FEATURES WORSHIP AND JUSTICE.....................................................4
OFFICE
CONFORM OR CONFRONT...............................................5
FOOD PANTRY Monday 11:00 - 1:00 Wednesday 8:00 - 11:00
Our worship minister Trent Barnett expresses how we should refect the one we worship. Cameron Mckenzie writes about being bold in your faith.
BLESSED BY THE BODY......................................................6
Chris Lacara explains the importance of being apart of the church body by serving and volunteering.
SENIOR ADULT MINISTRY...................................................7 GRIEF HURTS.......................................................................8
Our new minister of pastoral care Stephen Hebert describes the pain of grief.
HOLD ON TO JESUS.........................................................10 Faith Stork talks about holding onto Jesus through our life’s adventures.
BRIDGING THE GAP..........................................................12 Carl Doescher shares the imprtance of starting a conversation.
WOMEN’S MINISTRY.........................................................13 ADULT MINISTRIES............................................................16 LET’S BE THE CHURCH......................................................18
Trish Graves describes how our church community came together during VBS.
GOD’S MONEY & YOU
Monday-Thursday 8:00 - 6:00 Friday 8:00 - 2:00
THRIFT SHOP Monday 11:00 - 2:00 Wednesday 8:00 - 11:00 Friday 11:00 - 2:00
CELEBRATING OUR NEW MEMBERS! Karin Burns Jake Cedotal Kim Cedotal Mike Cedotal Tori Cedotal Lillie Collier Alaina Griffin Theresa Griffin George Kippers Margaret Kippers Diana Schenk Kathy Sparks John Sparks
BY JIM OTKEN
August is now upon us. For many of us, August signals the end of a relaxed schedule as school and fall semester activities are plugged into our routine. A few years back, I remember reading something on social media that gave me great pause. “You cannot out-exercise a bad diet.” I thought back over my life and recalled that the times I was exercising the most, I remember that I had an ‘I can eat anything I want’ attitude. All the exercising I was doing was great, but the results could have been better had I eaten a
2
LIVEOAKCHURCH | www.loumc.org | August 2019
