MIDWEEK MESSAGE #215
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Midweek Message! This edition is chock full of information of all kinds. Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to read it and stay current to events happening at OVCF.
Please be in prayer for the Educator of the Week-Kris Samick. Kris is Director of Communication for the
S-OCS system. She has multiple responsibilities and I know she appreciates every prayer.
YOUTH CORNER
We had several of our young people honored at the State Fair. There are 4 different ribbons
given to each exhibit at the fair. For those who are not in the know (like me), here are the
ribbons and what they stand for:
🎖️Orange- exceptional blue ribbon exhibit (merit)
🎖️Blue- very complete exhibit, meets requirements, well-constructed
🎖️Red- adequately constructed or does not fully meet requirements
🎖️White- poorly constructed or barely meets requirements
I’ll list the category and ribbon for each:
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- Arts and Crafts- Caleb East (Blue)
- Beekeeping- Meilynn and MiaRose Hess, Marla Lippert (all Blue)
- Creative Writing- Anna East (Orange)
- Fine Arts- Marla Lippert (Blue)
- Floriculture- Meilynn Hess (Blue), MiaRose Hess (Red)
- Foods, Baked- Aasha Srinivasan (Blue)
- Foods, Preserved- Anna East (Red), Meilynn and MiaRose Hess (Blue)
- Needle Craft- Aasha Srinivasan (Red), Anna & Rachel East- (Blue)
- Photography- Meilynn Hess (Orange), MiaRose Hess (Red)
- Public Speaking- Eli Wood (Orange)
- Sewing Construction- Meilynn Hess (Blue)
- Veterinary Science- MiaRose Hess (Blue)
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Well done all of you!
But that’s not all! Linda St John sent me the results of the VFW contest. Here is a list of the
winners:
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- Sophia Kropack- Honorable Mention in the Illustrating Art contest grades K-3
- Rachel East- 1st place in the Red, White and Blue contest in grades K-8
- Caleb East- 2nd place in the state for grades 9-12 in the Red, White and Blue contest.
- The Red, White and Blue contest was recording themselves singing the national anthem.
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Another well done to the three of you!
With school starting and all the activities our young people are involved in I’m sure there will be more to add to the YOUTH CORNER in future editions. I’m really proud of our young people.
Sure hope you are as well.
Jr/Sr High young people, don’t forget ROOTS begins this Sunday from 5-7:00. Come enjoy the fun time planned and maybe even see friends you have missed over the summer. A sign-up sheet is on the info table for snacks. As you know the young people do like to eat! If you have any questions about the ROOTS start up or about snacks, please see Pastor Ryan.
Wednesday Night Conversations begins September 11th. I am offering this new study/discussion group from 6-7:00 in the youth addition. This is an informal time of discussion and Bible study focused on questions you may have about what the Bible says. There is a sign-up sheet on the info table so I can have an idea of how many study sheets to make. Any questions? Just ask me.
A new LADIES BIBLE STUDY is being offered on Monday evenings beginning September 16th. It will run for 7 weeks from 6:30-8:30. It is a study on Acts and the cost of the workbook is $12. If you have any questions please see Macy Carlson, Sally Carlson, or Hope East.
As you may already know, I preached the last of the Revelation series this past Sunday. Pastor Ryan will be preaching the next two weeks! I’ll be gone Labor Day weekend. Braden, our grandson, will play football on Friday night and it is Grandparent’s Night for the seniors. So, of course, grandparents have to go!😊Both Sundays Ryan is preaching will be a good transition for the next sermon series: Feels Like Home. That series will take us through September and October and be a perfect lead-in for the final sermon of that series which also happens to be OVCF’s 20th anniversary. I’m excited about that milestone in our history. AND IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T HEARD YET, THAT MORNING WE WILL BE MEETING AT ABRAM EVENT VENUE. We will have one 10 AM service followed by a pitch-in lunch at the venue. Please make plans to be
there to help us celebrate! You will be glad you did.
Did you know that as OVCF celebrates her 20th anniversary in October, Diana and I celebrate the
start of our 20th year on staff in November? We started at the same time (although she came in
one week earlier to learn the ropes from MJ). It has been a fun and eventful 19 years (and we
have never gotten upset with each other…cough cough).
I’m going to run for this week. I look forward to seeing you Sunday. Love you all much.
Pastor Bill
