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The Presbyterian
Messenger
Monthly Newsletter of First Presbyterian Church Burley, Idaho
May 2015
For as the earth brings forth her bud, and as the
garden causeth the things that are sown in it to
spring forth; so the Lord God will cause
righteousness and praise to spring forth
before all the nations.
—Isaiah 61:11
From the Desk of the Pastor
- By Rev. Josyph Andrews
Inside
this
issue
• From the Desk of the Pastor
• Pastor’s Report
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Scripture Lessons
Tithes & Expenses
Dates to Remember
Committee Chairpersons
Birthdays
• Calendar
• May Servers
• Scout News
• Presbyterian Women
• Committee Reports
• Contact Information
• Prayer & Praise Report
Grace to you and peace! May is finally upon us and hopefully, we can experience
some “normal” weather in the designated period. We had spring in winter and then a
mild winter so far in spring. It just goes to show that God has a sense of humor and
that his plan is not always ours, however, it is still good.
Wow, April was busy! It began with the Maundy Thursday meal and service and
continued with the Second Annual Easter Egg hunt which hosted approximately 200.
Hamburgers and hotdogs were enjoyed by all, as well as hunting approximately 1500
brightly colored, candy filled eggs. The children were first treated to a puppet show
telling them about the Easter story and then they sang songs before hunting and
dining. I have heard positive results from both the congregation as well as the
community. Many thanks go out to everyone who showed up and spent a beautiful
Saturday serving God and a whole lot of visitors.
As if that was not enough, the men made sausage at Jensen’s on the 16th and the
sausage supper was on the 21st. I do not have the final numbers at this writing, but
again, early returns suggest it was another successful event. I do know that we
served more than 115 people and it appears they were all generous in their freewill
offering. Special thanks to all who worked so hard to make the sausage, sell the
sausage, cook the dinner and clean up the dinner. All this adds up to a lot of work
for an aging congregation, but as always, the meal was excellent and the service
exemplary.
Continued on page 2.
From the Desk of the Pastor - continued
What is remarkable about this congregation is your willingness to tackle difficult tasks and do them well. This is a
testament to a truly special church family and their ability to look past the difficulties to once again serve God and the
community in what seems to be an effortless and gracious manner. I know that the reality is that this month has been
anything but effortless. What distinguishes your service to God and community is that you make it look easy and
always do so with a smile and open arms. We may complain or grumble in private, but those we are serving are none
the wiser.
As we close the door on a busy month, let’s not take too much time to rest on our laurels. We live in a community
that needs servant leaders and a congregation to lead the way. There is so much need here that is going unnoticed
and people who need help that do not receive the help they need because of the great amount of need. How we
address the growing need is a topic for discussion but know that the need for help is not diminishing, but growing.
We need to determine how we might be able to better serve those in need without duplicating what is already
available. We need to find our niche in our community where God needs our help. I urge all of you to rest quickly
and then together find out what our niche is and then cultivate that into action. There is nothing that we cannot do
together with the help of our loving God. Thank you all for your loving kindness and generous hearts that make this
church an even more special place.
Pastors Report April 2015
God Bless and Keep you,
Pastor Josyph
Miles Driven Last month: 438
Visits: 2 (Home 2, Hospital Visits 0, Nursing Home 0)
Communion Served: (1st Sunday, Shut Ins 0)
Worship Services Conduced: 5+1 Lenten Lunches
Weddings: 0 Funerals: 0 Baptisms: 0
Bible Study Groups: 6 (Tuesday Men’s 3, Thursday Afternoon 3)
Committee Meetings Attended: 1
Presbytery Meetings—
July 21—26 I have been asked to serve as Dean @ Camp Sawtooth July 21—26
Study Leave—
April 23-26 (four days and Sunday—KAIROS Outside) Pastor John will preach
May 7—9 (three days—Preaching conference @ Zephyr Hills)
Special Dates to Remember:
May
02: Kendall Presbytery PW Spring Gathering, Twin Falls
07: National Day of Prayer
07: Pastor Josyph’s preaching Conference, Zephyr Hills 7—9
10: Mother’s Day
14: Ascension of the Lord
19: Election Day *we are a polling place
24: Day of Pentecost
25: Memorial Day—Office Closed
31: Trinity Sunday
June
18: PW Church Wide Gathering, Minneapolis 18—21
19: Relay For Life 19—20
21: First Day of Summer
21: Father’s Day
We must not be content to have the
Spirit without the Word or the Word
without the Spirit. Our lives must travel
along these two, as the locomotive
travels along parallel rails. It is only by
our devout contact with the Bible that we
shall be able to detect the Holy Spirit’s
voice. It is by the Word that the Spirit will
enter our hearts, as the heat of the sun
passes into our homes when its beams of
light enter the open windows.
—F.B. Meyer
Some of the Most Influential Christian
Leaders of All Time
No doubt the greatest Christian Leader of all time is Jesus
of Nazareth, the Savior of the world. As time passes we are
blessed by the influence of certain other Christian leaders
that leave a legacy unparalleled by any other. No matter
what the denomination, most will agree that some Christian
leaders have had a huge impact on our community, our
nation and even our world. As we look at all the Christian
leaders that have been and even still are today, we have
chosen those that we believe are some of the most
influential Christian leaders of all time.
Elder John Leland (1754-1841)
John Leland was a faithful minister of the gospel for
sixty-seven years. Leland was what some would call a
“circuit preacher” traveling on foot or horseback from
Massachusetts to South Carolina. He traveled more than a
hundred thousand miles in his preaching journeys. He was
most famous for his plight for religious freedom in the
United States of America. In 1787 Leland was a great
supporter of James Madison as he pursued his election to the
Virginia Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution and to
adopt the Bill of Rights. He endorsed Mr. Madison and
convinced many fellow Baptist’s to do the same because he
knew Madison would pursue a federal amendment for
religious freedom. Elder Leland spent more than 60 years
fighting for what has commonly been called “separation of
church and state” in the United States today. Elder Leland
wrote his own epitaph: “Here lies the body of John Leland,
who labored 67 years to promote piety and vindicate the
civil and religious rights of all men.”
William Carey (1761-1834)
A self-taught English cobbler William Carey set out to
evangelize the people of India. When Carey was called to
missions the vision of world evangelism was not clear in
England. He was, in fact, considered to be the father of
modern Protestant missions. Carey’s first six years on the
field were nothing short of outrageously awful. He survived
malaria, dysentery and cholera. During his years in Bengal,
he and his family tolerated inhabitable conditions, disease,
grief, and wild animals. He buried 2 wives and one young
child in the field.
• William Carey was best known for penning the original
translations of the Bible into Bengali, Oriya, Marathi,
Hindi, Assamese, and Sanskrit, and parts of it into 29
other languages and dialects.
• Carey was co-founder of Serampore College and a
member of the Baptist Missionary Society
• One Famous Quote of William Carey is: “I can plod, I
can persevere to any definite pursuit.”
• Rev. Billy Graham (Nov. 7, 1918 (age 96)
Billy Graham is an Evangelist, best known for his
televised crusades. He preached the message of
Christianity for forty years. He was advisor to several
American Presidents. It is believed that he has led
thousands to profess Jesus Christ as personal Savior.
• Rev. Graham is best known for his worldwide
evangelist crusades
• Rev. Graham is Founder of the Billy Graham
Evangelistic Association (BGEA)
• Rev. Graham once said: “It is not the body’s posture,
but the heart’s attitude that counts when we pray”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
Dr. King’s birth name was Michael Luther King and he
later changed his name to Martin. He followed his
grandfather and father as pastor of Ebenezer Baptist
Church in Atlanta, Georgia. This strong Christian and
civil rights activist led peaceful marches in several
southern towns where Negro Americans were unequally
treated. He was the youngest man ever to be awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize and he donated the over $50,000 prize
money to further his civil rights cause. He was
assassinated in 1968.Dr. King was best known for his
civil right activism, which cost him his life. Dr. King was
Founder of the Southern Christian Leadership
Conference (SCLC) and pastor of Ebenezer Baptist
Church in Atlanta, GA. and Dexter Avenue Baptist
Church in Montgomery, AL. Dr. King once said: “Our
lives begin to end the day we become silent about things
that matter”
Dr. John Vernon McGee (1904-1988)
Dr. McGee, pastored churches in Georgia, Tennessee and
Texas before settling at the Church of the Open Door in
downtown Los Angeles, California where he first aired
“High Noon Bible Class” on a little radio station. When
he retired from the church his radio ministry exploded
and he began teaching “Thru the Bible” reaching more
than 400 stations in the United States and Canada daily.
It soon was broadcasted in more than 100 languages and
available worldwide on the Internet. His good ole’
fashioned expository teaching is as relevant today as it
was in 1967 when he began the broadcast.
• Dr. McGee is best known for his deep southern drawl
as broadcasted on the “Thru the Bible” radio show
• Dr. McGee, better known as just “J. Vernon McGee”
is Founder of “Thru the Bible” and even though he
has gone on to be with the Lord, his voice continues
to broadcast the 5 year Bible study program.
• Dr. McGee once prayed: “Oh, God, help me to
always preach so that it can be said, ‘I never knew
Jesus was so wonderful.’”
Continued on page 8
Scripture Lessons
In preparation for Pastor Josyph’s ministry of the Word, he
encourages you to read the scripture verses for each Sunday.
May 3
Acts 8:26-40; Ps. 22:25-31; 1 John 4:7-21; John 15:1-8
May 10 [Mo ther ’s Day]
Acts 10:44-48; Ps. 98; 1 John 5:1-6; John 15:9-17
In all your ways submit
to Him, and He will
make your paths
straight.—Proverbs 3:6
May 17
Acts 1:15-17, 21-26; Ps. 1; 1 John 5:9-13; John 17:6-19
May 24 [Day o f Pen teco st]
Acts 2:1-21 Ps. 104:24-34,35b; Rom. 8:22-27; John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15
May 31 [Tr inity Su nday]
Isa. 6:1-8; Ps. 29; Rom. 8:12-17; John 3:1-17
Committee
Chairpersons
Building & Grounds
Larry Mulholland
Christian Education
Erika Wittman
Fellowship
Terrie Shockey
Finance
Carleen Clayville
Missions, Evangelism & Outreach
George McGee
Personnel & Nominating
Erika Wittman
Worship
Kristi Pugh
2015 Year to Date
Tithes and Expenses
March
Tithes $9,818.60
Expenses $9,979.89
YTD Totals:
Tithes $24,777.60
Expenses $27,566.09
THANK YOU, Thank You, thank you!!!
We would like to extend a great big THANK YOU to
everyone who helped make APRIL a big success. Starting
with Maundy Thursday’s Palestinian Dinner to the Easter
Egg Hunt to Easter Sunday Service. And to the Church
Yard Clean-up and then The Annual Sausage Supper. We
could not have done it without you. You are without a
doubt the best congregation ever! Thank you and God
bless you for all that you do to make this a great church!
May Birthdays
07 Terrie Shockey
15 Madison Wittman
15 Mason Wittman
22 Richard Kicklighter
24 Jarred Burns
29 Anna Hindman
God Bless Your Special Day!
Maundy Thursday Palestinian Dinner
April 2, 2015
May 2015
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than
rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of
value. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also,
and he praises her:...Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a
woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
–Proverbs: 31:10-11, 28, 30
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4
5
9:30 Sunday School
10:45 Worship /
Communion Sunday
6
7:30 Men’s Breakfast
11
12
13
7:30 Men’s Breakfast
9:30 Sunday School
10:45 Worship
Mother’s Day
7:00 pm Session
18
19
20
7:30 Men’s Breakfast
9:30 Sunday School
10:45 Worship
2
9:30 am Kendall
Presbytery PW Spring
Gathering in Twin Falls
8
9
Pastor Josyph preaching conference, Zephyr Hills 7—9
National Day of
Prayer
14
2:30 pm Bible study
4:30 pm Choir
7:00 Scouts
17
1
Sat
2:30 pm Bible study
4:30 pm Choir
7:00 Scouts
10
7
Fri
Ascension of the
Lord
21
15
Newsletter Articles
Due
16
10:00 am
PW Spring Gathering,
BD Offering & Elections
22
23
29
30
2:30 pm Bible study
4:30 pm Choir
8am—8pm
Election Day *we are
a polling place
7:00 Scouts
24
9:30 Sunday School
10:45 Worship
Day of Pentecost
25
26
27
7:30 Men’s Breakfast
28
2:30 pm Bible study
4:30 pm Choir
Memorial Day—
Office Closed
7:00 Scouts
31
Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord
your God commanded you, so that your days may
be long and that it may go well with you...
—Deuteronomy 5:16
9:30 Sunday School
10:45 Worship
Trinity Sunday
Servers for May ~ Thank You!
Head Usher: Harold Gebauer Head Greeter: Gerald Stoller
Communion Servers: Kristi Pugh, Larry Mulholland, Gary Hollinger, Paul Pugh
Lay Reader: 5/3 Linda Culley, 5/10 _____, 5/17 _____, 5/24 _____, 5/31 Chris Scott
Coffee Hour: 5/3 Fellowship, 5/10 _____, 5/17 _____, 5/24 _____, 5/31 Chris Scott
If you are able to serve on any of the unassigned days above please let the office know.
Boy Scout Troop 678
Hi I am Gavin Wilkinson, and I am the troop scribe/historian for Troop 678. Lately the troop has been planning
for a camping trip up to a cabin in Yost, Utah. We also have been getting ready to serve at the German
sausage supper. We will be going to a Flag Ceremony at The Burley Inn. We have a new member, Elisha
Gage and one thinking of joining.
Scouts meet every Wednesday at 7:00 pm at the church
Questions? Please call the Dan or Mason Wittman at 678-4846-4846
The 2nd Annual Easter Egg Hunt held April 4, 2015
Approximately 200 folks from the community enjoyed this event.
Carleen Clayville is seeking pledges for her Relay for Life Team
again this year. This is the 17th year she has been a Team Captain.
She's dedica ng her walk this year to her late daughter-in-law
Holly Clayville, and others on our prayer list who have lost their
ba%le, or are s ll figh ng Cancer. Make checks payable to The
American Cancer Society, or it can be done online at
www.relayforlife.org/rupertburleyid The Relay is held this year at
the Cassia County Fair Grounds from Friday, June 19 from 5 pm to
Saturday, June 20 at 10 am. The Survivor celebra on will be held
on Saturday morning.
Thank you very much,
Carleen
We even had our very own live Easter
Bunny—thanks to Linda Hollinger!
Removing the dread
Kara Tippetts, a 38-year-old mother of four, inspired
readers while facing the “hard.” In The Hardest Peace
(David C. Cook), she described her family’s 2012 move
to Colorado Springs to plant a church—only to have a
fire destroy 346 homes in their new neighborhood 10
days later. Soon afterward, she was diagnosed with
breast cancer, which spread throughout her body.
While discussing these trials with her oldest daughter,
Tippetts read Proverbs 1:33—”Those who listen to me
will be secure and will live at ease, without dread of
disaster” (NRSV).
Tippetts wrote, “It does not say [God] removes the
disaster. But the dread of disaster. … The dread and fear
are what so often steal our peace and leave us on the
edges of our moments exhausted. We meet the scary of
life and forget to turn to God and listen and know his
peace. … Dread exposes my fear and weak faith and
failure to trust where my eternal security rests.”
Together, Tippetts and her daughter prayed “to live
present in the gifts and callings of today without dread
of tomorrow.”
Presbyterian Women
THE PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN OF BURLEY, ID
The next meeting of the PW of First Presbyterian Church of Burley, ID is scheduled for Saturday, May 16, 2015.
At this meeting, we will be joining in with other PW’s of the Presbyterian Church (USA) celebrating and
dedicating the 2015 Birthday Offering! Everyone is encouraged to bring money according to their age (or just
money) to “help feed His flock” through donations to: The Bethesda Christian Community Center in
Barranquilla, Columbia that serves women and children who have been abused. Our gift will build a new
community center where it is anticipated that meals can be served to 100 children, and where tutoring and
other training, as well as Bible study, will be made available.
In Memphis, Tennessee, the Community of St Therese of Lisieux will address the needs of young women
seeking to learn a new way of life after prostitution and addiction. This safe residential community will assess
needs and provide for education, vocational training and life building skills. Through our gifts to the Birthday
Offering, vulnerable children and women will be gathered into community, cared for and nurtured. Our gifts
surely will bring comfort to many, in Jesus’ name.
Please plan on attending, eat birthday cake and help support our Birthday Offering for 2015, also your
Presbyterian Women. We will also be planning for our summer, and the rest of the year.
Also, let’s plan on attending the Spring Gathering of P.W. Presbytery in Twin Falls on Saturday, May 2, starting
at 9:30 am. We hope to take a car load of women from our Church. Please prayerfully consider attending.
They have scheduled a great speaker and will serve lunch.
In Christ’s Service,
Carleen Clayville, Moderator
Mother’s Day is happy for many and hard for some.
Let’s be sensitive to those around us.
If at first you don’t succeed, do it
like your mother told you.
A young boy had been misbehaving, so his
mother sent him to his room. Sometime later,
he came out and told his mom he’d prayed
about the matter. “That’s good,” she replied.
“If you ask God for help to not misbehave,
he’ll help you.”
“Oh, I didn’t pray for help behaving,” said
the boy. “I prayed for God to help you put up
with me.”
WELCOME Kadance Lynn Walsh to our church family!
Three generations: Terrie Shockey, daughter Jentry, and
granddaughter Kadance ~ how lovely!
Some of the Most Influential Christian
Leaders of All Time—continued
Evangelist George Whitefield (1714-1770)
Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899)
Mr. Moody was a visionary and his success came because
of his ability to choose the proper people to put into
leadership. He had great dreams of getting rich in shoe
sales, and as a young man was approached by his Sunday
School teacher with the gospel of salvation. He accepted
Jesus as Lord and from that time on devoted his life to
serving the Lord. He was involved with the YMCA,
Mission Sunday School and even evangelized Union and
Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. The Great
Chicago Fire of 1871 was a turning point in his devotion
to God, it was that event that helped him to know that he
needed to preach the Word of God to the world. His
approach was nondenominational and because of this he
was able to reach all peoples, regardless of religious ties,
with the Gospel of Christ.
• D. L. Moody is best known as the Founder of Moody
Bible Institute formerly known as the Chicago
Evangelization Society
• D. L. Moody also opened Northfield Seminary for
Young Women; Mount Hermon School for Boys; and
Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions to
reach Europe and South Africa
• D.L. Moody once said: “Some day you will read in the
papers that D.L. Moody of East Northfield, is dead. Don’t
you believe a word of it! At that moment I shall be more
alive than I am now; I shall have gone up higher, that is
all, out of this old clay tenement into a house that is
immortal- a body that death cannot touch, that sin cannot
taint; a body fashioned like unto His glorious body.”
Evangelist Lester Roloff (1914-1982)
Brother Roloff was saved when he was fourteen years
old. He paid his way through Baylor University with four
gallons of milk per day from his beloved jersey cow
“Marie”. He became the Pastor of People’s Baptist
Church in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1969 where he began
his outreach to troubled teens and adults. He fought the
state of Texas for eight years because he did not want the
state to control his church ministries. He won that battle
and the Lester Roloff homes continue today as an
outreach of People’s Baptist Church.
• Brother Roloff is best known for his battle and
protection of the People’s Baptist Church’s ministries
in Texas.
• Brother Roloff is the Founder of Rebecca Home for
Girls, Anchor Home for Boys, Lighthouse for Men
and Boys, and the Jubilee Home for Women.
• Brother Roloff once said: “This is going to be the
greatest day of my life” and it was — as his plane
crashed and he went home to be with his Father in
Heaven on November 2, 1982
Pastor Whitefield was a clergyman at the Church of
England. He was small in stature but known for his huge
preaching voice. He is said to be one of the greatest
evangelists of all time. He was the spark of America’s 1st
Great Awakening. If you do not know the history behind
George Whitefield (pronounced “Whitfield”) you should
read about it to learn that he had an amazing way of
simplifying the message of Christianity to a very large
population. He is a great contributor to our heritage.
• George Whitefield is best known as an aggressive
evangelist who was the fire behind America’s Great
Awakening.
• George Whitefield was the Founder of the movement
called Methodism
• George Whitefield said: “The reason why the Son of
God took upon him our nature, was, the fall of our
first parents.”
John Calvin (1509-1564)
A powerful French theologian and pastor, John
Calvin is one of the well known Protestants, whose
name prominently figured during the Protestant
Reformation. Famous for his involvement in
Calvinism, a theological system that defines Christian
theology, Calvin was raised in a Roman Catholic
family. Though he had been trained as a humanistic
lawyer, destiny had some other plans for him. He
parted from the Roman Catholic Church in the 1520s,
around which time his religious conversion also took
place. From thence, till his death, he worked as a
reformer. Calvin authored several books, letters,
treatise and doctrines during his lifetime.
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)
Jonathan Edwards is considered to be one of the greatest
and most influential American philosophers and
theologians. He played a very significant role in the
religious revival known as “The First Great Awakening”
that revolutionized the Protestant religion in Europe and
British America during the mid 18th century. As a
theologian his works covered various aspects of the
Christian religion though he was primarily regarded as a
pioneer in the Reformed faith or Calvinism. He was the
only son among the several children born to his parents
and his family had great aspirations for him. He was
accepted into the Yale College when he was just 13 and
graduated as the head of his class. He was deeply
influenced by the philosopher John Locke and scientist
Isaac Newton. He became a pastor of the church at
Northampton and played a significant role in the
Christian revival movement “The First Great
Awakening”. He preached about the sovereignty of God
and encouraged people to develop a profound spiritual
conviction. One of his very famous sermons, ‘Sinners in
the hands of an Angry God’ projects vivid descriptions
of hell and is a classic example of the sermons of the
Great Awakening. His followers became known as New
Light Calvinist ministers.
Committee Reports
FINANCE REPORT
Go Figure
Giving really is a joy
by Angie Andriot
They say money can’t buy happiness, but research
indicates this may not be entirely true. The trick is to
focus on what you give, rather than what you get. So
where should you go to “purchase” this elusive state of
joy?
The answer: your church, charities, community
donation drives—any place you can donate money. The
key word? Donate. Those who donate money tend to be
happier than those who don’t.
According to our research, Presbyterians in households
that have pledged money to their church are happier
than those in non-pledging households.
However—and this is important—giving more
money does not make you happier, and the link
between pledging and happiness exists at all income
levels. It’s not the quantity that counts; what matters is
the habit of giving. Happiness comes from giving
regularly.
Our research finds that donating just once to a cause
does not impact general happiness—no matter how
much you give.
And it’s not just happiness that is part of the equation.
People in pledging households are also more optimistic
about their future and are more likely to believe that
people can generally be trusted.
One caveat to this research is that we cannot determine
what causes what—does giving away money make
people happier, or are happy people more likely to give
away money?
Either way, one thing is clear: donating money is the
sign of a happy person. And it’s not likely to make the
recipient too sad either.
Angie Andriot is a research associate with Research
Services for the Presbyterian Mission Agency.
In Christ’s Service,
Your Finance team
FELLOWSHIP
Thank you to all who helped with and attended the Maundy
Thursday dinner. It was a very meaningful time together.
May is fast approaching and we will be serving Birthday/
Anniversary cupcakes on the 3rd .
Mother's Day is the10th, so please come and let us honor
the Mother's with a flower to take home.
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
Please consider hosting coffee hour one Sunday and thank
you to all who have.
Classes continue as scheduled.
Respectfully submitted,
Erika Wittman
Respectfully submitted,
Terrie Shockey
Pastor: Rev. Josyph A. Andrews
Pastor’s office hours: Tues—Thurs 9am—3pm
(also available after hours by appointment)
First Presbyterian Church (USA)
2100 Burton Avenue
Burley ID 83318
Josyph’s E-mail: [email protected]
Josyph’s cell: 312-9373
Visit us on the web at:
www.burleypres.org
Clerk of Session: Kathy Poulton
Office Administrator: Barbra Moore
Office Hours M—F 9am—1pm
Office phone: 678-5131
Office email: [email protected]
Newsletter Editor: Barbra Moore & Judy Meyer
Director of Music: Dr. Paul Pugh
Pianist: Susan McGee
Organist: Mayna McGill
Custodian: Linda Culley
Prayer Chain: Gay Neiwert 678-2760
Return Service Requested
Service Times:
Sunday School 9:30 am
Worship 10:45 am
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PRAYER
CORNER
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations3:21-23
PLEASE PRAY FOR:
Healing, Strength and Encouragement for: Darla Holl and family—Randy died April 26th. Paul
Pugh. Dale Martin. Jerry Vegwert. Gay Neiwert. Terri (Larry Mulholland’s daughter), Leanna
(5 year old burn victim), Elaine Victor, Anna Hindman, Billie (Hazel Vegwert’s sister-in-law),
Lewisa (Josyph & Jean Andrew’s daughter), and Barbra. All who are sick or injured. All who
have lost jobs. Those facing financial uncertainties. Wisdom for those making difficult
decisions. KAIROS prison ministry. Pastor Saeed Abidini-imprisoned in Iraq. And we
encourage you to join other congregations in praying for Church of the Big Wood in Ketchum.
• Our Church Leaders: Elder s Kathy Poulton, Kr isti Pugh, Lar r y Mulholland, Car leen
Clayville, Erika Wittman, and George McGee. Deacons Paul Pugh, Gary Hollinger, Janell
Martin, Sharon Napier, Chris Scott and Tom Clayville
• Pastor Josyph and Jean Andrews as they shepherd our flock
• World unrest
• Wisdom for our National and Local Leaders
• Service Men & Women around the world.
• Our Church family; strength & wisdom and to keep our eyes on Jesus
—James 1:2-4 “consider it all joy…”
May
2015