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Sunday School 9:00 AM
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The Mission of
Vine Street Christian Church
Monday, May 14
8:30 AM Craft Group
Tuesday, May 15
3:00 PM Prayer
Wednesday, May 16
12:00 PM Lakeland Cluster Meeting
7:00 PM Pastoral Relations Committee
Sunday, May 20
Graduates' Breakfast;
Elders' Meeting;
Defibrillator Training
8:25 AM Singing Group Rehearsal
8:30 AM Graduates Breakfast
9:00 AM Sunday School
10:00 AM Worship
11:30 AM Elders' Meeting
Important VSCC
Announcements:
GRADUATES' BREAKFAST: We will honor eighth
grade, high school, and college graduates at next
Sunday's Graduates' Breakfast. The breakfast is
open to folks ages 12 through 100. Breakfast
begins at 8:30 AM, gifts will be given to graduates
at 9:00, and David Ingram will speak from
9:15-9:30. Junior High through Adult Sunday
School classes will resume at 9:30 AM. David
Ingram will talk about being a writer, his trip to
New York City, and following our dreams. Please
R.S.V.P. by May 14 via the pew pads, the sign-up
sheet on the L-table, or by contacting the office.
PENTECOST OFFERING: The Pentecost Offering
will be taken on May 20 and May 27. Half of the
offering stays in our Region. "For the past 12
years, the Pentecost Offering has been in place
to support the planting of new churches. During
that period of time, God has used the Christian
Church (Disciples of Christ) to start more than 730
new churches. These new churches have reached
more than 45,000 people for Christ. A large
number of these people are new to the faith.
When you give to the Pentecost Offering, you
help support these new churches. One half of the
offering stays in the region where you live and
one half goes to the general new church office to
fund the recruitment, assessment, training and
coaching of new church pastors, spouses and
core team members. In the past 12 years more
than 1,300 persons have been trained, on your
behalf, to
spread the Good News of the Gospel."
http://www.disciplesmissionfund.org/SpecialDayO
fferings/PentecostSpecialDayOffering/tabid/480/
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DEFIBRILLATOR TRAINING: All who are
interested in receiving training on how to use the
defibrillator are invited to attend the May Elders'
Meeting after church next Sunday. The 15-20
minute training will occur at the beginning of the
meeting, and those who are not Elders will be able
to leave once the training is complete. Deacons
(and all interested parties) are enthusiastically
encouraged to attend.
MAY 16 COMMUNITY MEAL - Sausage and
pancakes will be served on May 16 at Arthur
UMC, and desserts will not be needed.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL is June 4-8, 2012. The
majority of the activities will take place at Arthur
Mennonite Church. Children will "visit" SonRise
National Park, where they'll explore God's true
nature and learn some important survival skills:
"They can always depend on Jesus and His
promises of true peace, true riches, true power,
true love, and true hope! At SonRise National
Park, kids will learn to trust Jesus as their
all-powerful guide and Savior" (from the website
www.arthurvbs.org). Attendance is free. If your
child would like to participate in the mission
project, a collection will be taken each morning.
Registrations can be made through the website
listed above, or through registration forms that
will be available on the L-table at the back of the
sanctuary.
SUNDAY SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE: We will have a
Sunday School Open House on June 3rd after
church! Hotdogs, videos of our children, and fun
will be shared. Come and see why our kids enjoy
coming to Sunday School each week. You won't
want to miss it!
FACTS AND FIGURES: 5/6/2012 Attendance -
114;
April 2012 Operating Fund:
Income: $12,082.82, Expenses: $11,252.69;
2012 Operating Fund Balance, Year-to-Date:
-6,875.80
E-TITHE PROGRAM: Did you know that we have
an E-Tithe program at Vine Street Christian
Church? For those of us who have ever said,
"Oops, I forgot my check (or change)," as the
offering plates are passed, the E-Tithe program
might be helpful. In the same way that we can
authorize our bank to automatically send a check
to utility companies, we can authorize our bank to
send a check to the church. If you are interested
in this option, please complete the transfer
authorization form that is located on the L-Table
at the back of the sanctuary. Or, you can contact
the church office and we can e-mail or send the
form to you.
ICE CREAM SOCIAL: Please start saving and
bringing in one gallon and half-gallon containers
for the ice cream social on September 1. Sherbet
containers make excellent half-gallon containers.
VINE STREET CHRISTIAN CHURCH
is now on Facebook.
May 4 was an exciting night for many of Arthur's high
school students. It was Prom Night. Teens dressed up,
danced to music, socialized with friends - and took
Prom pictures. Some of our community's youth came to
Vine Street Christian Church to have their pictures taken
in the church's garden…much to the delight of members
of our church. Different members told me in succeeding
days about the Prom pictures, and all of them were
beaming with big smiles as they shared about how our
space had been used.
The garden was created as a place of welcome for the
community. It was built to extend the hospitality of
Christ beyond our church's walls. It is a place where
people can set a spell, where they can enjoy the beauty
of God's creation…and where they can take pictures of
meaningful events in their lives.
The benches in the church garden welcome all as
Christ welcomes us: "Come to me, all who are weary
and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest" (Matthew
11:28). Come and sit a spell in Christ's presence, enjoy
Christ's beauty, and be refreshed. The folks at Vine
Street Christian Church hope that you experience
Christ's peace as you rest in the garden.