MIDWEEK MESSAGE #252
Hello everyone and welcome to Midweek Message #252. Thanks for allowing me “invade” your week by taking time to read this MM.
What a difference a week or so makes! The week before baseball games were being cancelled because of rain and this past week one word sort of sums it up: HOT! We could add another word as well: HUMID. I guess it could be said, “Well, that’s life in Indiana”. I texted someone Saturday and told them we expect this in August. They proceeded to tell me it was 119 Friday and 104 Saturday where they lived (Arizona). Compared to that I guess we are experiencing a cold snap! 😅 Stay safe during this time.
The 5th Annual Serving Owen County Together (SOCT) is now history. A very HOT historical day.
Aaron LaGrange sent some stats about the day:
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- People directly served: 518 adults and 432 children=950 people
- Large amounts of food and drinks were given to several local organizations, including Mt. Olivet Church outreach, Spencer Food Bank, and the Spencer Lions Club free lunch program. Those groups alone will have contact with 200+ this coming week.
- Over 111 volunteers came together.
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YOUTH CORNER
There has been a lot of activity involving our young people and so I will do my best to get as much as I can. Please…if I forget someone, let me know. I will get them in the next MM. Fair week is soon coming and there will tons of our young people involved in that. I don’t want to forget anyone so I rely on folks letting me know.
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- Many of our young people were involved in summer baseball/softball leagues at the sports complex. Here we go…Grace Chesser’s team (Black shirts) won their league championship on Wednesday night. Calvin Keene (Red shirts) played on the runner-up team. Jordan Mangia and Barrett Zigler’s (White shirts) teams played that night. Emmett Bumbalough (Red team) played as well. Conrad Keene’s team played the team that included Uriah Bumbalough, Fletcher and Christian Wells, and Winston Zigler the night we went. Jo & I remained neutral for all games. 😁
- Gavin Wells and Tom Mangia were the head coaches of their teams. Tom was assisted by Kristine (wife) and Aubrey (daughter) and Chris Zigler. Ryan Keene helped coach Calvin’s team. WHEW! I hope I got that all right! 🙂
- Julian Carson’s team was the 12u champions and Julian was picked for the all-star team. Julian is Mike and Nannette Edwards’ grandson.
- Rusti O’Neal and CJ Wood’s team won the Girls’ Softball championship. They also showed off some pretty snazzy rings in the pictures. Rusti’s mom, Hanna Dutton was their coach!
- CJ Wood made the Middle School cheer squad. Way to go CJ!
- Jordyn Anderson had her cheer competition tryouts and was moved up 2 levels to mini prep as a flyer. Grandpa Mike Edwards said he has no clue what that means. But Jordyn and grandma Nannette were excited.
- Dane Stahl went to Pennsylvania for State in track. He placed 74th out of 113 in the 200m and 108th out of 140 in the 100m. Mom (Kim) said he had a blast! Great job, Dane!
- Meilynn Hess and her dog, Ivy, earned Overall Reserve Top Dog in the 4-H Dog Show this past Saturday. She even bumped Ivy up 2 obedience categories to challenge both herself and the dog. She also earned Overall Reserve Grand Champion in Agility; 5A class Champion and Overall Reserve Grand Champion in Obedience; and Advanced Champion and Overall Grand Champion in Showmanship. Way to go Meilynn!
- Let me remind you to pray for the High School Wilderness Week of camp that began this past Sunday. There are a ton of our young people (and adults) who will be attending. Female campers are Alli Anderson, Anna Bales, Anna East, Rachel East, Kalissa Hamlin, Meilynn Hess and Ayzleah Sutton. Male campers are Lucas Alexander, Tobin Bales, Elijah Clausman, Caleb East, Jake Jenkins (LJ), and Nolan Miller. Adults attending are Ryan and Hope East, Abby Bales, Macy Carlson, Mike and Bella Krapf, Westin and Cassie Linville, Hannah Pendleton, Owen Powell, and Gracie Wainscott.
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Switching Gears for a moment: We have been telling you recently that our next step on the building process for our addition (after the stem wall was completed and plumbing and electric was roughed in) that expanding the parking lot was next. But that is at the mercy of the weather. It was decided this past week to pursue another direction. We have asked for and received the bid for doing the concrete pad and putting the shell up. We will concern ourselves with the parking lot expansion after that. The Building Team and elders are all on board with that direction so we will be coming to you soon with the plans for that to happen. Our contractor said at best it will be the end of August/first of September for the materials and supplies to be here. Look for more information real soon on projected cost and our plan of action. We are all convinced this is the way to go! 😀
You will get this on Wednesday in your inbox. Please remember the OVCF Family Pitch-in is at 6:00 tonight.
This coming Sunday Will and Theresa Reed and their three children will be with us. They will be sharing briefly about their mission work with Serge in Kenya in during both services. We have always enjoyed having the Reeds visit with us and if you haven’t met them, you need to!
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- Keep in mind this is also a 5th Sunday so the elementary age young people will be with us in adult worship. The nursery and preschool class will still meet as usual at 10:45.
- Following the second service a BBQ and dessert fundraiser had been planned to help offset some of the cost of the Family Camp Weekend at Hilltop scheduled for August 1-3. That fundraiser has been cancelled for now. We will let you know if/when it is rescheduled.
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I’ve got more news to share but my space is limited so I will use it in next week’s edition. This Sunday’s message is We are Being Watched! from Psalm 78-107. I will look forward to seeing you this coming Sunday and sharing it with you. Know you are loved.
Pastor Bill
