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VOL 11 ISSUE I
VALENTINE’S DAY
101 FOR MEN
NIGHT OF
WORSHIP
WOODSIDE PRESCHOOL
OPEN HOUSE
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FEBRUARY 2015 A PUBLICATION OF WOODSIDE BIBLE CHURCH
WOODSIDEBIBLE.ORG
PHOTO BY TERRY SYKES
How Plymouth Baptist and
Woodside Bible came together
PHOTO COURTESY JIM AVERY
Woodside Senior Pastor Doug
Schmidt presenting 2015 Vision
goals to the church on Jan. 11.
Woodside’s
2015 vision
relies on
God’s grace
BY SUSAN FULCHER
WOODSIDE NEWS WRITER
Plymouth campus readies for Woodside transition.
A
s the world grieves for
the horrific events of
last month in Paris and for
similar events, which have
unfolded in the 21st century,
the question on the forefront
of Christian thought is,
“How do we assess the role
of the church today?”
Last month Senior Pastor Doug Schmidt addressed
this question by sharing
Woodside’s vision for 2015.
“The church has lost its
way in this time of great
darkness. However, there is
never a better time for great
works. This is our time to
shine,” said Schmidt.
Speaking from the Book
of Acts in the New TestaVISION
continued on page 4
BY LARRY HARRISON
WOODSIDE NEWS
EDITORIAL ADVISER
To learn more, they turned to Dave
Black, a leader at the Farmington Hills
Church who was instrumental in the
merger. After the merger, Black became a
Woodside Elder and a leader at the Farmington Hills campus.
Through a series of meetings with
Black, the Plymouth transition team
learned how the merger worked, what the
benefits were, what the challenges were
and what has happened at the Farmington
Hills campus since the merger took place.
Early on, there was some resistance to
merging with Woodside.
“Initially, I opposed the idea of merging,” Kozler said. “I had a lot of preconceived notions about a very large church
like Woodside being all about numbers.
Over time, I learned those notions were
incorrect.”
The discussions between Plymouth
and Woodside continued throughout
H
ow long does it take for two churches
to merge? In the case of the Plymouth Baptist Church-Woodside Bible
Church merger, it took about a year.
“A little over a year ago, our senior pastor told us he would be retiring at the end
of June 2014,” said Dave Kozler. “So we
set up a transition team to find a new pastor.”
They began with the conventional
steps such transition teams take, Kozler
said, gathering and reviewing resumes, selecting candidates and screening potential
senior pastors.
But the transition team also thought
merging with another church might be an
option. As they were exploring that, they
learned that Farmington Hills Baptist
Church merged with Woodside several
years ago.
PLYMOUTH continued on page 4
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BY JIM AVERY
WOODSIDE NEWS
MANAGING EDITOR
C
hristians are never encouraged to “toot” their own
horn. However, there are occasions when it’s perfectly okay to
strike up the band on behalf of
the Lord. With this edition we
feel there is a good reason to do
so, as The Woodside News has now
completed 10 years of publishing the good news of Woodside
Bible Church.
From its inaugural 12-page
edition in February of 2005,
covering the events of a growing
church at a single campus near
Big Beaver Road, The Woodside
News has now expanded to 36
pages and two sections of good
news from 10 campuses.
That first edition was primarily focused on the church’s
move into their new campus on
Rochester Road near M-59, and
assembled by our Executive Editor, Mike Wendland, and then
Managing Editor Larry Harrison. A single photographer and a
few volunteer reporters rounded
out the staff at that time.
With the excitement of an
enormous new campus facility,
the paper’s staff couldn’t have
imagined the amount of growth
and change that would soon follow through church mergers,
plants and overseas mission projects.
As the Lord has strategically
grown the church, The Woodside
News has experienced an equal
amount of growth, becoming a
staff of 30 or more volunteer editors, writers and photographers.
From day one, the paper has been
expertly designed by Alex Lumelsky and his firm SKY Creative.
Currently, The Woodside News
prints and distributes 8,50010,000 copies per month for distribution throughout Woodside’s
ANNIVERSARY continued on page 4
come
Woodside Bible Church
6600 Rochester
Troy Mi 48085
Woodside News
completes
10 years of
publication
worship
with
us
at
woodside
TROY
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248-879-8533
SATURDAY 5 p.m.
SUNDAY 8:30 a.m.,
10 a.m., 11:30 a.m.
WARREN
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Warren, MI 48093
586-758-4750
SUNDAY
9:30 a.m., 11 a.m.
WHITE LAKE
9000 Highland Road
White Lake, MI 48386
248-698-1300
SUNDAY
9:30 a.m., 11 a.m.
ROYAL OAK
2915 Normandy Road
Royal Oak, MI 48073
248-687-7136
SUNDAY
10 a.m., 11:30 a.m.
LAKE ORION
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Lake Orion, MI 48363
248-481-8069
SUNDAY
9:30 a.m., 11 a.m.
DETROIT
Detroit School of the Arts
Ford Theater
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Detroit, MI 48201
313-494-6000
SUNDAY 10 a.m.
ROMEO
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Washington, MI 48095
586-752-3905
SUNDAY
10 a.m., 11:30 a.m.
INTERNET CAMPUS
http://woodside.tv
SUNDAY 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.
TUESDAY 7 p.m.
THURSDAY 8 a.m. and 7 p.m.
PONTIAC CAMPUS
830 Auburn Avenue
Pontiac, MI 48342
248-879-8533
SUNDAY 11:30 a.m.
PLYMOUTH CAMPUS
42021 E. Ann Arbor Trail
Plymouth, MI 48170
248-879-8533 x187
SUNDAY 10:30 a.m.
FARMINGTON HILLS
28301 Middlebelt Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
248-851-0310
SUNDAY
9:30 a.m., 11 a.m.
one church. eleven locations.
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR MOST SERVICES, PLEASE TURN TO SECTION B FOR CAMPUS DETAILS. INTERPRETING FOR THE DEAF AT TROY CAMPUS. ALL SERVICES ARE CONTEMPORARY UNLESS NOTED.
Section A
2
the
gospel
truth
New Beginning,
New Hope
Y
ou are alive today
because Almighty
God, the Maker of
heaven and earth, created you for a special
purpose. The all-wise
Ruler of the universe
holds every person accountable, and each of
us has broken His law.
We deserve God’s wrath
and endless punishment
in hell.
The Great News of
the Bible is that God
loves us so much that
He sent His Son Jesus
Christ to pay the penalty for our sin by dying
on the cross. Three days
later God raised Him
from the dead: demonstrating that Jesus was,
as He claimed, God and
Savior. Anyone who
believes in Jesus has
eternal life instead of
eternal punishment.
God commands all
men to turn away from
sin and to give allegiance to Jesus Christ
as Master. God hears
the prayer of all who
call out to Him. A new
life of forgiveness from
sin and peace with God
comes through commitment to Jesus Christ.
Jesus promises a fulfilling life to all who follow
Him, a life of meaning
and purpose.
Prayer:
Almighty
God, I am a sinner. I
turn away from my sin
and ask forgiveness. I
believe that Jesus died for
my sins and rose from the
dead. I commit to follow
Jesus as my Lord.
This commitment
to follow Christ establishes a new relationship
with God. It is best developed in a community of believers who are
committed to worship,
prayer, Bible study, fellowship, and outreach.
If you want to learn more
about connecting with
God, the friendly people
at Woodside Bible Church
will gladly welcome
you and share their life
in God with you. For
more information call
248-879-8533, or go
to woodsidebible.org,
or e-mail gospeltruth@
woodsidenews.org.
FEBRUARY 2015
THE PASTOR’S PEN
BY DOUG SCHMIDT [WOODSIDE BIBLE CHURCH SENIOR PASTOR]
R
ecently I shared a challenge
When told to drop the name of
with our Woodside family
Jesus from their message, the
for 2015. The challenge detailed
apostles chose rather to obey
all of the things we could do as a
God. Woodside must maintain
church, but that was built on the
that same resolve to the gospel
things we should be as a church.
of Jesus Christ no matter how
We can learn so much from the
much pressure comes from a
very early days of the church in
culture wanted to delete the
Jerusalem. This is a church that
name of Jesus.
DOUG SCHMIDT
obviously had no long history,
2. Committed to Pray.
no societal acceptance and was
When threatened with imprisfacing intense opposition (Acts 3-4).
onment, the apostles responded with
And yet this church made a dramatic
prayer to God – they prayed for boldinfluence on its people and it’s culture.
ness to continue to minister in the name
Woodside, like the church in Jerusalem
of Christ. Prayer demonstrates one’s demust be
pendence on God and His resources.
1. Committed to the Gospel. The
The life of the early church was
apostles got themselves in trouble by
marked with prayer. They took advanpreaching the gospel. The gospel is the
tage of the invitation to come boldly bestory of how Jesus Christ died for our
fore the throne to receive grace and mersins, was buried and rose again. He was
cy to help in time of need. At Woodside
our substitute reconciling a fallen sinner
we have a developing culture of prayer
to a righteous God. Salvation could only
where we seek wisdom, help, direction,
come through Christ.
protection and power form the Most
This was not a welcome message in
High God.
that pluralistic world with its entrenched
3. Committed to Unity. The early
religious systems and emperor worship.
church was of one heart and soul. They
were not divided. Perhaps persecution
helps a church realize what is important
and what is not. The greatest destroyer
of vision is division. Division detours
time and energy away from vision and
effective ministry. Woodside has been
blessed with incredible unity, which we
must diligently guard and protect.
4. Committed to Generosity. In the
early church, those who had gave to
help those who had nothing. Some like
Barnabas sold their land to help others.
They had a selflessness that honored the
teaching and modeling of Jesus. I personally have never experienced a more
generous group of people than the ones
The Lord has called me to serve here at
Woodside.
While we can accomplish much with
an aggressive vision, what we are is infinitely more important. We share all of
these common commitments with the
early church but yet there is lots of room
to grow in each of these. I pray that 2015
would be a year where we would raise
the bar in these four areas.
FROM THE EDITOR BY MIKE WENDLAND [WOODSIDE NEWS EXECUTIVE EDITOR]
W
elcome to February. The
Plymouth came about.
good news is winter is in
Turn over to Page 8A and
its last full month. The bad news
check out the photo spread by
is spring in Michigan takes a lot
Staff Photographer Nancy
longer to arrive than March 21.
Rudnik that chronicles the acHere at Woodside, things
tivity at our Lake Orion camare as busy as always. Please
pus as work crews busily work
read the “Week in the Life
to transform the sprawling new
of Woodside” story by writer
building into a worship center.
MIKE WENDLAND
Karon Houghton Mathews on
Elsewhere in this edition of
Page 13A to get a sense of how
The Woodside News:
busy things are each day at our various
Managing Editor Jim Avery reminds
campuses.
us on Page 14A about the approach of
We plan to revisit this story from
Valentine’s Day and gives us some fascitime to time, zeroing in on individual
nating info on how it became a massive
days and campuses. If you have some
commercial holiday. One hint from Jim:
suggestions for us, please send them in.
e-cards are not a good idea if you plan to
The story by Larry Harrison on
send one to your favorite female.
Page 1A about our newest campus in
Staff Writer Susan Fulcher recounts
Plymouth gives some great background
the Vision 2015 message given Woodand introduces us to just how the merger
side last month by Senior Pastor Doug
that created Woodside Bible Church of
Schmidt. Check out his six church goals
for 2015 on Page 1A.
And just in case you need a little
imagination for your Valentine’s Day
dessert this year, Becky Johnson offers
up some recipes on Page 9A for Strawberry Ice Cream Cheesecake and Chocolate Cake that will have you drooling.
Finally, as noted on Page 1A, this is
the 10th anniversary of The Woodside
News. As the Executive Editor of this
paper for each edition of this publication for past decade, I want to publically
thank all of the awesome writers, photographers, editors, columnists, ad sales
folk, designers and copyreaders from all
of our campuses who have lent their talents to this newspaper.
It’s a privilege serving with you.
Mike Wendland is Executive Editor of
The Woodside News. He can be contacted
at [email protected].
LEADERSHIP BY LARRY HARRISON [WOODSIDE NEWS EDITORIAL ADVISOR]
Asking for the right
things
– would the Father give it to him?
Or if he wanted a serpent, would
the Father make that happen?
Some of you may be thinkn the Sermon on the Mount,
ing – of course not, that’s silly.
Jesus teaches that we can go
Who is going to ask for a stone
to God, ask him for what we
or a serpent in the first place?
want and he will deliver (Matt.
The answer: I would. At least I
7:7-11). “For everyone who asks
would have when I was a boy.
receives, and the one who seeks LARRY HARRISON
When I was a kid, I didn’t
finds and to the one who knocks it will be
have much interest in bread or fish –
opened.” (Matt 7:8)
even at lunchtime. Stones and snakes –
He then points out that God gives
that’s a different story.
good things to his children.
You can do a lot of “fun” things with
“Which of you, if his son asks him for
stones – kick them down the road, skip
bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks
them into lakes or throw them at whatfor a fish, will give him a serpent? If you
ever. And then there’s the slingshot angle.
then, who are evil, know how to give good
Snakes are even better – although I
gifts to your children, how much more will
won’t go into that. I know there are a lot
your Father who is in heaven give good
of people who have a very real fear of
gifts to those who ask him.” (Matt. 7:9-11)
snakes, and I don’t want upset anyone.
I’ve often wondered, though, what
Suffice to say, I liked snakes.
would happen if the son asked for a stone
Now that I’m older, I don’t play with
I
stones or snakes. It’s too easy to break something with stones. And snakes – well, they
don’t hold the fascination they once did.
But over the course of my life, I’m
sure I’ve asked my Heavenly Father for
plenty of “stones” and “snakes.” I may
not have realized – a part of being immature – but I’m sure I did.
I know there were times when God
gave me what I asked for – and something usually ended up getting broken.
But most of the time, God said no.
I may not have understood it at the
time, but I’ve slowly realized over the
years that God knows best. When he
says no, he usually has a good reason.
“ You do not have, because you do not
ask. You ask and do not receive, because you
ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.”
( James 4:2b-3)
Larry Harrison can be contacted at
[email protected].
FEBRUARY 2015
HIS STORY
Section A
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CONTENTS
SECTION A
BY SUSAN FULCHER [WOODSIDE NEWS WRITER]
Zimbabwe
missionaries followed
the Lord’s lead to
each other and their
mission field
I
With no idea what
lay ahead I was
living life about
me. God began
destroying the life
I thought I wanted.
In 2013, the engaged couple flew
to the States to begin training and
taking intervention classes for the
emerging models for childhood behavioral problems.
They were married in October,
2013, in California. Following a short
honeymoon, with speaking engagements and classes to be taken, they
returned to Zimbabwe October 22.
The 13 million population of
Zimbabwe includes 1.6 million orphans who either live on the streets or
in overflowing orphanages. Sadly, orphans in Zimbabwe do not get proper
physical and emotional needs met,
and therefore, do not know how to
react to a loving touch or proper care.
Adoption and fostering children
in Zimbabwe is a new concept. Nyasha and Regina fill their working hours
advocating for and teaching community leaders and pastors who are passionate toward orphans to use that
passion to teach others the benefits of
the orphan program.
“We love the work we do. It is the
best thing in the world when people
realize the true situation,” says Regina.
When the Chari’s return to their
home in Zimbabwe in the spring,
there will be three members of the
Chari family. Regina is pregnant with
their first biological child, which will
be delivered sometime the first of this
month. The Chari’s chose to deliver
their first child in the States so Regina’s family could spend several weeks
getting to know their newest grandchild. Nyasha’s parents live in
England and will have opportunity to visit more often.
Life will definitely be different for the Chari’s. Regina
will take the baby to work with
her every day with the child
strapped on her back as her
Zimbabwe sisters do. Water
and electricity are rationed in
Zimbabwe. With a baby, Regina and Nyasha will have to
schedule the baby’s bath and
washing of clothes around not
having the comforts of the life
Americans take for
granted.
For the past three
years, Regina and
Nyasha have been in
the process of adopting a very special
Zimbabwe girl named
Ruth. Now 11, Ruth
spends
weekends,
holidays and days off
from school with her
future parents. The adoption process
for a non-Zimbabwe parent is long
and tedious. Government restrictions
prevent a quicker process. With their
social work and intervention with the
government and orphanages, Regina
and Nyasha look forward to the day
when an easier adoption process will
be the rule rather than the exception.
“We love our work. It’s the best
thing in the world when people realize the true situation of children in
Zimbabwe.”
Editors Note: Just at press time, it
was announced that Vivienne Mudiwa
Chari came into the world on January
28. Mom and baby girl are doing fine.
PHOTO COURTESY MIKE WENDLAND
As she wandered around
the area she came upon 12
boys, aged 4 to 16, living together in filth on the streets.
“These are my children and
they are hungry,” she heard a
voice say. Persuading them to
allow her to buy them somenever
imagined
being
“
a full-time missionary,” SUSAN FULCHER thing to eat and have the opportunity to talk together,
says Regina Jones Chari. “As
Regina realized her life would
happy as I thought I was livnever be the same.
ing the dream of an Orange County,
Returning home, she sold evCalifornia lifestyle with no less than
erything she owned, including the
212 pairs of shoes in my closet, I
212 pairs of shoes, and returned to
quickly learned we don’t often know
Zimbabwe with a mission of making
what our heart wants.”
the plight of orphans in Zimbabwe
In Regina’s case, she wanted to
known worldwide.
love and be loved.
For the first few months she strugRegina Jones and her brother lived
gled in her endeavors and felt she had
through hopelessness upon the loss
sold everything for naught. Although
of their parents. They were quickly
her work was slow and tedious, people
cared for by their grandparents who
began to see the orphans as human
nurtured them with love and care,
two important ingredients in a child’s
life. The brother and sister witnessed
God’s love through their grandparents’ prayers and church attendance.
In her final high school year and
into her first year of college, Jones fell
into the party lifestyle and was kicked
out of college. She chose not to share
this detail with her Grandmother.
Once again she saw herself as a loser
in life. God may have plans for her
life, although she could not imagine
what. So she chose to end her life
through suicide, which failed.
Having earned her Bachelor’s
Degree, she travelled to St. Louis to
– REGINA CHARI
acquire a Master’s Degree in
social work. During this time
God allowed her to become
acquainted with an elderly
woman with whom she developed a close friendship. “In
the three years we were close,
I watched her die with faith
and dignity. During the time
of our friendship, I saw her
deep love for God, and it was
my honor to watch her walk
through death with faith and
dignity,” shares Jones.
The day of the funeral was
a celebration of life. It was that
day Regina fully knew who
God was and that He was the
answer to her 23 years of desperation.
Above: Nyasha and Regina Chari
With a Bachelor’s and
at home on leave this winter
Master’s Degree in social work atRight: Vivienne Mudiwa Chari,
tained, Jones moved to California to
born January 28
live and work with her favorite Bible
verse before her. “Find your delight in
the Lord. Then he will give you everything your heart really wants.”
beings, and her efforts began showing
“As happy as I thought I was, I
positive results.
quickly learned we don’t often know
She quickly bonded with many
what our heart wants. “I wanted to
of the street orphans and found God
love and be loved,’ shares Regina.
leading her to the capital city of HaraThrough the encouragement of
re to begin working with The Michael
a friend in California, who was inProject, whose goal is reaching chilvolved with a mission project through
dren at risk in Zimbabwe, volunteerRock of Africa, she assisted with
ing her services caring and advocating
some fundraisers for the project. “I
for orphaned and vulnerable children.
was quick to tell her I would help but
At a casual barbeque, Nyasha
would definitely not go to Africa.”
Chari and Regina were introduced by
But, God had different plans.
a mutual friend .Love struck immediWhen her plane landed in Zimbaately and the couple became engaged
bwe, Regina walked off to an unbelievin March 2011. “God never makes
able sight before her. “With no idea
mistakes when we allow Him to
what lay ahead, I looked at what was
handle even the little things of life.”
before me and realized God was really
Nyasha carries the same love and deworking on my heart,” she says. “I was
termination to help the Zimbabwe
living life about me. God began deorphans as does Regina.
stroying the life I thought I wanted.”
Susan Fulcher can be contacted at
[email protected]
PASTOR’S PEN.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2A
FROM THE EDITOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2A
LEADERSHIP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2A
HIS STORY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3A
WOODSIDE WORLDWIDE. . . . . . . . . . 5A
RAYS FROM THE HOUSE OF LIGHT. . . 5A
ADVICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5A
CROSSCURRENTS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6A
MOVIE REVIEWS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9A
WHAT’S COOKIN’.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9A
CHRISTIAN CROSSWORD.. . . . . . . . 11A
FIT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12A
BOOKS OF THE MONTH. . . . . . . . . . 13A
FAMILY FUN GUIDE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14A
DID YOU KNOW?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14A
HUMOR.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15A
SECTION B
HAPPENINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2B
BOB BRYANT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3B
BELONG WOODSIDE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5B
VINCE MESSINA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5B
DAN STEWART. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6B
WOODSIDE OF WARREN.. . . . . . . . . . 6B
BRAD HULCY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7B
WOODSIDE OF WHITE LAKE.. . . . . . . 7B
ANDY BALIGIAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8B
COMICS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8B
STEVE BAKER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9B
WOODSIDE OF FARMINGTON HILLS.. 9B
MILESTONES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8B
JIM DAHLKE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10B
FROG.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10B
STEVE ZARRILLI.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11B
LORENZO SEWELL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12B
WOODSIDE OF PONTIAC.. . . . . . . . . 12B
JEREMY WRITEBOL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13B
TIM HOLDRIDGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15B
CLASSIFIEDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15B
TELEVISION SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . 15B
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ART DIRECTOR:
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MANAGING EDITOR:
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BOSSENBERGER
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CALENDAR EDITOR:
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OUR CHURCH MISSION:
Woodside’s mission is to help people
BELONG to Christ, GROW in Christ
and REACH the world for Christ.
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Section A
FEBRUARY 2015
PLYMOUTH continued from page 1
2014 to include Farmington
Hills Campus Pastor Steve
Baker, Campus Life Pastor Bob
Bryant and Senior Pastor Doug
Schmidt.
“At one time our transition
team was working on two parallel paths,” Kozler said. “We
continued to review candidates
and at the same time explore a
merger with Woodside.”
In November and December,
a formal proposal to merge was
presented and approved by each
church’s leadership. Members at
each church approved the merger by overwhelming margins on
the weekend of Jan. 3-4.
Members of Plymouth’s
transition team said, at the end
of the day a shared vision of service and ministry made the difference.
“From the very beginning
of the discussions we sensed a
kindred spirit between our transition team and the Woodside
team,” said Dave Havrilla, a Lay
Elder at the Plymouth church
and member of the transition
team. “That kindred spirit was
key in helping us reach this decision.”
A campus pastor for Plymouth is expected to be named
around the time of the campus’s
official launch service, which
is slated for sometime in midMarch.
Larry Harrison can be contacted at
[email protected].
“From the very
beginning of the
discussions we
sensed a kindred
spirit between
our transition
team and the
Woodside team.”
– DAVE HAVRILLA, PLYMOUTH
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ment, Schmidt shared four attributes that allowed
the early church to successfully grow and have an
impact on the world around it.
“The church was committed to God by believing
Jesus was the message to the world, said Schmidt.
“We must be the light of the world by loving people
and be committed to the message of the Gospel.”
The role of prayer in the early church was formidable. Schmidt explained the church today must
take that example and be committed to prayer.
“We are over our heads. We cannot make a difference in the world today, only God can,” he said.
“We must be a people of prayer.”
Unity and generosity were
also identifying marks of the early church. Schmidt praised the
Woodside family for its continual
show of generosity to the people
within the church as well as surrounding communities of the
various campuses. He cited the
heart-rending story of John Lloyd,
a Woodside member who coached
Pontiac High School’s football
team last fall and died suddenly from a brain aneurism in November leaving a wife and four children. One day prior to Lloyd’s death a gravesite had
been donated to the church; That grave and funeral
expenses were covered by Woodside members, as
well as meeting the needs of the family during the
Christmas season.
“I am very thankful to be part of Woodside and its
generosity,” said Schmidt. “One thing I know is that
generosity begets generosity begets generosity…”
As Woodside enters 2015, Schmidt listed six vision goals for all campuses to focus on to become
the ‘light of the world’ as it impacts the people and
cities in its setting.
1. Make this year a year of greater spiritual health
by obeying the command to make more disciples.
2. Move into the new Lake Orion campus by
Easter debt-free.
3. Establish a Dream Center in Warren to meet
the needs of people in that area, which would include
the availability of a washer and dryer and showers.
The focus of a Dream Center is to give those who
never had an opportunity to dream to do just that.
4. Develop more leaders to pastor churches and
campuses while developing a residency program of
six men to train and develop leadership training.
5. Move forward with the Pontiac Dream Park,
which could include a developed park, boardwalk,
“We must be the light of the
world by loving people and be
committed to the message of
the Gospel.” – SENIOR PASTOR DOUG SCHMIDT
water activities and veteran housing.
6. The sixth goal of launching another campus
became a reality last month when Plymouth Baptist
Church and Woodside Bible Church voted unanimously to merge and become the 10th campus
known as Woodside Bible of Plymouth.
“God is always tapping us on the shoulder to
move ahead. Vision is always an important aspect
of Woodside,” shared Schmidt. “May the glory
of God’s name always be Woodside’s vision. Let’s
make 2015 the best year yet!
Susan Fulcher can be contacted at
[email protected].
Section A
FEBRUARY 2015
WOODSIDE WORLDWIDE BY NANCY TENNISWOOD [WOODSIDE NEWS WRITER]
PHOT
OC
O
UR
Liberian mission effort
being supported by Woodside
TE
SY
OF
to listen and ask questions to draw out
facts and feelings. Make sure they get
an annual physical (not just for sports),
watch for signs of depression (anger
and boredom can be related to depression) and control internet and gaming use. Provide opportunities to have
friends over, exercise, and participate
in sports, youth group and volunteer
activities. Feed them healthy food and
pray with and for them. Model Jesus
for your teens and love them unconditionally. Proverbs 22:6 tell us to “Train
up a child in the way he should go; even
when he is old he will not depart from it.”
Teach your kids habits of the heart.
Keep it simple,
O. Kaye
O. Kaye is a licensed mental health
provider and a member of Woodside.
Questions or comments on this column can
be directed to [email protected].
E
you have? Model to your kids
a satisfaction with life. Be balanced in your church, family, work and play life. Include
the kids in your world without
making them the center of it.
Teach them how to become
more self-motivated and less
performance- or award-moA: Over-entertainment leads
O. KAYE
tivated. Ultimately, we want
to boredom. Teach your kids
our kids to find satisfaction in
to choose healthy ways to fill
what they do. Creative kids are content
their time. Encourage them to live their
kids. Help them think through probown life and make wise choices in time
lems; don’t solve their problems. Let
management, entertainment and habthem feel uncomfortable and figure
its. Teaching starts with modeling. You,
out how to find solutions to problems
as parents, are the first line of defense in
with peers, school work and scheduling.
your kids developing a healthy lifestyle.
Failure can teach lessons better than
Examine your attitude about life.
hand-holding. Let them set an alarm,
Are you living a positive, rewarding
get themselves up and suffer the natural
and enjoyable life? Is there purpose and
consequences of oversleeping.
intentionality about the choices you
Rather than lecturing teens, learn
make? Are you content with the things
AG
Q: How do we, as parents,
teach our teens to find fulfillment? They are always complaining that they are bored
or tired. We don’t want to be
entertaining them all the time
and are running out of ideas.
H AN
ADVICE BY O. KAYE [WOODSIDE ADVICE WRITER]
S E O F LI G H T O R P
PHOTOS BY DON RILEY
or many years, Woodside Bible
Church has supported missions,
both home and abroad. Recently a
new opportunity was brought to the
attention of the elders and the mission board. Liberia, in West Africa,
was introduced as being a nation
needing to hear the Gospel. The
country’s population is about 4 million people. English is the official
language, although other languages
are spoken within the country.
The country has many difficulties. One of them is that malaria is
prevalent there. Then just recently,
there was an outbreak of Ebola.
Another problem is that there is no
electricity in most of Liberia. During the civil war all the wire, light
poles and metal roofs were taken
down and sold for scrap
The ministry was so successmetal to fund the purchase
ful
that the people purchased a
of weapons and food.
motorbike
so they could go into
Many people are strugthe
neighboring
villages with the
gling in their poverty to
Good
News.
make a living. There is a
Now enter Chris Andrews,
growing food crisis where
a
member
of the White Lake
90 percent of families are
campus.
Her
brother, Don Rieating less every day and
ley,
is
a
missionary
in that same
85 percent of families have
area.
After
she
wrote
to Woodhad to cut a meal each day.
side
missions
leader
Tom
Gitter
So, how did Woodabout
her
brother,
both
Gitter
side become involved? A
and David Janman made a quick
teacher by the name of
decision to visit the Wordsower
Kim Smith, who had his
mission field.
summers free, traveled to
Upon their return, they recomAfrica every summer to
mended
to the elders and mission
work in a refugee camp.
board
that
Woodside help them
While serving, he became From top of page:
out
by
supporting
a Bible institute.
so burdened for the hope- Kim Smith (left) and a Liberian pastor Aloysious
Woodside
took
up
the
challenge and
lessness in the camps that performing water baptism near Zwedru.
began
financially
supporting
Wordhe decided to quit teaching
Printing equipment being operated by Kim Smith of
sower
International
in
September
in the United States and Wordsower International with assistant Moses.
2013. Two months later a printing
serve in Africa full time.
press machine was purchased and
While there, Smith
employed
to
print
materials
for distribution.
helped to form Wordsower International, an association
Please
join
our
mission
leaders
in praying for their safethat works with all Christian churches. Their purpose is
ty
and
success
in
reaching
every
town
and village of Liberia
to help evangelize, disciple, become spiritual leaders and
with
the
Gospel
message.
plant churches. They were able to purchase a half acre of
land to begin their operations. Eventually, an official came
Nancy Tenniswood can be contacted at
to Smith and donated an additional piece of property right
[email protected].
next to their parcel.
H OU
F
11-year-old Nuttawut
BY GRETA VALLESKEY
WOODSIDE NEWS WRITER
Editor’s Note: Woodside Bible
Church sponsors an orphanage in
Thailand called the Akha House
of Light, ministering to the children of the Akha hill tribe. Each
month, in this space, we introduce
you to one of the children available for sponsorship.
M
eet Nuttawut.
He was born in Burma but moved to Thailand after
his father was killed in the war.
Nuttawut and his mother were
faced with extreme poverty and
were unsure how they were going to survive. Thankfully, they
have relatives in Thailand and
were told about a place that
could take care of Nuttawut, the
House of Light. He is so appreciative to be going to school and
having three meals a day, and
said, “I have once again found
happiness in my life.”
Nuttawut is 11 years old and
in the 5th grade. He enjoys playing soccer and likes the color
blue. He loves to eat rice with
chicken. When he grows up he
wants to play team soccer.
Nuttawut is learning about
Jesus and what He has done
at the House of Light but has
not yet accepted Jesus into his
heart.
I have the privilege of being part of the Thailand 2015
short-term mission team. As I
write this, I have not met him
yet, but as you read this, I will
have met him face to face for
the first time. That thought
is so thrilling to me. The difference the House of Light is
making in not only Nuttawut’s
life, but also the lives of all the
children there, is having eternal
implications and for that, I am
truly grateful.
Nuttawut has no sponsors
at this time. Would you be
willing to not only pray for this
young man but sponsor him on
a monthly basis?
To sponsor him or another
child from the Akha House
of Light, please contact [email protected].
Greta Valleskey can be
contacted at gretavalleskey@
woodsidenews.org.
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Section A
FEBRUARY 2015
CROSSCURRENTS BY CAROLYN MACK [WOODSIDE NEWS WRITER]
What makes a great
love story?
simple acts of kindness, I recall a particular nurse, Paula,
who was kind to me during
our son’s long hospitalizahat makes a great
tion.
love story? What
It was January of 1987
gifts best express the love
and our 4-year-old son, Mithat manifests itself between
chael, was not recovering as
two people? Love songs will
expected from a particularly
certainly be played between
CAROLYN MACK
difficult heart surgery called
sweethearts as part of this
a Fontan. I spent week after
season of Valentines and
week at his bedside in Ann Arbor
cupids. Romantic dinners will be
while my husband worked Monday
planned and celebrated in hopes of
through Friday in Muskegon. Our
somehow capturing special feelings
oldest son was in first grade and
and sentiments that might have gone
would come to the hospital with
neglected during the year.
daddy on the weekends. Our youngHow well I remember the yearly
W
needed taste of normalcy and a
sweet gesture of friendship from
someone I hardly knew.
While much of what a nurse does
is necessarily technical, Paula’s added
touch of TLC was a sharp and welcome contrast against what can become the sterile and cold necessity of
simply doing one’s job.
I believe God delights in making
himself known through stark and
surprising contrasts only he can create. Simple deeds or words of kindness in unexpected times and places
can make bold statements that serve
to counter the effects of a calloused
world that moves all too fast.
ear for a needy soul.
These opportunities, perhaps, are
today’s burning bushes, the things
that God prepares to make us stop
and listen for his still, small voice. Jesus refers to these small acts for one
another as acts we do unto the Father himself (see Matt. 25:40).
When God’s love motivates us to
respond, perhaps we will find that
these small acts of kindness are the
beginning of great love stories in
which we best give testimony to the
great love of a Heavenly Father.
Carolyn Mack can be contacted at
[email protected].
Perhaps we will find that these small acts of kindness are the beginning
of great love stories in which we best give testimony to the great love of
a Heavenly Father.
When I think of the power of simple acts of kindness, I recall a particular nurse, Paula, who was kind to me during our son’s long hospitalization.
occasion of writing Valentine cards
in elementary school. First, there
was the task of transforming a
brown paper lunch bag into something sensational by decorating it in
red and pink marker and embellishments of heart-shaped stickers.
The finished work of art would
be taped to the wall of the classroom
with my name on it for receiving
Valentines. I like to think that this
once-a-year occasion served a very
good purpose; it forced me to think
only good of every person in the class
as I wrote a card for each one.
Learning to carry out small acts
of kindness to all, even where there
hasn’t been a friendship per se, can
have life-long implications. It can
also be the simplest acts of kindness
that live the longest in our memories. When I think of the power of
est was only 20 months old and
lived with his grandparents during
the week. His visits with Grandma
were the highlight of the day whenever he came to the hospital.
Paula was a floor nurse at that
time, caring for a number of cardiac patients on the 5th floor of Mott
Children’s Hospital. One particular
afternoon, she surprised me when
she appeared at Michael’s bedside
dragging in an extra rocking chair.
The next thing I knew, she was
back again holding two cups of coffee. This is how she chose to spend
her 15-minute break that day, rocking and chatting, getting better acquainted over a cup of hot coffee.
It was an oasis of calm in an
ocean of beeping IV pumps, doctors in white coats and the daily
hospital routine. It was a much-
God’s call to holiness is in itself
a call to step out, to be a contrast,
separate and distinct from the rest of
the world. Just as light is a stunning
contrast to darkness, and righteousness to wickedness, so should we see
stark and beautiful contrasts between
the saved soul and the unsaved, between the church and the world.
When God’s call to be separate
comes to you and I, will he find us
ready to be his hands and feet to
bring his kingdom to this earth?
While we foolishly wait for a burning-bush experience, something
hair-raising and supernatural, we
quite possibly are missing the small
and common opportunities through
which God speaks, opportunities he
gives everyday to simply bring a cup
of coffee to a neighbor or co-worker, or the gift of time and a listening
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Valentine’s Day is fast approaching
BY SHAWN CONLEY
WOODSIDE NEWS WRITER
I
t’s almost here again. That time of
year when men everywhere scratch
their heads and stare blankly at the
sky as if searching for answers. That
most romantic season of the year, a
time for relationships to bloom and
young love to take flight. That’s
right: the Super Bowl.
Actually, no, that’s over. Sorry,
men, but it’s almost Valentine’s Day.
The five of you reading this article
who are already prepared, with your
long-stemmed roses and your boxes
of chocolates and your preparations
for breakfast in bed, you guys can
stick it in your ears. Show offs …
For the rest of us, men who are too
busy being men to think about trivial
things like love, dainty dinners and
candy hearts with words on them, we
have to scramble for ideas. In an effort to ebb the flow of panic that always seeps into every man’s body this
time of year, we hit the streets looking for ideas sure to sweep women
off their feet. Please note that some
names have been changed, because,
frankly, if we didn’t, their significant
others might kill them.
Bill Smith of Rochester Hills
claims he has Valentine’s Day in the
bag. “First,” he says, “I’m taking her
to a candlelit but inexpensive dinner
at Burger King. She’ll appreciate the
fact that I’m saving money on dinner, because once that’s done we’re
catching the $5 matinee showing of
American Sniper.”
When asked if he thought his
wife was really going to want to see a
movie about combat, Smith replied,
“Sure! Every year I do this type of
stuff and every year she cries and
cries. That means she’s happy, right?”
We then caught up with John
Parker of Troy, who says he knows
how to woo women: with song and
dance. “I’m taking my girlfriend to
an all-day polka party,” he says excitedly. “There’s going to be accordion
music and lederhosen and it’ll just be
a rip-roaring good time. Plus, it’s a
chance to show my parents that I can
leave their basement and not just play
computer games all day.”
Parker is quiet for a
moment before
adding, “I hope
my girlfriend is
okay with driving, since my
bicycle has two
flat tires.”
But perhaps
Mike Allen of
Roseville has the
best idea, which he
believes is an amorous mixture of fire and
ice. “Weather permitting,” he proclaims, “I’m
taking her ice fishing. We’ll
have a small camp stove there
to keep us toasty and maybe
we can even snuggle a bit.
Until I get a bite on my line, that
is. Then she’d better just step back
while I reel in a big one.”
So there you have it. Three Romeos all geared up to treat their Juliets to an unforgettable Valentine’s
Day, just as God intended.
Disclaimer: The Woodside News,
including its staff and affiliates, is
Mass panic
need not
occur.
not responsible for injuries sustained
by any man attempting to woo a lady
with war movies, accordions or icefishing. If you want our advice, try
chocolate and any movie starring
Ryan Gosling.
Shawn Conley can be contacted at
[email protected].
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Section A
FEBRUARY 2015
Lake Orion campus construction moves forward
with an eye on an Easter Sunday opening
Clockwise from
top of page:
Outside sign
announces
big things are
happening for
Woodside and
the Lake Orion
community.
Volunteers from
the Lake Orion
campus assist
with removal of
carpeting on the
lower level.
With the
floor surface
complete, the
stage and walls
are now forming
in the 675-seat
Worship Center.
Front entrance
roof structure
being reinforced
while much of
Old World charm
remains in place.
PHOTO BY NANCY RUDNIK
Christmas Shoeboxes bring smiles
and joy to Panama children
BY JIM AVERY
WOODSIDE NEWS MANAGING EDITOR
M
Brittany Compton (left) helps with distribution of shoeboxes to Panama children.
inistry leaders from across the
country met in Houston and
flew to Panama City, Panama to distribute Operation Christmas Child
shoeboxes to hundreds of adorable
kids! The group, including Brittney
Compton from Woodside, witnessed
a graduation for “The greatest journey,” a discipleship program through
Samaritans Purse which concluded
with every kid receiving a Bible.
“Many kids didn’t know what to
do with the shoebox at first, because they had never received a
gift before,” said Compton. “One
child said “how did you know?” We
asked what? He said that he had
been praying for a soccer ball and
that is exactly what was in his box.”
Compton continued, “the stories
didn’t stop there, as another child
wanted to write a thank you note
because he had been praying for
a blue and purple pen (his favorite colors) and that is what he got.”
Operation Christmas child is not
just a shoebox filled with gifts. The
program also supports the local
church through prayer and ministry
supplies. “The church pastors were
all so grateful and filled with tears
in their eyes as they told us about
how challenging ministry is there,
and how we brought hope, encouragement, and the love that they
desperately need,” said Compton.
Operation
Christmas
Child,
sponsored annually by Samaritans Purse, collected and distributed over 10 million boxes this
year. Woodside Bible Church has
participated for the past 16 years.
Jim Avery can be contacted at
[email protected].
FEBRUARY 2015
Section A
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MOVIES BY SHAWN CONLEY [WOODSIDE NEWS WRITER]
PADDINGTON tells the
is filled with the disturbing
story of the famous loveable
content that is usually presbear (Ben Wishaw). When
ent in movies that deal with
he travels to London in
the racism of that era.
search of a home, Padding“This powerful movie
ton finds temporary shelter
manages to soar in a way
at the home of the Brown
that few do, reminding us all
family. But things get dicey
of how a determined movewhen the bear isn’t quite used
ment led by a flawed-butSHAWN CONLEY
to living with humans, not
passionate preacher helped
to mention the fact that a
right one of America’s greattaxidermist (Nicole Kidman) has her
est wrongs,” says Plugged In Online.
sights set on him.
“It’s a beautifully acted, emotionally
Though this classic children’s tale is
stirring picture that makes us better
updated a bit, it’s still a safe bet for most
understand why King – whose thirst
members of the family. Beyond that, it’s
for justice was in part powered by his
actually an enjoyable movie, so parents
Christian faith – is so lauded today.”
won’t mind watching it either.
“This is a suitable plush and cuddly pic that gives three cheers to the
importance of loving families,” says
Plugged In Online.
“Paddington takes kids on a fun
adventure while ���������������������
also touching on bigger issues,” says Common Sense Media. “The bigger meaning might be
lost on some kids, but stressing good
manners, kindness and compassion to
strangers won’t. This is a sweet film
for young kids, with enough slapstick
comedy for older ones and entertainment value for adults, too.”
Directed by Paul King. Rated PG
– COMMON SENSE MEDIA
for mild action and rude humor. 95
ON PADDINGTON
minutes.
SELMA recounts the events surrounding a march led by Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. (David Oyelowo) in
Alabama during the height of civil
rights unrest of the 1960s.
This emotionally-driven film is
easily one of the best this year. Parents
should know, though, that despite being a fairly accurate history lesson, it
Family is at the center of Paddington.
“You … need to go see Selma,” says
Christianity Today. “See it while it’s in
the theater and bring some friends or
family members. It’s a very, very good
movie.”
Directed by Ava DuVernay. Rated PG-13 for disturbing thematic
material including violence, a suggestive moment and brief strong language. 128 minutes.
NOW ON DVD/BLU-RAY:
ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD
DAY: A family movie about a family
that shows the importance of family.
Light, fun and, coincidentally, great
for families. Rated PG. (Coming 2/10)
THE BEST OF ME: Unbelievably sappy and melodramatic love
story that gets more wrong than it
gets right. Rated PG13.
THE BOXTROLLS: This fun
and unique animated movie is a
safe bet for families with older kids.
Rated PG.
THE SONG: This little-seen
movie about love in the face of temptation and fame is interesting and
worth watching, particularly for families with teens. Rated PG-13. (Coming 2/10)
Shawn Conley can be contacted at
[email protected].
“This is a
sweet film for
young kids.”
WHAT’S COOKIN’ [RECIPE OF THE MONTH] COLLECTED BY BECKY JOHNSON
Strawberries are red,
Chocolate is delicious,
Making both these
Valentine desserts,
Would make you
quite ambitious.
maining cream mixture
until combined. Spoon remaining strawberry purée
over the pink cream mixture and fold in, leaving
streaks of the purée to create a swirled cream. Spoon
over the vanilla cream in the
Strawberry Ice Cream
pan. Gently tap the pan to
Cheesecake
BECKY JOHNSON
distribute the mixture and
1 can (14-ounce) sweetened
get rid of any air bubbles (spreading
condensed milk
will destroy the swirls). Cover and
½ cup cream cheese, at room temfreeze for at least 8 hours and up to
perature
2 weeks.
1 ½ tsp. pure vanilla extract
Thirty minutes before serving,
2 cups heavy cream
cut the remaining strawberries into
1 pound strawberries
pieces and toss with the sugar. Let
2 tsp. sugar
sit, tossing occasionally, for 25 minutes. When ready to serve, invert
Line an 8 ½ x 4 ½ loaf pan with 2
the cake onto a platter and remove
pieces of parchment paper, leaving a
the pan and parchment. Spoon the
3-inch overhang on all 4 sides. Usberries (and any juices) over the top.
ing an electric mixer, beat the condensed milk, cream cheese and vaThe Best Chocolate Cake
nilla in a large bowl until combined.
2 cups all-purpose flour
Add the heavy cream and beat on
1 cup unsweetened cocoa
high speed until thick, stiff peaks
1 ½ tsp. baking soda
form, 3 to 5 minutes.
¼ tsp. salt
Meanwhile, using a food proces¾ cup (1 ½ sticks) butter or margasor or blender, purée half the strawrine, softened
berries.
1 cup packed brown sugar
Spoon half the vanilla cream
1 cup granulated sugar
mixture into the prepared pan,
3 large eggs
spreading it evenly. Tap the pan to
2 tsp. vanilla extract
get rid of air bubbles. Fold 1/3 of
1 ½ cups low-fat buttermilk
the strawberry purée into the re-
Frosting
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/3 cup boiling water
1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine,
softened
2 Tbsp. confectioners’ sugar
12 ounces semisweet chocolate,
melted and cooled
Prepare cake layers: Preheat oven to
350°F. Grease three 8-in. round cake
pans. Line bottoms with waxed paper;
grease paper. Dust pans with flour.
On another sheet of waxed paper,
combine flour, cocoa, baking soda,
and salt. In large bowl, with mixer at
low speed, beat butter and brown and
granulated sugars until blended. Increase speed to high; beat 5 minutes
or until pale and fluffy, occasionally
scraping bowl with rubber spatula.
Reduce speed to medium-low; add
eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after
each addition. Beat in vanilla until
blended. Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and
ending with flour mixture; beat just
until batter is smooth, occasionally
scraping bowl with rubber spatula.
Spoon batter evenly among prepared pans. If necessary, stagger pans
on 2 oven racks, placing 2 on upper
rack and 1 on lower rack, so that top
pans are not directly above bottom
one. Bake 22 to 25 minutes or until
toothpick inserted in center of cake
comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire
racks 10 minutes. With small knife,
loosen layers from sides of pans; invert
onto wire racks. Carefully remove and
discard waxed paper; cool completely,
about 45 minutes. If you like, wrap layers well and store at room temperature
up to 1 day or freeze up to 1 month.
Bring to room temperature before
frosting cake so the thawing moisture
doesn’t water down the frosting.
Meanwhile, prepare frosting: In small
bowl, combine cocoa and boiling water,
stirring until smooth. In large bowl, with
mixer at medium-high speed, beat butter and confectioners’ sugar 5 minutes or
until fluffy. Reduce speed to mediumlow; add melted chocolate, then cocoa
mixture, beating until smooth and occasionally scraping bowl with rubber
spatula. If frosting is too runny, refrigerate until just stiff enough to spread.
Assemble cake
Place 1 cake layer bottom side up on
cake plate; spread with 1/3 cup frosting. Top with second layer, bottom
side up; spread with 1/3 cup frosting.
Place remaining layer bottom side
up on top. Spread remaining frosting
over sides and top of cake.
Becky Johnson can be contacted at
beckyjohnson @woodsidebible.org.
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Section A
FEBRUARY 2015
PHOTO BY NANCY RUDNIK
Night of Worship raised
voices in joyful praise
BY JIM AVERY
WOODSIDE NEWS MANAGING EDITOR
W
oodside loves to worship, and
worship they did on Friday, Jan.
23, at the Troy campus. The packed
2,500-seat auditorium joined in an evening of joyful praise with voices raised
in celebration for our amazing God.
From the opening song, Worship
Arts Director Jonathan Seller impressed on the audience that “worship
is our response to God, both personal
and corporate, for who he is and what
he has done.” To that end, the event
provided the opportunity to introduce many of the songs that a small
team of Woodside songwriters had
written over the past year.
Compiled on a CD album, titled
Response, the collection features several inspiring songs to include, “Can’t
be Broken,” “Alive,” “Overcome,”
“Love has Won,” “Only in You,” and
five other outstanding performances.
According to Woodside Bookstore
Manager Carolyn Schmidt, “Demand
for the $10 CD was crazy throughout
the evening.” By Sunday, Jan. 25, iTunes
downloads for Response had pushed it
to #9 on their Christian Album chart.
The album will continue to be available
through Woodside bookstores.
Supported by a team of 16 talented performers from across Woodside
campuses, the evening confirmed that
worship is exciting and allows every
believer the opportunity to respond
with excitement, celebration, reverence, awe, humility and joy to the
good news that grace is ours.
Seller further pointed out that “all
of life is a response to the greatest gift
of all, and that worship is a powerful
tool for how we respond to the gift of
the gospel.”
In his message, Seller also referred
to God’s call to worship in John 4:24,
“God is spirit, and his worshippers must
worship in spirit and in truth.”
Judging by the spirited participation throughout the evening, that
message wasn’t lost on the Worship
Night audience.
Jim Avery can be contacted at
[email protected].
Clockwise from
top of page:
Woodside’s combined
worship team captivated
the audience with
songs of praise and
encouragement.
Worship Arts Director
Jonathan Seller explains
the importance of
complete surrender
(to the Lord) through
worship and personal
outreach.
Pontiac campus
Worship Leader Walter
Farr lifted many with his
soulful voice.
The show wouldn’t go on
without Randy Cuthrell’s
audio board team, or the
video and lighting crews.
FEBRUARY 2015
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1. but I do not want to use ___
and ink (2 John 12)
6. As ___ ___ man who casteth
firebrands (1,3) (Prov 26:18)
KJV
10. now my life ___ away; days
of suffering grip me (Job 30:16)
14. whoever rebukes a wicked
man incurs ___ (Prov 9:7)
15. and ____ a coat of scale
armor (1 Sam 17:5)
16. even if I washed myself with
___ (Job 9:30)
17. appointed priests from all
___of people (1 Kings 12:31)
18. enemies (Ps 44:5)
19. brothers, never ____ of doing
what is right (2 Thes 3:13)
20. by the ___ of your brow you
will eat your food (Gen 3:19)
21. Pure religion and ___ before
God (James 1:27) KJV
23. all his labor at which he ___
under the sun (Eccl 1:3)
25. abbr. for the 6th book of the N.T.
26. of ___ and darting snakes
(Isa 30:6)
29. the people gat them by ___
that day into the city
(2 Sam 19:3) KJV
33. Eat not of it ____, nor sodden
at all with water (Exodus 12:9)
34. they will gather his ___ from
the four winds (Matt 24:31)
36. he ___ his clothes and put on
sackcloth (2 Kings 19:1)
37. God had planted ___ ___ in
the east, in Eden (1,6) (Gen 2:8)
39. he sent for him the ___ , and
communed with him (Acts 24:26)
KJV
42. the horns of a wild ox.With
them he will ___ the nations
(Deut 33:17)
43. Moabite women, one named
___ and the other Ruth (Ruth 1:4)
44. Dan, and Naphtali, ____, and
Asher (Exodus 1:4)
45. will destroy the shroud that
___ all peoples (Isa 25:7)
48. blessed is the man who ___ in
the LORD (Jer 17:7)
50. one beka ___ person, that is,
half a shekel (Ex 38:26)
51. dip it into the blood in the
____ (Exodus 12:22)
53. They are dogs with mighty
___ they never have enough
(Isa 56:11)
57. harps, and golden ___ full of
odours (Rev 5:8) KJV
61. from my own ___ and from
my father’s family (Gen 24:40)
62. But he took ___ of their
distress when he heard their cry
(Ps 106:44)
63. married a wife, deceased,
and, having no ____ (Matt 22:25)
64. let us run with patience the
____ that is set (Heb 12:1)
65. every ____ will bow before
me; every tongue will confess to
God (Rom 14:11)
66. Ye shall not shout, nor make
any ____ with your voice
(Joshua 6:10) KJV
67. one official is ___ by a higher
one (Eccl 5:8-9)
68. The Lord needs it and will
___ it back here shortly
(Mark 11:3)
69. throughout the land of Egypt
the dust will become ___
(Ex 8:16)
DOWN
1. Heaven and earth will ___
away, but my words (Matt 24:35)
2. hurling stones and shooting
arrows out of ___ ___ (1,3)
(1 Chr 12:2)
3. He that hath clean hands, and a
___ heart (Ps 24:4)
4. an ___ nearby that belonged to
Publius, the chief official
(Acts 28:7)
5. He did so, and his hand was
completely ___ (Luke 6:10)
6. What about this ___ crime that
was committed (Judg 20:12)
7. at the festivals, the New ___
and the Sabbaths (Ezek 45:17)
8. Tell the Israelites to bring you
___ ___ heifer without defect
(1,3) (Num 19:2)
9. ___ creatures and hyenas will
live there (Jer 50:39)
10. sit down and ___ the cost to
see if he has enough
(Luke 14:28)
11. it is only a scar from the ___
(Lev 13:23)
12. he tore the lion apart with his
___ hands (Judg 14:12)
13. The creatures ___ back and
forth like flashes of lightning
(Ezek 1:14)
22. For you have been my refuge,
a strong tower against the ___
(Ps 61:3)
24. they had gone through the
___ unto Paphos (Acts 13:6) KJV
26. the avenger of blood might
pursue him in ___ ___ (1,4)
(Deut 19:6)
27. a great sacrifice unto ____
their god (Judges 16:23)
28. Or crookbackt, or a ___, or
that hath a blemish (Lev 21:20)
KJV
29. your hand and put it into my
side. ___ doubting and believe
(John 20:27)
30. Yet the LORD ___ to be
gracious to you (Isa 30:18)
31. live with your wives, and ___
them with respect (1 Peter 3:7)
32. my brethren, and their flocks,
and their ____ (Gen 47:1)
35. son of Seth (Gen 4:26) KJV
38. Isaac ___ the wells that had
been dug in the time of
(Gen 26:18)
40. The ___ shall overflow with
wine and oil (Joel 2:24) KJV
41. The LORD called you a ___
olive tree (Jer 11:16)
46. He trusted in God; ____ him
deliver him now (Matt 27:43)
47. Everyone who ___ this water
will be thirsty again (John 4:13)
49. and singers joined in ___, as
with one voice (2 Chron 5:13)
51. Helkath, Hali, ___, Acshaph
(Josh 19:25)
52. you do not plant the body that
will be, but just ___ ___ (1,4)
(1 Cor 15:37)
53. killed some twenty men in an
area of about half an ___
(1 Sam 14:14)
54. the father of all who ___ the
harp and flute (Gen 4:21)
55. I move along slowly at the
___ of the droves (Gen 33:14)
56. I wish I could be with you
now and change my ___
(Gal 4:20)
58. John to the seven churches
which are in ____ (Rev 1:4)
59. Do not ___ in your heart after
her beauty (Prov 6:25)
60. Go, post a lookout and have
him report what he ___ (Isa 21:6)
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Section A
FEBRUARY 2015
FIT AND HEALTHY BY CHRIS OLIVERO [WOODSIDE NEWS WRITER]
Chocolate? Yes...
dark chocolate
has been removed.
Cocoa butter is the fat
component of the cacao seed.
any centuries ago MaChocolate is the solid
yans concocted a bitter,
food or candy made from a
frothy, hot brew from roasted
preparation of roasted cacao
cocoa paste, chili peppers and
seed. If the cacao seeds are
cornmeal, and even used it
not roasted, then you have
as currency. Later the Azraw chocolate. Both are typiCHRIS OLIVERO
tecs adopted the custom –
cally sweetened.
but sipped what they called
Dark chocolate with a
Chocolati at room temperature.
high cocoa content is actually quite nuMontezuma is said to have
tritious. It contains a decent amount of
downed 50 cups a day. As much as
soluble fiber and is loaded with minerthey treasured their Chocolati, they
als. A 100-gram bar of dark chocolate
could not have known its true value.
(approx. 3.5 oz.) with 70-85% cocoa
By now we’ve all heard the good
contains 11grams of fiber, 67% of the
news about dark chocolate: the anRDA for iron, 58% of the RDA for
tioxidants, phenols and flavonoids
magnesium, 89% of the RDA for copfound in dark chocolate have been
per, 98% of the RDA for manganese.
credited with protection against heart
It also has plenty of potassium, phosdisease. Consuming dark chocolate
phorus, zinc and selenium.
M
active and function as antioxidants.
These include polyphenols, flavanols,
and catechins among others. One study
reveals the cocoa bean acts as a PRE-biotic; cocoa’s nondigestible components,
including fiber, encourage growth of
beneficial PRO-biotics, such as bifid
bacterium and lactobacillus.
The flavanols in dark chocolate
can stimulate the endothelium, the
lining of arteries to produce Nitric
Oxide (NO), which is a gas. One of
the functions of NO is to send signals
to the arteries to relax, which lowers
resistance to blood flow. Together the
bioactive compounds in cocoa can
improve blood flow in the arteries and
cause a small but statistically significant decrease in blood pressure.
Studies also show that the flavanols from cacoa can improve blood
flow to the skin and protect it against
Although there is considerable evidence that cacoa
can provide powerful health benefits, being especially
protective against cardiovascular disease, this does not
mean that we should consume lots of chocolate every day.
can improve several important risk
factors. It lowers the susceptibility of
LDL to oxidative damage while increasing HDL and improving insulin
sensitivity. Observational study after
study has confirmed numerous health
benefits for those who consume dark
chocolate wisely.
Milk chocolate, however, is not as
healthy as dark chocolate; it contains
more fat and sugar and less cocoa
so is of little benefit. White chocolate, which contains no cocoa solids,
is generally no more than a mix of
fat, milk and sugar with a minimal
amount of cocoa butter added.
First, it’s helpful to understand the
distinction between cacao, cocoa, and
chocolate:
Cacao is a small evergreen tree of
the species Theobroma cacao. It is
cultivated for its seeds, also known as
cacao beans or cocoa beans.
Cocoa refers to the powder made
from roasted, husked, and ground cacao seed from which most of the fat
Of course 100 grams is
a fairly large amount and
not something you should
be consuming daily. All of
these nutrients also come
with 600 calories and moderate amounts of sugar.
A seven-study metaanalysis sought to find a
link between chocolate
consumption and certain
cardio metabolic disorders,
such as coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes and
metabolic syndrome.
Dark chocolate is packed with powerful benefits
Along with those disorders are related problems like hypersun-induced damage. In one study
tension, elevated fasting glucose and
of thirty people, the erythemal dose
triglycerides, high cholesterol and
(measure of the potential for biologiabdominal obesity. Rather than negacal UV damage) was more than doutive effects, scientist found chocolate,
ble after consumption of dark chocospecifically the dark unprocessed raw
late, high in flavanols for 12 weeks.
cacao kind, actually reduce the risk of
The good news isn’t over yet.
such disorders.
Dark chocolate may also improve
Dark chocolate is loaded with orthe function of the brain. One study
ganic compounds that are biologically
of healthy volunteers showed that five
days of consuming high-flavanols cocoa improved blood flow to the brain.
Cocoa may also significantly improve
cognitive function in elderly people
with mental impairment. It also improves verbal fluency and other risk
factors for disease.
Cocoa contains stimulant substances like caffeine and theobromine, which may be a key reason cocoa can improve brain function in the
short term. Cocoa butter – a saturated
fat – may have a beneficial effect on
cholesterol levels. A number of chemically active compounds in dark chocolate can improve mood and pleasures
by boosting serotonin and endorphin
levels in the brain.
Although there is considerable evidence that cacoa can provide powerful
health benefits, being especially protective against cardiovascular disease,
this does not mean that we should
consume lots of chocolate every day.
Chocolate is loaded with calories
so it’s easy to overindulge. Be clear
that some chocolate products on the
market offer more harm than good.
You need to choose quality organic,
dark chocolate with at least 70 % or
higher cocoa content - raw is even
better. Dark chocolate often contains
some sugar, but the amounts are usually small and the darker
the chocolate, the less
sugar it will contain.
By this time you’re
probably asking how
much can I eat already?
By eating an ounce of
dark chocolate with at
least 70 percent pure
cocoa a few times a
week, you can enjoy its
benefits without guilt.
It may seem a bit bitter
at first, if you are used
to milk chocolate, but
you will acquire a taste
for its rich flavor. Dark
chocolate as high in cacao and as bitter as you can still enjoy is your best option.
When you’re indulging, savor the
flavor and texture, and try to note the
effects it has on your body and mood.
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!
Chris Olivero, Certified Personal
Trainer can be contacted at cbolivero@
gmail.com and at chrisfit.info.
FEBRUARY 2015
Campus calendars reveal Woodside is a
“happening” place all week long
Section A
13
BOOK
OF THE
MONTH
BY KARON HOUGHTON MATHEWS
WOODSIDE NEWS WRITER
W
It’s a full day at Troy, too, on Tuesdays. The Measure of
a Man study for men meets from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. and
Defining Moments – Woman to Woman runs from 9:15 to 11
a.m. Pickle Ball gets underway at 10 a.m. on both Tuesday
and Thursday.
“Many visitors from outside our church have come to
Pickle Ball and some have even begun regularly attending
our adult fellowship groups,” said PrimeTimer coach Carole Compton. “They find a friendly environment among
the people at Pickle Ball.”
Moms’ Ministry activities begin at 1 and 3 p.m. and two
singles groups, Common Ground and Encore, hold their
activities on Tuesday evenings.
At White Lake, Red Hot Faith, a women’s study, runs
noon to 2 p.m. and Men’s Basketball begins at 7 p.m.
There is no such thing as a pause mid-week across
Woodside campuses. White Lake women meet at 10:30
a.m. to study Exodus. Romeo holds it Thrive Bible studies
at 6:30 p.m. and Woodside Kids Plus, Oasis and WAKE
meet at the same time. The schedule at Farmington Hills
hat does your calendar for the coming week hold?
The Woodside calendar is chock full of events and
opportunities. A week at Woodside, regardless of campus,
offers many choices for getting to know the Bible better,
fellowship with friends, family-friendly events and prospects for serving the communities that surround the 10
Woodside campuses.
From time to time in 2015, The Woodside News will take
a closer look at happenings – campus by campus.
Here is what the February calendar holds. Take Sunday, for example. Multiple worship services at the campuses
bring Woodsiders together to praise God, explore the gospel
in-depth and spend time building relationships with fellow
attendees. Starting times differ by location, but each campus with children from preschool up to fifth grade offers a
fun, safe and creative environment for learning Bible truths.
What begins with Woodside Kids programming on Sunday
transitions as children age, to Oasis for middle
school and WAKE for high school-age youth.
At Troy, Sunday offers children, teens and
adults with special needs programming adapted
for the challenges they face. While only one
child is doing the BUDDY system, there are
enough volunteers to fill the need should more
children need one-on-one support.
“There is a special needs classroom upstairs
in the kids’ wing for preschool to fifth grade
students that meets at 10 and 11:30 a.m. on
Sunday,” said Nancy Mosey. The children are
learning about God’s word in a smaller setting
and lessons, though modified, are the same as
the Kids’ Ministry.
In addition to three Married Ministries groups
meeting at Troy on Sunday mornings, two PrimeTime (age 50 and up) groups also meet and there
is an 11:30 a.m. class for those Single and Parenting. The young adult group, Lighthouse, gathers Autumn Woods Nursing Home receives frequent visits from Warren campus volunteers.
at 7:07 p.m. for its worship and study.
At 9:30 a.m. over at White Lake, the Sunday mix includes the 12-session Family Project DVD
is equally busy, with PrimeTimers meeting on the second
study and at 11 a.m., the Berean and Friends classes meet.
and fourth Wednesdays, off campus at 9:30 a.m. Awana,
Meanwhile, in Farmington Hills, a study of 2 Samuel gets
Oasis and WAKE meet at 6:30 p.m., coinciding with the
underway at 9:30 a.m. and a study examining the biblical
Bible Study Methods class.
view of managing finances begins at 11 a.m.
Warren’s Women’s Prayer Group meets at 2 p.m. each
On Monday from noon to 4 p.m., the Warren Campus
Wednesday; while at 6:30 p.m. MOMSnext and the Men’s
Thrift Closet is open. It is also open from 9 a.m. to noon
Fraternity meet as part of the Thrive programming. Club
on Fridays. Donations are accepted on both days.
Woodside, for preschool through fifth grade, also meets at
At 5:30 p.m. on the fourth Monday every month, Sha6:30 p.m. Through games, Bible verses and upbeat worship
ron Wolak, Lynn Bennett and Richard Draper of Warren
time, the kids hear God’s redemptive plan in ways they can
are at Autumn Woods Nursing Home, primed for the “Beunderstand and retell to their families.
fore the Throne Ministry” to begin. Their group of nine,
Thursdays at Troy, Warren and White Lake offer those
eight adults and one teen, have held a worship service, prostruggling with hurtful life experiences a time and place for
viding fellowship, treats and crafts for nursing home resiencouragement through Recovery ministries.
dents for four years.
In Troy 20-25 adults attend DivorceCare (early stages
“Our Autumn Woods friends who attend number apof divorce or separation) and there are 20-25 adults in
proximately 15 to 23 every month, mostly ladies. All are
Growing through Brokenness (later stages of divorce or
wheelchair-bound and one of their favorite parts is piano
separation). Survival Zone for Children and Teens, for
playing by Kathy Hanselman,” said co-leader Bennett.
children whose parents are divorcing, averages 10 kids per
“We learned that the only time their piano is played is
week.
when we visit.”
“At White Lake, Life Recovery is the umbrella name
Over at Troy on Monday evening, the Explorer’s Bible
for all we do on Thursday nights,” said Pastor Brad Hulcy.
Study and Grief Share begin at 7 p.m. and in Farmington
“My hope is that Life Recovery will be the place that hurtHills, women’s group is deep in a study entitled, Discerning
ing people will go in our part of the county. We will be
the Word of God.
adding additional groups as leadership is developed and
Monday is also the day that Lake Orion holds its women’s
put in place.”
study, Children of the Day, which covers Thessalonians 1-2.
On Fridays, both Troy and Warren campuses host CelTuesday at Farmington Hills offers the women’s Bible
ebrate Recovery groups and there is GriefShare at Warren,
study of Gideon from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
as well.
Shelley Krieg and Sandy Wohlgemuth present the lesOn Saturday, to wrap up the week, Worship Arts Minsons which include a video and five workbook assignments
istry Rehearsal at Troy begins at 1 p.m. and over in Warren,
each week.
the Men’s breakfast is held on the third Saturday of the
“We have 19 to 22 women coming to the seven-week
month. At White Lake, crafters are Scrapbooking from 10
study that shows us our weakness is the key to unlock the
a.m. to 7 p.m., the first Saturday of every month and each
door of God’s strength,” Wohlgemuth said.
Saturday the Prayer Shawl Ministry meets to knit or croThere is a spiritual aspect to fitness at Farmington Hills
chet and pray.
and Romeo on Tuesday nights. Coed volleyball starts at 7
p.m. at Farmington and at 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Romeo adults
Karon Mathews can be contacted at
are sweating through Adult Workout.
[email protected].
Insightful books for your
winter read
Non-Fiction
Sin Makes You
Stupid: There’s
a Better Way to
Live! by Kevin
Shorkey
Ouch! This book
will make us examine our sin life.
The Bible tells us
we are all sinners,
so we might as well not pretend that
we aren’t. We may have a list of reasons we justify our pet sins. When the
infatuation with sin becomes greater
than the guilt we experience, we are in
deep trouble. Sin doesn’t just make us
stupid, it multiplies! The more we sin,
the more stupid we seem to become.
Kevin Shorkey lays out biblical
truth about how we can experience
success in our personal struggle with
sin. He explores why intelligent, gifted people get caught up in sins that
ultimately trade the best things in
their lives for things of lesser value.
Bottom line: sin makes smart people
stupid.
Shorkey is a retired pastor and
speaker. His book is available in
both the Troy and White Lake
bookstores.
Fiction
Blood of Adam by
Rachel S. Neal
The first book in
the Generations of
Noah series takes
the biblical account of the great
flood and runs
with it. This work
of fiction probably
takes a little more
latitude than most Christian fiction
as far as character assumptions, but
does give the reader a glimpse of what
could have happened.
Since the women in Noah’s family are not mentioned by name, we
are left to wonder who they were.
For example, who was Noah’s wife
and who were his daughters-in-law?
What were these women like; why
were they spared and what were their
families like? What type of interaction did Noah’s family have among
the wickedness which abounded?
Who were the Nephilim and how
much did they impact the family?
Most interesting to me was the way
in which the animals might have
found their way to the ark.
Neal is a relative newcomer to
writing. A physical therapist by trade,
she and her husband live in Montana.
If you are searching for a particular title, please see one of Woodside’s
book store personnel, and request
they order it for you.
Linda Fishel can be contacted at
[email protected].
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Section A
FEBRUARY 2015
FOR THE FUN OF IT BY JIM AVERY [WOODSIDE NEWS MANAGING EDITOR]
Get out and have fun!
I
t’s a Michigan winter and
the perfect time to head
outdoors with family and
friends! Be it ice skating,
cross-country skiing, hiking
or sledding, our local Huron-Clinton Metro Parks
JIM AVERY
provide unlimited opportunities for winter fun.
Most of the Metro Parks offer groomed cross-country trails, ice
skating, and of course great sledding
hills. Cross-country equipment rentals are available at a nominal fee, with
park entrance only $7 per car. The
fresh air is free!
Full details for the 13 Southeast
Michigan Metro Parks can be viewed
online at metroparks.com/wintersports.
For those with dogs, a visit to any
of the Oakland County Dog Parks
will provide exercise and outdoor
activity for Fido and the family. The
three Oakland County parks, Lyon
Oaks, Orion Oaks and Red Oaks,
offer excellent dog park facilities.
When our pups aren’t hiking Bear
Creek Trail in Oakland Township
with us, they love roaming the fields
and wooded trails at Orion Oaks, on
Joslyn Road between Clarkston and
Scripps Roads. The resident daily
fee is $5 per car, while the Oakland
Clockwise from top left: Metro Parks are perfect for winter fun. Fido and friends love romping at the Oakland Dog Parks.
County Parks annual fee is $30. AdFat Tuesday provides a sweet experience. Detroit Symphony Orchestra presents Romeo & Juliet.
ditional information is available online at destinationoakland.com/parks,
or by calling 248-625-0877.
Oh yes, and don’t forget Valentine’s Day on Saturday, Feb. 14.
Perhaps the Detroit Symphony
BY JIM AVERY [WOODSIDE NEWS MANAGING EDITOR]
Orchestra’s presentation of Tchaiabout roses since the beginning of
Valentine’s Day survival
kovsky’s Romeo & Juliet will provide
time. In fact, it is said that the floors
guide for men
the perfect romantic outing on Friof Cleopatra’s palace were carpeted
day, Feb. 20, at 10:45 a.m. and 8 p.m.
ards and candy are dandy, and
with delicate red rose petals, and that
Conductor Leonard Slatkin will lead
flowers may blossom a budding
the wise and knowing Confucius
the orchestra for this special event
relationship, but forget the E-cards
had a 600-book library dedicated to
that also includes the Suite from Swan
for those you desire to dazzle on Valgrowing roses.
Lake and Symphony No. 3, “Polish.”
entine’s Day, say the female members
• Most of the roses sold on ValenTicket information is available at
of your Woodside News staff.
tine’s Day are grown in South Amerthe Max Fisher Music Center ticket
The prevailing opinion is that Eica, even though California grows 60
office by calling 313-576-5111, or by
Love to all on Valentine’s Day!
cards seem to lack a sense of sincerpercent of American roses.
going online to dso.org.
ity. Despite that, the Greeting Card
• Reportedly, the most preferred
Although not as romantic as RoAssociation (GCA) projects that 15
choice of Valentine’s Day flowers is
for Valentine’s Day. That sweet gesmeo & Juliet, Paczki Day on Feb. 17
million e-valentine cards will be sent
a single, perfect red rose framed with
ture was started by Richard Cadbury,
is certainly as sweet. No one loves
this year.
baby’s breath.
who produced the first box of chocothe fun-filled gooey once-a-year doYet, the traditional bright gushy
• Different colored roses convey
lates for Valentine’s Day in the late
nuts better than Detroiters. The Fat
hand-picked greeting cards seem to
different meanings. Red means love,
1800s.
Tuesday fun can be found at bakeries
be the real deal for the women in our
yellow offers friendship, while pink
The National Confectioners Asthroughout southeast Michigan, with
lives, to the tune of 151 million Valsuggest friendship or sweetheart stasociation website notes that the value
Hamtramck serving as the Paczki
entine cards a year, according to the
tus.
of chocolate far exceeds its satisfying
epicenter. Take your choice of StrawHallmark Greetings website. The ap• Approximately 15% of women
taste. In fact, as they have reported,
berry, Raspberry, Blueberry, Custard,
preciation for traditional cards seems
in the United States will send themin the 1800s physicians commonly
Lemon and Prune, plus a variety of
to double when adding a written exselves flowers on Valentine’s Day this
advised their lovelorn patients to eat
other unique flavors. Enjoy and repression of our love beyond the card’s
year. Hint, hint men!
chocolate to calm their pining.
start your diet the next day.
verse.
No doubt, the 151 million greetAs an elixir for love, chocolate has
For those thinking about spring,
We can thank Esther Howland of
ing cards, 15 million e-cards, 36 milbeen believed throughout history to
the Detroit Boat Show will provide
Worcester, Mass. for that tradition,
lion boxes of chocolate and 100 milbring smiles to the broken-hearted
a day of dreaming about cruising the
as she published the first American
lion red roses will once again rack
and to prompt amorous feelings
warm waters of Michigan. The expo
Valentine card in 1849. However, the
up significant sales at the retail level.
in both men and women. See this
is being hosted at Detroit’s Cobo
first American Valentine was actually
Individually, the National Retail Fedmonth’s Fit column’s focus on dark
Center Feb. 14-22. I’ve been told to
produced in 1834 by New York eneration tells us that the typical conchocolate for an added incentive.
expect a great selection of watercraft,
graver Robert Elton.
sumer will shell out an average of
Further, along with the perfect
equipment and awesome pricing from
Interestingly, the experts at the
$116.21 for Valentine’s Day expenses.
card and heart-shaped box of chocothe top boat dealers and marine supGCA report that teachers receive the
A worthwhile investment indeed.
lates, flowers may also be in order …
pliers in the area. Show information
most Valentine’s cards, followed by
Yet, the greatest joy of all may be for
preferably roses.
and discount tickets are available onchildren, mothers, and wives.
the givers, who on this special day
The Society of American Florist
line at detroitboatshow.net. You can
Also, experience tells us that both
have the opportunity to share a Godproudly reports that over 100 million
also call 734-261-0123 for details.
men and women shouldn’t overlook
like love for others.
red roses are sold and delivered within
the candy option, as somebody out
Happy Valentine’s Day!
three days of Feb. 14. The society’s
Jim Avery can be contacted at
there will be buying the more than 36
website presents the following list of
[email protected].
million heart-shaped boxes of chocoJim Avery can be contacted at
interesting rose facts:
late produced by candy manufacturers
[email protected].
• People have been passionate
DID YOU KNOW?
C
FEBRUARY 2015
Section A
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HUMOR BY TIM FAUSCH [WOODSIDE NEWS WRITER]
Celebrating pie, bacon
and pirates
Day is Sept. 16. Imagine how
much fun it would be if all
politicians, corporate executives, and newscasters were
here are many special
required by law to talk like a
days designed to draw
pirate once a year.
attention to social causes.
National Badger Day is
For example, we recognized
Oct. 6. It’s time to celebrate
National Human Trafficking
these nocturnal mammals
Awareness Day on Jan. 11.
TIM FAUSCH
and their inspirational fightGood stuff and worthy of
ing spirit, unless, of course, the Wisdeep contemplation.
consin Badgers are playing the MichMany of these designations are
igan Wolverines that week.
somewhat solemn, and, although
Buy Nothing Day is Nov. 29. With
worthy of our time, they are not deBlack Friday and Christmas shopping
signed to lift our spirits. So I went in
creating consumer frenzy, I love the
search of awareness days that
we could recognize and have
fun in the process.
Some of these awareness days come from Britain,
whose citizens apparently are
very willing to celebrate the
quirky, weird and wacky. All
of these days deserve priority
status on our calendars.
Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day is Jan. 26. Who
doesn’t love to pop those airfilled little sacks? Talk about
a cheap stress-management
tool. I’m thinking we need to
celebrate this monthly.
National Pi Day is March
14. It’s true. On 3-14 we
celebrate 3.14, the ratio of a
circle’s circumference to its
diameter. But the best part is
we get to eat fruit pies. Taking this one step further is
British Pie Week, March 2-7.
If one day of pie is good, then
a week of pie is absolutely
awesome.
National Pillow Fight
Day is April 4. I can see some
overzealous celebrants going a bit rough with pillow
attacks, but it’s a risk worth
taking in the name of ram- Arrrr … so you’re wanting to talk like a pirate.
bunctious fun.
Earth Day is April 21.
idea of taking a time out. But then I
This is a great time to get outside,
hate shopping, so I’d be fine celebratbreathe the fresh air and plant a tree
ing Buy Nothing Day every day.
that you initially love and eventually
International Mountain Day
grow to hate once it dumps copious
is Dec. 11. Designed to honor great
amounts of leaves in your yard. Just
mountain ranges and the people who
keep reminding yourself that you’ve
inhabit them, I suggest we include
done something great for the planet as
hills, mounds and berms to give us
you collect blisters and sore muscles.
flatlanders a chance to participate.
Free Comic Book Day is May 2. I
Let’s all go conquer a hill!
don’t read comic books, but I like the
idea of getting free stuff. And with
Tim Fausch can be contacted at
our attention spans growing shorter
[email protected].
by the day, maybe it’s time to curl up
with a good comic book and relax.
Wrong Trousers Day is June
26. Here’s our chance to recycle our
most outrageous, fashion-challenged
britches. I’m having a flashback to the
plaid pants I wore in middle school.
BIBLE CROSSWORD
I honestly thought they were really
cool, but the evidence proves otherwise.
National Cherry Day is July 16.
Apparently, tart cherries are good for
your health. I’m confident this will
carry over to chocolate-covered cherries, cherry pie, and cherry cobbler.
Now that we know there’s a designated day to celebrate cherry goodness,
it’s our patriotic duty to support it.
Bacon Day is Aug. 30. Do I even
need to say more? (I’m mentally
breathing in the sizzling, intoxicating
aroma as I write this.)
International Talk Like A Pirate
“Equipping
students for
leadership
through
Christ-centered
education”
T
Imagine how much fun it
would be if all politicians,
corporate executives
and newscasters were
required by law to talk
like a pirate once a year.
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