Calvary Reflections Newsletter

Calvary Reflections

Reflecting on God’s Word

Reflecting God to the World

                                                                             

July 10, 2016

(Please note the questions at the bottom).

Thanks!

Thank you to the Building and Ground Committee for working on the AC unit.

Bible Reading

Day	Reading	Info
Monday	Ezra 4-7	Isreal continues to rebuild the Temple and Jerusalem, despite the opposition that they are encountering. It even gets political, with letters exchanged and decrees given. Ezra arrives on the scene.
Tuesday	Ezra 8-9	The families who returned are listed, as well as those who served, the gifts brought, and so forth. Unfortunately, the Israelites also intermarried with pagans.
Wednesday	Ezra 10-Nehemiah 2	Those marriages are confessed, repented of, and the pagan wives were sent away. Nehemiah prays for his people and goes to Judah.
Thursday	Nehemiah 3-5	They continue to rebuild the wall, with each family building a section near to them. They worked with tools and weapons in hand. Nehemiah steps in to help with the oppression.
Friday	Nehemiah 6	The conspiracy against Nehemiah is seen and the wall is completed.
Saturday	Nehemiah 7	The captives return to Jerusalem – and they are listed here.

Interesting notes:

·         The book of Esther chronologically goes between Ezra 4:6 and Ezra 4:7.

·         In Ezra 8:36, satraps were governors.

·         In Nehemaih 2:6, Nehemiah had stayed gone for about 12 years.

Announcements

Men’s Fishing Trip

Men, join us at Curtis’ place on the river about 6pm this Friday, July 15. We’ll fish all night and then clean up in the morning. Please bring drinks, desserts, chips. And also some bait.

Prayer Room

Join us 15 minutes prior to the services as we pray for the church. Please sign up in the foyer to lead that prayer time for a month as well.

Pray for Summer Camp

Let’s lift up in prayer the youth who are going to summer camp July 18-22. They are: Grace, Jaden, Makayla, Austin, Jared, Jesse, Josh, and Roston.

Women’s Restroom

Please be careful, as we are renovating the restroom.

2016-17 Positions Available

Church Clerk (2)

Communion Committee (1)

Directory Committee (1)

Men’s Sun. Coordinator (1)

Nominating Committee (4)

Outreach Committee (1)

Press Release (1)

Refreshment Committee (2)

Women’s Sun. Coordinators (2)

VBS Items Needed

We need the following items put in the Fellowship Hall by next Sunday, July 17: Spray foam (cans), Foam coolers, Milk jugs (rinsed), 2-liter bottles, Pool noodles (dollar store), Corn starch (boxes), Plastic table clothes (black, brown, grey). 

 We need Crew Leaders to go around with 3 other leaders and be responsible for watching 6 or less kids. You won’t have to teach, but you will have fun!

Vacation Bible School    August 8th - 13th

“Cave Quest: Following Jesus, the Light of the World”

 5:30-6:30pm- Supper

6:30-8:30pm- VBS!

 Who can you invite, and maybe even bring yourself, to VBS?

 Let’s invite everyone  - our own children, neighbors, & enemies.

 Things To Pray For:

 * For kids to come out!

 * For spiritual seeds to be planted and watered in kids.

 * For at least 1 kid salvation.

  *For volunteers to step up.

  *For God to empower those volunteers.

  *For what you can do to help!

  

Just Remember:

We Christians are in the minority today,
but we will win,
for if God be for us, what can be against us!

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