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Ceivtral Courie) : S ' / APRIL 2010
Ceivtral Courie) : S ' / APRIL 2010
Ceivtral Courie) : S ' / APRIL 2010
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One of them walked in at that very moment and I love the statementof Jesus,"I died,but behold,I
he introducedme to her. She was one who came amalive for evermoreandI holdthe keysof hell and
everydayto cleanhis room andtakehis trashaway, death.Because I live, you shalllive also."
but when she came,they talked aboutdreir faitr
and laughedtogether.He told me, she brings the Whateveryou are going through,believe this. In
Presence of Jesusto him. spiteof r.r*ratlife doesto ts or how evil affiicts u*s.
Godis workingforourgoodandcansomehowbring
He told me how one night not long ago after the blessingout of the Tombsof Terror and Trauma.
nursecamein to makesurehe wastuckedin for the Waitfor it, look andlistenfor it, it is coming!
night, he jokingly saidto her,callingher by narne,
"Before you go,
would you sing a lullaby to me?" And soHarveycalledmethisFridaynight with tears
And, she said, "Sure!" He said she stood by my of gladnessto say,"I just had to call and tell you.
bedsideand beganto sing an old, old hymn, "My Todaythe surgeontook thestentout anddiscovered
anchorholdsandgripsthe SolidRock.ThatRock is the esophaguswas completelyhealed.The doctor
Jesus,yes He'sthe One,thatRock is Jesus,the only wasastounded. It wasso unexpected. God hasbeen
One."With tearsstreamingdown his face,he sard, sogoodto me,I just hadto tell you."
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waslike a little bit of Heaven,Crodsentmy way."
Amazing and sometimesmiraculousanswersto
And, then he said,"God hasbeendoingthingslike prayerare comingour way that we cannotsee.It's
that all throughthisjoumey.And the amazrngthing somefimeslong after the painful event,r,r'efinaliy
is God hasbeenable to useme to be a blessingto discover,blessinghasbeenon the way.
someof thepeoplewho comeinto this room."
My Easterprayerfor you is thatGod will like-wise,
This is the surpriseof EasteqGod'sability to bring blessyou this Easter!
astoundingand often amazinggood out of the bad
and sometimes,evil thingslife doesto us. God can Happy Easter,
redeemthe vilest things and bring us good out of . r''2
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living for their futurebasedupona simpleconcept
everywhere. Everyw{rere.You stareat them and of forgiveness:we arenot definedby oul past,our
they at you, but the differenceis I am a visitor en cultureor our environment.
route to somewhereto do something.They iust
stare. The beauty of our workplace was, not any of
anybody'spast,matters.We werebuilding a place
The WatotoChurchof Ugandaprovidesa light at of learningfor childrenon the sideof a greenhill
the end of this long, dark tunnel. [t is investing in the middleof nowhere.
the future of the country in Ugandanchildren.
Childrenwtrobeginwith nothing,not evenparents, Thanksto technolory, an IPod, portablespeakers
and are blessedwith a future. Watoto literally and Jenny's awesomesong list, we laid bricks,
provideseverythingfor thesechildrenfreeof charge deliveredmortar,andstooduponscafiFolds dancing
and functions mainly off worldwrde donations. the day away to Bob Marley's insightful song
Childrenaregivena home,a mother,clothes,food, "CouldYouBe Loved,"which remindsus:
daily structureand an educationthrough the 12h Theroad of lfe is roclE and you maY
grade. Most importantly,Watotoprovidesa fuhre. stumbletoo,
"Raising future leaders",is their motto. It is a
Sowhileyou point yourfngers.
beautiful organizationdoing remarkableworks in Someoneelseisiudging yott.
this complex and confusing country.Their mission Loveyour brethrcn!
is clearlydefinedby thegraceof God. Checkit out Kelly Smith Hedberg
at :www.watoto.com. Mike andJanSmith'sdaughter
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The Ways and Mean Committee
would like to congratulateJaneKubemusfor her
outstandingwomenof theyearaward.Shetruly has
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WrAruS*lvfrffi workedsohardthe pastl0 years.Her heartandsoul
wasin everyminuteof her work. Somepeoplework
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$P{ffilTtli&fl" andsomepeopletalk aboutit. ThanksJane,we love
you.
Central United MethodistWomen had their l7n
Folks,putthisonyour calender!May l4th & I 5ththe
in OceanCityleaming
annualretreatatPort-O-Call
springBoutiqueSaleis coming.If youhaveanything
whatit meansto be oneof God'spebbles. to donatecalloneof thegalsontheWaysandMeans
Committe. Or if you would wantto comeandhelp
Remember, touchingandbeingtouched,in a series andenjoyhardwork andfellowshipwrth the ladtes,
ofripples is an inescabable
fact oflife. we start settingup May lOth. Many handsmake
God touchesus. work lighter.
We touch others.
Otherstouchus. Wearealsolookingfor oneswho wouldlike to come
What a blessingif we allow the lord to directall in on thelOthto help bring our wonderfulitemsup
from the basement.Sat.the lastday of our salewe
the ripplesin our lives.WeareGod'spebbles.
are alwayslooking for peopleto help breakdown.
need
By this time we are all tired and desperately
Wehada wonderfultimein fellowship,prayerand yourhelp.Thankyouagarnfor helpingto makethis
study.Our leaderNancy Swank did a marvelous a successfulLMW pro1ect.
job leadingus at the retreat.A goodtime was had
by all who attended WaysandMeansComrruttee
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Thankyou for supporting theNeighbor- Editorial apologiesto Chuck - The March Courier
reprintedthe Februaryarticle, most of the following
hood Centerthis past year. Through was meantfor publicationlast month:
your contributionand thoseof others
The Board of Trusteeswill considera proposalto
like you, we areableto reachout to the install solar panelson the roof of the sanctuaryand
Camdencommunitywith the gospelof theEducationBuilding. If installedour heatingbills
u.ill decreme,andwe will buy the panelsfive years
JesusChrist,ministering to thephysical after installation. We believewe have lookedat the
andspiritualneedsof children,families proposalfrom everyangleand no downsidehasbeen
andindividuals. found. It shouldliterallypay for itself.
The ChurchCouncil approvedthe 2010 operating
budgetat their meetingon January25n.We anticipate
Below is a summaryof the gifts you revenuesof $548,780and expensesof $578,489
havegivento the Neighborhood
Cen-ter leavingus with a deficitof $.i0.000.We anticipate
in2009'. thatamountwill becut in half; we askedtheTrustees,
Media,NurtureandPublicRelationsto eachcuttheir
budgetby ten percentin whateverway they decide.
l2l08gift $ 1.000.00 This is a very austerebudgetand we are hoping for
an economlcrecovery.Althoughsomemembersof
3lA9 git\ $ 2,2A0.00 the Council would havepreferreda largerbudgetfor
4/49 gi $ 100.00 their own ministry, the only votes cast againstthe
5lA9 gift $_.._180
80 budgetwere castby Council chair Mike Wolf and
FinancechairCathyShippen,both of whom wanted
$ 3,480.00 a balancedbudget.
We have 15 youth in the confirmationclass.which
Sincerely, makesit the largestconfirmationclasswe'vehad in
TimothyP.Humeniuk quitersometjme. We'vehad largerclasses{theoneI
belongedto was)but the lastone that largewasover
E,recutive
Director a decadeago.
The Sundayeveningserviceis now our secondbest
attendedworship service. Since Christmas,until;
at leastthe end of January,everyone of the evening
serviceshashad at least50 personsin attendance.
Gerald Ihle, our pastorfor four months in 2004,
has written anotherbook. Who Does God Pral
'Irinity
?it/: long&ge com(tlicules'sitnple truth wss
publishedin Januaryby HopePublishingHouse
(HYPERLINK "htfp:i /wll.r,.hope-pub. corr/"_www
andcosts$15plustax. You canorder
hgp_e_:p_ub,_c_g_m)
the book from the publisher,or Amazon.com,or for
an autographed copy,the authorat ghihle@snip.net
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Truthandqoodness
willpievail .
Any newspaperor newscast
containsenoughbad news to
wreck any Christian'shope
for mankind.Wars,murders,
brutality,crimesandotherin-
humaneactswe witnessdaily
canmakeus feelhopelessand
wilted.
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