May 2010 Newletter
May 2010
Dave's Corner
"The Purpose of Your Life!"
It's not about you.
The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness. It's far greater than your family, your career, or even your wildest dreams and ambitions. If you want to know why you are placed on this planet, you must begin with God. You are born BY his purpose and FOR his purpose.
The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years. That's because we typically begin at the wrong starting point--ourselves. We ask self-centered questions like what do I want to be? What should I do with MY life? What are MY goals, MY ambitions, MY dreams for MY future? But focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life's purpose. The Bible says, "It is God who directs the lives of his creatures; everyone's life is in his power."
Contrary to what many popular books, movies, and seminars tell you, you won't discover your life's meaning by looking within yourself. Focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life's purpose.
Many people try to use God for their own self-actualization, but that is a reversal of nature and is doomed to failure. You were made for God, not vice versa, and life is about letting God use you for HIS purpose, not your using him for
your own purpose.
How, then, do you discover the purpose you were created for? You have only two options. Your first option is SPECULATION. This is what most people choose. They conjecture, they guess, they theorize. When people say, "I've always thought life is...," they mean, "This is the best guess I can come up with."
Fortunately, there is an alternative to speculation about the meaning and purpose of life. It's REVELATION. We can turn to what God has revealed about life in his Word. The easiest way to discover the purpose of an invention is to ask the creator of it. The same is true for discovering your life's purpose: Ask God.
God has not left us in the dark to wonder and guess. He has clearly revealed his purposes for our lives through the Bible. It is our Owner's Manual, explaining why we are alive, how life works, what to avoid, and what to expect in the future. It explains what no self-help or philosophy book could know. The Bible says, "God's wisdom...goes deep into the interior of his purpose...It's not the latest message, but more like the oldest - what God determined as the way to bring out his best in us."
God is not just the starting point of your life; he is the SOURCE of it. To discover your purpose in life you must turn to God's Word, not the world's wisdom. You must build your life on eternal truths, not pop psychology, success-motivation, or inspirational stories. The Bible says, "It's in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working
out in everything and everyone."
Excerpts taken from "The Purpose Driven Life" by Rick Warren.
Catch the vision and be the vision!!!
Dear Friends,
As I begin this letter to you, I find myself pondering a story from the 21st chapter of the gospel of John. In this story the disciples are out fishing as Jesus watched from the shore, after a time and a lack of success Jesus calls out to them "throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some fish" when the disciples did what Jesus instructed they were unable to haul in the net because there were too many fish! I believe that in this story we can easily see that When the disciples were fishing their way, they had been traditionally taught they had little to no success and yet when following Christ's instruction the blessing received was beyond measure. For the last two years during the Wednesday night program we have had an opportunity to hear God's word proclaimed by a variety of talented and scholarly men here at Central Christian, however as fun and sometimes entertaining as that has been we believe it is time to cast our net on the right side of the boat! This year we would like to invite you to be part of the vision. Even more so we invite you to be the vision! This summer we will be focusing on evangelism not just talking evangelism but doing evangelism and doing it in our own community. Every Wednesday night we will be sending out teams to do community service projects. These projects will range from cleaning up a local park to mowing a yard for someone who might need a little extra help but everything we do will have a focus on prayer and evangelism with the intent to further the kingdom of God! As Gods ambassadors "His fishermen" we are to follow Christ's instruction and clearly He commands us to GO!!
The summer program will start with a meal at 6:00 pm followed by a number of teams leaving to serve the community. We will also have team staying behind to clean, some to pray, and even other's to go and pray. No matter your talents God has something for you to do! We look forward to seeing YOU this summer. Catch the vision and be the vision!!!
Elders
God loves you.
Sincerely,
Wendy Martinie
May Birthdays
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Cheyanne Kyle |
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Orville Lindsey |
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Emily Cramton (Hunt) |
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Tim Hill |
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Eddie Martinie |
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Jim Curry |
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Debbie Hill |
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Nikeesha Logan |
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Judy Zeigler |
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Kathy Blade |
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Dennis Satterfield |
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Amanda Hill |
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Dona Rose |
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Tabitha Petty |
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Cameron Stever |
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Stefani Rauschenberger |
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Christopher Hedgcoth |
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Anniversaries |
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Brian & Heidi Hunt |
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Eddie & Wendy Martinie |
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Jamie & Angie Turnbo |
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Rick & Shawna Stever |
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Dave & Kathy Zeigler |
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Tom & Christina Lunn |
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Jack & Wanda Allen |
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J.O. & Faye Thurman |
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Jim & Myra Curry |
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Jonathan & Holly Tabb |
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Jason & Cheri Kyle |
If you are willing to volunteer for the toddler's class during worship hour, please see or call Liz Satterfield at 381-0248.
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May Nursery Sunday School Hour |
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Jordan Carter |
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Debbie Hill |
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Rita Atherton |
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Debra Corey |
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30 |
Toni Stephenson |
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May Nursery Worship Hour |
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Amanda Hill & Heidi Hunt |
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Helen & Hope Coble |
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Robyn Anderson & Lindsey Curtis |
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Kathy & Cara Blade |
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Becky Latta & Cay McShurley |
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May Toddler Worship Hour |
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Liz Satterfield & Cara Blade |
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Rita Atherton & Ivanna Capps |
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Stefani Rauschenberger & Tayler Hunt |
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Amy Morton & Katelyn Coble |
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Liz Satterfield & Mercedes Estes |
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May Nursery Wednesday Night |
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Debbie Hill |
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Becky Latta |
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Chaz Belsky |
May- Front Door Greeters
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Kathy Blade & Selena Hancock |
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Cay McShurley & Donna Howington |
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Brenda Capraro & Rita Atherton |
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Linda & Hannah Soper |
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Doug & Robyn Anderson |
May - Front Parking Lot Attendants
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Mike Oldham & Frank Hancock |
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Jack Gryglewski & Steve Atherton |
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Ken & Chris Belsky |
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Dave Capraro & Sam Stephenson |
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Robert Petty & Frank Hancock |
May - Information Booth
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Nancy Mullins |
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Lisa Thurman |
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Heidi Hunt |
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Liz Satterfield |
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Amber Bair |
May - Schedule for Weekly Key Duty (Call the church office on Monday the week you are scheduled)
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4/26 – 5/02 Sam Stephenson |
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5/03 – 5/09 Stephen Atherton |
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5/10 – 5/16 Chris Belsky |
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5/17 – 5/23 Mylen Coble |
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5/24 – 5/30 Ray Corey |
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May - Bakery Goods & Juice
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Mary Criger |
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Greg & Stephanie Atherton |
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May - Cookie Response Team
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Billy Joe & Sandra Smith |
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Toni Stephenson |
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Stephen & Rita Atherton |
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Frank & Selena Hancock |
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Ken & Charlotte Belsky |
March 28 & April
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200 |
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156 |
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May- Communion Trays
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Kathy Zeigler |
If you are willing to help prepare communion trays for our worship service, please call Kathy Zeigler at 388-6522.
May- Communion Meditation
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Mylen Coble |
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Dean Lindsey |
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Sam Stephenson |
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Orville Lindsey |
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Steve Smith |
May - Communion to Shut-ins
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Jonathan Tabb |
May - Baptism Assistance
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Andrew & Dera Shadel |
Thank you for the beautiful flowers. We greatly appreciate your generosity and support during this difficult time.
The family of Glenda Smith
Glenda Smith
And
Joseph Albert Jones
Given by
Dave & Brenda Capraro
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ATTENTION MEN!!!
Our Men's Retreat is going to be Friday, April 30 and Saturday, May 1, 2010. Mark your calendars and plan on attending Friday night and Saturday morning. Doug Fultz will be our guest speaker.
The ladies will be providing supper at 6:00 p.m. for us on Friday night and then we will have twosessions that night. The ladies will also provide breakfast for us on Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. and then we will have two more sessions.
Doug will be speaking for all four sessions and we will have a question and answer time after each session. The theme is going to be "Search for the Lost Church" (key components of the
early Church).
We are looking forward to a great Men's Retreat. Men, you will not want to miss this. Don't let anything hinder you from being here.
Family Night Supper & Bible Study will end on Wednesday May 19, and not resume until the fall.
Senior recognition day May 16th
Remember If you added a name to the prayer list, you are to let me know weekly if you want that person to remain on the list. If you do not let me know, the name will be removed from the prayer list and then you will need to call me if you want or need that person put back on list. Thank you. Liz Satterfield
2010 Schedule for
Scrap Booking, 6:30 P.M. on Fridays
May 14
June 11
July 09
August 20
September 10
October 08
Communion Servers for May2
Mylen Coble
Cameron Bair
Ryan Curry
Orville Lindsey
Nathan Staggs
Dennis Satterfield
Jamie Turnbo
Colton Turnbo
Frank Hancock
Dean Lindsey
Ray Corey
Sam Stephenson
May 9
Steve Atherton
Greg Atherton
Jim Curry
Jim Trenery
Chris Schwartz
Andrew Shadel
Larry Deatley
Mike Oldham
Chris Smith
Jack Gryglewski
Dave Capraro
Ken Belsky
May 30
Mylen Coble
Vincent Logan
Larry Deatley
Ray Corey
Sam Stephenson
Josh Hunt
Chris Smith
Charles Soper
Jim Trenery
Jack Gryglewski
Andrew Shadel
Jim Edlin
May 16
Jim Edlin
Vincent Logan
Frank Hancock
Sam Stephenson
Nathan Staggs
Jamie Turnbo
Colton Turnbo
Orville Lindsey
Ray Corey
Dean Lindsey
Dave Capraro
May 23
Ken Belsky
Jim Curry
Cameron Bair
Ryan Curry
Mike Oldham
Charles Soper
Cameron Bair
Chris Schwartz
Steve Atherton
Greg Atherton
Jim Trenery
Dennis Satterfield