July 28, 2011
Greetings on this great day of the Lord. Wow what a roller coaster of a week thus far. Ok before we get on that, last weekend we had our first (to be annual) Golf scramble. What a great time for all who attended or just watched. We had 7 four person teams all competing for the coveted bragging rights. Well 2 teams tied for the first prize so the official golf committee decided to break the tie. What they did was put in a cup all the hole numbers on a piece of paper and draw a number, then go to the score card and who ever had the best score on that hole would be the winner. Well long story short my team came in second. Norm Wall, Richard Sizemore, Brian Ames and Phil Snow are the grand Champions, Congratulations. Pastor Joy and I have had an interesting week. On Monday morning at 1:15 a.m. we were scheduled to pick up the international dancers that were arriving to spend a week in Burley. I went to pick up our house guests who are from Belgium. A young spry couple, Hugo 68 and his wife Denise 72. There English is shallow but boy they are great people. Tuesday July 26th was filled with dancing activities practices, gatherings and getting acquainted with our family as well as the rest of the delegation from around the world. Wednesday morning July 27th started with a bang. I went to the garage to get something around 7:00 a.m. and noticed that Joys Black Acura automobile was missing. I thought someone was pulling a prank on us. I didn’t panic until I realized it was no prank or car had been stolen. We called the sheriff’s department and they said we would have to come in to the police station to fill out a stolen car report. We did this around 9:00 a.m. How awful it feels to be violated in such a way. The vehicle was in the garage, keys in the car but on the center console. We can note confirm or deny the garage door was open or closed, but still to have the audacity to break in our garage and remove the vehicle. The police filing the report said there was small to no hope of recovering the automobile. I called the insurance company who was ready to spring into action as needed. We were already planning for the worst of not finding the car. I had a new car picked out for Pastor Joy and was ready to move n if necessary. We both felt like it was an attack of intimidation by the enemy and remained strong in the faith. To have a car stolen in Burley Idaho who would of thought. I had made a flier that I had passed onto a few businesses, posted the same flier on face book and let as many people know as possible. Well after Lunch I went back to the office to find a police officer waiting for me. What would I hear? Wrecked, burned, stripped, trashed. The officer said we found your vehicle no apparent damage just 3 miles from your house. The vehicle was locked so we had to get the spare keys and go get the vehicle. They were correct, no damage at all. Wow. The officer who told me they had found the vehicle said, “God is with you Pastor”. Amen.. We have Joy’s vehicle back. We never did find the set of Keys that were taken with the Vehicle but we did look. Chris and Rodney Stenzel took their metal detectors to the site of the vehicle recovery and looked but no find… Too much drama….Thursday was a great day for Nancy Gerrard however as she is officially retired from Cassia Memorial Hospital after 29 years of service. Nancy will be greatly missed in the hospital but will be a great blessing to Mountain View Christian Center where she reports for duty on Monday August 1st. Also on Thursday July 28th Sylvia Hendricks is another Year Older. Happy Birthday Pastor Sylvia….One other special day for our Pastoral Staff is Pastor Steve and Crystal Lubinski our children’s pastors Anniversary is Friday July 29th. Be sure to bless these servants with a gift, a card, or blessing. One other Thursday event, Jay Rice our Royal Ranger Commander took a delegation of Boys to the Annul Royal Ranger Camp out at Stanley Lake near Stanley Idaho. What a great opportunity to spend 3 days in the wilderness where the day time temperatures reach 60 and night time is 30 Ya hoo…..
Some really cool stuff is happening this Next week. Vacation Bible School Starts Monday Morning August 1st at 9:00 a.m.-12:00 going all week until August 5th. The Theme is “Panda Mania” be sure to sign your kids up or if you can help see Pastor Steve or Crystal. We still need more donations for this ministry so if you missed the opportunity this last weekend, please help our budget is $1500.00 and we have raised about half… HELP!!!!!!! The mid week service August 3rd will be taught by Richard Tundag. Come and support Richard.
Please take note of the attached letter concerning our Church Directory. We are registering times at the information center. These are a no obligation opportunities to become better acquainted with others of like precious faith. Any Questions call Veronica at 208-678-5460 (church office)
Ok this weekend I will be preaching the Book of 2 Corinthians. Topics include Paul’s troubles in the ministry, Paul’s thorn in the flesh, being unequally yoked, giving, forgiveness and more.. You won’t want to miss this message. Be sure to invite a friend to church this weekend…
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See you Sunday….
Pastor Jim
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