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Heritage
Bible Church Newsletter ~
May When
I was young, I was convinced that my mother was the wisest person in
the world. Dad didn’t make enough money for us to have a lot
of extras. But every Saturday we kids got a treat. A candy bar! Of
course we had to share. Judy and Joan shared one and Betty and I
shared another. My oldest sisters always fought over who got the
bigger half. Mom settled that disagreement by having them take
turns. One week one of them would divide the candy bar and the other
got first choice. The next week, the roles were reversed. It was a
painful experience to watch how carefully those two tried to divide
the candy bar in half and then the weeping, wailing, and gnashing of
teeth that went on when it didn’t happen and the other sister
got the bigger half. (My sister, Betty, and I didn’t have that
problem. She always divided the candy bar and I always got first
choice. One time she divided it so evenly that I couldn’t
decide which was bigger. Finally, she came to my aid and said,
“Henry, I think this one is the bigger.” She has to be
the greatest sister in the world.) Mom
was also the most caring person that I have ever met. The nearest
swimming pool to our small town was Mineral Hot Springs, 17 miles
away. Few kids learned to swim – until Mom came to town. She
made arrangements to teach swimming either by getting parents to
drive several kids or by driving a school bus herself after school or
during the summer. She made a difference. Flexibility
was a necessary character quality for Mom. She was reared on the
plains of Nebraska. She married Dad in the mountains of Colorado.
She enjoyed the mountains but she missed the plains. One of her
favorite sayings was, “I like my land lying down.” She
was a city girl, used to a gas range. Dad rescued her from such
luxury by moving her to the ranch and giving her a wood stove to cook
on. Often she would get a good meal started and forget to stoke the
fire. By the time she discovered her oversight, the fire was out and
she had to start all over. Mom was a “people-person.”
Dad introduced her to real rural life by letting her stay at the
ranch for the first month of their marriage without any trips to
town. Any telephone call to her friends would have been an expensive
long distance call and that was out of the question. Of course Mom
had taken indoor plumbing for granted – until she married Dad.
The outhouse was over the bridge, across the creek. Water for
drinking and cooking had to be brought from the artesian well three
miles away. But my Mom adapted and made the necessary adjustments.
She was a survivor. Mom
cultivated her mind. She learned and taught German. She was able to
read Greek. She taught Latin and English. She memorized untold
poems, readings, and scriptures. She earned her Master’s
Degree when she was in her 50s.
She
was devoted to her Lord and served Him in her church. She was the
church pianist, and later organist, for many years. She led us to
the Lord by example. She took us kids to church and Sunday school.
Whatever happened on Saturday, late dates or not, we were expected to
get up to go to church the next day.
But
most important to me, she is my mother. She loved and cherished me
when I was growing up. She pulled slivers out of my fingers and
bandaged my scrapes and my wounded emotions. She encouraged me to
step out and be all that I could be. May God bless all mothers for
the love and dedication they invest in their families. National
Day of Prayer
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Thursday, May 1st. Please be in prayer for our nation! Congratulation
Dinner -
We
will have a Congratulation dinner to honor our Graduates, Carolyn
Holmes & Julia Burke, on Sunday, May 4th, after the morning
service. This will be a pot-luck dinner - please bring a dish enough
for your family and to share! "Young@
Heart" Luncheon
is
scheduled for the second Thursday, May
8th.
Also note that this month we will be meeting at Rodeo’s on 23rd
Street @ 11:30 a.m. For more information, and to RSVP contact Fran
Coyne. GREAT
COMMISSION SUNDAY
will be Sunday May 18th. This is time for a special offering that
will be used by the Alliance so missionaries can serve without using
their valuable ministry time for fund-raising. "Lost People
Matter to God...He Wants Them Found!" Alliance
Women Ministries The
April meeting of AWM will be on the 15th at the church. We will have
a delicious meal for $7 each. We will continue the DVD from Women of
Faith Conference. Sign up on the sheet at the church and pay Cynthia
by the 11th if you plan to attend. - Don't miss it! - Men’s
Ministry Dinner
Tuesday, May 20th
@ 6:30 p.m. This month we will begin a book written by Dr. Richard
Harvey on miracles that have happened to him in his life! You don't
want to miss this series! Youth
meeting
at the church on Friday, May 30th
at 6:30 p.m.
Church
Yard Care
(Opportunity to Serve)
- we need volunteers to help with mowing and trimming our lawn from
May thru Oct. If you are interested in taking a turn in the rotation
please contact Tom Holmes or Joseph Ashbrook.
Summer
Camp Opportunities.
There are two camp ministries our church supports and we highly
encourage our youth to attend one of their summer camp sessions.
Poplar Point
Camp:
Middle and
High School Camp,
June 1-6
Children's
Camp
(Grades 1-6), June 8-13 (with our own Russ Brown as speaker.)
Poplar
Point is our Southern District C&MA camp and conference center.
Cost is $140 if
registered by May 14. There is a $25 late registration fee after
that.
Their website
for more info is www.poplarpointcamp.com.
Camp Charis:
Cadet
Orientation
for ages13 and 14, May 30 to Jun 1 or Jun 27 to 29. Cost is $45.
Servant and
Leadership Training
(SALT) for teens age 15 -17+, Jun 7 to 13, Cost $175.
Children's
camp
ages 7-12 and for Cadets attending/serving at a one of the children's
camps six sessions offered: Jun 15-20; Jun 22-27; Jul 6-11; Jul
13-18; Jul 20-25; and Jul 27-Aug1. Cost is $210.
For all
sessions a $50 deposit is due 15 days prior to the session attending.
Note: Cadets
and SALT teens must have attended a Cadet Orientation/SALT session in
order to attend/serve at one of the children's camp sessions.
Camp Charis is
an independent Christian camp ministry located in Pelham, GA. For
more info go to www.campcharis.org.
Now is the time
to sign up to reserve the slot that best fits your schedule!!
Camp
registration material for both camps are on the foyer table at
church. Finances
as of April 30 For
April General
Operating Fund (GOF) Monthly Budget: $ 16,718.00
GOF
Tithes & Offering Received: $ 16,065.12 General
Operating Fund Weekly Budget: $ 3,858.00 GOF
Avg. Weekly Tithes & Offerings (4 Sundays): $ 4,016.28 Building
Addition Fund Receipts: $ 2,077.43
For
Year to Date (based on 17 Sundays): General
Operating Funds (GOF)Year to Date Budget(weekly basis): $ 65,586.00 General
Operating Funds (GOF)Year to Date Budget(monthly basis) $ 66,872.00 General
Operating Funds Year to Date Tithes & Offering: $ 63,228.25 GOF
Year to Date Budgeted Disbursements and Transfers to Other Funds:
$(64,961.75) Other
GOF Non-Budgeted & Board Approved Projects: $ (3,163.50 ) GOF
Balance as of April 30th
(70.9% of monthly budget) $ 11,852.49
Average
Weekly Tithes and Offerings Received: $ 3,719.31
YTD
Avg Weekly GOF Budgeted Disbursements & Transfers: $
(3,821.28) Missions
Receipts and 24% of Tithes and Offerings: $ 18,555.53
Missions
Disbursements: $(17,145.44) Building
Addition Fund Receipts: $ 17,146.87
Building
Addition Finances: Estimated
Building Addition Cost: $ 405,000.00 Building
Addition Expenditures/Contracted Costs to Date: $ 318,341.00 Building
Addition Fund Balance: $ 18,375.00
Estimated
Funds Needed to Complete Building Addition: $ 68,284.00