The First Baptist Church of Redlands
TA PE S T RY Woven Together In Love: Colossians 2:2
NOVEMBER 2016
ISSUE No. 11
A MESSAGE FROM PASTOR SHAWN
Thanksgiving and Healing For many reasons November promises to be quite a month. The question is, when we look back, what will we say about this time in our year, maybe even this time in our history? After what seems like years of campaigning, primaries, debates and a barrage of news stories and comments, Election Day is finally here. No matter what happens, most of us will have strong feelings. Whether our candidate wins or not each of us will continue to wonder about the future of our country, of our neighborhoods and of our world. No matter who wins the election, we will have to wake up on November 9 and try to figure out how to get along with those we have argued with, rolled our eyes or shook our heads at, “unfriended” on Facebook or those we have tried to avoid the last few months. We are going to need a time of healing. No matter who wins, we are going to need to get back (or simply continue) to work in our neighborhoods and in our world to make a lasting difference in the lives of real people. Our prayer, in the words of St. Francis, once again is, “Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.” With November we as a community approach the first anniversary of a terrifying day in
our history together. Though I was not yet a part of this church and this community, and I didn’t know if I would be, I will always remember standing in the basement of our ministry building at Purdue in Indiana on the evening of December 2 watching the news unfold, and quietly wondering how all this was affecting all of you. A few months later you welcomed me into this church and this community. I have heard the stories and learned of not only how this horrible tragedy has touched your lives, but also how you have worked to bring healing to the community in so many different ways. The work continues as fear
Our prayer, in the wordsof St . Francis, once again is, “Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.”
continues to try to take hold and divide us as a community along religious, ethnic and political lines. One of the ways that we are working to heal and bring healing is to work with the Interfaith Council to bring Miroslav Volf to speak on Saturday, November 19. Our Local Outreach Commission has contributed a significant amount on our behalf to help pay for this event. Dr. Volf is the Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School and the Director of the Center for Faith and Culture at Yale University. Professor Volf was born and lived much of his early life in Croatia. As a result one of his areas of study and writing is the relationship and understanding between Christianity and Islam. We are bringing him to our community during this significant season to help us heal. More information about this event is on the back cover. Put it on your calendar. As Thanksgiving becomes the gateway to the holiday season, and the beginning of Advent, may we, like those who have gone before us, wait upon God with hope and anticipation, as God once again meets us in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with the Good News, “The Kingdom of God is at hand!”
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A Few Words From Pastor Deena: Wait!
MISSIONS
MINISTRY
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The Majesty of God in Many Languages New Year’s Meditation, Part 1: Connect
Rev. Dr. Shawn Zambrows Senior Pastor shawn@fbcredlands.org Rev. Dr. Deena Barwick Associate Pastor of Family Ministries deena@fbcredlands.org Richard W. Steffen Minister of Music rwsteffen@gmail.com
Worldwide Prayer Concerns: Venezuela, Haiti, Burma/Myanmar Missionary Update Heritage Day
Linda Gentile Organist Hilary Craw Volunteer Youth Director youth@fbcredlands.org
CALENDAR
FELLOWSHIP
Angel Florence Office Administrator angel@fbcredlands.org
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Get To Know: Kay Kallendar Fellowship BBQ Series Photos
Marion Gil Communications Specialist marion@fbcredlands.org Dennis Chenevert Buildings/Grounds
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Church News Birthday Celebrants November Calendar
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A few words from Pastor Deena
Wait!
It is hard to wait! Often we feel our prayers go either unheard or unanswered. Intellectually, we know that God is probably saying “not now”, but it often feels like we have waited long enough. People have said to me “I was tired of waiting, thought I had an answer from God, so I went ahead and did something about it to hurry it along.” When I ask ‘and how did that go?’, it is often answered, “It didn’t – it is worse now – I should have just left it alone.” “Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!” Psalm 27:14. This verse, for me, has become a contemplative prayer in times when I need to be with someone who is waiting and when my own soul is restless. This prayer begins and ends with “Wait for the Lord”. That makes waiting pretty clear to me! The two middle instructions (or wisdoms) for us are: be strong and let your heart take courage. Both of these are really hard to do, especially in the midst of a trauma, uncontrollable chaos, or a long-term illness. Be strong – what does that really mean? Two antonyms for strong are “vulnerable” and “broken.” Let’s examine both of these as one. When I think of vulnerable or broken, I think of helpless – “we are stuck in a situation where we can’t get out or help isn’t available where we have looked.” These two words also have a definition to many of “I can’t control …. fill in the blank.” Being in control and being strong are two very different concepts. God calls us to be strong in spirit, strong in our faith when confronted, strong in the
Lord. Being in control usually means you are taking the situation/trauma/ illness/whatever into your own hands and not seeking guidance. I have offered in past articles, that when I try to control, it usually falls flat. When I seek wisdom, and yes, wait for the Lord, and when all is said and done, I can look back and see where God has been on the journey with me. In this day, with our smart phones, tablets and computers, we can get instant answers to our questions. All of us need to let go of the mind-set that “if we ask, it will be ours – instantly.” Watching my father in his late stage of Alzheimer’s, it is hard to watch him deteriorate physically. He was once a strong, robust man who was a truck driver, threw bales of hay around like they were legos, could fix almost any problem in our home or the church where he served for so many years and now… well, he cannot. There are no instant answers to his disease or to the diseases that some in our congregation are suffering. Be strong in the Lord – good instruction from God, difficult to do. Which causes me to think about those who care for them as they suffer – how do they stay strong for themselves and for the one they love and care for? It is easy for them (or maybe the less embarrassing thing to do) to continue with “We are good. We are doing fine. No, we don’t need anything at this time.”; when what they want to say is “I am losing it, I don’t know if I can continue until the end” or words to that effect. To this
end, let’s take the second wisdom in this verse – let your heart take courage. It takes courage to ask for help. God calls us to let our hearts take courage. This is for both sides of the neighboring fence – the one who is suffering and the one who sits on the other side wondering what can be done. Another word for courageous is brave – so be brave and ask for help you might need. You might not get it from the person you asked as it may come from somewhere else or somebody else; however, asking is the first step. For you on the other side of the fence wondering if there is something you can do – be brave and ask! Or be brave and just do something! Listening to their story is a great way to help. Pray with them is another way. Read their favorite Bible passage and ask why it is their favorite – be brave and start the conversation. One of the reasons this is so hard is that we need to get our self and our fear out of our way – it is our own stumbling block. If you don’t have any idea where to start, start with the prayer from the Psalm “Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!” Pray this verse for yourself. Pray this verse with someone else. God calls us to be with those who are ill, those who are suffering, those who are questioning God, those who are losing or have lost hope. God calls us to be with those who are waiting and to wait with them. God is with you; with you on this journey of waiting and this journey of faith.
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The majesty of God in many languages
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"O Store Gud" - "Wie gross bist Du" - "Velikiy Bog" - "He nani nō" - "How Great Thou Art"
During November, we think of many things: cooler weather, baseball playoffs, and being thankful. And being thankful for me includes considering how those before me have used music and words to tell of the majesty of God. Sitting on the lanai where we stayed in Kona, Hawaii, earlier this fall, I could hear the music at the luau below: "He nani nō, he nani nō." The tune was very familiar, but I could not place it since it was being sung in Hawaiian. That all changed when the musicians sang the last phrase in English: "How great thou art, how great thou art!" Found in many lists of the top 10 most popular hymns, "How Great Thou Art" has a wonderful history. And it has traveled through many languages before it came to us. This hymn began in Sweden. It has a Swedish traditional melody, and the words are from a poem written by Carl Gustav Boberg (1859–1940) in 1885. This is Boberg's inspiration of the words: "It was that time of year when everything seemed to be in its richest coloring. A thunderstorm appeared on the horizon and soon there was thunder and lightning. But the storm was soon over and the clear sky appeared. When I came home I opened my window toward the sea. That evening, I wrote the song, 'O Store Gud.' " The song was first translated from Swedish to German by Baltic German Baptist nobleman Manfred von Glehn (1867-1924), and it became very popular quickly: "Wie gross bist Du." Eventually, the
By Richard W. Steffen, Minister of Music German version reached Russia where a Russian version entitled "Velikiy Bog" was produced in 1912 by Ivan S. Prokhanov (1869–1935). Known as the "Martin Luther of Russia," he was considered the most prolific Protestant hymn writer and translator in Russia. The first literal English translation of "O Store Gud" was by E. Gustav Johnson (1893–1974). It was published in the United States in the Covenant Hymnal as "O Mighty God" in 1925. Soon there was a desire to replace Johnson's version with the more popular version by British missionary Stuart K. Hine. Hine (1899-1989) first heard the Russian translation of the German version of the song while on an evangelistic mission in Ukraine after arriving there in 1934. He was inspired to create his own English paraphrase and named it “How Great Thou Art.” As events inspired him, he wrote new stanzas. Once the Hines arrived in a Russian village and heard an unusual sound: a woman was reading the gospel of John about the crucifixion of Christ to a houseful of guests, and they were in the very act of repenting. Hine wrote down the phrases he heard – in Russian - and translated them into English. They inspired the third verse that we know today: "And when I think that God, His Son not sparing, sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in." The fourth verse that we sing ("When Christ shall come") was added after World War II. Hine visited an exiled Polish community in Britain, where he met displaced Russians who were anxious to return home. One man told Hine that he
had been separated from his wife at the very end of the war and that he had not seen her since. He was longing for the day when they would meet in heaven and could share their lives there. That experience inspired Hine to write verse four. And that brings us to the history of the song that many of us have lived. When the Billy Graham team went to London in 1954 for a crusade there, they were given a pamphlet containing Hine's song. Later it became very popular as sung by George Beverly Shea at the Madison Square Garden crusade in New York City in 1957. Dr. Graham said: “The reason I like 'How Great Thou Art' is because it glorifies God. It turns Christians’ eyes toward God, rather than upon themselves.” And we have a local path of this song. Dr. J. Edwin Orr (1912-1987) from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena discovered the song being sung in a small village in India by a choir of the Naga tribe near Burma. He was so impressed with the song that he introduced it at the Forest Home Christian Conference Center in Forest Falls in 1955. Attending the Forest Home college-age conference were the son and daughter of Tim Spencer. Spencer (1908-1974) had founded the newly established Manna Music in Burbank in 1955, and he negotiated with Hine for the purchase of the song. Our Orville Chapman has a beautiful cello solo of "O Store Gud" and the Worship Choir has an exciting setting of this song. You will be hearing both of them this month in worship.
New Year’s Meditations Part 1: Connect By Jonathan M. Peske
“Hey, wait a minute: New Year’s?!? Isn’t that still over a month away? Did the editor jump the gun and print this article early?” While our calendar year may begin in January, the pedants among us, myself included, take gleeful pleasure in reminding everyone that the church year begins with Advent, which starts this year on November 27. So, with a new year ahead of us, I thought it would be helpful for us to pause and reflect on our church motto of “Connect, Grow, and Serve.” This November through January, I will explore these three ideas. My hope with these meditations is to spur us to reexamine our motto, which we see on the bulletin each Sunday, and let it inspire us anew. You are also invited to join in the conversation online through a Google form. Our motto serves as both an invitation and a challenge. It summarizes what our church offers to, and expects from, those wanting to follow Jesus. More than a decade ago, in our first motto, Pastor Joe encouraged us to work towards “Spiritual Fitness.” Then, about 2008, we changed it to “Connect, Grow, and Serve.” This phrase has persisted because it is such a pithy description of our call. Now these three items are clearly interrelated. For instance, a member of the Diaconate commission is serving on Communion Sunday; making connections in monthly meetings; and challenged to grow through setbacks faced along the way. And clearly it’s hard to feel safe to grow, or be empowered to serve, if you don’t feel any sense of connection. But it is possible to look at each strand individually. So in this first meditation, let’s focus on
the idea of connection. For many of us, the connections we share with others at First Baptist are one of the strongest things that hold us together. We celebrate this as one of our key distinctives: We make connections with one another. You are not anonymous here. Other churches churn through people. We want to put down roots. As Americans, many of us were taught to think of our faith as an individual affair, “between us and God.” But scripture never imagines individual believers, separated from others. Faith always is expressed in a community, in a context. “Do not forsake the assembling of yourselves together,” says the writer in Hebrews 10:25. Indeed, we are called to be like God, and God himself is a community: a trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (or Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer.) We are called to join the family of God. We miss out if we only read the Bible alone, pray alone, and sing alone. As we connect with others, we find our faith challenged and strengthened. When we fall down, we have friends we can turn to and ask for prayer and support. So when we talk about connection, we mean more than just friendship; we are talking about spiritual companionship on our journey of faith. It starts with learning a name and moves on to a smile and handshake, but should progress towards a deeper connection. We are called to connect so that we can share with one another who we really are. When we are going through hard
times, we should have connections at church that help us find support and comfort. And when we are going through good times, we should have connections with others who will rejoice and praise God with us. It is important that we periodically renew our connections with one another so that our relationships don’t grow stale. But it is equally important to make new connections, otherwise we end up in isolated cliques. Those of us who are rooted here are challenged to reach out to those who are new and extend the same welcome to them that we received, ever growing the circle. Questions to ponder: How do you describe the idea of making spiritual connections? In what ways do you make those spiritual connections at church? Or maybe you realize that you would like to experience that more deeply--where could you look for that? How did others reach out and make connections with you when you were first starting here? What are ways that you can do that for others? My desire is that this article sparks further thought and discussion. One way to get ideas flowing is to respond to these questions through the Google form found at tinyurl.com/FBCRNov2016 and then see what others have to say (click See Previous Responses). But let’s make sure we don’t just talk about it, but truly renew our commitment to connect with one another when we come together as a church.
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Worldwide Prayer Concerns “But recall those earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings, sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and persecution, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.” –Hebrews 10:32-33
Venezuela Pray for the people in Venezuela who are living in daily crisis. The economy is in shambles, with inflation last year running 500-600%--this would be like the price of a loaf of bread jumping from $2 to $11. But even if you have the means to pay that higher price, the stores have no food to sell. This summer, the government asked the military to handle the rationing of food. Children are dying due to lack of medical care. Adults are literally worried sick: a 2015 study said 29% of respondents are “in anguish” over the situations they face. And the attempts to force a referendum to recall the president have been blocked. There is no clear solution in sight for the people of Venezuela. Pray that the churches in Venezuela would be able to help others during this crisis. Pray that American churches with ties to Venezuela can help provide needed food and medicine. Pray for a way out of the political and economic crisis so that their society can function again.
Haiti
Pray for the people of Haiti as they respond to the disaster caused by Hurricane Matthew last month. The death toll is over 1,000 people and hundreds of thousands are in need of disaster aid. But Haiti has already faced so much tragedy in the past few years. A 7.0 earthquake in 2010 killed over 200,000 people and there were tens of thousands people still living in tents or shelters when the hurricane hit this year. A drought in 2015 severely affected the food supply, leaving millions without enough to eat. And the government has been unable to do much to help: Haiti has been without an elected president since February as several rounds of elections have been put off, including one that was first planned for October 2 but is now scheduled for November 20. On top of all these events, persistent poverty and outbreaks of cholera and disease have made life even harder. Pray that this round of rebuilding would be a chance to set Haiti on a new path. Pray for aid to get to those who desperately need it. Pray for leaders who can help make life better for the people of Haiti. Pray for our American Baptist missionaries and partner churches who minister in Haiti.
Burma/Myanmar In a surprise move, President Obama signed an executive order in September lifting the economic sanctions in Burma/Myanmar. It is hoped that this will spur businesses to invest in a country which is trying to emerge from years of rule under an oppressive military government. The election last year of Aung San Suu Kyi marked a major turning point. Pray that this move would help the economy grow and that the military would continue to cede political power so that the Burmese people can have greater freedom, including religious freedom.
-Jonathan Peske
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If you have information to share about the persecuted church or news from the mission field, please share it with Jonathan Peske.
Missionary Update By Mark Capenter
This past June, Mark Carpenter led a team of dentists and dental students to Nicaragua. The focus of these annual trips have expanded to reach out to type 1 diabetics especially those in more remote parts of the country.
Dental component: They ran
into problems and lost a day of clinic time because equipment was held at the airport. In the interim they set up and screened patients without equipment as best as was possible. The dental part always goes smoothly. The special needs component in cooperation with the hospital and anesthesia went smoothly. They were particularly excited to be working on the children of previously served children, perhaps even some grandchildren. Continuing collaborative effort to put sealants on healthy teeth to prevent issues. They probably saw 1000+ patients again. Dr. Novi will be publishing his findings within a year in collaboration with the UNICA dental school in Nicaragua. Diabetes component: The diabetic initiative continues. Tomorrow (7/25) two people are going down for an educational component. The price of diabetes
test strips has come down “enough”. With minimal testing, they’re trying to show they can improve quality of life. The study is going to be 90 miles away from Managua. The kids closer to the city go through La Mescota hospital in Managua to get drugs and treatment, so the farther away the less good the health care quality is. Diabetic educators are being trained. A flip chart educational pamphlet is under development with the foundation’s logo and in partnership with UNICA and the Type 1 Diabetic Parents Association. The materials are in Spanish and “an unbelievable resource.” They have 3 pediatric endocrinologists in the country, all in Managua, but no clinic, no facility. Diagnosed children are mixed in with children with infectious diseases. The problems aren’t in Managua but at least it gives them a base from which to collaborate. Matagalpa, 90 miles north has more of a problem and many young kids who aren’t receiving treatment. They visited
Heritage Day The First Baptist Church of Redlands 129th Anniversary Celebration Sunday November 13, 2016
with 25 families and asked questions to help figure out their needs. Most of them test their sugar maybe 3 times a day. The worst was 1 time a day. Out in Matagalpa, often 0. They are trying to test urine, trying to do whatever they can. They can’t use the effective insulins that are more dangerous without testing. Without proper treatment, kids have blood sugar levels in the 400s which causes sickness, blindness, and ultimately death. They are seeking to start a small group of 10 in Matagalpa. In order to get a grant they have to get a grant proposal. They’re expecting the children to significantly improve within 10 months. They have procured a grant writer to pay to do the work to get it done. They have a hospital in Matagalpa and the hospital is excited to get the work started. Don’t yet know the logistics of the cold-chain of diabetic drugs (must be refrigerated). Brandon Woodruff, new graduate, just got a job at Redlands Community and has proven to be a great resource.
Heritage Room Open House 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Field Hall - Choir Room Open House New Member Class Judson Hall 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Fellowship on the Patio 11:30 to 12:00 noon
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Get To Know: Kay Kallander
Kay was born in Santa Monica, CA. She grew up there and attended Trinity Baptist church. She has one sister who is a professor at UC Berkley. She was baptized at 13, but she began to take Jesus seriously when a mission team came to her church and discussed their work. At that time, she set herself the goal of teaching or nursing on every continent. She was sustained in her goal by Lloyd Howard, who was then her youth director and Dr. Fred Judson, her pastor. Kay attended University of Redlands where Dr. Marc Jack Smith was one of her professors. Her clearest memory of the class he taught was his description of “flying buttresses.” When she was in France this past summer, she remembered that lecture as she toured the cathedrals there with their “flying buttresses.” She finished her education and moved on to a position in Hawthorne, CA. She had little money, so she decided to further her nursing skills. On her return from a trip to South America, she saw an advertisement for Camp Nurse at Thousand Pines. She really wasn’t interested, so she called at 11 p.m. Ron Kallander answered the phone, and persuaded her to come “for just a week.” Just a week turned into three weeks as she ministered first to junior high, then to adults, and finally to senior citizens. She fell in love with the senior citizens and with Ron. She and Ron were married in 1982. God guided her once more when
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By Ann B. Smith
she returned to the University of Redlands to complete her MBA. It was a time of physical expansion at the university and many classes were held off campus. As she came out of a class that was being held at Plymouth Village, she saw a poster for an opening for a Nursing Supervisor. She applied and got the job. She spent ten years at that position while her husband was Chaplain at U of R. During this time, Kay became upset about the way Alzheimer’s and other dementia patients were being treated. She set out to study how this care was provided in different settings. Her findings depressed her. She began to dream of doing things differently. She presented this to many groups. After a year she found that everyone loved the idea, but no one had any money. On July 15, 1995, she announced to the Lord that she was giving up; that this program was going nowhere unless he sent her an “angel with a checkbook.” Later that day, a man appeared at her office door in Plymouth Village to thank her for the endof-life care she and her staff had provided for his father who was in Plymouth Village’s nursing care section. He asked what he could do to help provide this care to more people. She spilled out her dream and he listened politely. He asked how much she needed to make her dream come true. Kay told him it would take $150,000. The man thanked her and walked away. The very next day, the man appeared in her office with (drum roll, please) a check for $150,000. Kay was able to go back to
ABHOW, the governing body for Plymouth Village and explain how achievable her goal had become. ABHOW decided they wanted one of these facilities in every retirement facility all over the world. The last one just opened (it cost $500,000). All of these facilities are named The Grove in honor of the original at Plymouth Village. Kay has always loved the story about the Good Samaritan. She remembers two particularly significant illustrations of it from her mission travels. When she was in Guatemala serving with World Vision, they were returning home at night and came across a vehicle that looked like it had been in an accident. Of course, Kay’s instinct was to stop. But her World Vision friends wouldn’t do it. They told her this was how rebel forces kidnapped people to hold for ransom. The second incident happened in Cambodia as she was returning to the states. This was more what we would hope for as an illustration of the story. Her convoy came upon a terrible road accident and was able to stop—not only that, she had all her supplies with her and could treat, bandage, and splint the injured. Kay wrapped up a 30 year career with ABHOW and as she says “put a bow on it” last year. She and Ron had been thinking about retirement for some time. When they came to “give Redlands a try,” they liked what they found. They also liked the new ways the Church was moving and its new pastor. They have come to join us for a second time.
Fellowship BBQ Series
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Happy November Birthday To...
Photo courtesy of Tom Herron Honoring the birthday celebrants at October Birthday night.
Holiday Food Collection for Families in Need All donations must be received by Sunday, November 13. We will pray for the food (and all of its future recipients) during the worship service before sending it over to Redlands Family Service Association, where it will bless many in need. Sponsored by the Local Outreach Commission
Beginning Oct. 23, please place any of the following in the Narthex:
canned pumpkin canned yams canned cranberries broth canned vegetables box of cake mix frosting roasting pans holiday decorations
Agape Dinner Thursday, November 17 A fellowship meal recalling the meal Jesus shared with the disciples during his ministry. The event is on November 17th at 6 p.m., tickets will be available beginning November 3rd. Single tickets are $11 and Family tickets are $25. Volunteers needed and welcome! Please contact Ellie Huynh for more information. 10
$10 gift card to Stater Bros to purchase a turkey dessert 5 pound bag of flour 5 pound bag of sugar box of dry milk or canned milk bottle of cooking oil box of stuffing
gravy mix or canned gravy bag of potatoes margarine onions apples oranges celery Jell-O
Save the Date All Church Advent Brunch Saturday December 3rd 9:30-11:30 Our missionary speaker, Deliris Carrión-Joseph began serving at Deborah’s House in Tijuana Mexico in January of this year. Using her pastoral and occupational therapy skills she is Christ’s instrument in restoring the lives of women and children who have experienced domestic violence. A love gift mission offering and gift for Deborah House will be presented. Brunch will proceed program, with Thursday dinner pricing.
Mitchell Carpenter — 2 Jennifer Winter — 3 Aaron Laycook — 3 Hanna Parks — 4 Katherine Kluza — 5 Patty Craw — 5 Robert Best — 7 Caitlynn Brown — 11 Ethan Brown — 11 Charles W. Coggins — 13 James Creech — 14 Kyle Savage — 16 Ava Ortiz — 16 Matthew Ortiz — 16 Cameron Towns — 16 Connor Towns — 16 Ethan Zander — 16 Katelyn Zander — 16 Mae McLaren — 16 Scott Medlin — 19 Eve Tompkins-Fisher — 19 Marcus Hopkins — 20 Ken Gifford — 20 Gary Watson — 20 Melissa Miller — 21 Irene Stephenson — 22 David Poore — 25 Wilt Kishimoto — 26 Marilyn W. Lapp — 26 Lindsay Roderick — 27 Tyler Beltran — 30
Family Service Volunteers Needed Saturday, November 12 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Volunteers are needed at Family Service for a day of city wide collection of food. Come help bless those in need!
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Pray for Doctors
8:45 a.m. Nursery/Toddlers fast at Plymouth Village 9 a.m. Sunday School 4-6 p.m. GriefShare, 10:15 a.m. Worship Service Lounge 11:30 a.m. Fellowship Time 11:45 a.m. Prayer meeting
Pray for Doctors
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Pray for the Sick
8 a.m. Men’s Breakfast at 7 p.m. Executive Board, Plymouth Village Lounge 4-6 p.m. GriefShare, Lounge
Pray for Nurses
Pray for the Needy
12 p.m. Miriam Circle, Plymouth Village 6 p.m. Men’s Fellowship
8:45 a.m. Nursery/Toddlers 9 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Worship Service 11:30 a.m. Fellowship Time 11:45 a.m. Prayer meeting
7 p.m. Prayer Meeting, Board Room Fin & Prop., Judson Hall
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8 a.m. Men’s Breakfast at Plymouth Village 4-6 p.m. GriefShare, Lounge
20 Pray for Strength
8:45 a.m. Nursery/Toddlers 9 a.m. Ministry Brunch, Judson Hall 129th Anniv. Celebration 10:15 a.m. Worship Service 11:30 Fellowship Time 11:45 Prayer Meeting
Pray for our Soldiers
for our Country’s for Miriam 15 Pray 16 Pray Leadership Circle
Pray for Police
for our 14 Pray Volunteers
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Pray for Thursday Cooks
Pray for the Angry
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Friday
Thanksgiving Day No Dinner Office Closed
No Play Day Office Closed
Give Thanks for Those In Your Life
10-11 a.m. Play Day in the Nursery 12 noon - Office Closed 5-9 p.m. Put It Together, David’s Corner
for David’s 18 Pray Corner
10-11 a.m. Play Day in the Nursery 12 noon - Office Closed
Thanks for What 24 Give 25 You Have
5:45 p.m. Agape Dinner 6:45 Classes
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Pray for Agape
10 a.m. Ladies Bible Study, Boardroom 5:45 p.m. Birthday Night Dinner 6:45 Classes
for those with 10 Pray for Your Friends 11 Pray Health Concerns
10-11 a.m. Play Day 5:45 p.m. Thursday Night in the Nursery Dinner 12 noon - Office Closed 6:45 p.m. Classes
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Thursday
Pray for the Homeless
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Pray for the Struggling
1-5 p.m., Put It Together, David’s Corner 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Dr. Volf at Orto n Center
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9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Women’s Bible Study, David’s Corner 10-4 Family Service Day
Pray for our Staff
Pray for Forgiveness
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Saturday
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Wednesday
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Pray for Safety
7 p.m. Prayer Meeting, Board Room
for those Deployed 2 1 Pray Overseas
Tuesday
6:30 p.m. Diaconate, Lounge 7 p.m. C.E., Mezzanine Worship, Board Room Local Outreach Library
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Monday
8 a.m. Men’s Breakfast at Plymouth Village 4-6 p.m. GriefShare, Lounge
Pray for the Hopeless
Sunday
8:45 a.m. Nursery/Toddlers 9 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Worship Service 11:30 a.m. Fellowship Time 11:45 a.m. Prayer Meeting
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