Yesterday 12 ladies from our church attended the district ladies day event. We will never be the same.
Our special prayer project needs $350 more to reach our goal of paying for a truck purchased to help a man begin a new start out of prison. Please mark your gift “truck." Thanks to those for making a difference in this man’s life.
Recycle your printer cartridges by bringing them to the church and placing them in the white box in the foyer. These are sent to a company for recycling in return for a check.
Exercise aerobics will meet 6:00 p.m. this Monday and Wednesday at the church.
Alabaster offering will be received next Sunday, September 30. This is our missionaries building fund. Save your pocket change everyday, and you’ll be surprised how much you can give to building the kingdom.
Williamsburg Church Softball League end-of-season awards pitch-in is scheduled for Saturday, September 29, 12 noon, at the Church Fellowship Hall. In addition to the great food and fellowship, team and individual awards will be distributed, and another person will be inducted into the Softball League Hall of Fame.
Awards will be issued to many churches, including Centerville Christian (tourney and overall champion), Hagerstown Nazarene (regular season champion and 2nd place tourney), New Life Holiness (3rd place regular season), Williamsburg Teen and Sylvan Nook (3rd place tourney). The home run king trophy will be awarded to Seth Stomm.
Ingredients for sandwiches will be provided. Bring lots of good food. All players and family members are invited.
October Revival Services with Rev. David Perry begins Wednesday, October 3rd, and goes through Sunday, October 7th. Begin planning to attend and pray for a mighty outpouring of God’s Spirit upon His people.
TV Gets Worse, but People Still Watch
The majority of Americans (62%) believe that the quality of television programming is getting worse; yet, the average TV viewer is spending more time than ever in front of the tube, according to a new poll by The Associated Press and AOL Television. “There's a divide between our opinions and our behavior here,” said Robert Thompson, director of The Bleier Center for the Study of TV and Popular Culture at Syracuse University. “Americans check off all the boxes on a survey saying TV stinks with one hand, but they've got the other hand on that TV remote,” Thompson said. “They're complaining, but they're still watching.”
The study, which was based on interviews with 1,204 adults from Aug. 24-26, revealed that 13 % of Americans watch more than 30 hours of television each week and 27% watch at least 21 hours. This shows an increase of 5% from a similar study taken in 2005. Interestingly, those who watch a lot of television and those who watch very little all agree that the quality of programming is declining.
When asked which new shows they were looking forward to watching, only 7% of viewers could name one. The poll also found that 28% of Americans would like to see more news on television compared to 17% in 2005. The ABC show, “Desperate Housewives” was seen as “most offensive,” getting more votes for unpopularity than even “Jerry Springer” and “South Park.” When asked which show they would most like to see canceled, 9% chose CBS's “Survivor.” The returning show that Americans are looking forward to the most is CBS’s “CSI,” being named by 47% of respondents.
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