Weekly Bulletin
(651) 64God4U (644-6348)
Pastor Barcus' residence - 735-2111; email rogerbarcus@comcast.net
Links
Links:
UPCI.org
readytobefree.com
thereishopefortoday.com
leestoneking.com
divinepeace.com/yellow
stpaul.gov
ibcj.org (Jerusalem Bible School)
chippynews.com/worldclock.htm
Calendar of Events
03/14 - SS 2 PM, Pastor and Bro Yang; 3 PM; "There is HOPE" Sunday combined
03/16 - Worship and Word - 7 PM
03/18 - Prayer - 7-8 PM.
03/21 - Communion - Bro Tyler leading
05/21-23 - 20th Anniversary service for TCA/SPA - speaker to be announced
Cleaning Ministry Joe, Dennis, Tyler
Quotes
“You become what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit.”
Missions
T. Wynn Drost (Superintendent - UPC of Mexico): We are excited with the growth that the UPC of Mexico is experiencing. At the National Leadership Conference this week, we put together all the information regarding 2009. We had 8,671 baptized and 7,296 that received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. To God be the glory!
Bible Trivia
Prov 14:6 A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ seeketh
_ _ _ _ _ _ , and findeth it _ _ _ :
but _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is _ _ _ _
unto him that _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Apostolic Announcements
BREAD - Prov 14
*Bread, pastries giveaway $30 worth of Brownberry bread, donuts, buns, English muffins will be given to all who come Saturdays from 11AM-1 PM. See Sis Dona.
*Prayer at Planned Parenthood Fridays from 5-6 PM until Good Fri at 9:30 AM.
*Mail the Bulletin you will notice a place for name/address and stamp on back
*Redo aud walls Thank you for almost $500 cash and almost $500 pledged. This will get us a good start. God bless your generosity in these economically hard times.
*Day Light Savings "Spring up Fall back" so we come one hour earlier.
*Guest Packets: Soon a very nice packet will be ready to give to a visitor thanks to Bro and Sis Gossard, Sis Carolyn and Sis Barcus
Prayer Requests
Healing: Sis Judy Doughty-cancer / Cheri Dupart / E. Gossard - Allergies / Ranae Young - back / Kristine Sword-sinus / April / Mary Clark-heart / Curtis / Sally / Dottie Fuller's husband - ICU
Jobs: Bro, Sis Gossard, Stephanie B., Carolyn, Amanda, Kristine C, Paul, Anthony
Misc: Kim Arcand / MITs / website / Cheri-Jermaine / Latasha, Mary-housing / guests / Sabrina / Jill / Nancy
Chile 8.8 earthquake: Churches, Missionaries Barkley and Hayes / Mallory, Bethany
Local Church: Calvary Chapel Section II: Nowthen - Pastor Malarz
F. Missions: Nathan Harrod - Spain Muslim nation: Maldives
H. Missions: David Willis - Cambridge City w/o UPC: Mpls
Words from the Word
(written in conjunction with your daily reading schedule at the top of this page and Trivia)
Prov 14:6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
What we receive from God has to do with the attitude in which we approach God. If self-righteous, one will be held at arms length. If humbly repentant, one will be held close to God in His arms. Those who allow the pain they have experienced to make them hard and skeptical, they will not find a closeness they once had with child like faith. It's not easy to "remain like David" a man after God's own heart but we see his example of repentance and know that there is not any sin that our Lord cannot forgive! His passion on the Cross allows us access if our hearts are totally open and not coming with our own plan. "Not my will but thine be done" is our best prayer.
Pastor Roger Barcus
HoHo Holy Humor
Texas Beer Joint Sues A Church...!
In a small Texas town, (Mount Vernon) Drummond’s bar began construction on a new building to increase their business...
The local Baptist church started a campaign to block the bar from opening with petitions and prayers. Work progressed right up till the week before opening when lightning struck the bar and it burned to the ground. The church folks were rather smug in their outlook after that, until the bar owner sued the church on the grounds that the church was ultimately responsible for the demise of his building, either through direct or indirect actions or means.
The church vehemently denied all responsibility or any connection to the building’s demise in its reply to the court. As the case made its way into court, the judge looked over the paperwork...
At the hearing he commented, “I don’t know how I’m going to decide this, but as it appears from the paperwork, we have a bar
owner who believes in the power of prayer, and an entire church congregation that does not.
(submitted by Bro. Michael Haner - lives close by the town where this happened in TX.)
