Sunday, June 24, 2007

Last Sunday was Father's Day, and did I ever get a surprise! Guess who came to see me? If you guessed Nicholas, you are right! He also brought his mom and dad, and they spent a week of vacation with us. Beth did a great job of keeping it a surprise which is amazing - usually I can figure things out. We had fun all week mowing grass,

washing the car, and just being together. Thankfully babies do take several naps a day, and those times allowed Papa to go to church and get some work done. I also saw Lois Guy two times at University Hospital in Cleveland as she had a FIFTH surgery (covering many years) to replace her left hip. It went well, though she is in pain in the recuperation time. Please keep her in prayer.

This Sunday, June 24 will be a full day of regular services. Beth and I will be gone to attend and help perform Laura Sheldon's wedding in Michigan, and then we still will keep our plan to head south to stay with Sarah, Sam, and Nicholas for a few days so that we can attend their new church (http://www.oakbrookchurch.com/) and see them in action. We also plan to visit with their senior pastor and family who is a college friend of ours. In my place Pete Kendrick will minister in the 10:45 AM service, and Ron Sterner will minister in the 6:00 PM service. Also pray for Tom and Sandi Goodrich as they celebrate their 35th anniversary with an Alaskan cruise and then stop to see their son, Justin, in San Diego. Several other families from our church will be traveling then as well, so pray for us all.

Beth and I will return home long enough to re-pack and then leave very early on Wednesday morning to go to Lancaster, PA to attend a day of the GARBC annual conference. We are primarily going so that Beth will be able to judge the girls voice catagory in the Talents for Christ competition. We plan to be back home very late on Thursday. In my absence on Weds. evening, Bud Kean will be leading our prayer and Bible study time. I appreciate him as well as Pete and Ron being willing to stand in for me in our services. I know they will be a blessing to you, plan to pray for them and be present.

Our "Summer of Service" will be getting into high gear soon. Plan to help at the Chapel in Akron's "Freedom Celebration" on July 4th from 5:30 - about 9:00 PM. You need to be there earlier if volunteering to help, see me if you have questions. This will be a great way to show friendliness and give something back to a church that has given us much.

Baptist Mid Missions still needs volunteers to help with their annual conference at CVCA in Cuyahoga falls July 9 - 13. See the table in the lobby for areas of need and numbers to call.

And then on July 22 we plan to begin our "Sports 4 Life" ministry to our neighborhood children grades 3 - 7 on five consecutive Sunday evenings from 6:00 - 7:30 PM. Our leaders will plan to have a meeting on July 1 and then will contact all volunteers for various ministry areas. If you can help (you don't have to even like sports) please sign up.

Beginning July 1 our evening services and ministries for the summer will be altered and different. See the explanatory sheet on the lobby table near the yellow sign up poster for details.

Due to this change for the summer we will be having our July Communion service in the Morning service of July 8. It will be different from our regular communion services, but still special. And in the morning service of July 29 we plan to have a team of missionary appointees from Baptist Mid Missions as we have in years past. This is always a blessed time for them and us.

Well, as you can see, July will be a fairly full month in many ways. And in other ways it will be a time to "catch our breath" and restore our spirits. I hope you will be involved where you can and continue to support our church in prayer, giving, and attendance - especially during these summer months.

Prepare for Sunday now, pray for Pete, Ron, and Bud as they minister this coming Sunday and Wednesday. Pray for many of us who are traveling. And pray for yourself to be open to God's leading in your life through His Word and by His Spirit on this Sunday, His Day!

Pastor Don Workman

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