Archive for 'April, 2010'

Individual Awards:  Zach Owens: Song Leading-Gold, Bible Bowl-Bronze; Autumn Jarrett: Bible Bowl-Bronze; Chera Chaney: Drawing-Gold; Cody Buczyna, Chelsea Chaney, Jessi McGuire, and Cary Bryan-Bronze Bible Bowl     

Service Awards: Gold- Jenna Bryan, Cary Bryan, Chelsea Chaney & Chera Chaney;  Silver- Jacy Lovelace & Tina Bennett;  Bronze- Jonathan Juarez, Jessi McGuire, Russ Russell, Kailee Jones, Zach Owens and Autumn Jarrett.

Group Awards:  All Three Bible Bowl teams earned Bronze;  3^rd & 4^th grade puppet- Gold;  Drama- Gold;  Chorus- Gold.

They all did a great job and thank you for representing Merkel so well!!!

We want to honor all our teachers from cradle roll through the adult class teachers with a luncheon Sunday after morning service in the family center.  Everyone is invited and asked to bring a couple of potluck dishes and a dessert

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Sermon: Michael Bryan

Song Leader: Shelton Boyd

Opening Prayers: AM-Scott Carey        PM-Larry Gill

Closing Prayers:  AM-Kelly Woolard      PM-Lou David Allen

Lord’s Table: Jimmy Bellah, Finley Barnett, Andy Miller, Russ Russell, Jerry Russell, & Derrell Riggan     PM-Jimmy Bellah

Pick-up Cards: Tyler Jones & Lincoln Russell

Worship Helpers: Robert Jackson & Joseph Reed

Nursing Home: Logan Cravens

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Devo: Billy Lucas

Song Leader: Lane Boyd

Prayers:  Opening-Burl McCoy        Closing-Joel Owens

Open PDF of sermon slides here:  Seeing God Clearly

Download PowerPoint slides here: Seeing God Clearly

People think of God as a Michelangelo’s painting in the Sistine chapel depicting a gray bearded man floating through the clouds with a host of angels attending.  Others see him sitting on a throne surrounded by clouds.  Probably the most popular answer is a vision of God on a Judges bench with a scowl and his finger point accusingly right at them.

This does not come close to representing the Biblical view of God.

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LTC awards will be presented during class Sunday; during announcements awards recognition.

Look what’s coming up:

May:

     23: Senior Day- we will honor our graduating senior after PM service

     28: MHS Graduation

June:

     5: VBS

     6-10: LCCC Junior Camp session  3^rd-6^th grade

     13-19: LCCC Senior session  7^th-12^th grade

     20-27: Pecos River Encampment

July:

     4-10: Tuba City, Arizona Mission trip

     17-24: Wilderness Trek

It’s that time of year again when our Tuesday/Thursday School will present their program.  This Sunday at 4:00 everyone is invited to come greet our visitors and watch the program.  The teachers and students have been working very hard this year and they always have an enjoyable program.  We have a lot of people from our community here as this is a wonderful outreach.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Sermon: Michael Bryan

Song Leader: Lou David Allen

Opening Prayers: AM- Larry Gill    PM- Shelton Boyd

Closing Prayers: AM- Mark Rogers    PM- Jerry Russell

Lord’s Table: Jim Jacobs, Burl McCoy, Scott Adair, Ray Juarez, Rodney Russell, & Wayne Deen    PM-Jim Jacobs

Pick-up Cards: Preston Jackson & Kyle Owens

Worship Helpers: Russ Russell & Canyon Jarrett

Nursing Home: Scott Carey

    Death surrounds us, we can’t escape it and we can’t escape constantly hearing about it. Turn on any TV news program and the lead story will almost always be about some violent death. Pick up any Newspaper and usually somewhere on the front page will be a story that deals with someone’s death. Some are uncomfortable with this constant reminder of our mortality.
    Death is something that we will all one day face, no matter how religious you are, no matter how good you are, someday you will face death and then face the maker of the universe.
    How do you view Death? How have you prepared for this eventuality? Do you face our mortality with confidence or with fear?
    John Claypool shares this story in Leadership, Vol. 12, No.1 “Winston Churchill had planned his funeral, which took place in Saint Paul’s Cathedral. He included many of the great hymns of the church, and used the eloquent Anglican liturgy. At his direction, a bugler, positioned high in the dome of Saint Paul’s, intoned, after the benediction, the sound of Taps, the universal signal that says the day is over. But then came the most dramatic turn: As Churchill instructed, as soon as Taps was finished, another bugler, placed on the other side of the great dome, played the notes of Reveille – It’s time to get up. It’s time to get up. It’s time to get up in the morning. That was Churchill’s testimony that at the end of history, the last note will not be Taps; it will be Reveille”.
    Churchill’s understanding is straight from the scripture. Paul writing in I Thessalonians 4:13-18 encourages us for our death. The key to these verses is found in the words, “I want you to know what will happen to Christians.” The word “Christian” is a descriptive word that is given to those who are obedient disciples of Jesus Christ.   

    For those who serve God it is not a matter of life ‘or’ death, it’s a matter of life and continuing life in a new location. Maybe it’s time to consider if you are ready for that day!

God bless you all and have a great week,

Michael

We want to honor all our teachers from cradle roll through the adult class teachers with a luncheon Sunday, April 25^th, after morning service in the family center.  Everyone is invited and asked to bring a couple of potluck dishes and a dessert