Praises
Our Internet is back on-line! We were down for a couple of days, but
we are back. Sorry for any ‘lost’
e-mails.
We had a new Women’s Bible Study in June – led by
our new member – Earlene. She is
doing a wonderful job!
We were able to attend the SBC convention this
month. We were blessed to be there
and returned home renewed.
We have someone to pick-up the backpacks from
We have a team of evangelistic counselors to work
the Back-to-School Fair!
We have a climbing wall lined up for the
Fair. It has not yet been
sponsored, but we have faith it will.
We have another new member this month – Judy
Duncan. Judy has been with us,
since before there was an ‘us’. We
are grateful for her step of obedience and her witness.
We have recently discovered that we will be
having another little
Matters of Prayer &
Opportunities for Ministry
Pray about
being involved in our 2006 Grand Adventure Back-to-School
Fair. We have scheduled the
event for August 12 and the time of the fair will be 10:00 – 1:00. We will be pre-registering students when
they are registering for school this year, August 4th. This should prove to be very fruitful
for increasing numbers and CONTACTS. Ways you can help:
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Pray!
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Plan to come to our
event. We REALLY need you to be
available to help.
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We have one doctor
coming to the event. We could use
another doctor for health screenings.
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We could use a
dentist.
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We need $207.50 to
finish paying for our backpacks. We
need to fill 170!! Perhaps your
church would like to take on a certain number of backpacks to
fill.
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We could use a hair
stylist to do haircuts and braids.
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Adopt-a-student for
$15.00.
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Perhaps you have
access to school supplies or related materials at a low cost - or free.
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Contact us about
collecting supplies at your church.
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We need activities
for the children to participate in, such as: inflatable games, horses, dunking booth,
food booths (proceeds go to a school organization), musical talent, puppets,
clowns, and entertainment.
Pray for our
family as we make continue to uncover God’s will for our financial
provisions. We feel that God has
made it loud & clear that this is not the time for Jennifer to take her
business much farther than her current sales volume. In order to adequately homeschool three
children, she will not yet be able to grow her business beyond her current
customer base. This, of course, is
narrowing the scope of options for us – and we praise the Lord as we look behind
the proverbial – Door #2. We really
feel the Lord is directing John to work at the church, without having to work
another job. There is so much to do
– and so little time to do it with his current schedule. A baby on the way has created a few
immediate concerns as well. Two
baby beds will not fit in any of our bedrooms. We really do not know where we are going
to put our new addition. We cannot
sell our house and get a more conveniently laid out house, due to the small
detail of John not having a full-time job.
We have a carport that could be closed in, although it would probably
require an upgrade of our HVAC. Any
suggestions? Our second concern is
finding transportation for John.
Contrary to popular belief, it is still illegal in the state of
Pray
for our development of an AWANA
program. We would like to begin the
program this Fall.
Pray for our
Sunday School teachers. Donna
Smith: K-5th grade; Ken McArthur: Adults; John: Youth; Barbara: 2yrs – 4yrs; Jennifer:
Nursery
Important
Dates