Family News

September 26, 2004

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STUFF   DAVE SHANER

Our congregational meeting is this afternoon at 3:30 p.m. and we would like to encourage your attendance and participation. The shepherds have allotted most of the time to your questions. This is a time to communicate. The ministries are doing a great job and they have some exciting things to share. There is still always room for improvement. Your input is very valuable and necessary in the functioning of the church. After the meeting, the shepherds will serve ice cream and toppings to all. To encourage your participation, the LIFE groups will not be meeting tonight. Check with your LIFE group leader if your group meets at another time.

One of the things that came out of our think tank last September was the need for a new sign. It has taken a long time, primarily due to the permit process along with the red tape that delayed the project. But it is now completed and looks great. This is a tool to communicate messages and promote upcoming events both for the church and the Coeur d'Alene Christian School. After the congregational meeting we would like to take everyone out around the sign and have a special prayer together. This sign simply displays who we are, the church that belongs to Christ. Other groups may make the same claim, but we have a certain set of values that sets us apart and identifies who we are. One of the things we were required to do by the city was to send out letters to all residents within a certain radius of the building asking for their input on our desire to place a sign within a residential area. One lady responded saying that we have been here for longer than most of the area residents and that we have become a fixture of something good about the city. Her recommendation was that the variance for a bigger sign be granted. Her response was very gratifying. Jesus said that we are to be the light of the world. He compared it to a city set on a hill that is not to be hidden. The new sign is simply a tool. We don't read about signs in the scripture. The real value is what is behind the sign, the lives of Christians who themselves are dedicated to representing the real light.

Have a Great Week!!

How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings.
-Psalm 36:7

13th Annual Ladies Fall Fellowship

Our 13th Annual Ladies Fall Fellowship is this coming Saturday, October 2. Registration and Coffee Hour start at 8:30 am. The program is from 9:00 am till 3:00 pm with lunch at noon. Our speaker will be Lacreta Scott, Altadena, California. Bring your family, friends and neighbors!

Today is the last day to pre-register in the foyer and get the reduced rate.
Cost: Ladies - $8 (Received by Sept. 27); Teens - $5

Registration on October 2 will be $12

See you Saturday for an encouraging, uplifting day with your sisters.

Lacreta will also be speaking for the Ladies Bible Class Lesson on Sunday, October 3 at 9:00 am on "Do You Have All You Want?"

Her husband, Jack Scott, will be preaching next Sunday morning. He is currently a Democratic state senator in California's 21st district. He has been a professor at Pepperdine University, and has served as president of 3 community colleges. He also preaches once a month for the Fairmont Road congregation in Pasadena. We are sure that you will be encouraged by his message.

Congregational Meeting

There will be a congregational meeting this afternoon at 3:30 p.m. This is a time for learning about what is going on in the church as well as a time to give your input. We value your participation. The elders will be serving ice cream with all your favorite toppings.

We will not be having our LIFE groups meet today in order to encourage your attendance. LTC will still meet at 5:30 p.m.

Food Pantry

After stocking so many groceries on the shelves in the church pantry, we TEASED some of you not to bring so much food, even offering to buy the banana splits George has promised as prizes, but SERIOUSLY we loved it. Your generosity has been wonderful. Our pantry has never been so well stocked. We do appreciate your efforts. Thank you!

Edna Miner & Betty Wilhoite

Shepherd's Corner

When was the last time you experienced something strange or unusual that you could not explain? Did you wonder if it was from God or the devil? God gives us many opportunities to fulfill our obligations to reach out to the lost. Can you remember the last time you had such an opportunity and did not take advantage to discuss the Gospel with someone? Maybe when we experience strange or unusual situations, it is God telling us to pay attention. Our marching orders are to go and teach the Gospel, baptizing in the name of the Holy Spirit so that all can be saved. We need to pay attention to all the signs, not just to the ones that make us feel comfortable.

-For the Shepherds

All Hands on Deck

- We will need help from the men after Wednesday night Bible classes, to help, move pews and tables for the Ladies Fall Fellowship. Also, on Thursday, at 3:30 PM and on Saturday at 3 PM to tear down.

- We will be setting up and decorating for the Ladies Fall Fellowship this Friday from 8 AM till we are done. If you can help please meet us in the small auditorium.

- Lynelle Dehlbom will be doing microphone, sound checks, etc. from 7- 8 PM Friday night.

- To decorate the small auditorium for the Ladies Fall Fellowship luncheon we are in need of silk roses. Anyone that has some that we can borrow, please bundle them, put your name on them and give them to Georgette Rude. Thank you!

- We would appreciate your help by furnishing some breads or muffins, etc. for the Ladies Fall Fellowship. There is a sign-up sheet on the kiosk. For any questions see Ruby Rude. Thank you!

Thank You!

The Soup Kitchen would like to say thank you to all who have turned in aluminum cans to the back shed over the past months. The Soup Kitchen received $50.00 for the recycling of the cans. Thanks again!

Thank you so much for all the prayers, calls, visits and cards with regard to my knee surgery and recovery.

Love, Rob & Cheryl Mullaly

Sew N' Love Donations

We are well on our way with the 'Cuddle Bags & School Bags for our Christmas projects this year. All items for these bags must be new. Please help us in anyway you can. There's a donation basket in the lobby or give them to Irene Clark or Betty Williams. A hopeful list of requested items can be found in your mail box.

Dave Hopkins is looking for an inexpensive freezer to buy (at least 12 cubic feet). If you have one for sale, please call him at 660-5109.

Calendar of Events

Sept. 26 - 3:30 p.m. - Congregational Meeting
Sept. 28 - 6:30 a.m. - Prayer Breakfast at JB's
Oct. 1 - Ladies Fall Fellowship Setup & Decorate
Oct. 2 - 9 am - 13th Annual Ladies Fall Fellowship
October 8 - 9 - Elderlink at Cascade College
October 8 -10 - Teens' Cider Press Youth Rally
October 16 - Senior Saints' Train Trip & Potluck

Prayer Requests

James Dickson was diagnosed as being bipolar and is in the hospital at KMC.

Jenny Evans, daughter of Kent & Georgette Rude, has a tumor in her neck and will meet Monday with the neurosurgeon.

Dody McBee, Pat Irmer's sister, has a mass in her stomach.

The Slates have gone to be with Kris Hanson, whose brain surgery was scheduled last Friday. Continue to pray for Kris.

Loraine Parrish, Earlene's mother, is back in the hospital with a blood clot on her knee. Further tests of the status of her cancer will be Tuesday.

Chris Timmons, Phoebe Hruska's grandson, is recovering from knee surgery.

Harold Long, Vicki Laititi's father, has greatly deteriorated from cancer. Pray for God's strength and comfort for him and the family.

Cindy Rupnick asks us to pray for her strength and faith in the Lord. Also, continue praying for the softening of Cody and Ben's hearts.

Susan Vetch, a parent from CCS last year, has cancer.

Remember to keep Jim & Diane Rude in your prayers as they work and minister to the church in Astoria, Oregon.

Christopher Henrikson, Daniel Moberg, & Cameron Davis are serving in Iraq. Mike Kish & Matt Rude are at Fort Bliss, Texas, for military training. Keep them in your prayers.

Pray for the Reeves family and the Togo Team, as they work among the Kabiye people of Togo. The Lord is continuing to bless the work with wonderful success.

In Sympathy

Our thoughts and prayers are with Rae Marie Killingbeck in the loss of her father, Alvin Shafer and with Jennifer Rae Flores in the loss of her grandfather.

Also, we express our sympathy to Opal Wilson in the loss of her son-in-law, Danny Cape last Tuesday. Keep her and her family in your prayers as well.

Prayer Hotline

Are you a new mom, a senior or someone in between? Are you looking for a way to serve your brothers and sisters in Christ from home? Well, here is an idea. I am looking for someone to take over the prayer hotline. If you are interested, please call Lynelle Dehlbom at 762-1029 or Paul Swaim at 964-1026.

Mike's Memos.....

Up-coming Youth Events:

Cider Press Youth Rally - October 8-10. Registrations and $25 fees must be in by September 30th. Yes, they have graciously extended the registration deadline. But after next Wednesday, the fee goes up to $40!!

Wenatchee Music Workshop - I will be teaching a music workshop for the congregation in Wenatchee on Oct. 29-30. They would like for our teens to join theirs for that time together. Let me know if you want to go. A couple of hamburgers for the road will be the only cost.

Our Keenage Banquet has been rescheduled for November 6th!

SHORTENED 23RD PSALM

In his beautiful book, "I Shall Not Want," Robert Ketchum tells of a Sunday School teacher who asked her group of children if anyone could quote the entire 23rd Psalm. A golden-haired, four-and-a-half-year-old girl was among those who raised their hands. A bit skeptical, the teacher asked if she could really quote the entire psalm. The little girl came to the front of the room, faced the class, made a perky little bow, and said, "The Lord is my shepherd, that's all I want."

She bowed again and went and sat down.

I love that, don't you? It may well be the greatest interpretation of the 23rd Psalm ever heard. Oh the beauty of simple, childlike understanding. No wonder Jesus said, 'Unless they become like little children, they cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.'

LTC FUNDRAISER

We plan to try even harder than ever to raise most of the funds needed for our kids in Leadership Training For Christ. You are always helpful, and your help is definitely appreciated. Our first fundraiser is as follows:

LTC BREAKFAST
Sunday, October 17th, 8:00-8:45am
Bacon & Eggs
Hash browns
Pancakes
Coffee / Milk / Juice

All donations go to the registration fees and travel expenses of our kids in LTC.

C.C.S. CORNER SCHOOL NEWS

God sure knows what he is doing. Many times it seems I begin to make plans for my life, only to have some unforeseen event or circumstance come up and change everything. Sometimes I resist and continue to try to do my own thing only to be turned back again and again.

That is what happened recently as I was making plans for the school year. I had planned on doing after school care for a couple more years, then look at going back to teach. In the early spring I was asked if I was interested in returning to the classroom this fall and I declined. I had my own plans. Summer began and the question was posed again. Again I declined. My own plans, remember? Summer passed and the school year loomed nearer. More pressing the question came: Are you sure you aren't interested in teaching this year? No, my plans, my plans, MY plans! Teachers began arranging their rooms and two weeks before school began, a final meeting: the school needs you. Sigh. After much discussion with my husband, we decide God has OTHER plans for me. I wish I could say I began setting up my class immediately with a bounce in my step, but----MY plans had been upended.

A week before school begins I am in my class preparing for the year: desks to be washed, bulletin boards to be prepared, lessons laid out, supplies to be arranged. There are tasks to be done and I plod along and do them all. Not as cheerfully, I regret to say, as should have been. It is the last weekend before school and I'm ready (or at least the classroom is) for students. The first day of school arrives and the flame flickers. The first day of school is always exciting, no matter which way the road turned from my own plans. Each day since then, has been more and more fun. I am fully back into my old shoes and loving (almost) every minute of it! I feel like I'm where I am supposed to be.

CCS brought our family to Coeur d'Alene when it was just the two of us, nine years ago. This is my tenth year involved with the school either by teaching, volunteering or doing after school care. It is like home to me. By teaching this year, I have reaped so many benefits that I had not foreseen, but God had. I love being back in a third grade class. My students are great, my coworkers are incredible, my appreciation for what Dan and Teri Dupey do grows by leaps and bounds on a daily basis. I have more patience with my own kids and I feel like I'm doing the work God had planned for me. I truly appreciate the opportunity and honor of teaching at Coeur d'Alene Christian School. "In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps." --Proverbs 16:9 "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD'S purpose that prevails." --Proverbs 19:21 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."  -Jeremiah 29:11

Kathy Taylor - 3rd grade

Anyone who has artificial Christmas trees they would like to donate to CCS, it would be greatly appreciated!

Help is needed to renovate the school library. Please see Georgette Rude.

Ladies, Ladies, Ladies!

We would like to have a 'Fun' monthly ladies newsletter. But we need your input! We need several things before we can get started, such as, a name for the newsletter, articles, news, poems, encouragement's to each other, etc. Please give your inputs and suggestions to Betty Rude or Irene Clark.

Car Clinic

Our Pro-active Benevolence Ministry (Reaching out to others without being asked) has set October 23rd for their first 'Light Maintenance Auto Clinic'. They plan to have capable people to change the oil, check/add antifreeze, check hoses, change spark plugs and wires, etc. for anyone who would have a hard time getting those things done. It could include others, but would be especially for the elderly, widows and single moms. If you have questions, see Tim Frahm.

Continue Praying For...... Lois Riggs, Rob Mullaly, Leona Howard, Irene Kisle, Shiri Howell, Brandi Sandford, Laura Wilkins.

TO SERVE October 3^rd, 2004

Contact Warren Brown ASAP if you are unable to serve.

Assembly Times:

Sunday:

Other Bible Study Groups are offered at various times. Please call the office for times and places.

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