Fellowship is both vertical and horizontal. Those who are right with God are automatically made members of His family, putting them in fellowship with other members of the family. Thus, to have fellowship with each other, we must be right with God. On the other hand, John also says, "...anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen." This indicates that learning how to love one another enables us to have fellowship with our Heavenly Father.

Let's always seek greater fellowship with God and each other. We are members of the same family. There is great diversity within the family but remember that we are brothers and sisters and that we need to know each other more than just on a Sunday morning only. Spend some time this week praying for different members of the Lord's church and for us to have a deeper, more abiding fellowship with each other.

Today at 12:30 p.m. there is a special meeting in the kitchen for all Bible Study leaders and their families and anyone who is interested in teaching a Home Bible Study. Lunch will be provided (by Mike & Dave!!!)

Today, September 9, after worship there will be a Pizza / Cake & Ice Cream lunch party for all Bible Hour children and their parents to honor those who have memorized the books of the Bible.

September 9 - LTC and YEO begin Tonight

September 21-23 - Mission Workshop in Richland

September 23 - Congregational Meeting

September 28-30 - Valley Rally

October 6 - Ladies Fall Fellowship

October 19 - Keenage Banquet

November 4-6 - "The State of the Church in the 21st

Century" - Fall Meeting with Randy Harris

Prayer Requests

Brian Powell, a co-worker of Jan Almond's was injured in a serious car accident last week.

Continue Praying For....

New Arrival!

Congratulations to Dewayne and Jenny (Rude) Mattson on the birth of their son, Carson Edwin born on Tuesday morning, September 4. He weighed 6lbs. 13oz. and was 18 inches long. Proud Grandparents are Kent and Georgette Rude, Great Grandparents Don and Betty Rude, & Great, Great Grandparent Teen Pearson!

We would like to say a big thank you to Chuck Graham for his time and talents as he worked and fixed the church septic system. His willingness to serve is appreciated!

Steve and Kathy Taylor are to be commended for their willingness to share their home with the Mayer family who has moved here from Colorado.

Coming Soon Ladies!

9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Saturday, October 6, 2001
Theme: "Sister to Sister, Bind Us Together Lord!"

Speakers:
Debbie Lynn, Portland, Or -Lesson 1 &2
Kathy Shaner, Coeur d'Alene, -Lesson 3

Lessons: #1 - "Hospitality: Home Style"
Lessons: #2 - "Hospitality: Your Style"
Lessons: #3 - "Hospitality: His Style"

Cost: Pre-registered - $7.00 (by Oct. 1) - Lunch provided

Our final meeting for our Ladies Fall Fellowship - "Sister to Sister, Bind Us Together Lord!" will be tomorrow night, Monday, September 10 at 6:30 pm at the home of Jean Grow, 5905 Pleasant Way (off Dalton between Hwy 95 and Ramsey). This is a very important meeting as we pull the plans for the day together. See you there. For more information, see Jean Grow or Mary Petersen.

Salads, Salads, Salads Needed!

Ladies, your help is needed in preparing a luncheon salad for the Ladies Fall Fellowship. There is a total of 46 salads that are needed. A sign-up sheet and recipe for a salad you select to prepare is at the kiosk. As always, your help is greatly appreciated. See Janet Blanchard or Joyce Erwin for details.

Ladies Voices Needed!

All ladies who would like to be a part of the singing group for the Ladies Fall Fellowship on Saturday, October 6 come and practice on Tuesday, September 11 at 7:00 p.m. in the large auditorium. It doesn't matter whether you can carry a tune or not, God will enable us to sing together. We will be singing four songs and would love to have you join us! For more information see Georgette Rude or Suzy Litalien.

******Attention All Men******

Our Ladies Fall Fellowship is Saturday, October 6

1. Encouraging your wives and daughters to attend.

2. Making it possible with your help at home.

3. Contacting Stan Howerton or the Men's Ministry to help with setting-up, taking-down and cleaning up.

Mike's Memos

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS!!!

Teens, and parents of teens, opportunities come and opportunities go. We either "seize the day", or we stand on the sidelines and watch life pass us by. Opportunity is knocking today for all our 3rd - 12th grade kids. The orientation / organizational / sign-up meetings for LTC, Leadership Training for Christ, and YEO, Youth Evangelism Outreach, will be this evening from 5:30-7:00. Don't miss these very important meetings. The opportunities for spiritual training and growth in these two programs should not be missed. We hope to see 100% of our kids and parents present to help us get off to a great start.

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS AGAIN!!!!!

Our third new program, BBC, Bible Bowl Challenge, will get started this Wednesday night. This class will be for all 7th - 12th grade students, and will also include 3rd - 6th graders who are in LTC. This year's Bible Bowl study will be the book of Genesis. The first night we will cover chapters 1 & 2, so read it ahead of time. This is a wonderful opportunity to do an in depth study of the book that stands at the very foundation of all things spiritual.

Those participating in this class will have opportunities to challenge others who are studying. The first Northwest Bible Bowl Challenge will be here at Dalton on Nov. 10th. The second will be at Richland on Feb. 2nd. Several congregations are planning to participate.

Yes, opportunities are knocking. Don't let them pass you by.

TNT
Sept. 13 Morse's Home
Sept. 20 Reeves' Home
Sept. 27 ??????

BIBLE CLASSES - FALL QUARTER 2001

The new Bible class quarter is off to a good start. If you haven't been attending, this would be a great time to begin. Our shepherds want to feed us, but we must come to the table.