5 Apr 2009
Welcome to Our Guests
We extend a warm welcome to our guests today at Canyon Creek. We are honored by your presence, and it is our hope that you will be blessed this morning. We ask that you fill out a visitor’s card located in the card holders on the backs of the pews and place it in the collection plate. Again, thank you for worshipping with us today.
For our Visitors: We have an Attended Nursery located in the Education Building (across the breezeway) for babies up to 2½ years old; and, if you’d like to stay with your child, an unattended Nursery at the back of the auditorium next to the Foyer.
We Children’s Church for children ages 2½ through 5 years in the Children’s Church Room in the Education Building. A slide will be flashed on the screen when it’s time for the children to be dismissed for that program, and then they will be brought back over after the message and communion so they can participate in the closing songs.
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Congratulations to Shaun and Michele Quinn who were married last night here at Canyon Creek. It was a beautiful wedding, and we pray God’s richest blessings on them and their family and on Shaun as he heads back to Iraq and Kuwait for the last two months of his tour over there.
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Kerri Hensley has talked to the elders about starting a Food Pantry here at our building. She will be overseeing this project, and we need to help by bringing canned goods and other non-perishable food items to begin “stocking” the shelves. There is a list on the back table of possible things to contribute, and there will be a white bin in the old cry room in which to put our contributions to the pantry.
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A LOOK AHEAD:
Let’s remember to think about friends we can invite to come to church with us on Easter Sunday. Historically across the nation, Easter is one of the days that many people attend a church service who don’t attend on a regular basis. We need to remember to park at the back of the parking lot (in the grass if possible) so that our visitors will have places to park in the front and to sit closer to the front in the auditorium so that our visitors will be able to find seats as they come in.
Dorris is planning an Easter Egg Hunt for our children up to age 6 immediately after our church service on Easter Sunday. If anyone would like to donate wrapped candy for the eggs, please bring it no later than Wednesday, April 9, so we can stuff the eggs! No chocolate please!
Next Sunday, when you come to church, please have your children leave their baskets in the car until after church so that we’ll have plenty of room in the pews for everyone to sit and so that they won’t be a distraction to the kids during the service.
On April 25th the Belton Christian Church is hosting a Ladies Retreat at Tanglewood camp outside Rockdale where Dorris will be one of the workshop speakers. The registration cost is $37; please see Dorris if you would like to go.
April Communion – Bake Bread: Tracy Moore; Tray Preparation: Fortsons
Just a Reminder:
04/05 Nursery Attendants Pam Greene & Mikah Young
04/05 Children’s Church Kneip & Amy Greene
04/12 Nursery Attendants Emily Payne & Katherine Shelburne
04/12 Children’s Church Shelburne & Gloria Matthews
Wednesday Meal Preparation AND Clean-up
04/08 J. Hicks & Tracy Moore Pizza
04/15 Massey & Inez Cobb Beef Stroganoff
04/22 Rascoe & Huddleston Depression Spaghetti
04/29 Roberts & Kneip Fried Chicken
Wednesday Evening Devotional Times
04/08 Family Sharing and Matthew Video
04/15 Prayer Groups
04/22 Family Sharing and Matthew video
04/29 Family Sharing and Devotional talk
O On the Calendar for this coming week:
Tonight: Old Testament Challenge – 5:30 pm – Childcare Provided
Bring sack suppers for your children
Tuesday evening: Divorce Care/Divorce Care for Kids – 6-8 pm
Wednesday evening: Pizza, Family Sharing and Matthew video
Thursday morning: Ladies’ Bible Class – 10 am – Childcare provided
Thursday evening: ANAraa meeting in Fellowship Room – 7-9 pm
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Sojourn Announcements:
The Sojourn group raised a total of $251.54 at their Fundraiser dinner last Sunday. A big thank you to all who came and helped them raise money for their camps this summer!
The new Sojourn t-shirts are available at a cost of $10 for any adult who wants one and $7.50 for any of our youth. See Jonathan, Jennifer or Cathy to get yours.
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Our elder chairman for the month of April is Kevin Huddleston. If you have any questions or would like to meet with the elders, please get in touch with Kevin so he can put you or your concern/question on the agenda for their meetings. His e-mail address is: kphuddleston@swmail.sw.org
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Reminder to our members: you may have your contribution automatically deducted from your bank account either weekly or monthly. Some of our members take advantage of this service; and if you would like to participate, see Cathy or Debra for information.
Also please remember to have any announcements for next week’s bulletin to Cathy by Wednesday night! She and Bill will be visiting two of their children over Easter in Baltimore, Maryland and Durham, North Carolina.
Our hint this week for ways we can live for Jesus in 2009 is:
WE TAKE GOOD CARE OF EVERYTHING GOD HAS GIVEN US.
This hint applies to us in all areas of our lives – at home, at work and in our church family.
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