May
9, 2012
Today’s
Chuckle
“If we don't change the
direction we are headed, we will end up where we are going.” ―
Chinese Proverb
Sunday’s
Schedule
Adult Sunday School –
Gift Discernment: Learn about the different
positions from persons now serving.
Adult Sunday School for
May
May 20
Starting the
series, “Widening the Circle -- Experiments in Christian
Discipleship.”
This is the Vincent & Rachel Harding
story.
May 27
“Widening the Circle” The story of Reba Place
fellowship.
Morning
Worship – Duane Oswald will lead our worship
service and Steve Ratzlaff will bring the message. Steve will
be preaching from John 15:9-17; his sermon title is, "Abide In
My Love."
Sunday’s
Participants
Worship
Leader
Duane Oswald
Accompanists
Carol
Penner, Chris Janzen (guitar, hymn
arrangements),
Curtis Buettner (tenor saxophone)
Song
Leader
Jim
Clymer
Scripture
Sylvia Riesen
Children’s
Time
Sylvia
Riesen
Sermon
Steve
Ratzlaff
Greeters
Jerry & Patti Wiens
Child
Care
Laurie Hiebert
Welcome
Team
Elaine
Clymer
Fellowship
Lois Ratzlaff (Deacon’s Prayer Chain List)
Our Church/Community
Calendar
- THIS
Friday – Visit with John Bergey. See
below.
- THIS
Saturday – CA Unit, MDS annual meeting in
Bakersfield.
- Tues., May 15, 5:45 P – Church
Council meets at the church.-
Wed., May 16, 7
P – Deacons meet at the Gotthardt home.
Youth
Announcements-
May 13, 5-7 P -
No Youth Group - Celebrate Mothers!
-
May 20, 12 to 1
P- Lunch and neighborhood prayer walk
Announcements
Visit
with John Bergey – Bill and I are going to have
John Bergey at our home on Friday afternoon, May 11 from
around 2:00 to 4:30. We are planning to treat his sweet tooth
to some ice cream. We would like to invite any others who
might want to visit with him at that time. I’m requesting that
those planning to come, let me know before hand, so I can plan
accordingly. Thank you - Susan
Gotthardt.
Widening the
Circle – The Adult SS Class will be studying
the book, “Widening the Circle – Experiments in Christian
Discipleship” by Joanna Shenk, during May, June and August. If
you would like to purchase the book, please see Don Linscheid
or stop by the church office. The cost is
$14.
The current issue of
Peace Signs, includes an
article by our own Steve Ratzlaff, “Top Ten Reasons Mennonites
No Longer Resist Paying War Taxes.”
Peace Signs is
the official publication of The Peace and Justice Support
Network, a ministry of Mennonite Mission Network. You can read
Steve’s article here:
http://peace.mennolink.org/peacesigns/index.html A
reprint is also posted on the Bulletin
Board.
Camp
Keola needs your help opening camp for the 2012
season. There's plenty to do from raking, cutting
firewood, to general facilities maintenance. It's a great way
to spend all or part of Memorial Day weekend, 25-28 May, at
Huntington Lake. We need to know how to prepare for
lunch, so please contact Larry Harder
larry@campkeola.org or
Roger Zimmerman (559-638-7808,
roger@campkeola.org) to
RSVP and discuss how you can
help.
Gift Discernment –
Remember to pick up your copy of the Gift Discernment
Inventory. Please prayerfully fill them out and return them to
a Discernment Committee member (Patti Wiens, Leon Hoover,
Muriel Quenzer) by Sunday, May
20.
Calling all
Graduates: Our church family graduates will be
honored at a reception immediately following the church
service on Sunday, June the 3rd. Please give names of
potential graduates, 8th grade and higher, to either the
church office – Pastor Steve, Jim Clymer – or Jeannie Flores.
Please turn names in by May 20th, so that no one is left out.
Thanks for your help, and
congratulations!
From Robin
Janzen– My friend's son Hendrix, who is 2 and
battling leukemia, may need a bone marrow transplant. The more
people who sign up for the bone marrow registry the better
chance he and others like him can find a match. You can go to
any local blood bank or they are having special drives for him
(see below). It's a simple swab of the inside of your cheek to
get on the registry.
There are three Central
California Blood Center locations in Fresno: The Jenny Eller
Donor Center at 4343 West Herndon, the North Fresno Donor
center at 1010 E. Perrin, and the Fresno Donor Center at 3445
North First Street. Then on May 17th, the County Counsel's
Office will hold a blood and bone marrow registry drive at the
Downtown Fresno County Ballroom. The hours are from 11 a.m.
until 5 p.m. Hendrix's Dad Art is an attorney in the
County Counsel's Office. Thanks! Robin
Take
Me Out To The Ball Game – It’s Fresno Grizzlies
baseball time again! As in past years, the Grizzlies are again
offering a great deal on Tuesday home games — two field box
seats for the price of one (2 for $16). Persons should meet at
the ticket office at 6:45 p.m. and we will buy tickets at that
time. Dates of games: June 5, 12, 26; July 24; and August 7,
21, 28. Come join us for some
fun!
