $155 was raised for Chris & Angie Bryan who lost their baby, Jasmayn. Thanks to those who helped.

Christian T-Shirts: For Sale $12. Hanging behind the door in the Central School Entrance. See Robin for purchase. There are also a few items on the register in the Walnut Street Entrance for sale.

Mother’s Day: There will be no evening service next Sunday. Spend some time with your mother. If your mother has passed on, ask the Lord what He would have you do.


Answers given by school-age children to the question:

Why did God make mothers?
1. -She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. -Think about it, it was the best way to get more people.
3. -Mostly to clean the house.
4. -To help us out of there when we were getting born.
How did God make mothers?
1. - He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2. - Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3. - God made my mom just the same like he made me. He just used
bigger parts.
Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?
1. - We're related.
2. - God knew she likes me a lot more than other people's moms like me.

WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT…CHILD TRAINING continued By J. Richard Fugate

Parental Authority

God has established the institution of the parent as one of His ruling authorities on earth. To this position has been delegated both the right to rule children and all the power necessary to succeed in training children according to God’s plan. This position is the direct agency through which children are to receive ruling during their childhood. That is, it is through this position that each child is to receive protection, direction, and instruction.
Whomever God places in the position of being a parent is accountable directly to God for how he or she rules. This position can be occupied by the natural parents, by a remaining single parent, or by whomever else God has placed there, such as a relative, guardian, adoptee, stepparent, or foster parent. Whoever occupies the position is held accountable by God as much as the natural parents would have been. It is important to realize that one who marries a remaining parent has accepted full parental responsibility before God.
Because of God-granted parental authority, parents have the right to set their will above that of their children and to command them to follow their rulership. They also have the power to administer justice and to punish for disobedience or to reward for conformance to their commands. To what extent may the parents enforce their will on their children?
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A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8

year-olds, "What does love mean?"

 The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have 

imagined. See what you think:


Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French Fries without making them give you any of theirs. Chrissy- age 6

Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK. Danny- age 7

Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My mommy and daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss. Emily- age 8

Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen. Bobby- age 7

If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate.
Nikka- age 6

"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends 

even after they know each other so well." 



Tommy - age 6


HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Monday: Andrew Breen
Friday: Miriam VanFossen
Saturday: Joe Hoover