News, 05/04/08

Softball meeting following the morning service. Softball practice at Williamsburg Monday 6:00 p.m.

Church membership is open for those who have received Christ as their personal savior. Pastor would appreciate talking to those who desire membership in the Hagerstown Church of the Nazarene.

Hagerstown Faith Housing is set up for senior living. If you know of anyone who is interested, call Floyd Sanders 489-4898. There are several vacancies.

Small group discipleship studies continue this Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

The men’s group will meet at the OutPost to study Tony Dungy’s Quiet Strength.

The women will meet at the parsonage to watch Beth Moore’s video, Jesus the One and Only.

That the world may know is an inspiring and informing video of biblical times. This presentation gives a greater understanding of the scriptures in the Old and New Testaments. You’ll not be disappointed. The evening service begins at 6:00.

Our teens will leave for Olivet Regional Celebrate Life early Thursday morning. They are in need of funds due to gas prices and other expenses. If you wish to help our seven teens (Derek, Sarah, Tyler, Cierra, Cheyanne, Ashley, Skyler, Chloe) go to Olivet for Celebrate Life, May 8 – 10, mark your donation “NYI- Celebrate Life.”

Mother’s Day is our time to give special recognition to those special people in our lives who are most influential.
We’ll be honoring our mothers next Sunday during the morning worship service.

We are missionary people

who take great joy in Jesus’ Great Commission to go and make disciples of all nations. This includes supporting missionaries whom God has called. We have received $1,807 towards our goal of $2,000. We can reach our goal for Christ’s sake. We cannot live and give for a greater cause than to reach the world with the good news of Christ. We have only a little more than $250 to reach our goal.

Women of Faith Retreat is August 1 & 2. The ladies of our church thoroughly enjoyed last year’s event. You don’t know how much you need this time of renewal until after you go. Those ladies who plan to go this year need to get their money to Nikki Merrill.

Recycle your computer printer cartridges Bring your used cartridges to the church and place them in the white box in the foyer for the daycare fundraiser.

Church Calendar at a Glance

Sun. May 4: New Testament Church Open House, 2pm
Sun. May 4: Church Board Meeting, 4:30pm
Tue. May 6: State Election Day
Thu. May 8: Celebrate Life at Olivet Begins
Sun. May 11: Mother’s Day
Sat. May 17: Ladies Fellowship Breakfast, 8:30am
Sat. May 17: Discipleship Summit at Grove City, OH
Sun. May 18: Receive believers into church membership
Sun. May 18: Hagerstown High Senior Salute, 6pm
Tue. May 20: Camby Camp Workday
Thu. May 22: Last Day for Nettle Creek Schools
Sat. May 24: Hagerstown High School Graduation, 2pm
Mon. May 26: Memorial Day
Fri. May 30: Child Care Committee Meeting, 6pm

 

Final April Finances
MONTHLY GIVING	Received last Sunday the 27th	Received for the Month	Disbursed for the Month
Tithes and Offerings	1,300.98	5,806.49	5,326.18
Building Fund Loan	87.00	569.79	728.77
Missions Easter	14.00 65.00	249.00 271.00	274.00 271.00

The Birth of Mother’s Day

Anna M. Jarvis (1864-1948) loved her mother dearly. It was Miss Jarvis who first suggested a national day to honor all mothers. At a memorial service for her mother on May 10, 1908, Anna gave a carnation, her mother’s favorite flower, to each person in attendance. Within a few years, the idea to honor mothers gained popularity, and Mother’s Day was soon observed annually in many large cities of the United States.

On May 9, 1914, by an act of congress, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the second Sunday of May as Mother’s Day. He established the day as a time for “public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country.” By then, it had become customary to wear white carnations in honor of departed mothers and red carnations to honor the living. The custom continues to this day.

The Bible gives the greatest way to honor mother. Proverbs 31:28 states, “Her children rise up and call her blessed; Her husband also, and he praises her...”

Prayer Petitions

Don Talbott. Mike Bonanza. Kelsey Brown. Michael Stomm. Margie Wynn. Joenita Walker. O.B. Whitted (Don Talbott’s uncle). Pat Lacey. Karen Owens. Charlotte Saunders. George and Helen York. Elsie Hall. Margaret Beeson. Mary Holcomb. Marilyn and Charles Burgess. Ernie and Faye Barnard. Jody Carnes. Terry York. Wade Fletcher. Susan Combes. Moriah Stout. Marie Wilson. Albert Pence. Joetta Wilkinson. Don Talbott. Henry Overbay. Nick Paul. Mark Ballenger. Olive Bruner. Adam Pinnick. Olive Berkebile. Amazing Angels Child Care. Hailey Blevins. Jan Townsend. Persecuted Christians.

Missionaries: Robert Pickle- Set Free Ministries. Dan & Sheri Miller. Dana Harding. Daniel Duke. Bob & Janet Miller. Dee Sudnig. Lindell & Kay Browning. Bill & Kay Swesay. Ken & Linda Walker. Greg & Amy Crofford. Wayne & Connie LaForce. Mark Ryan. Dan & Margaret Clark. Scott and Emily Armstrong. Kathy Matson.

Nursing Home: Bonnie McLain. Phyllis Lambert. Franklin White. Rev. R.C. Boynton. Earl Goodwin.

News, 03/23/08

Our Gideon speaker, Bill Long, received the largest offering our church has given for the Gideon Ministry. All $270 will now go to purchase of Bibles throughout the world. Thank you for your generous giving.

Holiness Today is our primary church magazine printed every other month that helps people discover tools for everyday faith, for understanding the message of holiness in practical ways. Turn in $12 marked “Holiness Today.”

Women of Faith Retreat is August 1 & 2. The ladies of our church thoroughly enjoyed last year’s event. You don’t know how much you need this time of renewal until after you go. Those ladies who plan to go this year need to get their money to Nikki Merrill.

Recycle your computer printer cartridges Bring your used cartridges to the church and place them in the white box in the foyer for the daycare fundraiser.

Church membership is open for those who have experienced Christ as their personal savior. Pastor would appreciate talking to those who desire member in the Hagerstown Church of the Nazarene.

Hagerstown Faith Housing is set up for senior living. If you know of anyone interested, call Floyd Sanders 489-4898. There are several vacancies.

New small group discipleship studies will begin this Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

The men’s group will meet in the OutPost to study Tony Dungee’s Quiet Strength.

The women will meet at the parsonage to watch Beth Moore’s dvd, Jesus the One and Only.

Discipleship Summit is planned for next Saturday, March 29, at Indianapolis Westside Church. This is for all our Sunday School teachers and workers and anyone else interested in the spiritual lifeline of Christian living, that is, discipleship in the church. Please let pastor know if you can go. Discipleship is the spiritual success of our church.

Sunday School teacher ‘eat and meet’ is set for next Sunday following the morning service.

Rural Urban Banquet is Thursday, April 10, 6:30, at Hagerstown High School with special speaker and Hoosier author Lorene Burkart who wrote Home on the Farm: If Chickens Could Talk. The cost for an evening of chicken noodle dinner, entertainment by the school choir, and tons of doors prizes is $5.00. See Pastor Fannin for tickets.

Church Calendar at a Glance
Wed. Mar. 26: New discipleship study series begin
Sat. Mar. 29: Discipleship Summit in Indianapolis
Sun. Mar. 30: Sunday School Teacher ‘eat and meet’ luncheon
Mon. Mar. 31: Nettle Creek School Spring Break
Tue. Apr. 1: Pastor leaves for Atlanta for Belize ‘work and witness’
Sat. Apr. 5: Men’s Prayer Breakfast, 8:00 a.m.
Thu. Apr. 10: Rural Urban Banquet, 6:30 p.m.
Sat. Apr. 19: Ladies’ Fellowship Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.

Our Easter Offering Goal is $2000
We believe that Jesus’ Great Commission to goand make disciples of all the nations includes supporting our missionaries whom God has called. Today’s offering will support taking the Good News of Christ around the world.

We are Easter People

 

Though the English word “Easter” comes from the name of a pagan feast in England, the celebration itself has no pagan roots. The Christian Easter is rooted in an actual datable event: the resurrection of Christ in the year 30 A.D.

The first celebration of Easter was not a yearly event but a weekly one. To the early Christians every Sunday was a mini-Easter. After Jesus’ death on the cross He first appeared to his fearful disciples on a Sunday. When Jesus reappeared to the disciples the following Sunday, doubting Thomas was there and fell to his knees exclaiming, “My Lord and my God!”

Jesus told Thomas, “You believe because you have seen Me. Blessed are those who haven't seen Me and believe anyway” (John 20:29). Christ died for us and was raised to new life! Believe and be saved, and become as blessed as an apostle.

The evidences of Jesus’ resurrection surround us. The early church thrived in the city where Jesus was put to death and now thrives around the world.

Jewish Christians began the Sunday worship. Though Saturday was the written-in-stone worship day for the Jews, the resurrection of Christ eventually caused Sunday to become the Christian worship day.

Changed lives are the greatest evidence. Any person can encounter the resurrected Christ by admitting they have a broken relationship with God, by believing Christ died to restore that relationship, and by confessing Jesus as Lord of their lives. Only believers know the reality of Christ. Receiving Christ brings hope and a new beginning that is out of this world.

 

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