Harold Messer (July 1)
Frank Burrell (July 2)
Carol Hardman (July 3)
Ruth McConnell (July 4)
Oleta Haskett (July 10)
Lexi Allen (July 12)
Cliff Kolb (July 12)
Tonya Lloyd (July 20)
Dean Kool (July 22)
Sheila Hunter (July 22)
Marion Jones (July 24)
Guy Hall (July 28)
Harold Hall (July 28)
Clark Lloyd (July 29)
Two summer picnics have been scheduled. The first one will be Sunday, July 21 at East LaPorte Park from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. The next one will be Sunday, August 25 at Deep Creek Pavilion from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Please plan to attend one or both of these events for fellowship and family fun!
On Sunday, June 30, around 10:30 a.m., seven children and their group leader will depart from church for Passport Camp at Montreat. Brooke Dills will be leading the group which consists of Lucie Moore, Lexi Allen, Abby Pittman, Zoe Ellenburg, Ella Dux, Alex Wittekind, and Truman Joiner. The theme of this year's camp is "Water." Through Bible study, missions activities, and fun they will learn more about the "Living Water" and about the importance of water in the world.
Please pray for the children and their chaperone that this will be a meaningful experience, deepening their faith, providing opportunities to develop friendships, and drawing them closer as part of our church.
My sister gave me this recipe years ago. It’s a much requested favorite at summer gatherings.
Ingredients
2-3 pints of strawberries, sliced
1/2 cup sugar
1 large package strawberry Jello
1 large carton Cool Whip
2 packages (small) vanilla instant pudding
3 cups cold milk
1 carton (small) sour cream
1 box vanilla wafers
Instructions
Mix strawberries, sugar, and Jello in saucepan and heat until the gelatin is dissolved. Mix pudding with 3 cups cold milk. Fold in Cool Whip and sour cream. Alternately layer vanilla wafers, pudding, and strawberries in a trifle bowl and chill. Keep refrigerated.
– Provided by Sarah Davis
Strawberry Pudding
Click here to download a printable version.
-Provided by Sarah Davis
It was a great day in the nursery this past Sunday with three infants/toddlers in their room and four preschoolers in another room. Wow! It was a busy place! Many thanks to Janelle Messer, Lucie Moore, Truman Joiner, Cheryl Beck, and Terri Bryan who just happened by and asked if she could help! Thank you, Terri, for reading to the children and talking with them.
Next Sunday, June 30th, Judy Henderson and Mary Lou Millwood have charge of the nursery. Thank you!
A variety of books await toddlers, preschoolers, children, and youth in the Children's Library located across from the Gathering Room. If you read five books from the library before school starts, you will receive a prize. Anyone reading more than five books will receive another prize. Please let Cheryl Beck know when you have read five or more books.
Add this email address to your contacts list on your devices so that our staff and Pastoral Care Team can learn of your prayer requests as quickly as possible. And yes, you may still contact the church office directly at 828-586-2095 to share your prayer concerns, as well.
“A need is not a call.” My husband Keith Holmes wrote those words on the bathroom mirror for me recently. I had been having a tough time with ministry-related boundaries, and these wise words were much-needed. This was not the first time I’d needed that reminder. I first heard these wise words from Rick Landon.
Rick and Judy Landon served for many years as “member care” for the CBF Romany Team. “Member care” are professional mental health providers who volunteer to be resources for CBF field personnel. At the time, Rick was co-clinical director of the Interfaith Counseling Center in Lexington, Ky., and taught spiritual formation at The Lexington Theological Seminary. Judy is a warm and thoughtful person. We first met them more than 20 years ago on the steps of the (then) International Baptist Theological Seminary in Prague. We had just arrived for a CBF Romany Team meeting and were not sure who these pleasant people were or why they were there. We soon found out.
Rick and Judy led a session on loss. As part of the workshop, we split into pairs. Judy was my partner. “So,” she said, “tell me about your losses.” I about lost it. A few months earlier we had returned from our first “home assignment” in America. While we were there, we discovered that a dear old friend had died and that we were just in time to make it to her funeral. This was followed by the death of my favorite uncle. A month or so later, Keith’s mother unexpectedly passed. And after we returned to the Netherlands in January, my 16-year-old dog died. Rick and Judy hadn’t known about these losses, but the Spirit had led them to prepare this topic.
In following years, Rick and Judy led retreat days at our team meetings, made home visits, advised, encouraged and even opened their home to us when we passed through Lexington. On another of those team retreats, Rick led us all through lectio divina, a way of listening to and praying Scripture which was new to me. It was something that my spirit needed at that time. For years afterwards, using lectio divina with the lectionary Scripture readings for that week became a vital part of my daily time with God.
And now, Keith is reminding me that “a need is not a call,” just when I need to hear those words again. Rick and Judy have retired, but their legacy continues to minister to us.
Each week we include a recipe in the Church Chimes and we hope that you are enjoying reading and trying them. You can add your favorite recipes to the Chimes by sending them to Cheryl Beck at cabeck@ncsu.edu. This is an ongoing WMU project.
Thanks for participating!