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ON SAYING THANK YOU
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20 Sunday Worship/ Business Mtg. 6 pm
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Sunday Schedule 8:15 & 10:55 am Worship 9:30 Sunday School 6:00 pm Evening Worship Summer Wednesday Activities 5:00 pm Dinner 6-7 pm Prayer meeting Children’s Activities Youth Worship 7-8 pm Chancel Choir 8:30 pm Open Basketball
Anniversary Day September 10 For those of you who stuffed the huge CAMPBELL SOUP CAN for CAC, we want you to know that CAC received three $250 VISA Prepaid gift cards for our children. We are tremendously grateful for how you love, care, and pray over our children. In the beautiful name of Jesus we say THANK YOU! Miss Sally
Business Meeting-August 20 Cards for our military personnel that are redeemable for a free Wednesday night dinner are available at the Welcome Center. Feel free to take some cards and share them with our military. This effort is one way for us to say thank you to them.
I believe that in general you cannot say thank you often enough. Neither can you say it to specifically. For sure I believe that I need to say thank you, my church family. First, thank you for being a warm and gracious people. I know that is true because our guests tell me that! I am grateful for the spirit of fellowship you evidence on a regular basis. I value time spent with you around the tables during the coffee hour on Sunday mornings and dinner on Wednesday nights. As soon as I arrived at Winstanley, I realized that the front foyer you built was invaluable to the fellowship of the church. With some customizing and new furniture, this is now even more true. Thank you for knowing what to do with such special space. Second, thank you for your financial faithfulness. We are within shouting distance of paying off the massive first loan on our building, and you have made it possible! And it isn’t as though we haven’t done other things along the way, either. So far this year, outside the church budget, you have contributed $16,935.75 to special mission causes. You are a “both/and” sort of people, giving as the Lord leads and tending the home fires, too. Third, and this relates to the previous point, thank you for being a missional people. As I write this, I am preparing for a week in West
Virginia. Many of you have contributed to this endeavor without even having seen one picture of Heaven Sent Ministries. But you have trusted that God is at work there and concluded that you wanted to be part of the effort. Time and again, you have proved that when you are convinced of a need for the Lord’s sake, you are on board. Recently Winstanley’s contribution of thirty bicycles to Kenya proved that point beautifully. Fourth, thank you for understanding and valuing worship. Sadly, not all churches do. You are present on a weekly basis, accepting what God chooses to give us. You also have been present for the high moments of spiritual worship, and there have been a number of those. Only with a solid worshiping base can we be the church and people God has called us to be. I for one am grateful for the unexpected moments when God lays open my heart during a hymn or a prayer. He reminds me that what we are doing is of utmost value. I could say more, but I hope the words “thank you” will suffice for now. I value who you are and what you are doing for the Lord’s sake and I don’t ever want you to doubt or forget that! Grateful to be your pastor, Dr. Steve
Eclipse Day at Winstanley You Can Help! Monday, August 21, we will experience a solar eclipse. Our location will be near the center of viewing. We are inviting the public to view the eclipse from Winstanley Hill, offering free “Eclipse Glasses” to the first twenty guests. If you would be willing to be a host/hostess for the hour or so around noon that day, contact Fielding or Dr. Steve.
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