Bulletin for May 22, 2011
Today is the Ladies Aide Potato Bar following the church service. This will be on a donation basis. Help to support the Ladies Aide and their work for the church. Ladies: ARE THE OVENS ON?
Time approaches very quickly! VBS has been set for June 12th – 16th from 6-8:30pm. There is a signup sheet in the vestibule for those interested in helping. Please be willing to share in the spreading of God’s word to our children!
Sunday School promotion will be held May 22nd through June 12th. Activities: May 22nd – Sunday School teacher appreciation
May 29th – Memorial Day – light breakfast and cemetery service
June 5th – Invite a Friend Sunday
June 12th - Picnic
There will be a meeting for the Guatemala mission group today at the Brake Church of the Brethren at 3pm. Members will be leaving from church following the potato bar.
Please join the Browning family as they celebrate Austin’s graduation. Austin’s graduation party will be held on Saturday, June 4th, at 5pm at the Matthews Campground on Dilley Road. If you are able to join the celebration please sign up on the sheet in the vestibule. They hope to see you there!
Item of business from the Church Clerk: A request was made by the Dale Carpenter family, and approved, to have their memberships transferred to Deep Creek Baptist Church.
Just a reminder: Gladys Savage will be celebrating her 95th birthday next Sunday, May 29th. Remember her with a card.
Sunday School teacher tidbits:
At Sunday School they were learning how God created everything, including human beings. Johnny was especially intent when the teacher told him how Eve was created out of one of Adam's ribs.
Later in the week his mother noticed him lying down as though he were ill, and said, "Johnny, what is the matter?" Johnny responded, "I have pain in my side. I think I'm going to have a wife."
It was Palm Sunday but because of a sore throat, 5-year-old Johnny stayed home from church with a sitter. When the family returned home, they were carrying several palm fronds. Johnny asked them what they were for. "People held them over Jesus' head as he walked by," his father told him. "Wouldn't you know it," Johnny fumed, "the one Sunday I don't go and He shows up."
The Sunday School teacher was describing that when Lot's wife looked back at Sodom she turned into a pillar of salt, when Bobby interrupted. "My mommy looked back once while she was driving," he announced, "and she turned into a telephone pole."
After explaining the commandment to honor your father and mother, a Sunday School teacher asked her class if there was a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters. One boy, the oldest in his family, immediately answered, "Thou shalt not kill."
Three boys are in the Sunday School class bragging about their fathers. The first boy says, "My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a poem, and they give him $25." The second boy says, "That's nothing. My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a song, and they give him $200." The third boy says, "I got you both beat. My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a sermon, and it takes eight men to collect all the money!"
The Calling
(Roger Fields)
I am a minister. I minister to the largest mission field in the world. I minister to children.
My calling is sure: my challenge is big: my vision is clear: my desire is strong: my influence is eternal: my impact is critical: my values are solid: my faith is tough: my mission is urgent: my purpose is unmistakable: my direction is forward: my heart is genuine: my strength is supernatural: my reward is promised: and my God is real!
In a world of cynicism, I offer hope. In a world of confusion, I offer attention. In a world of abuse, I offer safety. In a world: of ridicule, I offer affirmation. In a world of division, I offer reconciliation. In a world of bitterness, I offer forgiveness. In a world of sin, I offer salvation. In a world of hate, I offer God's Love.
I refuse to be dismayed, disengaged, disgruntled, discouraged or distracted: Neither will I look back, stand back, fall back., go back or sit back. I do not need applause, flattery, adulation, prestige, stature or veneration. I do not have time for business as usual, mediocre standards, small thinking, outdate methods, normal expectations, average results, ordinary ideas, petty disputes, or low vision. I will not give up, give in, bail out, lie down, turn over, quit or surrender.
I will pray when things look bad. I will pray when things look good. I will move forward when others stand still. I will trust God when obstacles arise. I will work when the task is overwhelming. I will get up when I fall down.
My calling is to reach boys and girls for God. It is too serious to be taken lightly, too urgent to be postponed, too vital to be ignored, too relevant to be overlooked, too significant to be trivialized, too eternal to be fleeting, and too passionate to be quenched.
I know my mission. I know my challenge. I also know my limitations, my weaknesses, my fears, and my problems. And I know my God. Let others get the praise. Let the church get the blessing. Let God get the glory.
I am a minister. I minister to children. This is who I am. This is what I do.
Thank You, Sunday School Teacher
Thank you Sunday school teacher
For opening my eyes
To the Bible and to Jesus,
Life’s most precious prize.
Thank you special teacher
For opening my mind
To God and the Holy Spirit,
And for answers you help me find.
Thank you Sunday school teacher
For opening my heart
To eternal life through salvation,
The precious lessons you impart.
Thank you, cherished teacher,
For giving me advice
So that I can know the Lord
And be with Him in paradise.
