MIDWEEK MESSAGE #260
Hello everyone and welcome to Midweek Message #260! I hope you are having a good week so far. This edition is jam-packed. I hope you enjoy reading it.
This is a reminder for you to pray for Valarie Akerson, our educator of the week. Valarie has been a professor in the Science Department at IU for 24 years. She also taught at Washington State University for 4 years before moving here. She was an elementary school teacher (Grades 1-3) for 5 years before WSU. Valarie has also written several articles and co-authored several books. She has been married to Wayne for 26 years and they have one son, Alec, and a daughter-in-law, Caylan. Wayne and Valarie also have three dog children and one grand-dog. 🙂 Her side gig is she is a world class powerlifter for her age group.
Just for your information: Pastor Ryan, Tom Mangia, Charley Shipley and I will be attending a DiscipleShift Conference in Brownsburg this Wednesday (today) and Thursday.
This coming Sunday is 5th Sunday Family Worship. Our elementary students will join us for worship. The nursery and preschool classes will meet at 10:45, as usual. The second service worship time will be led by the kids’ worship team.
Did you know there is a Young Adult Group (YAG) that will begin meeting Thursday nights at the East’s? Their first meeting is scheduled for 9/4. This group is open to all recent HS grads to 25 year olds. They met last year and the group grew as they ate, talked, laughed and studied together. Make friends and enjoy sharing life with others. If you would like to know more, check with Pastor Ryan (youthpastor@ovcf.org or 812.585.0545)
I can’t go without mentioning my Introduction to OVCF get together scheduled for September 7th immediately following the second service. If you have ever wondered or been asked about OVCF-questions like “Who are you?” “What denomination do you belong to?” “What do you believe?” “What are you about?” this is a good time to find some answers to those questions. I’ll reiterate again:
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- A simple lunch (sandwiches, snacks, etc.) will be provided
- It will be an informal, small group setting lasting 1- 1 1⁄2 hours.
- Daycare is being provided by two of our teenage girls. Please let me know if you would need daycare.
- Please sign the sheet on the information table. I am limiting it to 12 since I plan on offering it on a regular basis (once a quarter).
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FALL LADIES BIBLE STUDY, Now and Not Yet, by Ruth Chou Simons is coming soon! It will be offered Monday evenings, 5:30-7:30 from September 15-October 27.
Something new is being offered as well: a themed pitch-in each week. They need you to sign up/pay by September 7th so books can be ordered. Cost of the book: $15. Ladies, if you have any questions please see Macy Carlson or Hope East.
YOUTH NEWS:
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- Jo and I had a lot fun watching our young people play Upwards soccer this past Saturday. We were able to watch all of our young people play! Hudsyn Biggs, Alexander and Isabella Chambers, Conrad Keene, Jordan Mangia, and Barrett Zigler all played well. Hudsyn, Alexander and Isabella, and Conrad all scored goals for their teams. Jordan and Barrett were right in the middle of the action too! Such fun watching them! Why not come out and spend 1⁄2 hour on a Saturday morning (10:45-11:15) cheering them on! They are off this weekend (Labor Day weekend) but will be back at it September 6, 20, and 27.
- The Bloomfield Cardinal Invite was this past weekend. Aubrey Mangia did well Saturday in her cross country meet. Dad, Tom, said she finished in the top 15. After a tough race the previous week (battling dehydration), she deserves a “well done” for her effort.
- Alli Anderson placed 4th in that same race-faster than the week before and faster than ever on that course. Alli and Aubrey run for OVHS.
- Akaydia Beckwith finished first in Thursday’s cross country meet and Tad Nicholson finished 11th overall for the boys with a Personal Best. They both run for OVMS.
- Christian Wells and Auggie Wood are playing minor football. Auggie’s dad, Mike is their coach. Fletcher Wells is playing rookie football and his dad, Gavin is the assistant coach.
For your information from last week:
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- For the “I can’t wait to see” department. If all goes as planned, we should begin seeing the shell of our new addition sometime in the middle of September.
- For the “If-that-is-true-about-the-addition” department, we could conceivably celebrate our 21st church anniversary in the new facility. The date we have scheduled is October 26th. An alternate date is November 2nd at Abram Event Venue. We will keep you informed. *All our giving that day, unless designated, will go to our Building Fund.
- For the “Seriously, we are already talking Christmas?” department, we will take part in Operation Christmas Child during the months of October-November. More info coming.
- For the “We didn’t do that last year” department, we plan to offer a Thanksgiving meal (lunch) to the community this year. My knee surgery sort of put the nix on that last year. I hope to come back with a roar this year.
- For the “community outreach” department, Backpack Buddies will be in need of snacks for kids over Christmas break. We will be collecting snacks mid-November through early December. More info coming.
This Sunday’s message is entitled The Calamity and the Cure from Ezekiel 1-22. This ought to give you a hint as to what it is about: “Pride is the only disease known to man that makes everyone sick except the person who has it.” I look forward to seeing you there. Until then…know you are loved.
Pastor Bill
