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ARMA/MULBERRY/PITTSBURG GRACE
JANUARY 2006 NEWSLETTER
A Message from the
Pastor
MEMORIES
Each year the Christmas season, and
the beginning of the new year, offer a time of
remembering for me. I have many good
memories, so it is a joy to reflect.
The Birth of Christ reminds me, as
each year unfolds, that life is a gift, and so is love. What we really celebrate is love. I am grateful that we continue to celebrate
the birthday of the Living Christ. I am
also grateful for another opportunity to celebrate my life and appreciate all
of the Christmas cards, gifts and ways you have celebrated Christmas with me.
Memories are important to life. Someone said that a person is the composite
of their accumulated memories over the years of their life. Some of those memories are good memories,
some of them are not so good, and some are bad memories.
I would like to suggest that you cherish the good memories, embrace them, and let them embrace you. Recalling your good memories is a way of remembering that your life is important.
Second, I would encourage you not to be afraid to deal with bad memories. Someone says, “That is too painful.” I believe that the issue is not the memory, but rather how you handle it. To try to push a memory down, like a rubber ball under the water so it cannot be seen, creates pain and depression, just as surely as allowing that pain to surface so you can deal with it. So it is not a matter of having pain or no pain, it is a matter of dealing with your pain in a way in which there is healing, hope and health. With the help of a compassionate, caring and capable counselor, pastor for friend, you can find peace. And in all of your remembering, I urge you to remember Jesus. He was hurt, he was crucified, yet he kept on loving, because he knew that this was the answer to not being victimized by life. He wanted you to participate fully in the victory God makes possible for us all. He is One who can deepen and enlarge all your good memories. He can save you and help you find feeling, healing and hope again, in spite of the bad memories.
Each year during the Christmas season as the new year unfolds, these are the things that give me peace and hope. Also I
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remember how I have been loved, and that helps me look forward to new memories, and the possiblity of a happy new year. I think it is possible for you as well.
Don Foster, Pastor
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Pastor Don Foster’s
Contact Information:
620-347-8336 (office)
620-249-4313 (cell)
620-347-8540 (home)
Email: def@ckt.net
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Dates to Remember
Jan 7 9:00 am -- Take down the greens and cleaning
day at the church
Jan 11 7:00 am -- Board Meeting
January Birthdays
Jan 1 Roger Doue Jan 24 Danielle Cole
Jan 2 Frances Ryder Jan 27 Kay Goodwin
Jan 4 Susan Cole Jan 27 Greg VanBecelaere
Jan 5 Dominic Boley Jan 28 Eva Gartner
Jan 5 Richard Ryder Jan 29 Ian Culbertson
Jan 5 Kay Bough Jan 29 Roxy Cramer
Jan 9 Danny Rogel Jan 31 Craig Levi
Jan 10 Jake Price Jan 31 Pat Cummings
January Anniversaries
Jan 19 Coetta & Earl Trahan
Arma January Greeters
Jan 1 Marlene Singel
Jan 8 Alan Roberts
Jan 15 Youth
Jan 22 Dianne Reiken, Mary Ellen Ryder
Jan 29 Judy &
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Mulberry United
8:00 am worship
Grace United
9:30 am worship
Arma United
10:00 am
Sunday School
11:00 am Worship Service
COME WORSHIP WITH US!!!!!!
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U.M.W.
The U.M. W. is starting to compile a cookbook to be sold as a fundraiser. We need recipes. Enclosed in this newsletter you will find a form for sharing a favorite recipe. Won’t you please share with the unit. Send the form to:
Marlene Singel
Marlene’s phone number is 347-4702 or the form may be handed to any U.M.W. member or left in the U.M.W. box in the Nartex.
The next regular meeting of the U.M.W. will be January 10. We will meet at the church at 11:15 a.m. and go to Applebee’s for lunch with our meeting to follow. All ladies of the congregation are welcome to join us.
Finance Committee
The Finance Committee’s project for January and February will be a continuation of the collection of the coins following the children’s moment. We will ask the children to particpate.
These coins will be added to the emergency fund. The Pastor has access to the emergency fund to assist individuals who are in need and approach him. The balance of the emergency fund is very low and these collections during January and February will assist in replenishing this fund. Thank you in advance for your contributions.
Angie Newberry’s CD
Angie Newberry’s CD -- As you know, Angie has received her
CDs of gospel music recorded recently in
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GRACE NEWS
Prayers: Please keep Sammie Bough, Juanita Karnes, Hanna Kramer, Shannon Lynn, Bobbie Brooks, Spencer McCabe and Vera Little in your prayers.
DATES TO REMEMBER:
Jan 9 Quarterly board meeting at 6:00 p.m. After the board meeting
we will have Bible Study at 7:00 p.m.
Feb 2 Soup/Chili Dinner - 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
Apr 6 Spaghetti Dinner - 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
LADIES DAY OUT:
Jan 9 Sweet Greens
(Lifespan Nutrition) 620 S Broadway,
at 1:00 pm
Feb 20 Chatters, 2401 S
Rouse,
Mar 20 Christian Womens,
Apr 17 We will be going to
May 16 We will be going to
9:00 a.m.
We want to welcome visitors Johnie, Taylor and McKinley Brown and Stacey Lee.
We want to express our sympathy to Rick Goodwin and the Goodwin family on the death of Rick’s father, Ray Goodwin.
January Grace
Greeters: WAKE UP!!!
Jan 1 Jim McDaniel Decide to have a good day.
Jan 8 Norma McCabe “Today is the day the Lord
Jan 15 Leslie & Betty Eurit hath made; let us rejoice
Jan 22 Emmaline Rodich and be glad in it.”
Jan 29 Kay Goodwin Psalms 118:24
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GRACE NEWS
Prayers: Please keep Sammie Bough, Juanita Karnes, Hanna Kramer, Shannon Lynn, Bobbie Brooks, Spencer McCabe and Vera Little in your prayers.
DATES TO REMEMBER:
Jan 9 Quarterly board meeting at 6:00 p.m. After the board meeting
we will have Bible Study at 7:00 p.m.
Feb 2 Soup/Chili Dinner - 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
Apr 6 Spaghetti Dinner - 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
LADIES DAY OUT:
Jan 9 Sweet Greens
(Lifespan Nutrition) 620 S Broadway,
at 1:00 pm
Feb 20 Chatters, 2401 S
Rouse,
Mar 20 Christian Womens,
Apr 17 We will be going to
May 16 We will be going to
9:00 a.m.
We want to welcome visitors Johnie, Taylor and McKinley Brown and Stacey Lee.
We want to express our sympathy to Rick Goodwin and the Goodwin family on the death of Rick’s father, Ray Goodwin.
January Grace
Greeters: WAKE UP!!!
Jan 1 Jim McDaniel Decide to have a good day.
Jan 8 Norma McCabe “Today is the day the Lord
Jan 15 Leslie & Betty Eurit hath made; let us rejoice
Jan 22 Emmaline Rodich and be glad in it.”
Jan 29 Kay Goodwin Psalms 118:24
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