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Christian Notes

Volume 1 Number 7 June 2010

Weogufka Second Baptist Church

Special Events Paul Dunsieth, Director


Sunday School
Wednesday evenings: First through Sixth
Grades...........Come join us! Were Whats the best thing you could do to
having a fun time learning the books of help someone in the direction of knowing
the Bible. As how you can earn Bible Christ. Invite them to Sunday School.
Bucks to shop in the Bible Bucks Store! Southern Baptist Association studies
show if a person is coming to Sunday
June 13th: A Brief Vacation Bible School School they are likely to accept Christ
Staff meeting following morning service. and join the church later. So its easy to
say come to Sunday School with me.
June 14th: Monthly Business Meeting at Talk about the discussion of previous
6:00 pm. Please bring a covered dish for lessons, and how they help in everyday
fellowship before the meeting. life. See you in Sunday School and bring
someone.

Paul Dunsieth
Bain Culver, Chairman
Deacons Ministry Kelley Wright, Director
Vacation Bible School
Vacation Bible School is the week of July
18th - 21st . Please help our ministry by The countdown is on! Only a little more
volunteering for one of the fun classes. than a month left before Bible Boot Camp
The theme is Bible Boot Camp. We begins. I hope everyone has already
know from past summers what a great begun praying for VBS. My prayer is that
blessing this event brings to all of us in God will begin now preparing the hearts
the community. of everyone (not just the kids) that will be
attending. I pray that souls will be saved
and lives changed. This is the only time
of the year that we see some of these kids
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and I want to leave a lasting impression Childrens Church


for God.
Don't forget that we will have a class for Childrens Church Lesson Schedule
the adults again this year. If you are not
volunteering for VBS please come and be June 6 Darlenes Team
th
a part of the adult class. Ollis will be June 13 Brookes Team
th
teaching and I know he will do a great June 20 Brookes Team
th
job. We "grown-ups" need to know about June 27 Brendas Team
the armor of God, too, especially these JULY
th
days! July 4 Darlenes Team
th
July 11 Brookes Team
There will be a staff meeting Sunday the July 18 th
Darlenes Team
13th following the morning worship July 25 th
Brendas Team
service. If you are helping in any way AUGUST
please come to the meeting. I will give August 1st Darlene
out materials and assign rooms. But most August 8 th
Brookes Team
importantly we will pray. We have our August 15 th
Brookes Team
marching orders now so...Forward August 22 nd
Brendas Team
March!! th
August 29 No Childrens Church
SEPTEMBER
God Bless You, September 5th Darlenes Team
Kelley September 12 th
Brookes Team
th
September 19 Darlenes Team
th
September 26 Brendas Team

Darlenes Team: Darlene, Amanda,Sonya


(205-280-6243)
Brookes Team: Brooke, Greta, Pam S.
(249-3910)
Brendas Team: Brenda, Paul
(245-7349)

NOTE: If you swap a week with


someone let Brooke know in advance.
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Musical Notes
Judy Stocks Church Fund Raiser
Play Ground Project
We have begun a New Thing Brooke Baird, Director
Have you ever wanted to sing a special or
play your guitar but were afraid to get up We still have those traditional Cook
in front of everyone on a Sunday Books to sell. We are encouraging our
morning? Well, we have just what you members to sign out and sell a number
have been looking for. We are having a of Cook Books to help with the fund
night of Just Singing on the last Sunday raising. Please call Brooke Baird, who
of each month so get your song or has been elected the Director of the Play
instrument ready and come join us for a Ground Project, at 249-3910, to help
great time in the Lord. There is no better with this much needed fund raiser.
time to get up for the first time than in a
relaxed group with everyone. There will Business Meetings
be choir specials, too. So come and get
involved with choir practice. We meet at Business meetings are held the second
4:00 each Sunday afternoon and we are Monday of every month at 6:00 pm.
having a great time learning new songs Please bring a covered dish for supper
and bringing out the old ones, too. If you and fellowship before the meeting.
have a certain song you would like to The next meeting is Monday, June 14th
hear (even some your parents or
grandparents used to sing) let us know Yoders Family Traditions
and we will try to work it up.
This is a great time to bring in new Debe Hooley from Yoders Family
people...everyone loves music. Just let Traditions and Gifts is offering various
me know that you are ready to be used craft classes at her shop. We encourage
and we will see that you are included. you to stop by and visit Debe. See her
This is for children, youth and adults. collection of unique jams and jellies and
But if you just enjoy listening that is much more. Call Debe at 245-7345
great, too. Bring someone with you
whom you know will enjoy the music,
too. I know you will receive a Neighborhood Watch
tremendous blessing each month. I am
looking forward to seeing what specials The monthly meeting for the Community
we have in store for us. Neighborhood Watch is held on the 3rd
Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm in the
Make a Joyful Noise Weogufka School Lunchroom. All area
Judy Stocks residents are invited to attend. Just bring
a covered dish for supper.
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Story Time, Poems, Articles and this time the door slowly opened.
Standing in the doorway was a very
THE LAST TRACT sad-looking elderly lady. She softly asked,
Every Sunday afternoon, after the morning "What can I do for you, son?" With radiant
service at the church, the Pastor and his eleven eyes and a smile that lit up her world, this little
year old son would go out into their town and boy said, "Ma'am, I'm sorry if I disturbed you,
hand out Gospel Tracts. This particular but I just want to tell you that "JESUS
Sunday afternoon, as it came time for the REALLY DOES LOVE YOU" and I came to
Pastor and his son to go to the streets with give you my very last Gospel Tract which will
their tracts, it was very cold outside, as well as tell you all about JESUS and His great
pouring rain. The boy bundled up in his LOVE." With that, he handed her his last tract
warmest and driest clothes and said, "OK, and turned to leave. She called to him as he
Dad, I'm ready." His Pastor Dad asked, "Ready departed. "Thank you, son! And God Bless
for what?" "Dad, it's time we gather our tracts You!" Well, the following Sunday morning in
together and go out." Dad responds, "Son, it's church Pastor Dad was in the pulpit. As the
very cold outside and it's pouring rain." The service began, he asked, "Does anybody have
boy gives his dad a surprised look, asking, testimony or want to say anything?" Slowly, in
"But Dad, aren't people still going to Hell, the back row of the church, an elderly lady
even though it's raining?" Dad answers, "Son, stood to her feet. As she began to speak, a
I am not going out in this weather." look of glorious radiance came from her face.
"No one in this church knows me. I've never
Despondently, the boy asks, "Dad, can I go?
been here before.
Please?" His father hesitated for a moment
then said, "Son, you can go. Here are the You see, before last Sunday I was not a
tracts, be careful son." "Thanks Dad!" And Christian. My husband passed on some time
with that, he was off and out into the rain. This ago, leaving me totally alone in this world.
eleven year old boy walked the streets of the Last Sunday, being a particularly cold and
town going door to door and handing rainy day, it was even more so in my heart that
everybody he met in the street a Gospel Tract . I came to the end of the line where I no longer
After two hours of walking in the rain, he was had any hope or will to live. So I took a rope
soaking, bone-chilled wet and down to his and a chair and ascended the stairway into the
VERY LAST TRACT. attic of my home. I fastened the rope securely
to a rafter in the roof, then stood on the chair
He stopped on a corner and looked for
and fastened the other end of the rope around
someone to hand a tract to, but the streets were
my neck. Standing on that chair, so lonely and
totally deserted. Then he turned toward the
broken-hearted I was about to leap off, when
first home he saw and started up the sidewalk
suddenly the loud ringing of my doorbell
to the front door and rang the door bell. He
downstairs startled me. I thought, "I'll wait a
rang the bell, but nobody answered. He rang it
minute, and whoever it is will go away." I
again and again, but still no one answered. He
waited and waited, but the ringing doorbell
waited but still no answer. Finally, this eleven
seemed to get louder and more insistent, and
year old trooper turned to leave, but something
then the person ringing also started knocking
stopped him. Again, he turned to the door and
loudly... I thought to myself again, "Who on
rang the bell and knocked loudly on the door
earth could this be? Nobody ever rings my bell
with his fist. He waited, something holding
or comes to see me." I loosened the rope from
him there on the front porch! He rang again
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my neck and started for the front door, all the Remember, God's message CAN make
while the bell rang louder and louder. the difference in the life of someone close
When I opened the door and looked I to you.
could hardly believe my eyes. For there Please share this wonderful message...
on my front porch was the most radiant John 3:16 - For God so loved the world,
and angelic little boy I had ever seen. His that He gave His only begotten Son, that
SMILE, oh, I could never describe it to whoever believes in Him, shall not
you! The words that came from his perish, but have everlasting life.
mouth caused my heart, that had long
been dead, TO LEAP TO LIFE as he Submitted by: Judy Stocks
exclaimed with a cherub-like voce,
maam, I just came to tell you that
JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU." Then
he gave me this Gospel Tract that I now
hold in my hand. As the little angel
disappeared back out into the cold and
rain, I closed my door and read slowly
every word of this Gospel Tract. Then I
went up to my attic to get my rope and
chair I wouldn't be needing them any
more. You see--I am now a Happy Child
of the KING. Since the address of your
church was on the back of this Gospel
Tract, I have come here to personally say
THANK YOU to God's little angel who
came just in the nick of time and by so
doing, spared my soul from an eternity in
hell." There was not a dry eye in the
church. And as shouts of praise and honor
to THE KING resounded off the very
rafters of the building, Pastor Dad
descended from the pulpit to the front
pew where the little angel was seated. He
took his son in his arms and sobbed
uncontrollably.
Probably no church has had a more
glorious moment, and probably this
universe has never seen a Papa that was
more filled with love & honor for his
son.... Except for One.

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