MIDWEEK MESSAGE #177
Hello! After a week’s break due to Fall Break, I hope you are looking forward to another edition of the Midweek Message. If not, please don’t tell me! ☺
I hope the Fall Break was good for you and to you. We all need a break from time to time, a break from the routine (or is that rut?). I know many of you traveled and visited places you have wanted to for quite a while. I trust that your time with family and friends was refreshing and will give you the oomph to jet toward Thanksgiving.
Let me remind you to pray for our Teacher of the week, Hannah Morse. She has been teaching 4th grade at Gosport Elementary School for 6 years. She is married to Cole and they have twin boys, Tripp and Cohen.
Our college student of the week is Meilynn Dow. Meilynn is a sophomore at the University of Southern Indiana where she is studying nursing. Her parents are Chad & Terri Dow and she has an older brother, Dalen, and a younger sister, Annalei.
You can also add the Britt and Furr families to your prayer list for the week. They minister to the IU students through Chi Alpha as one of the missions we support.
We have a very important event coming up really soon. We are quickly coming up on the date for OVCF’s 19th anniversary. In fact, when you get this it will be exactly a week and a half away. So if you haven’t already done so, please mark your calendar for the 29th of this month. Here again is a quick recap of what to expect:
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- Two services at 9:00 and 10:45 as usual.
- Pitch-in dinner following the second service. If you plan to come to the first and return for the second, plan for about 12:15 for setting up tables and the food.
- Recognition of our phenomenal volunteers during both services.
- We plan to make a presentation of the proposed building addition that Sunday. We will do that in both services so those unable to make it to the dinner can see how things are progressing.
- Keep in mind parents that even though that is a 5th Sunday, the young people will have their own classes that morning.
- There are sign-up sheets to let us know what you plan to bring. It is never too late to sign up and if you aren’t sure what to bring, come anyway. If you are unable to bring anything, come share in our joy. There is always plenty of food.
The past couple of weeks some really cool things happened that I thought you might like to know:
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- Travis Floyd, who plays bass for us on Sunday mornings, had his Senior Recital on Thursday, the 5th. Travis is a senior at IU in the Jacobs School of Music. His instrument of choice was the trombone. Fantastic job Travis!
- Congratulations to Jacob and Sydney Schunk who became husband and wife on Saturday, the 7th. They were married at Trestle Valley Farm Event Venue in Greene County. After their honeymoon in Jamaica, they will be living in Aurora, IL where Jacob is employed by Grainger in Chicago.
Operation Christmas Child (OCC) will kicking off this coming Sunday. We have been participating in OCC for more years than I can remember. When we reevaluated several years ago what we participate in from October through December, there was no question we wanted to continue with OCC. Shoeboxes and brochures telling you what to pack will be available this Sunday. If you have any questions, please call the church office and Diana can answer any questions you may have.
If you have been a part of OVCF for any stretch of time, you know we have offered a Thanksgiving meal for the community for the past umpteen years. (That is Bill speak for I’m not sure how many). We were still meeting in the sports complex when we started. For the newbies ☺, we offer a full meal for those who want to come into the Lions Club and we also deliver meals to those who request them here in our community. Last year, we served over 125 meals to various people, including those who work on Thanksgiving Day (EMS, police, gas stations). I believe so strongly in the purpose of the meal and the benefit to the community that I plan to head it up this year. I would like to give those who took the lead over the past few years a break. Here are more details:
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- We will need help in the kitchen, assembling the meals for delivery and to be served. Gail Kempe has already stepped forward to offer her help in the kitchen.
- FYI: food/drink items we will need are: turkey/ham (the church can supply one for you, if needed), mashed potatoes, corn or green beans, stuffing, rolls, pie, cookies or brownies, ice, tea (unsweet/sweet), lemonade. There will be sign-up sheets at the info table with the quantities of each item needed the first Sunday in November.
- We will serve and deliver the food from 11-1:00. If you can only help set up that morning or clean up or say, only work for an hour that would be helpful.
- Delivery drivers are needed.
- It is an absolutely fun way to serve our community. An added benefit is getting to spend time with others as well. And as the time gets closer, if you know of someone(s) who can use a meal, please turn their name into Diana.
I know Thanksgiving time is busy for many of you. Anything you can do will be a big help. I’ll give you more information as we get closer.
That’s all for this week. I hope you are having success getting back into the swing of things. But you should never have a question about being loved.
Pastor Bill
