At our April Church Cabinet meeting
I shared a devotional thought with the members present about the Cell Phone vs.
the Bible. After sharing this thought
provoking message, the members of the Cabinet asked me
to include it in our next Newsletter.
The message came to me originally from a dear
friend in
THE CELL PHONE vs. THE BIBLE
I wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we
treat our cell phones?
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What if we carried it around in
our purses or pockets?
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What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?
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What if we flipped through it
several times a day?
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What if we spent an hour or more
using it every day?
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What if we used it to receive
messages from the text?
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What if we gave it to kids as a
gift?
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What if we treated it like we couldn’t
live without it?
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What if we used it as we traveled?
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What if we used it in case of
emergencies?
Hopefully these questions give you something
to make you go…Hmm…I wonder…where is my Bible?
Oh, and a few more things about the Bible vs. the
Cell Phone…
With the Bible:
The plan fits all.
There is unlimited usage.
There are no roaming charges.
There is no weak signal.
And finally and most importantly…
We don’t ever have to worry about
our Bible being disconnected because Jesus has already paid the bill!
Blessings to you in May,
Wanda
Teaching the
Word...
MAY LECTIONARY TEXTS
Here are the
Lectionary texts for the month of May.
Rev. Mello’s preaching texts are in Bold print. You are invited to
read the texts ahead of each Sunday service as you prepare to hear God’s
word. These texts are also the texts
that are studied in our Wednesday morning Bible Study
to which everyone is invited.
May 4, 2008
Psalm 68:1-10 &
32-35
Acts 1:6-14
WORSHIP
READERS NEEDED…
We are in need of our worship readers for the month of May and June. If you are interested in serving as a worship reader please sign up on the sheets in the Social Hall or speak to Rev. Mello. May you be blessed as you read God’s word in worship.
WEDNESDAY BIBLE STUDY
Everyone is invited to join us at 9:30 AM each Wednesday in the
library as we study the scripture texts for Sunday’s service.
Touching
the World...
Any or all of the items on the list that
follows will be welcome additions to our food pantry. Your gifts to replenish the food pantry are greatly appreciated.
Please remember, if you can’t get out to purchase
any of the things on the list, cash donations are also accepted so that the
necessary items may be purchased. Please
DO NOT bring PREVIOUSLY OPENED SPICES OR FOOD
ITEMS! We cannot give those out to people as we don’t know their safety.
Our pantry is well stocked at
the moment so we are not in need of food donations at this time. We will let you know when your food gifts are needed. Thanks!
You are invited to give a gift for mission to our Assistance
Fund. Thanks so much for your continued
support of this fund! Your gifts to this
fund do indeed help those in our community who are in need!
Our next monthly Church Cabinet meeting will be on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 7:00 PM in the lounge. All Cabinet members are urged to attend.
WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP NEWS
The Women’s Fellowship would like to remind
you to continue to save
SPRING
RUMMAGE SALE
Thanks to everyone who helped with the Spring
Rummage Sale on April 5. We couldn’t have had such a successful event without the help
of each and every one of you! Thanks
again!
2008
CHURCH SCHOLARSHIP
The church will be awarding college/trade
school scholarships in May. These
scholarships are for students graduating from high school in June,
2008. Children and grandchildren of
members are eligible to apply.
Recipients must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 through the
1st semester of their senior year, and they must be residents of
REMEMBER YOU CAN FIND ALL OF
OUR NEWS ON OUR WEBSITE: www.arvinucc.org
Check it out!
SPECIAL OFFERING FOR
You may
have noticed several articles recently in our local newpaper
that indicate the desperate need for funds that has plagued the Bakersfield
Rescue Mission. As a result, the Church
Cabinet has voted to hold a special offering for the
MOTHER’S
DAY BLANKET OFFERING
During the month of May we will be collecting
monetary gifts in honor of our mothers and women who have been like mothers to
us. As we have done in the past, these
gifts will be sent to Church World Service to purchase
blankets for people in need all around the world. We ask that you fill out a heart with the
name of the women you wish to honor and add $5.00 for each woman on each
heart. Hearts will be available in the
church office, in our regular Sunday bulletins, and there is one here in our
newsletter for you to use. We will post
the hearts on a blanket display in the social hall that will remain up through
the month of May. Please prayerfully
consider honoring your mother and other women who are special to you in this
beneficial way.
If
you send us a check, please be sure to mark it “Mother’s Day Blankets”.
BRING
A FRIEND SUNDAY
We encourage you to bring a friend to worship
on Sunday, May 4, 2008 as we celebrate Bring a Friend Sunday with worship and a
light lunch to follow in the Social Hall.
On that Sunday we will also be welcoming new members
into the church. So come
and join us for worship on May 4…and bring a friend!
Church Family
News…
As our world remains
in a time of war, we ask that you continue to remember in your prayers all of
our young people serving our country all over the world. Especially pray for Jason Brand, John &
David Phillips, Isaac Philips, Josh Francis, and Tracey Farris. Tracey is the grandson of Johnny & Patti Villalovos who recently entered the US Navy.
Please keep our homebound, and nursing home members in your thoughts and
prayers. They are Mildred Holbert in the nursing home; and
Lucille Barkley at home.
Please keep the Mellos
in your prayers as they return to court in June and then await the decision
regarding Rodger’s court case to keep his job.
A TOUCH OF HUMOR
Here are the brilliant answers given by some
2nd grade school children to the following questions:
Why did God make
mothers?
1. Mostly to clean the house.
2. To help us out of there when we are getting born.
How did God make
mothers?
1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot
of stirring.
3. God made my Mom just the
same as he made me. He just used bigger
parts.
What kind of little
girl was your mom?
1. My mom has always been my mom and none of that other
stuff.
2. I don’t know because I
wasn’t there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
What does you mother do
in her spare time?
1. Mother’s don’t do spare
time.
2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.
Why did you mom marry
your dad?
1. My dad makes the best spaghetti and my mom eats a lot.
2. My grandma says that mom didn’t
have her thinking cap on.
3. She got too old to do anything else with him.
If you could change one
thing about you mom, what would it be?
1. I’d make mom smarter.
Then she would know it was my sister who did it
and not me.
2. I would like for her to get
rid of those invisible eyes on the back of her head!