Bulletin Sunday October 2, 2011
Moose Jaw Church of Christ Information about us
Minister : Darrell Buchanan mjcoc@sasktel.net
WEEKLY BIBLE READING: Malachi 1 through Matthew 17
BIBLE HALF HOUR: for ages 4 through Grade 3, 11:30 to 12:00
Teachers: Today: Rhaea Next Sunday: Donna
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS IN 2011:
(1). Jan 30: Building Maintenance: $1,020.00 (2). For Japan: $455.00
(2). May 29: MJ Mission Fund: $1,005.00 (3). July 31: Clearview Christian Camp: $445.00
(4). Oct. 30th:Velma Forman—Papua New Guinea.
MEN’S BUSINESS MEETING: November 6, 2011 @ 1:45 p.m.
IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD THIS WEEK, LET’S REMEMBER:
-- In long-term Senior Health Care Facilities: Edna Knutson (Providence Place); Julia Thiessen (Providence Place);
-- Gordon and Vivian have requested prayers regarding Gordon’s Parkinsons disease and the symptoms that accompany it, particularly the tremors;
-- Paul & Evelee received good news on Wednesday that results of the Sept. 8th Lymph gland surgery showed there had been no further spread of her cancer—praise God! She will now meet with the Doctors at the Cancer Clinic (no date set yet) to determine the course of action for the cancer that is there, which will likely be radiation and perhaps chemo as well;
-- Gladys as she recovers from her broken hip and the surgery that followed on July 15th;
-- Keith Dods as he is having another round of chemo treatments for his cancer;
-- Vicki Knutson (Regina) is struggling with her cancer. She was in Palliative Care at the Pasqua Hospital for a while, and was then moved home and is being kept comfortable there. She is experiencing quite a bit of pain which they are trying to keep under control;
-- Walter & Cathy Ridgeway (Edmonton), Sharon’s sister and brother-in-law have recently found out that Walter’s cancer has returned and is very aggressive and fast growing. Due to the amount of cancer they have been told that surgery is not an option. Chemo may be an option, not to cure the disease but to perhaps slow the spread;
-- the family of Lil King (Winnipeg) have requested prayers for her comfort, as she has recently been diagnosed with cancer and is experiencing a fair amount of pain. She is in her 90’s and the doctors feel that any kind of treatment would be to hard on her. Lil is the mother/mother-in-law of Gary& Eva (Bell) King;
-- please keep the families of all of the above named in your prayers. We know sickness in a member of one’s family is stressful for the whole family;
-- our government leaders; world peace;
-- take a look around and remember one another in our Church family—may we show Jesus and His love through our words and actions.
“Happiness is a by-product of an effort
to make someone else happy.”
REPORT ON PAPUA NEW GUINEA: -- Velma Forman will be with us on Wed. evening, Oct. 12th and will give us an update on her work in Papua New Guinea and One Mile Clinic. Velma arrived back in Canada on Aug. 5th for her three month sabbatical to have a break from her work in PNG and to see her family again after being away three years.
SPECIAL COLLECTION: -- for Velma Forman and her work in Papua New Guinea will be taken on Sunday, Oct. 30th and/or Sunday Nov. 6th. Velma and her staff at One Mile Clinic do a tremendous work with the people in their area—ministering to them both physically and Spiritually. In 1993 Velma gave up her nursing job in Vancouver, sold her home and most of her belongings and moved to make her home in PNG to do full-time missionary/nursing work there. Now 18 years later, Velma’s plan is to return to PNG in Nov. for another three years and then move back permanently to B.C. We know all funds given will be put to very good use.
CONGREGATIONAL DIRECTORY: -- a draft copy of the updated congregational address/phone number list that Gordon prepared is on the back bulletin board. Please check your information to be sure it is correct—if not, make the correction on that copy. If you would initial beside your information, then Gordon will know that you have checked it.
WELCOME GIFT: -- for Brooke Peterson who is attending the Briercrest Bible College--she is taking the four year Business Administration course (I think actually the last year will
be at SIAST here in Moose Jaw) and also playing on the B.B.C. College Volleyball team. As Brooke has board & room at the College, we will veer away from our traditional food hamper when someone moves to Moose Jaw, and will collect money to purchase some gift cards for her—gas, eating-out cards etc. If you would like to be part of this welcome gift please give your donation to either Terri-Lynn or Linda. Deadline: Sunday, October 16th.
WESTERN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE LECTURESHIP 2011: -- will begin on Friday morning, October 7th and continue until Sunday afternoon, Oct. 9th. The featured key-note speaker is John Hicks. The theme is “Finding God in the Storm” based on Psalm 55:8. More details regarding the weekend can be found on Western’s website.
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD: -- there is beginning to be media coverage in the paper and on the radio with regard to this program, so just a heads-up that we will be collecting items and/or cash to purchase items, and making up boxes again this year. Last year we did up 12 boxes so we would like to do at least that many again this year. More info will be in next week’s bulletin.
NEEDED: -- the fridge downstairs in the kitchen has quit and we need a replacement. The fridge doesn’t get used a great deal, so we are trying to find a used one. If you have a fridge you are getting rid of and would like to donate it, please talk to Douglas. If he doesn’t hear anything over the next week or so he will pursue finding a used one reasonably priced and in good working order.
BE ANXIOUS FOR NO THING
We were all seated at the dining room table helping the kids do their homework—all except Josh, my eight year old grandson, who was upstairs working on his multiplication tables on the computer. All of a sudden we heard him running to the top of the stairs yelling, “Mom! Mom! Mom!” Being closest to the stairs, I jumped up, papers and pencils flying everywhere, and ran to the hallway. I called out, “What’s the matter Josh?”
He yelled back, “What’s seven times seven?”
What’s seven times seven? He had scared us out of our wits for such a silly question! But of course, it had not been a silly question to Josh. It was a matter of great concern to him for he was trying to beat the computer and for a moment, he was afraid he was going to lose. To him, he thought he had an extremely good reason to be anxious. I guess we all at times seem like that, thinking we have good reason to worry and fret. We cry out, “Lord! Lord! What shall I do about this? What shall I do about that? What’s going to happen?” We probably run around helter-skelter sometimes, as though we do not have any sense of direction nor an ounce of peace about our situation.
Josh’s “panic attack” reminded me of the wise counsel I heard at Church one Sunday morning. The preacher told us that each time he was tempted to worry about something, he would write that concern down in his appointment book on the days he always reserved just for worrying—the last two days of each month. He said that 90% of the time when he came to the end of the month, the situation he’d been so tempted to worry about had already resolved itself (with Divine intervention, of course!)
I thank God for His admonishment that we shouldn’t be anxious, worried or full of care. He promises that His peace will preserve our hearts and minds through Jesus Christ as we make our requests known to Him. -- Author Unknown
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” -- Philippians 4:6
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.” – Matthew 6:34
HA! HA!: A very dirty little fellow came in from playing in his yard and asked his mother, “Who am I?”
Ready to play the game she said, “I don’t know! Who are you?”
“WOW!” cried the child. “Mrs. Johnson was right! She said I was so dirty my own mother wouldn’t recognize me!”
AUTUMN …
Autumn is leaves, and color beyond words to describe it or art to copy it. It is feather-soft mists in early morning and the surprising strength of a mid-day sun, still making like summer. It’s that breath-catching first step from cozy indoors to crisp outdoors and the aroma of pickling and wondering whether to wear a sweater or not.
Autumn is getting home at dusk. A weekend of ladders and storm windows and glancing at your watch and trying to get back inside in time for baseball or football on the TV.
Autumn is longer shadows earlier in the day and the first advice on how many shopping days until Christmas.
Autumn is school yells and youngsters rustling along in a river of leaves. Autumn is opening that bedroom window not quite so wide at night. Autumn is first frosts.
Autumn is golden and mellow and rich and glorious and magnificent—words you use year-round, but are something else in autumn.
Autumn is wishing it would last and last …. -- Author Unknown
Autumn’s a time of changing patterns … patchwork of fields, dots of geese against the sky
and splashes of red and orange stitched together by dark branches.
Autumn’s a time for reviewing the patchwork of our lives … memories and hopes,
disappointments and pleasures, sorrows and joys—thankful for all that has come to us
with the gift of life itself in the unfolding pattern of our days. -- Barbara Loots
Minister : Darrell Buchanan mjcoc@sasktel.net
WEEKLY BIBLE READING: Malachi 1 through Matthew 17
BIBLE HALF HOUR: for ages 4 through Grade 3, 11:30 to 12:00
Teachers: Today: Rhaea Next Sunday: Donna
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS IN 2011:
(1). Jan 30: Building Maintenance: $1,020.00 (2). For Japan: $455.00
(2). May 29: MJ Mission Fund: $1,005.00 (3). July 31: Clearview Christian Camp: $445.00
(4). Oct. 30th:Velma Forman—Papua New Guinea.
MEN’S BUSINESS MEETING: November 6, 2011 @ 1:45 p.m.
IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD THIS WEEK, LET’S REMEMBER:
-- In long-term Senior Health Care Facilities: Edna Knutson (Providence Place); Julia Thiessen (Providence Place);
-- Gordon and Vivian have requested prayers regarding Gordon’s Parkinsons disease and the symptoms that accompany it, particularly the tremors;
-- Paul & Evelee received good news on Wednesday that results of the Sept. 8th Lymph gland surgery showed there had been no further spread of her cancer—praise God! She will now meet with the Doctors at the Cancer Clinic (no date set yet) to determine the course of action for the cancer that is there, which will likely be radiation and perhaps chemo as well;
-- Gladys as she recovers from her broken hip and the surgery that followed on July 15th;
-- Keith Dods as he is having another round of chemo treatments for his cancer;
-- Vicki Knutson (Regina) is struggling with her cancer. She was in Palliative Care at the Pasqua Hospital for a while, and was then moved home and is being kept comfortable there. She is experiencing quite a bit of pain which they are trying to keep under control;
-- Walter & Cathy Ridgeway (Edmonton), Sharon’s sister and brother-in-law have recently found out that Walter’s cancer has returned and is very aggressive and fast growing. Due to the amount of cancer they have been told that surgery is not an option. Chemo may be an option, not to cure the disease but to perhaps slow the spread;
-- the family of Lil King (Winnipeg) have requested prayers for her comfort, as she has recently been diagnosed with cancer and is experiencing a fair amount of pain. She is in her 90’s and the doctors feel that any kind of treatment would be to hard on her. Lil is the mother/mother-in-law of Gary& Eva (Bell) King;
-- please keep the families of all of the above named in your prayers. We know sickness in a member of one’s family is stressful for the whole family;
-- our government leaders; world peace;
-- take a look around and remember one another in our Church family—may we show Jesus and His love through our words and actions.
“Happiness is a by-product of an effort
to make someone else happy.”
REPORT ON PAPUA NEW GUINEA: -- Velma Forman will be with us on Wed. evening, Oct. 12th and will give us an update on her work in Papua New Guinea and One Mile Clinic. Velma arrived back in Canada on Aug. 5th for her three month sabbatical to have a break from her work in PNG and to see her family again after being away three years.
SPECIAL COLLECTION: -- for Velma Forman and her work in Papua New Guinea will be taken on Sunday, Oct. 30th and/or Sunday Nov. 6th. Velma and her staff at One Mile Clinic do a tremendous work with the people in their area—ministering to them both physically and Spiritually. In 1993 Velma gave up her nursing job in Vancouver, sold her home and most of her belongings and moved to make her home in PNG to do full-time missionary/nursing work there. Now 18 years later, Velma’s plan is to return to PNG in Nov. for another three years and then move back permanently to B.C. We know all funds given will be put to very good use.
CONGREGATIONAL DIRECTORY: -- a draft copy of the updated congregational address/phone number list that Gordon prepared is on the back bulletin board. Please check your information to be sure it is correct—if not, make the correction on that copy. If you would initial beside your information, then Gordon will know that you have checked it.
WELCOME GIFT: -- for Brooke Peterson who is attending the Briercrest Bible College--she is taking the four year Business Administration course (I think actually the last year will
be at SIAST here in Moose Jaw) and also playing on the B.B.C. College Volleyball team. As Brooke has board & room at the College, we will veer away from our traditional food hamper when someone moves to Moose Jaw, and will collect money to purchase some gift cards for her—gas, eating-out cards etc. If you would like to be part of this welcome gift please give your donation to either Terri-Lynn or Linda. Deadline: Sunday, October 16th.
WESTERN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE LECTURESHIP 2011: -- will begin on Friday morning, October 7th and continue until Sunday afternoon, Oct. 9th. The featured key-note speaker is John Hicks. The theme is “Finding God in the Storm” based on Psalm 55:8. More details regarding the weekend can be found on Western’s website.
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD: -- there is beginning to be media coverage in the paper and on the radio with regard to this program, so just a heads-up that we will be collecting items and/or cash to purchase items, and making up boxes again this year. Last year we did up 12 boxes so we would like to do at least that many again this year. More info will be in next week’s bulletin.
NEEDED: -- the fridge downstairs in the kitchen has quit and we need a replacement. The fridge doesn’t get used a great deal, so we are trying to find a used one. If you have a fridge you are getting rid of and would like to donate it, please talk to Douglas. If he doesn’t hear anything over the next week or so he will pursue finding a used one reasonably priced and in good working order.
BE ANXIOUS FOR NO THING
We were all seated at the dining room table helping the kids do their homework—all except Josh, my eight year old grandson, who was upstairs working on his multiplication tables on the computer. All of a sudden we heard him running to the top of the stairs yelling, “Mom! Mom! Mom!” Being closest to the stairs, I jumped up, papers and pencils flying everywhere, and ran to the hallway. I called out, “What’s the matter Josh?”
He yelled back, “What’s seven times seven?”
What’s seven times seven? He had scared us out of our wits for such a silly question! But of course, it had not been a silly question to Josh. It was a matter of great concern to him for he was trying to beat the computer and for a moment, he was afraid he was going to lose. To him, he thought he had an extremely good reason to be anxious. I guess we all at times seem like that, thinking we have good reason to worry and fret. We cry out, “Lord! Lord! What shall I do about this? What shall I do about that? What’s going to happen?” We probably run around helter-skelter sometimes, as though we do not have any sense of direction nor an ounce of peace about our situation.
Josh’s “panic attack” reminded me of the wise counsel I heard at Church one Sunday morning. The preacher told us that each time he was tempted to worry about something, he would write that concern down in his appointment book on the days he always reserved just for worrying—the last two days of each month. He said that 90% of the time when he came to the end of the month, the situation he’d been so tempted to worry about had already resolved itself (with Divine intervention, of course!)
I thank God for His admonishment that we shouldn’t be anxious, worried or full of care. He promises that His peace will preserve our hearts and minds through Jesus Christ as we make our requests known to Him. -- Author Unknown
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” -- Philippians 4:6
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.” – Matthew 6:34
HA! HA!: A very dirty little fellow came in from playing in his yard and asked his mother, “Who am I?”
Ready to play the game she said, “I don’t know! Who are you?”
“WOW!” cried the child. “Mrs. Johnson was right! She said I was so dirty my own mother wouldn’t recognize me!”
AUTUMN …
Autumn is leaves, and color beyond words to describe it or art to copy it. It is feather-soft mists in early morning and the surprising strength of a mid-day sun, still making like summer. It’s that breath-catching first step from cozy indoors to crisp outdoors and the aroma of pickling and wondering whether to wear a sweater or not.
Autumn is getting home at dusk. A weekend of ladders and storm windows and glancing at your watch and trying to get back inside in time for baseball or football on the TV.
Autumn is longer shadows earlier in the day and the first advice on how many shopping days until Christmas.
Autumn is school yells and youngsters rustling along in a river of leaves. Autumn is opening that bedroom window not quite so wide at night. Autumn is first frosts.
Autumn is golden and mellow and rich and glorious and magnificent—words you use year-round, but are something else in autumn.
Autumn is wishing it would last and last …. -- Author Unknown
Autumn’s a time of changing patterns … patchwork of fields, dots of geese against the sky
and splashes of red and orange stitched together by dark branches.
Autumn’s a time for reviewing the patchwork of our lives … memories and hopes,
disappointments and pleasures, sorrows and joys—thankful for all that has come to us
with the gift of life itself in the unfolding pattern of our days. -- Barbara Loots
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