Monday, October 1, 2007

News, 9/30/07

Alice Hunt left this earth on Sunday. Calling is 5-8pm at Culberson Funeral Home on Tuesday. The Funeral is 11am Wednesday at the church. Link for the map

Our special prayer project needs $285 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 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.

Alabaster offering will be received today. A year ago we brought $454.53 for missionaries building fund. Let’s do our best to support our missionaries.

Revival Services begin this Wednesday with Evangelist David Perry. Rev. Perry has served as pastor in Indiana, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, and Kansas. He is a strong preacher of Bible holiness and Christ-like living. Let’s make every effort in our busy schedules to hear the Word this week. Special singing is being arranged by Chris Walker.

Softball sign-up for the Barbara Dishman tournament is on the foyer bulletin board. Games are scheduled for October. We want our church softball team to be one of the entries.

Planning for community Christmas Dinner is this Monday, October 1, in the Hagerstown Trustee Office beginning at 7:00 p.m. Please let Pastor know if you can represent our church.

175th Hagerstown Anniversary begins this week with various festivities (see brochure). Next Sunday at 1:30 p.m. our church is hosting a group sing with homemade pie and ice cream.

Prayer Petitions: Our beloved Alice Hunt went to be with her Lord this morning at 1:06. Mark Cameron’s grandmother passed away this week. Margaret Beeson came through her surgical procedure very well. Continue to pray for Gordon Zachary’s mother who is unconscious due to a stroke. Ronnie Dale suffered a stroke. Terry York is still recovering well from his liver transplant surgery. Jody Carnes. Marilyn Burgess. Ernie and Faye Barnard. Wade Fletcher. Susan Combes. Moriah Stout. Elsie Hall. Marie Wilson. Albert Pence. Joetta Wilkinson. Don Talbott. Henry Overbay. Nick Paul. Mark Ballenger. Olive Bruner. Adam Pinnick. Olive Berkebile. George and Helen York. Hailey Blevins. Jan Townsend. Rex Anderson. Amazing Angels Child Care Ministry. Persecuted Christians in communistic and Muslim countries. Ashley Longfellow in the Navy. Kyle Sparks in Iraq. Our soldiers in Iraq.

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.

 

Matthew 5:11-12“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”

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