e-news for week of 5/9/10

I don’t know what you are doing right now, but stop it! (I’ll get back to this thought in a moment.)

As we move into the dog days of summer (I can’t believe I just wrote that – it’s like 47 degrees outside), I want to encourage everyone toward faithfulness.

Summer recruitment:

• Servants in the nursery, preschool, and children’s areas are needed. With vacations, youth sports, etc. that occur during the summer, Jessie and Katelyn’s worker pool always get thinned out. We need you to step up in either the children’s areas or the preschool areas. Contact Jessie (jessie@forumchristian.org) or Katelyn (katelyn@forumchristian.org) to make a difference.

• Did you know that over 80% of all people who give their life to the Lord do so before they are 12 years old? That’s why it is so important that we create a great environment for your kids to know Jesus.

In our giving, I need to encourage everyone to stay strong as well. Summer can sometimes create a drop off in giving. In that we are fully staffed and have additional expenses connected to the remodeling, let me encourage you to continue to give cheerfully, faithfully, and generously.

We begin the remodeling project this Sunday. Classes that will relocate Sunday, May 23 are:

• Temporarily the Christians In Action (CIA) class will meet in room 207/209.

• The preschool classes will meet downstairs in rooms 100 and 104/106.

We’ll need people this Sunday to help stick around after services to help move some of the furniture so the construction crew can just get after it on Monday. This is going to create a much more secure environment for our kids as well as creating a better traffic flow.

On a personal note, I want to thank Jared Wortman and Justin Keith for preaching and leading out on Mother’s Day. It was thrilling to know that 19 couples and their children were prayed over as you each are seeking to raise your child(ren) knowing the Lord. Our daughter, Natasha, completed her undergraduate work and walked at the 117th commencement at Johnson Bible College down in Knoxville. We were able to have brunch with our two girls and Melody’s mom there in TN and we stopped in Louisville and had dinner with my mom, my brother and his family all on Mother’s Day. To my recollection, this is the first Mother’s Day I’ve had with my mom in over 25 years.

Had great events happening this week. Kyra King was baptized into Christ on Tuesday and Myya Maxwell was baptized into Christ on Wednesday. I don’t know what you are doing right now, but stop it. Stop right there and take a moment and rejoice!

We’ll be in 2 Samuel 12 this week looking at the life of Nathan if you want to read ahead. Really looking forward to worshiping the Lord with you this Sunday. — Scott