“Come away from noise and clamor, life’s demands and frenzied pace; come to join the people gathered here to seek and find God’s face.” ~ from the hymn Come Away from Rush and Hurry.

Please join us Sunday at 9:30 or 11:00.  Pastor will be speaking from Mark 1:29-39.

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Officers attending the Church Leadership event in Haddonfield will leave promptly at 1:00 p.m. Sunday.  Pastor will be having lunch at the Phoenix at 12:15 if you want to join him.

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The History of Christianity course will begin this Sunday at 7:00 p.m.  Cost is $5.  See Pastor or Gerry Reedell to sign up.

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Recently the free hosting service for our church website closed, and our site is now offline.  Louise Speitel and her son, Ken, are currently researching and doing cost comparisons to find another host company.  We will notify you once we are up and running again.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

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Please Remember in Prayer ~

Fred Davies (one of the Radio City Music Hall organists) – serious back injury

Marge Conover

Olive Brown – moving to Betty Bacharach

Evelyn Cashner

Betty Dorris (Pastor’s sister) – going into surgery tomorrow

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The Time Of Anyone’s Life - Listen NowDownloadRead: Galatians 6:6-10

What am I getting out of life? That’s a question often asked by those who focus only on themselves. But as believers, we need to ask: What am I putting into the lives of others?

Years ago, Dr. Wilfred Grenfell served as a medical missionary in Labrador. On a recruiting tour, he challenged nurses at Johns Hopkins Hospital to join him for a summer in his difficult ministry. He promised them hardship and discomfort. He warned that instead of earning a salary, they would have to pay their own expenses. But he also promised them they would experience joy because “it’s having the time of anyone’s life to be in the service of Christ.”

A nurse who accepted that challenge wrote this after her return from Labrador: “I never knew before that life was good for anything but what one could get out of it. Now I know that the real fun lies in seeing how much one can put into life for others.” If we change that word fun to blessing, we have the key to Christian self-fulfillment.

Take the apostle Paul’s encouragement: “[Do] not grow weary while doing good . . . . Do good to all” (Gal. 6:9-10). Put yourself into the lives of others for Jesus’ sake. You’ll experience a fulfillment beyond compare.

Vernon C. Grounds from Our Daily Bread, July 13, 2008

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This Week in Our Church . . .

 

Sunday            2 Cents a Meal                       

              8:45 Breakfast

              9:30 Sunday School & Worship

            10:45 Refreshments

            11:00 Worship & KFC

              1:00 Officers leave for Leadership Event in Haddonfield

              7:00 History of Christianity    

Monday

            10:00 Deacons Meeting

              1:15 Bible Study

              6:00 Senior Youth

              6:30 Visioning Team         

Tuesday

              7:00 Session                  

Wednesday    

            11:30 Lunch Bunch to Red Lobster

Thursday        

              9:00 PB & J

            10:00 Martha Circle at Ida Juhrs’

12:00 Serve at Sister Jean’s

              4:30 Lions & Lambs

              6:30 Handbell Choir Rehearsal

              7:45 Chancel Choir Rehearsal

Friday

              1:00 Ruth Circle at Betsy Cunius’

Saturday         

            L&L/KFC Ice Skating

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Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. - I Corinthians 13:7

 

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Absecon, New Jersey 08201