{"id":13951,"date":"2025-05-14T10:30:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=13951"},"modified":"2025-05-14T10:30:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:30:56","slug":"midweek-message-5-14-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2025\/05\/midweek-message-5-14-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Midweek Message 5\/14\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>MIDWEEK MESSAGE #246<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Hello everyone and welcome to Midweek Message #246. I hope all you ladies had a nice day Sunday. There is no denying the weather sure was beautiful! 80 degrees and sunny! I was such a good husband and Tami was such a good daughter we didn\u2019t even ask Jo to fix lunch for us. \ud83d\ude01<\/p>\n<p>A couple of big events happen this coming weekend.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>We will be gone for our grandson Braden\u2019s graduation from high school this coming Sunday. We will be heading over Saturday and, Lord willing, be back Monday.<\/li>\n<li>Pastor Ryan will be preaching this Sunday. His Scripture will be taken from the Everyday Gospel Devotional (just as mine have been all year). His Scripture will be 2 Chronicles 13-36. Please come prepared by reading the Scripture ahead of time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Graduate Recognition Sunday<\/strong> is this Sunday. For those who may not have had a chance to see last week\u2019s MM, I thought I would list them again for you:\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Elijah Clausman<\/li>\n<li>Anna East<\/li>\n<li>Jordan Mahon<\/li>\n<li>Nolan Miller<\/li>\n<li>Mason Powell<\/li>\n<li>Adam Samick<\/li>\n<li>Brodie Sutton<\/li>\n<li>Alec Akerson (college)<\/li>\n<li>Tori Floyd (college)<\/li>\n<li>Travis Floyd (college)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Congratulations to all of you. I will be disappointed to miss your recognition on Sunday but just know that I will be praying for all of you as you follow His leading in your life. I am excited to see what journey God leads you on in the future. I also hope wherever you go you will always remember there is a church in the small town of Spencer, IN that loves you and cares about you.<\/p>\n<p>Several important items will be taking place on Sunday, the 25th.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Several months ago someone asked me about putting in the MM about any upcoming baptisms. Here is one for you to mark your calendar for: Kathy Wisely will be baptized at the YMCA following morning worship at 12:30. You are invited to attend.<\/li>\n<li>Adriana, Matt &amp; Mary Beckwith\u2019s foreign exchange student, will be spending her last Sunday with us before heading back to Spain. Not only would I like to introduce her to you, she also has something she would like to say. If you see her, let her know how nice it was to have her visit and that you hope she remembers OVCF was a church that welcomed her. Those who host foreign exchange students take on a big challenge as well. Sort of like temporarily fostering a child. I\u2019m proud of Matt &amp; Mary and their family for taking Adriana in and making the adjustments to host her. Their children, Kaedence, Akaydia, Kayliana, and Aksel are to be commended also.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>YOUTH CORNER:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Well, I messed up again (that is two for this year. I\u2019ve hit my quota). In last week\u2019s MM, I stated that Aubrey Mangia took 4th place in the 2400 meter. That was correct. I wrongly stated that was 8 times around the track. It is 6 times. Along with being technologically-challenged, I guess I am reading-challenged as well. Her father, Tom, said 6. I saw 8. Either way she did well. \ud83d\ude00<\/li>\n<li>Jo and I were able to make it to the ball diamonds on Wednesday and saw a number of our younger ones play ball. Those we saw were Addi and Owen Hutchison (I owe him one since his game finished as we got there). We also saw Grace Chesser, Jordan Mangia and Brett Zigler. Calvin Keene was playing but we were unable to see him play.<br \/>\n<strong>Parents! Please get me a schedule so we can watch your child play! Jo &amp; I want to see as many as possible play ball!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>I was able to make it to the high school track meet Thursday evening to watch some of our young athletes compete. The girl\u2019s relay 4&#215;800 with Alli Anderson took first place. Alli also took first place in the individual open 800. The girl\u2019s relay team took 1st place in the 4&#215;400 after I left.<\/li>\n<li>I also saw Eli Wood throw the discus 80\u2019. Good job, Eli! Keep up the hard work!!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It takes a lot of work to compete in high school sports (or middle school). I am impressed by<br \/>\nthose who do the discipline of both competing and school work. I\u2019m also excited to see so many<br \/>\nof our young ones playing ball and getting away from the screens. A big tip of the hat goes to<br \/>\nthe parents (and grandparents) who make a point of getting their young ballplayers to and from<br \/>\npractice and games. I was texting with one of the parents last week about their schedules and it<br \/>\nmade me tired just reading it. \ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n<p><strong>I KNOW YOU HAVE SURELY MARKED THE DATE!<\/strong> Wednesday, May 28th is the next pitch-in at 6:00. The online poll and word-of-mouth was highly in favor of continuing them through the summer so that is what we are planning to do. We have several ideas mulling around in our brains-one of them a cookout with sort of like a game night involving corn hole and other games. I know&#8230;maybe with all the dirt that will be piled around and a little water&#8230;nah better not suggest that one. \ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n<p>As I write this it is Sunday afternoon and 80 degrees. The plan is to start building the stem wall for our addition tomorrow. The forecast says 70% chance of rain. Again, I ask Jerry Benton: are you sure we can\u2019t build a dome over our church building and addition area? Sure would come in handy don\u2019t you think? \ud83d\ude01 UPDATE: due to the weather and a repair to the new line REMC installed, the stem wall was delayed. Please pray for several dry days to facilitate the equipment and forms being able to be brought in and the wall to be poured.<\/p>\n<p>Congrats are in order for Zach and Nicole Bell. Kane Jesse Bell was born on 5\/8 and tipped the scales at 6# 9oz and was 19 3\u20444\u201d long. Kane means \u201cman\u201d in Hawaiian, Zach\u2019s heritage.<\/p>\n<p>And on that high note I will close this MM. I will miss seeing you this Sunday but I trust you will have a meaningful time with Pastor Ryan. Love you much.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Bill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIDWEEK MESSAGE #246 Hello everyone and welcome to Midweek Message #246. I hope all you ladies had a nice day Sunday. There is no denying the weather sure was beautiful! 80 degrees and sunny! 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