ISSUE #6 - JUNE, 2010

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, This was the best Pentecost that I can remember. The church was packed with 548 people. Rickie Feuille, Fr. Ron Thomson, and David and Denise Celani gave testimonies of the Holy Spirit’s working in their lives and at the Church of St. Clement. Claire Degenhart, and Michael and Anthony Snow (father and son) were baptized, and Bishop Terrence Kelshaw confirmed (or received) thirty teens and adults. Although the service was two hours, it was vibrant with the presence of God! A couple of months ago our Senior Warden, Gus Haddad, suggested that we might have a church picnic in May. Approximately four hundred church members came and another two hundred folks from our neighborhood. The praise band provided wonderful music, while Bob Gilbert drove kids around in Maynard Haddad’s fire truck. Maynard and Anita Haddad, Joey and his wife, Julia Haddad, and Jimmy Daw were making burgers and hotdogs; Lorraine Roper managed side dishes; Sally and Steve Mletzko decorated; Rachael Degenhart was in charge of games; and Christine Francis and Betsey Parker were making snow cones. Noah Hicks put the rector in the dunk tank on his first pitch! Thanks also go to the church staff for their hard work, and some of the Men of Christ who helped set up. Finally, Gus, thank you for spearheading the entire project.

May has been a busy month. On May 2nd, we had Gary Gunning of the Gideon's International Society give a brief presentation, and as you left the church you gave $2,274 to the Gideon's for their ministry of distributing Bibles.

On May 16th we honored those who were graduating. If you missed the service, then let me say again, “Congratulations to the graduating seniors of 2010! We are proud of you and are praying that God will guide your steps as you enter the next stage of your life.

The Men of Christ is our monthly men’s meeting at the home of a church member that includes dinner and a testimony. On June 17th we will be having a BBQ before taking a couple of months off for summertime. Check the web site for details.

This summer we will be renovating the kitchen in WR Hall. It has been forty years since it was originally built, and all of the equipment, except the stove, is in very bad shape. Also, the needs of both the church and school have changed over the years. We renovated the galley during the Christmas break with all new equipment, and added a large cold storage unit outside.

Starting June 7th the kitchen will be out of

service for about six weeks. We will need to do asbestos abatement, move a wall to create a larger pantry, install a new tile floor and new equipment. The cost for the work to be done is about $100,000. Also, some of you have been wondering when we would get around to painting the back wall of the church. We wanted to see if we had any leaks after we reroofed last year, and I think it is safe to say that we can move ahead on that, too.

May we ask that you try to be faithful in

giving to the Lord through the summertime? Frequently, giving lags in the summer because members are out of town. A good way to remain consistent is to set up an ACH withdrawal from your checking account or automatic payments through online banking.

Finally, I would like to remind you of an idea

that has been around for a long time: Extra Dollar Giving. What is it? It is putting an extra dollar in the plate. Think of it as a “thank offering”…a way to thank God for specific blessings during the week. Believe it or not, those extra dollars add up!

May God grant you a blessed and (hopefully)

an enjoyable summer! Yours in our Blessed Lord,

The Rev. William C. Cobb, D. Min.

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By Rachel Degenhart, Children’s Ministry Director

SAIL PRETEEN CAMP (Philippians 3:13) JUNE 23—26, 2010

Calling all third through sixth graders to join us at Aspendale Retreat Center for 4 days of growing every which way we can!

For more info call Rachel at 521-8052 or visit our website: www.stclements.com and click on the Chil-dren’s Ministry tab. You can also visit the camp website at: www.elpasocamps.org

The single most important thing you can do for your child is…. Family, school, career paths, extracurricular activities, church, youth, missions; the list goes on and on. We want our children to be “well rounded” and to have exposure to everything so they will succeed in the world. Our Lord addressed this dilemma with some of his close friends. Mary and Martha were sisters; however, they each approached life from a different stance. Martha had a clear understanding of what society said was proper while her sister seemed to be “not in touch with reality.” Martha was frustrated with her sister’s seeming poor choice and she voiced this to Jesus. She wasn’t prepared for His answer! Instead of agreeing that Mary’s priorities were off and that Martha was “right”, He said, “Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her" (Luke 10:41.) Martha had been bewitched, so to speak, into thinking that God looks on things the same way as the world, or in other words thinking that God and society agree on what is important. She was shocked to find that what God deemed important was what the world called “foolish.” I Cor 1:27 tells us, “But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty.” Mary’s choice had been to sit and fellowship with Jesus. Martha’s choice was to do what society had said was proper for a hostess to do. What does this have to do with us today? As we raise our children, teaching and modeling a personal walk with God will have more ultimate value than all the running around and sacrificing we can do for them. Let us not be bewitched as Martha was but may we see with clear eyes what is truly important in terms of life and eternity. God bless you! Save the Date! SPORTS CAMP! July 5-9, 2010 for Kids graduating Kindergarten - 8th grade

Join us for Breakfast with

family and friends every

Sunday Morning at 10:15

in the Kid’s Cafe

Save the Date! VBS

July 26-30, 2010 Kids ages 4yrs – 8th

grade

Volunteers of all sizes and shapes and ages needed for Sports Camp and VBS. If you love kids and love Jesus, you are qualified.

Please call Rachel at 521-8052

Fun and interesting Bible lessons for all children!

Save the planet AND the next generation AND grow younger AND fulfill the great commission to “make disciples” all by volunteering with our children’s ministry. Teachers needed at all grade levels for Sunday School. Contact Rachel Degenhart at 521-8052 or Rachel@stclements.com

Register for both camps at www.stclements.com (Ministries) or at the Welcome Center

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Need encouragement? Feeling stressed?

Become part of a Christian

community…...

Join an Anchor Group!

You’ll develop authentic friends through bible study,

fellowship and prayer! Contact:

Holly Cobb at 345-7002 or hollycobb77@gmail.com

MEN  OF  CHRIST:    The next Men of Christ dinner meeting will be on Thursday, June 17, 2010, at 6:00 pm.   The  location and guest speaker will be announced. (check the web site  for details). Please RSVP at  the 

Welcome Center at 533‐4915, or edna@stclements.com  

TITUS WOMEN:   Titus Women will not meet from June through August. 

The Young Women’s Bible Study will resume for the summer at 9:00 am on Wednesday, June 16, in the Mayfield Room.   The group will  read  the book For Women Only, by Shaunti Feldhahn, and will discuss particular chapters and have time for fellowship. You are responsible to buy your book and workbook.   Childcare will ONLY be available if you register with Lupe Mendoza (521‐2951).  (Please let her ASAP if you know you will not be attending on a specific day).    The meeting dates are  June  16 (chapters 1, 2 & 3), July 21 (chapters 4, 5 & 6),  and August 18 (chapters 7, 8 & 9).  Please call Martini DeGroat at 581‐6000 if you have any questions.  Have a wonderful summer! 

Phineas Franklin James Smith was born to Yeadon and Jessica at home on Tuesday May 11, at  10:40am, weighing in at 7lbs 2 oz and measuring 20 in long.  He's a good eater, a good sleeper, and a good screamer!  The whole  family is doing well!  

 

James Lennon Kaufmann was born April 29, 2010, at 10:35am—7lbs 6ozs—20 inches long. David and Jen are enjoying their happy and healthy baby boy! 

Howell Anchor Group

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We are rolling into Summer! I hope you survived the end of the school year. Con-gratulations to all our high school gradu-ates! As I look at what God has done in the youth ministry over this past semes-ter, it is plain that He is guiding us and moving us in the di-rection of His will. Thank you Jesus! Looking forward to summer, we have an exciting time ahead of us. We will be having our summer schedule of Youth Group for June and July. Middle School and High School will both meet at the same time….Thursday evenings from 7:00 to 8:30 pm, in the YAC. In June, we are already planning on outreach to the Christian Men’s Home here in town. I am really looking forward to it. We are looking to see what the kids want to do this summer; the sky’s the limit. If you have any ideas, please let me know! Yeadon Smith Youth Ministry Director 915-412-5302 yeadon@stclements.com www.theholyrebels.com

Please pray for our service members, wherever they may

be. Pray for the peace of the Lord

for their families and loved ones.

"To the distinguished Character of Patriot, it should be our highest Glory to add the more distinguished Character of Christian. The signal instances of providential Goodness which we have experienced and which have now almost crowned our labours with complete Success, demand from us in a peculiar manner the warmest returns of Gratitude and Piety to the Supreme Author of all Good." --George Washington

Thomas Jefferson proclaimed, "The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. ... Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever."

Texas 1845, Constitutional Preamble... "We the People of the Republic of Texas, acknowledging, with gratitude, the grace and beneficence of God..."

LIBRARY NEWS…..

If you haven’t had a chance to drop by the library, please come

in and browse. We are trying to find all

missing or misplaced books. If everyone could take a

minute to check your shelves to make sure you

haven’t forgotten to bring back a borrowed book, we would appreciate it very much. I am always willing to help you locate an interesting book to read or a new study for you or your Anchor Group.

Thank you, Anne Walker,

Librarian JULY ANCHOR DEADLINE: June 18, 2010 The Sunday Bulletin deadline is every Wednesday at noon!

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CIUDAD NUEVA (“New City”) Community Outreach & Development in the

St. Clement’s neighborhood

Ciudad Nueva Community Outreach seeks to embody the gospel of Jesus Christ

by advancing the renewal and development of inner city El Paso through the transformation and empowerment of its residents.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PURCHASED WILDCAT ROUNDUP TICKETS FOR THE CHILDREN OF OUR DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY! THE KIDS HAD AN ABSOLUTE BLAST!

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS

FOR ANOTHER GREAT YEAR!! We have just finished up another great year of after-school programs and I want to thank all of you who

have volunteered with this outreach to our downtown neighborhood. About 60 individuals volunteered through the course of the school year in one capacity or another, and you’ve all had a tremendous impact

on the youth and families of our community. I can’t thank you enough! May God bless you all and I hope you have a great summer.

ARE YOU ABLE TO HELP A NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH ATTEND SUMMER CAMP??

Thank you for everyone who donated funds towards our camp scholarships! We are still raising funds to provide scholarships for neighborhood youth to attend Christian summer adventure camps in

New Mexico and Arizona, as well as day camps here in town.

This year our goal is to provide scholarships for over 60 kids to attend camp!!! In the past, camp attendance has been one of the most transformational weeks in the lives of the kids.

Camp provides a chance for kids to head to the mountains (sometimes for the first time ever), build deeper relationships, and grow in their faith. In order to provide this amazing experience

we need to raise well over $20,000 to provide scholarships for:

40 kids to attend out-of-town camps (New Mexico and Arizona) 20+ kids to attend 5 weeks of day camps in El Paso

The scholarships cover the total cost of the camp, transportation, and a few basic camping accessories. In order to earn these scholarships, kids must regularly participate in our after-school ministry, exhibit

good behavior, pay a very small fee, and complete community service activities. Some of the kids in Launch Pad have been saving up their Launch Pad “bucks” for three years in order to attend camp!

The total cost for most of the camps ranges from $350 to $500 per camper, depending on the camp. If

you have questions please contact Sami DiPasquale at 269-5528 or at sami@ciudadnueva.org. Please make any checks payable to “Ciudad Nueva” and send to: Sami DiPasquale, Ciudad Nueva

Community Outreach, St. Clements, 810 N. Campbell, El Paso TX 79902. All donations are tax-deductible and contributions in any amount will be greatly appreciated!

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Caroline Brown is the daughter of Will & Katherine Brown, and the granddaughter of Sonny & Ann Brown (El Paso), and Tom & Mary Miller (Houston). She graduated from Coronado High School, and will attend Davidson College near Charlotte, NC in the fall, with a volleyball scholarship. She graduated in the top 3% in her class, and is a member in the National Honor Society. Caroline was 2009 Homecoming Queen, Senior Class Favorite and a Texas All State Academic Athlete, 2009. She has played piano for 10 years.

Caroline has excelled in Volleyball as a (4) Year lettermen and Team Captain. In 2009 she was the 2009 – El Paso Times All City MVP and 2009 All District 1-5A MVP. She was awarded the Sunturians Amateur Athlete Award, 2009, Texas All State Volleyball Team (Alternate), and Lone Star Volleyball Ball (All Texas Player of the Week Award, 2009). Caroline received All City and All District Team honors in 2007 and 2008. She is also Team

Captain of El Paso Wildfire Volleyball Club that has qualified and will play in their (4th) consecutive Junior National Olympics championship in June.

Lindsey Collins graduated with honors from the University of Arizona in Tucson with a B.S. degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences, and a Minor in Health and Human Services. She excelled in academics and was named to the Dean’s List with Distinction for four years. Lindsey was elected Treasurer of the UA Chapter of the National Student Speech, Language and Hearing Association and served as a volunteer at the Tucson University Medical Center. She was an active member of the Wesley Foundation Student Ministry, serving as Social Chairwoman, and was Reference Chairwoman of Delta Delta Delta sorority. Next fall, Lindsey will work toward her Master’s in Communication Disorders at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, and will pursue a career in Speech Language Pathology. She is the daughter of Sandra and Tim Collins, and the granddaughter of the late Joseph and Matil Lyon, and the late Walter and Nan Collins.

Meg Gilbert, daughter of Bob & Risher Gilbert, graduated from El Paso High School where she followed in the footsteps of her grandfather, Robert J. Gilbert, a 1940 graduate, and of her great-grandmother. She was the National Honor Society Historian and has won awards in several EPISD art contests. Meg will be attending Baylor University in the fall.

Oscar Ian Gereda is the son of Oscar and Julie Gereda, the brother of Jimena Gereda, and the grandson of Stanley Ericson (and the late Marge Ericson), and Lucy Gereda, and graduated from El Paso High School. Oscar won first place in District for DECA competition and went on to compete at state, and loves to play the guitar. He was involved in St. Clement’s Youth Group and went to Creel 4 times on Mission Trips. He is still deciding on attending Baylor University or UTEP.

William Benton Leachman graduated from Coronado High School. He is the son of Russell and Margaret Leachman, and the grandson of Richard and Louann Feuille, and Darrell and Alexia Leachman. Benton’s activities and honors included: the International Baccalaureate program; Varsity Baseball Captain; Varsity Cross Country; Academic All District Team Cross Country and Baseball, 2008-2010; National Honor Society; Student Executive Council-2 years; Student Council-3 years; Key Club; Rotary Interact; Eagle Scout-double bronze palm; Mr. T-Bird 2010; Reflections State Art Competition, Award of Excellence; Spirit Flag runner; and a leader of Save the Rio Grande Committee. He plans to attend Tech Tech Honors College (awarded IB scholarship), with plans to major in Political Science and Economics, in hopes of attending law school after graduation.

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Trey Adam Roth, son of Gary and Kathy Roth, grandson of Edith and the late James Hagan, and Dorothy and the late Gene Roth, graduated from Coronado High School. Trey was a member of the National Honor Society and was named to the 2009-2010 All City Academic Basketball Team, and played high school basketball all four years at Coronado. In addition, he served on the school newspaper as a guest writer and ad staff member, and was a member of FFA, Student Council, and Alto Cinco Service Club. Trey will attend Texas A&M University, a long family tradition. His intended field of study is Environmental Science. He has been privileged to serve God through his seven years as an acolyte at St. Clement’s, and intends to become active in the Christian community at Texas A&M University. He is honored to have been awarded The Brent & Edith Rickard Memorial Scholarship.

Danielle Palafox Price is the daughter of Larry and Norma Price, and the granddaughter of Fernando and Virginia Palafox of El Paso, and Dan and Evelyn Price (both deceased) of Odessa. She graduated from El Paso High School where she was involved with the Speech and Debate Team, Newspaper Staff, Student Council, Senior Class Officer, High Q competition, and a member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society. Danielle has been very involved in community life at El Paso High and at St. Clement’s, and loves dressage horseback riding. She is very involved in theater, having participated in many performances, and plans to attend University of Southern California, School of Theater in the Fall.

Alexander Michael Menchaca graduated from Franklin High School. He is the son of Dawn and Michael Menchaca. His proud grandparents are Cheryl and Sigmund Toth, and Rita and Lorenzo Menchaca. His many honors include: member of National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society, Wendy's Heisman Football Award, Football Academic All State Award and Franklin Varsity Football Player. Other activities were Franklin Baseball and coach for Frank Manning Baseball. He plans to attend Texas Tech University in the fall. Alex aspires to be an attorney in the future.

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Emily Grace Degenhart, daughter of very proud parents Rachel and Austin Degenhart, has graduated from High School completing 12 years of homeschooling, and is preparing to embark on her career path. Emily has always been people oriented and has a special ability to work with children and the elderly. She is an accomplished swim teacher and has succeeded where other instructors have not. Overcoming some medical hurdles she has given her empathy for those that struggle. The gifts of teaching and empathy have motivated her to want to become a pediatric speech pathologist. “We are very blessed to have had the privilege of having her as our daughter and we are thankful to the Lord for entrusting her to us!”

David Jonathan Tighe, son of Steven and Tricia Tighe, graduated in the top ten percent of his class at El Paso High School. He was a member and officer of the National Honor Society, and served on the 2007-08 Student Council. During the 2009-10 school year, his DECA team was a district winner and state qualifier. He is listed in El Paso High School's 2009-10 Who's Who and received a University Interscholastic League Scholar Award in 2010. For two successive years on the varsity swim team, Jonathan was an All-District and All-Region Champion, and a member of the All-State team. He also made the second team for the El Paso Times' All-City Swim listing. He attended St. Clement's youth group, where he went on numerous mission trips and served in the worship band. Jonathan will be joining the United States Marine Corps.

Will Cobb is a 2010 graduate of El Paso High School. He has faithfully volunteered as a lay reader and acolyte. Veteran of several mission trips, he has served in Puerto Rico, Creel, Juarez and New Hampshire. A gifted violinist, he was a first violin in the El Paso Youth Symphony orchestra and played at Carnegie Hall with the Coronado High School Orchestra. He won the Optimist award, Latin competitions and was a counselor for Super Camp. Always in need of extra cash, Will has worked three jobs consistently: The Bagel Shop, Tennis Club lifeguard and as a tutor. He is an avid mountain biker and will attend the Boulder Outdoor Survival School this summer. Next fall he will become an Aggie and attend Texas A& M University to study mechanical engineering.

Aaron Richard Milliorn graduated from El Paso High School, and was a student of St. Clement’s School from K- 8th grade. He has been active in the St. Clement’s Youth Group and participated in the youth band along with volunteering in the adult worship praise band and Vacation Bible School. He worked on mission trips to both Creel, Mexico and Guatemala. His senior year Aaron was the lead in El Paso High School’s production of the Seussical and competed at the state level with DECA (a business-marketing student organi-zation). Aaron will attend the University of Texas at El Paso next fall with plans to attend Texas Tech University where he will study Graphic Design. The Rev. Rick and Yolanda could not be prouder of him and that pride is shared by his grandparents and family. “Congratulations on your accomplishments and may God continue to bless you in the future.”

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A Letter to Graduates, from www.christianparents.com  

Graduating seniors are getting ready to leave home and go out into the world. You will be facing new and different situations, some of which you are prepared for, and some you will have to figure out as you go. The more you study and know now before you leave home, the less chinks in the armor.  I know you care or you wouldn't even be reading this. Many of you have a sense of still looking for some foundational answers that you know you can trust.   Something that doesn't change with each new situation in life.   That answer is Jesus Christ. He is the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. And He teaches us how we shall live.  Deuteronomy 8:3 and Matthew 4:4 tells us how to live and not get trapped:  "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God." 

 So if anyone acknowledge that Jesus is the answer, then let him also acknowledge that the way to follow Him is to do what He says. After all He clearly says, "If you love Me, do what I say." He says, "Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth." Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to withstand the fiery darts of the enemy.  (See Ephesians 6:11‐19). Yes, you are going out into the world, and you will have many wonderful times. but from time to time there will be hard decisions to make, choices of what to do, right and wrong, life and death.   To have good faith and a clear conscience that you will not be hurt, the Bible is the one book to know. Consider how many other books you've studied from cover to cover.  You could fill a library with the books you've  mastered.  Now is the time to treasure up the best book of all into your heart.  Then you will see and know and consider and understand (Isaiah 41:20) the things of life by the faith of God.    Jesus said, "...in the world you shall have tribulation, but fear not, for I have overcome the world." Knowing His way so we can follow Him, that is our armor against all the snares, pitfalls and fiery arrows of the enemy.   Even people who believe in God (as I did when I left high school) can be snared by the pressures of collegiate life ( as I was).  How do I know this is true according to God's word? Because it is written, "My people are  destroyed for their lack of knowledge."   We can believe in God and be one of His, but still not know to have on the armor we need for some particular situation that may confront us. That's where the fiery darts of the enemy can attack, in the place where we were ignorant, or presumed on the Grace of God.   Jesus Christ is our sufficiency, yes, true; and He is also the Captain of our faith, the Leader of our soul. And He commands us to follow Him.  He said, “If you continue in My word, then you are my disciples indeed." So let us continue in His Word and see how it helps us in the world today.  He has promised us victory in the world.  And this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.  Since the faith He wants us to have is the faith that comes of God, and not some imagination of our own, let us go on to study and show ourselves approved unto God even before we go on to college or marriage or career. In Jesus' name, Amen. 

If  you  already  know  everything  you  need  to  know,  then  you  prove  to  yourself  that  you  don't  know  as  you should.  Learn this message from God…..put your trust in Him and not in yourself.  You do not  yet see Him as He sees you.  For now we see as through a glass darkly, but then face to face. Then we shall see Him face to face and know Him as He knows us is after we have received our resurrection body.  Until then we know in part. 

His grace is sufficient.  True.  But we should not be presumptuous.  Presumptuous sin is still a sin. Presumption does not  take  the place of  faith.    Faith  comes by hearing,  and hearing by  the Word of God.  (Romans 10:17). Many students fall on the rocks of life as they sail their good ship out of home port.  Some lives are hurt badly within the first year after leaving home.  Eighty percent (80%) of those who went to church while at home,  quit 

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A Letter to Graduates, from www.christianparents.com continued…... 

after leaving home.  Many have great problems with the love of their life, sweetheart or fiancée or money, trying to stay on course to get where they want to go.  They make wrong decisions in the pressure of the moment because they did not know enough scripture for guidance.  It's almost like minnows leaving the safety of home port to go into the big ocean where catfish and sharks lurk to lead them astray.  College environments are often ripe with temptation for agnosticism, atheism, or some other spirit worship, psychic readings, rational atheism, relative  values evolution, and many other seducing spirits.  Why is this here, you ask? Because Jesus said, "...in the world you shall have tribulation, but fear not for I have overcome the world." And in another place the Word of God says, "And this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith."  So you will have good faith of God, you need to know the truth of God. The truth of God from scripture and the truth of God from the things He has created are opened to you. 

To avoid snares and not be deceived, you need to understand the deceit of humanism. Failure to understand the deceits of humanism causes many to fall into confusion and eventually stumble into many problems that aren't necessary. To find good role models, take a look at our Christian heritage in America. 

Students who know these things have an easier time in life than those who are ignorant and by their ignorance of these things fall into many snares and hurts.  I don't want to see you get hurt. I want to see you have good success and prosper in all you do. God bless you! 

We are Stewards of God’s Estate  

"Estate planning." The phrase sounds so dry, distant, and foreboding. It's unfortunate so many people shy away from even the thought of it, because estate planning is really about caring for you and your loved ones and seeing that they are provided for.  

The process of estate planning includes all the planning that's involved for setting up a will and other documents which insure that the assets entrusted to you by God go to the  people  or  organizations  that  you  want  to  have  them.  Since  your  estate  plan  is  your  blueprint  for  where  you  want  you  property  to  go,  a  comprehensive estate plan is one of the most important steps a person can take.  With a solid estate plan, you can prepare yourself and your family for the unexpected and keep you on the path God has set you on.  

Psalm 50:10­12 (God says) “Every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills…and the creatures of the field are mine…for the world is mine, and all that is in it.”  Psalm 24:1 The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. 

 

If we belong to Christ, it’s logical that everything we have truly belongs to Him.  

When we give to God, we are just taking our hands off what already belongs to Him. 

 

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JUNE 2010

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Jr. & Sr. High YOUTH GROUP

SUMMER HOURS every Thursday from 7 to 9 pm

1 9:00 am‐Staff Meeting 11:00 ‐Prayer &  Fasting 12 noon ‐Al Anon 12 noon‐Invisible Church 6:00 pm‐Praise Band Rehearsal 

2  12:00– Worship  Service/Lite Lunch 

3 8:30‐8th Grade  Breakfast 9:15 am‐Women’s Bible Study 12‐Francis Bible Study 6:00– 8th Grade Graduation 7 to 9‐Youth Group  7:30 pm‐Adult Choir  Rehearsal 

4

5 5:30—Evening Worship

6 8:30 am­ Traditional w/   Nursery &  Children 10:00­Children’s Ministry Breakfast 10:00 am­ Adult CE 11:00 am­ Contemporary    w/ Nursery & Children 4:00 pm­ San Clemente  

7 10:00‐Intercessory Prayers 5:30‐Christian Recovery   

8 9:00 am‐Staff Meeting 11:00 ‐Prayer &  Fasting 12 noon ‐Al Anon 6:00 pm‐Praise Band Rehearsal  5:30­VESTRY PRAYER 

9 12:00– Worship  Service/Lite Lunch 4:00‐Anglicans for Life 6:30‐Stephen Ministry 

10 9:15 am‐Women’s Bible Study 7 to 9‐Youth Group  7:30 pm‐Adult Choir  Rehearsal 

11 12 5:30—Evening Worship

13 8:30 am­ Traditional w/   Nursery &  Children 10:00­Children’s Ministry Breakfast 10:00 am­ Adult CE 11:00 am­ Contemporary    w/ Nursery & Children 4:00 pm­ San Clemente  

14 -FLAG DAY      10:00‐Intercessory Prayers 5:30‐Christian Recovery   

15 9:00 am‐Staff Meeting 11:00 ‐Prayer &  Fasting 12 noon ‐Al Anon 6:00 pm‐Praise Band Rehearsal 

16  9:00‐Young Women’s Bible Study 12:00– Worship  Service/Lite Lunch 

17 9:15 am‐Women’s Bible Study 12‐Francis Bible Study 6:00­MEN OF CHRIST 7 to 9‐Youth Group  7:30 pm‐Adult Choir  Rehearsal 

18 19 9:00-Daughters of the Holy Cross 5:30—Evening Worship

20  8:30 am­ Traditional w/   Nursery &  Children 10:00­Children’s Ministry Breakfast 10:00 am­ Adult CE 11:00 am­ Contemporary    w/ Nursery & Children 4:00 pm­ San Clemente  

21 10:00‐Intercessory Prayers 5:30‐Christian Recovery   

22 9:00 am‐Staff Meeting 11:00 ‐Prayer &  Fasting 12 noon‐Finance  Committee 12 noon ‐Al Anon 6:00 pm‐Praise Band Rehearsal 

23 SAIL PRETEEN CAMP  12:00– Worship  Service/Lite Lunch 6:30‐Stephen Ministry 

24 SAIL PRETEEN CAMP  9:15 am‐Women’s Bible Study 7 to 9‐Youth Group 7:30 pm‐Adult Choir  Rehearsal 7:30‐Hepatitis C  Support Group 

25 SAIL PRETEEN CAMP

26 SAIL PRETEEN CAMP 5:30—Evening Worship

27 8:30 am­ Traditional w/   Nursery &  Children 10:00­Children’s Ministry Breakfast 10:00 am­ Adult CE 11:00 am­ Contemporary    w/ Nursery & Children 4:00 pm­ San Clemente  

28 10:00‐Intercessory Prayers 5:30‐Christian Recovery   

29 9:00 am‐Staff Meeting 11:00 ‐Prayer &  Fasting 12 noon ‐Al Anon 6:00 pm‐Praise Band Rehearsal  5:30­VESTRY 

30   12:00– Worship  Service/Lite Lunch 

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