Prayer Petitions

 

Diana Ames was taken to St. Vincent yesterday for a possible stroke. Helen York is having hand surgery tomorrow. Michael Hilling’s recovery from an auto accident. Tim Merrill is recovering well from back surgery. Remember Fred Favorite battling cancer. Margaret Beeson. Terry York is home 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.

News, 11/04/07

Thanks, Children Funfest Workers. There were approximately 60 kids registered for the games and activities. With all the parents and workers there were about 125 in attendance. We appreciate Carol organizing this event.

Recycle your computer 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 fund raising check.

Alabaster offering sent for foreign missions building fund was $322.21. See what a little pocket change saved over a period of time can do. To God be the glory. Our next alabaster offering will be in February.

While a student at Indiana Wesleyan University, Pastor Fannin befriended Samuel Kariuki. Samuel and his family have been here before and the church gave them a good offering. He and his wife are from Ethiopia on a student visa. She is close to finishing her studies for nursing. Samuel has had to drop out of school due to finances. The church board has allowed a fund set up to help him finish his education.

This is not a mandatory offering, but if the Lord lays a burden on your heart for this situation, mark your gift “Samuel.”

District Primetime for our Seniors is Friday, November 16, at Indy First Church beginning 6:30 p.m. The cost is $17 for an evening of singing by the Pfiefers and a fine homemade meal. Please see Nancy or the sign-up sheet on the foyer bulletin board.

Thank you for your giving. Please remember our building fund loan payment of $728.77. “God is Good…”

New discipleship class begins this Wednesday 6:30 p.m. with the book, The Steps to Success in the Christian Life.

A Child Care Ministry Fundraiser is set for the 2007 Hometown Christmas on December 1^st at the McCullough Center. There will be a bake sale with two silent auction baskets. The first basket will have children games with the second the NFL Indianapolis Colt items.

Please see the sign-up sheet on the foyer bulletin board to indicate which items you wish to donate. Thank you.

The Child Care is trying to raise enough funds for a commercial rug shampooer for the church.

 

Final October Finances
MONTHLY GIVING	Received last Sunday the 28th	Received for the Month	Disbursed  for the Month
Tithes and Offerings	1,346.60	7,707.37	6,598.40
Building Fund Loan	56.01	518.51	728.77
Missions	221.00	737.81	674.22

Thanksliving

The Bible instructs us to “give thanks in everything.” There are times when our gratitude is scarce due to life’s situations. There are times when it is impossible to thank God “for” things happening to us or our family. But the instructions are clear enough to notice that we are not required to thank God “for” everything but we can thank God “in” everything.

The sky is the limit as to giving thanks to the God and Creator of our world. He has made everything “very good.” What we see, feel, or experience gives us the basis for thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving goes beyond saying words to worship. The book of Revelation shows the future church assembled before the throne of God: “After these things I looked, and behold, a

great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, ¹⁰ and crying out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!’ ¹¹ All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, ¹² saying: ‘Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom, Thanksgiving and honor and power and might, Be to our God forever and ever. Amen’ (Rev 7:9-12).

Let us allow our thanksgiving lead to worship.

 

1 Timothy 2:1-2“[Instructions on Worship] I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) NIV. All Rights Reserved.

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