Family News

January 23, 2005

SHORT  BY
STUFF   DAVE SHANER

There will be a lot of snowbirds and others gone over the next few weeks. Little do they know that it may be warmer here than other places. And many from here will be leaving this week for a Caribbean cruise. We really feel sorry for you. Be sure to keep our travelers in your prayers.

Next week is our quarterly Sunday Night Live program. We will be having some very special speakers, including Robert Frisk, Mark Mood, and ... the apostle Paul himself. Our LIFE groups and LTC will not be meeting that night to encourage maximum participation from everyone. It will be meeting at 5:30 p.m. in the smaller auditorium. The main reason we meet together is for the purpose of encouragement. Hebrews 10:24-25 says that we are to 'consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another 'and all the more as you see the Day approaching.' Be sure to come and be an encouragement to each other. It is hard to be an encouragement by being absent.

If you are not currently attending a LIFE group, now is the time to choose to do so. It is a time of prayer, Bible study, and encouragement. It is a great way to introduce your friends and neighbors to the Dalton Gardens church. Our Wednesday morning group is now meeting at Heritage Place in the 4th floor foyer. They will be studying Christ's parables and miracles from the book of Luke. It meets at 10 a.m. Come and join us. There are many other LIFE groups that meet throughout the community. We are also planning to start about 10 more groups by April. We would encourage you to be involved in these.

Next Sunday morning, Shawn Moore, the preacher from the Northside congregation, in Spokane, and I will be 'swapping' pulpits. Whenever there are 5 Sundays in a month, the elders have encouraged us to try this type of arrangement with other sister congregations so that we can keep in better touch and share resources.

Have a Great Week!!

Go into all the world and preach the gospel. He who believes and is baptized shall be saved but he who does not believe shall be condemned.  - Mark 16:15-16

New Picture Board
We're now in the process of adding pictures to our new picture board which is located in the main foyer. If you did not appear in our last pictorial directory or your marital/family status has changed, be sure to get your picture taken as soon as possible. Someone from the communication ministry will be available for picture taking in the nursery following our Sunday morning church services for the next three weeks.

Sunday Night Live!
Next Sunday, January 30 at 5:30 pm, we will be having an evening worship assembly. All of our LIFE Groups will be meeting here instead of their normal meeting times. We will be doing this whenever there is a 5th Sunday in a given month. This gives our leaders a break plus allows us to get together to learn new songs, pray together, and enjoy each other's fellowship.


LTC Fund Raiser
Sweetheart Banquet & Auction
If you thought you were only getting dinner then you are in for a treat. Some of our LTC participants and their adult chaperones will be auctioning their time off! Yes, that's right 'Slaves'. Just in time for spring! So make your list check it twice, because you have approximately 3 1/2 weeks to figure out some ways to put your slaves to work! Interested parties for dinner and auction should sign up on the list on the kiosk. Tickets for this great event will be on sale today from the LTC participants. Please sign up and purchase tickets as soon as possible as space is limited. Thanks Patty Welter.

Swimming at the "Y"
The Tweener's are going swimming at the YMCA in Spokane on Feb. 5th. at 2 pm. We will meet at the YMCA in the Valley to swim and slide on their big inside slide. Then we will go eat at Boston Pizza. The cost of swimming is $20 for a family, $10 an adult, or $5 per kid of 18 and younger, which ever is the cheapest for you. Please bring your own lock to secure your stuff in the locker room and bring tennis shoes for climbing the rock wall and don't forget any other swimming devices your kidos might need. For questions call Alyssa Frahm 665-5851.

Shepherd's Corner
Have you ever had the opportunity to tell someone of a special event that has happened in your life? Did it make you feel important or special? Did others take delight or comfort in your story? It seems that we feel comfortable in telling stories about our lives, especially when we are with people we know. Strangers may make us a little uncomfortable, but we still seem to be able to share, especially when we are encouraged. Sharing our experience with God and Christ can be just as wonderful as sharing our life experiences, because in reality, they are the same thing. You do not have to be pushy or insensitive to share the Gospel with your friends and neighbors. Just be yourself. Let the aroma of Christ shine through you. May God bless your efforts to share with others?
-For the Elders

Come join us for Prayer Breakfast on Tuesday mornings, at 6:30 a.m. at JB's Restaurant on Appleway for prayer and encouragement!

Dusty humor from Togo
We are enduring our season of extreme dust and the coldest temperatures we remember ever having here in Northern Togo! Our thermometer is broken, but temperatures have felt like they're in the 60s and maybe even upper 50s at night and in the early mornings. Becky is wearing long pants and sweatshirts around, while Dave is enjoying the cooler weather and we're trying to keep the kids clothed in warmer apparel, especially at night.

If you were to receive this newsletter via snail mail, the paper you'd be reading would be very, very dusty. Last week the north winds from the Sahara blew in with a vengeance and so we have been living in a thick haze of dust. There are lots of negative things about all this dust, but we've tried to think of some positives. Here are a few:

1. The cool, dry air at night allows us to actually use all of the bed covers.
2. You don't have to wash your car because it would be pointless.
3. The dawn is very dim which tricks the kids into sleeping past 6 am.
4. It is fun (kind of) to imagine that the poor visibility is due to snow, not dust.
5. If your 1 yr. old wanders off in the house, you can track him down by following the trail he left in all the dust that has accumulated on floor (even if it has just been mopped!).

In spite of this, the good work continues, and two more men were baptized in the village of Bodowda. The whole report can be read online at miller@harvestfields.net

Calendar of Events
Jan. 25 - 6:30 a.m. - Prayer Breakfast at JB's
Jan. 25 - 10:30 a.m. - Sew N' Love Ladies Bible Class
Jan. 28 - Junior High Teens Party
Jan 28 - 29 - Sr. High Girls' Retreat - (9th-12th grade)
Jan. 28 - 30 -Sr. High Boys' Retreat - (9th -12th grade)
Feb. 12 - 6:30 pm - LTC Sweetheart Dinner Fundraiser
Feb. 18 - 20 - Teens Mid-Winter Retreat

Prayer Requests

John Ayres, Karen Rayburn's dad, passed away last Friday. We are thankful that Karen was able to be with him before he died.

Ed Brown, Warren's dad, has passed away. Be sure to keep Warren and Lynn and their family in your prayers.

Susan McLaughlin, Earlene Reeves' sister, has possible breast cancer and appreciates your prayers.

Pray for Sean Rankin, boyfriend of David Bruner's niece, Amy, who has cancer at age 26.

Becky Sheuermann, Cindy Rupnick's sister is improving from injuries suffered in a car wreck.

Dean Lindell, Edna Miner, Anita Poland, Majorie Dupey, and Carole Fredrikson are all doing better after recent surgeries.

Carrie Forbush injured her knee skiing and is awaiting results of her MRI and possible surgery.

Anita Halford, Annette Aiello's daughter, is recovering from a fractured hip and three broken ankle bones.

Annette Aiello has been very sick with the flu.

Don Flanagan asked us to keep his sisters Betty Spaulding, Edith Phillips, and Linda Lane in your prayers. They were previously ill, but are now doing great! Continue to keep them in your prayers. Thank God for his blessings!

Larry & Jean Grow ask us to keep them in our prayers as they travel for the next two months.

Remember to keep in your prayers: Mike Kish, Matt Rude, Terry Morgan, Lamont Petersen, Jr., Christopher Henrikson, Daniel Moberg, & Cameron Davis who are serving in Iraq, especially as the election draws near.

Andrew Crump has another month's training at Fort Stewart before deployment to Iraq.

The Kabiye Christians and the Team of Missionaries in Togo, West Africa are doing well at this time Keep them in your prayers as they continue to work in the villages in Northern Togo.

Continue Praying For....
Ron McIntire, Dan Morgan, Carol Williams,
Ed & Ada Brown, George Parrish, Sherrian Bersi
Steve Lucas, Anita Poland, Matt Bunker

Mike's Memos.....

Sweetheart Banquet February 12
Everyone is invited, singles and couples, to enjoy the LTC fundraising banquet in the small auditorium on Saturday night, February 12th. We promise a delicious dinner: $8 for singles and $15 for couples A sign up sheet can be found on the kiosk.

The new dates for....
Senior Guys' Retreat - January 28th - 30th
Senior Girls' Lock-in - January 28th - 29th
Junior High Lock-in - January 28th - 29th

All Teen Mid-Winter Retreat at Camp Princes Pine is February 18th -20th. This is a changed date!

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Is the Bible really true? I mean, all of it? Really? The answer is an unequivocal yes, but many people, even Christians, struggle with that. Our 'Christian' culture is saturated with doubts about the Bible that undermine the strength of our faith and our churches.
Jesus did all he could to take away the doubts and fill us with absolute trust in himself and the scripture. In his death Jesus seemed determined to accomplish the fulfillment of scriptures, and gave us so much proof of the truth of scripture.

***The betrayal of Jesus by Judas occurred 'to bring about what the scripture said. 'Jn.13:18
***The gamble for the clothing took place 'so that this scripture would come true: 'They divided my garments among them, and they threw lots for my clothes.'' Jn.19:24
***The legs of Christ were not broken' to make the scripture come true: 'Not one of his bones will be broken.'' Jn.19:36
***The side of Jesus was pierced to fulfill the passage that says, 'They will look at the one they stabbed. 'Jn.19:37

Why the recurring references to scripture? Why, in his final moments, was Jesus determined to fulfill prophesy? He knew we would doubt. So he systematically fulfilled centuries-old prophecies. Every important detail of the great tragedy had been written down beforehand:

***the betrayal by a friend Psa.41:9
***the forsaking of the disciples Psa.41:11
***the false accusations Psa.35:11
***the silence before his judges Isa.53:7
***being proven guiltless Isa.53:9
***being crucified Psa.22:16
***the mockery of the spectators Psa.109:25
***the prayer for his enemies Isa.53:12
***being forsaken by God Psa.22:1
***the bones not broken Psa.34:20
***the burial in a rich man's tomb Isa.53:9

Yes, the Bible is proof of itself. It is humanly impossible for one man to fulfill that many prophecies. Someone figured out that the mathematical possibility of that is..... 1 to 840,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 That's a staggering 97 zeroes! Jesus never wanted us to doubt who he was or the truth of his word. Jesus really is the Christ, the Son of God, and the Bible really is true.

C.C.S. CORNER SCHOOL NEWS

K4 & More
Our K4 class is learning and growing so rapidly. Each student has matured in character and understanding. It has been fun to watch their progression and how they deal with each new challenge.

We have mastered nearly the whole alphabet. We have also been learning to read words. And now this week, we are being introduced to reading sentences! Children love to become part of the world of words.

One of the things I love about our school is that all of us (teachers and students alike) interact with all the other ages. What a blessing it is for the younger children to befriend the big kids, and be accepted and loved. What a blessing it is for the older students to mentor and care for the younger ones. C.C.S. is a great family to be part of.

I pray that you get to spend special time with special people this week building precious memories. May hot chocolate be involved.

Love, Lynelle Dehlbom

Campbell's Soup Labels
Please keep sending these in! We now have enough points to purchase a digital camera for our school! Also, keep sending in those Box Tops!

Coeur d'Alene Christian School
Benefit Dinner & Auction 2005

'Puttin on the Ritz'!

Friday, April 22nd, 2005
Best Western Coeur d'Alene Inn
Tickets $28.00 each,
includes beverages, dinner & dessert

Social hour & Silent auction to start at 6:00 p.m., dinner at 7:00 p.m. with entertainment and Live Auction to follow. We would like to encourage you to attend our auction, as we are sure you will enjoy the great buys and a special evening of fun!

TO SERVE January 30^th, 2005

Contact Warren Brown ASAP if you are unable to serve.

Assembly Times:

Love Involvement Fellowship Evangelism Groups:

Dalton Gardens Church of Christ
6439 N. 4th Street
Dalton Gardens, Idaho 83815
(208)772-0541
Fax # 772-2963
E-mail: office@dgchurch.org
web site: http://www.dgchurch.org/

Church Office Hours:
8:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday-Friday
Closed daily from noon-1:00
Phone messages can be left any time.

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