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NEWSLETTER FOR September, October 2010

    Looking Back at July/August:

  • Our 27th annual all church campout at Lake Pearrygin in Winthrop, WA was July 9-11. About 30 people gathered on Saturday night and Sunday morning to worship God while enjoying the great outdoors. Thank You Norm Jones for organizing this each year.

  • Joined with Edgewood Baptist Church, our kids attended Vacation Bible School July 12-16. It was a fun filled week of learning about God as Soul Surviviors on Danger Island.
  • We collected school supplies, such as paper, pencils, glue and backpacks to donate to those kids in our community. Thank you all for your help in making this school year memorable for many kids.
  • Our annual rummage sale was August 7th. Over $500 was raised. The procceds went to Haiti and our children's program. Thank you to Jessica Knighten, Melody McGuire and all who helped make this possible.

Looking Ahead; Opportunities to Grow

  • Be part of the calling to be a prayerful church on the first Sunday of each month at 5:30 for PFS (Prayer First Sunday)
  • Women, join us at Double K Christian Retreat Center on September 17-18 for a retreat. Guest speaker will be Rena Marvel, and Melody will be speaking as well..
  • Wednesday night dinners will resume September 8th at 6pm. Come enjoy a hot meal followed by programs for the whole family.
  • Hey Kids! We are so excited about out new program for YOU on Sunday mornings starting on September 5. There will be children's classes for all ages during the whole morning worship hour! We will have a GREAT time singing, playing games, learning about God's Word and doing some FUN art projects! Blessings and Prayers, Sue Shouse, Beth Robertson and Melody McGuire.
  • The Wednesday night bible study led by Mike and Sue Shouse will resume September 8th with the study of Mark as we continue our comparative studies of the four Gospels. Plan on being a part of this study at 7pm.
  • Kick off the new school year on Sunday, September 12th after church with a potluck barbeque. Meat will be provided, but please bring two of the following: beans, salad or dessert for the potluck. Complete with fun for the kids, including inflatable toys to play on.
  • Hey kids! Come by the church parking lot for our Trunk-O-Treat between 5-6:30 on Sunday, October 31st for a treat. Adults, please bring your bags of candy and come to the church parking lot at this same time to bless our church kids, as well as those in the neighborhood.
  • Plan now to attend the Seattle Harvest Norvember 5-7 at the Key Arena. Greg Laurie will be speaking, alonf with music by Jars of Clay, Jeremy Camp, The Katinas and Kutless. This is an event you won't want to miss. Free Admission. Visit seattle.harvest.org for more information.

 Pastor's Corner:

A New Word In The Marketplace

There is a word this is starting to become popular again. I am surprised about this word making a resurgence. It is a word that became such a "churchy word", that even the church has tried to stop using it because Christians in general have tried to sound liess "religious" and more "relational". The word is "EVANGELISM". This is a word that we in the church thought only church insiders understood. To the church insiders, it is a very important word because it means sharing the good news to others outside the church. But since it was a word only insiders knew, we thought we should use words everyone would understand so it has been replaced by words like "outreach" and "sharing your faith". Now the word EVANGELISM is popping up in job descriptions from engineering to computer programing. They are looing for "network evangelist" or some similar job title. I have not seen any college programs offering courses on being an "evangelist" in any particular field yet, but I would expect that is coming if the language of the marketplace indicates it. These people are supposed to share the good news about the products their company is marketing. They are supposed to get other people and other companiies and the general culture of our population to adopt the prgrams or products as essential tools in their daily functions. In the church we never really let go of the word, we just thought people did not understand it. Well, guess what, it is back. The word EVANGELISM, is now a common and understood word in the marketplace and it is still our privilege to share the good news of forgiveness, hope, heaven, and life purpose with the world. We want to, as we always have, get the general culture of our population to adopt the values and attitudes of a person transformed by the power of Jesus Christ. Do you want to apply today. Hope evangelist are needed in our desperate world. We have the  best news ever to share.