Serving Our Savior

I'm working up to, "Did you get one of these?" by perfecting the "leave behind" technique of giving out tracts. In the drive through at the bank, after completing the transaction, I put one in the tube waiting for the next person to come through.
JMB

Sow the Seed

While on vacation in St. Louis I "dropped" a folded million dollar bill tract in the corner of both the elevators. It just so happened I rode one on the way down to breakfast and a different one on the way back to our room. When we returned to the hotel at the end of the day they were gone.
JMB

Blessed Be the Lord!

Reminders:

*** We will continue to meet in the Lower Fireside room while renovations are taking place in the school.

***The trail ministry is underway! Last week six people met at the NEW SPOT ON THE TRAIL and it went very well.
Thanks to everyone that came and passed out bible tracts and water! Hope to see you next week on the trail from 8:30-11:00!
Thank you so much to Sam for his faithfulness in organizing this trail ministry! We are able to get the Word of God in people's hands!!

TRAIL MINISTRY LOCATION:
North of Jeffrey Allens at Vernon and Towanda.
Park at Jeffrey Allens and meet at the trail
8:30am Saturday
(You are welcome to come and join us for as long or as little as you can! We would love for you to join in on this tremendous blessing!)

Praises:
-Congratulations to Gio who took part in Believer's Baptism last Sunday!!!
-Gio and Christine will be moving into their new home this Saturday!
-Glennie's sister, Rebecca, is closing on her home and she is recovering from surgery.
-Gail is feeling good and looks wonderful after her horrific fall.
-Mr. & Mrs. Good's health and faithfulness in praying for and teaching us through their beautiful example!
-Those who go out and do the Lord's work . . . there are SO MANY people that need the Lord!
-Thank you to Rich for his willingness to share his love for the Lord and His Word with us!

Prayer Requests:
-Gail's cousin, Cindy, in Florida found out that she has breast cancer.
-Tim's brother, Cory, will be having back surgery on Monday, June 29th.
-Please pray for Amy's brother's good friend, Dale and his family, whose 12 year daughter just died last week from the swine flu in WI.
Dale, his wife, and other daughter all tested positive for the swine flu and were quarantined, but are all okay now.

Set a goal to find a quiet time to sit down with your Bible and listen to what the Lord has to tell you to help you with this life!
Have a blessed week and go out and tell others about the BEST NEWS OF ALL!!!!

A Life of Service

"We are many, but in Christ we are all one body. Each one is a part of that body." Romans 12:5

(Thanks to Janean for the wonderful notes once again! :)

Reminders:

*** We will continue to meet in the Lower Fireside room while renovations are taking place in the school.
THIS Tuesday night June 16 at 6:30 Ralph could use some help ripping out carpet in the Elementary wing.
if you have a flat scraper like an ice scraper bring it. Doing the work ourselves will save $1,000.00

***Thank you to Dianne C., Orns, & to Christine and Gio for bringing delicious food last week!

***The trail ministry is underway! We met at the annex the past two weeks, BUT THERE IS A NEW SPOT ON THE TRAIL WHERE WE WILL BE on this SATURDAY, JUNE 20th!
The hope is that this is where we will be able to meet up with some more leisurely walkers on this section of the trail!!
Thanks to everyone that came and passed out bible tracts and water! Hope to see you next week on the trail from 8:30-11:00!
Thank you so much to Sam for his faithfulness in organizing this trail ministry! We are able to get the Word of God in people's hands!!

NEW LOCATION:
North of Jeffrey Allens at Vernon and Towanda.
Park at Jeffrey Allens and meet at the trail
8:30am Saturday
(You are welcome to come and join us for as long or as little as you can! We would love for you to join in on this tremendous blessing!)


Guest teacher Rich:

King James is at a 5th grade reading level even wiht the Thee's and Thou's
New King James is at a 6th grade reading level and some word changes were more obscure and harder to define

Here are some books that were suggested by Rich that talks about the different bible versions

books by Otis Fuller:
Which Bible
True & False
and also some by Gail Riplinger:
New Age Bible Versions
Which Bible is God's Word

Have a blessed week!

Go and SOW the seeds of salvation!

Class Notes June 7th

Happy Summer!!
I trust that you are having a wonderful start to the week.
(Thanks to Janean for the wonderful notes. :)

Reminders:

***The trail ministry is underway! Thanks to everyone that came and passed out bible tracts and water! Hope to see you next week on the trail from 8:30-11:00!
Meet us at the annex (on Linden) by Linden and Vernon.
(I will be sending out some other dates & times to meet at Walmart, Miller Park, and some other parks to pass out tracts! Pray that you will be willing to share the best news of all in our very own mission field in Bloomington/Normal!


Prayer Requests:

Pray for Barbara, she can't make it to church anymore due to physical limitations after 34 years as a member.

Also, for Rebecca a prayer request. She's having surgery to remove scar tissue on June 11. It's been a set back emotionally and she won't be able to help with the move.

Gail's doctor at the pain center didn't like how her leg was healing. She may be developing RSD - a bad chronic condition. The Dr. has some ideas for treatment. Th nerves may be firing wrong.

Ken's dad, also named Ken will be getting a new pacemaker. If it doesn't work he'll be put on the transplant list.

Brian - pray for his friend in Afghanistan.

Janean shared that she'd given notice at work after 11+ years. Her last day will be Friday June 19. That the number of hours and stress was hurting her family and it was time to make a change - even though she doesn't know what's next.

Please pray for everyone in our class, for their courage to witness, any unspokens, health needs, and their families and friends!

-Keep everyone safe in their summer travels!

-Pray for Mr. & Mrs. Good and for all that they do to encourage us to be sowers!

You are NOT too young, too old, too busy to do the Lord's work . . . we don't want to be too late! The Lord is coming!


Praises:
-Glennie's sister Rebecca - a praise is that they are moving into their own house 2 1/2 years after losing theirs in a tornado. They've been able to save money while living with his parents. The previous owners flipped the house so everything is brand new.

-Sheldon's surgery went well. It was more invasive than they'd anticipated but he's doing well.

-Ralph's friend with the 6 way bypass is doing great and walking 3 miles a day. Karen said that those are the patients they worry about who do too much too soon and push their recovery.

Thank you to Rich who taught the lesson this Sunday. It was the first time he was teaching someone older than a 3rd grade boy and that 3rd grade boys are scarier to face.

Apologetics was the topic and he went into some of the sub topics they've covered in 3rd grade. He asked us as parents if we knew what our children knew - about the world and about the Bible. Have we really taught them to BELIEVE what they BELIEVE?

He touched on so many things as he spoke. He shared the similarities between himself and Mr. Good.

He shared that he's a King James guy when it comes to Bible translations. That Mary was a virgin, not a young girl.

He quoted Patrick Henry, "For evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."