January 30

FAMILY & FRIENDS
By Karen Horton

Our heartfelt sympathy goes to the families of Ed Knudsen and Phyllis McCulley. Ed lost his wife Jean last week. Phyllis lost her mother, Edith Koontz. Keep Ed, Phyllis, and their families in your prayers.

It seems like we’re switching daily from winter to spring. It sure adds a little spice to life! Here are the visitors we were blessed with this week: Norma Rose Butcher (Clyde, TX), Corinne Button (Conneaut, OH), Sandi Phillips (Ogdon, UT), Matt Skinner and family (Cassville, MO), Patti Thomas (Harrison), Deborah Button, Chris Cash and Rawlon Ruddick (Bentonville), Ted & Lanette Hiers and Megan and Vicky Hobson (Centerton), Charles & Nancy Cash, Tisha & Kyle Deen, Jim & Shirl Miller and Cathy Power (all from Bella Vista), Randy Gibbs and Megan Reed.
Those on our prayer list who are sick or who just need special prayers include: Don Moseley had surgery last week and he is doing better. Don Sinquefield had surgery Monday. Jennifer Oxford had her bone marrow transplant last Saturday and still very much needs our prayers. Randall & Georgia have asked that we pray for their grand-son Louis who is having some health problems. Lloyd Berry is slowly improving in ICU at Bentonville’s Northwest Medical Center. Continue to remember Burl Griggs, Gladys Caselman, Glenda Oliver (Linda Funk’s friend with cancer), our missionaries and our military. Especially remember these servicemen: Steven Duffy, Shirley Hansen’s grandson Robbie, Don Butcher Jr., and Eric Button.

We are so thankful for the wonderful lessons that Charles Cash has brought us on this Lord’s Day! Charles has been filling in for Randall during his time off. “O love of God, our shield and stay through all the perils of our way; Eternal love, in Thee we rest, forever safe, forever blest.” (Bonar) “…to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge.” (Ephesians 3:19)
Thanks to all those who prepared for Jared’s Farewell Dinner after Sunday evening services, and to those who cleaned up afterwards and to Brenda Branstetter for the beautiful cake. Jared is finishing his doctorate degree next month and will eventually be teaching college full-time. We all love Jared very much, he has done so much and we are all going to miss him tremendously!
Attention: Ray Pinner has moved to the Bradford House (1202 SE 30th, Room 411, Bentonville, AR., 72712; phone 273-5502). Olga Smith also will be moving February 1st. Her new address is Brookfield @ Highland Crossing, #130 #3 Highland Crossing, Bella Vista, AR, 72715 and phone # 855-1625.
If you would like to purchase the DVD’s we have been watching on Wednesday night, there is a sign-up sheet in the foyer. There is a special price for group orders. The Daily Bible Reading Schedules and bookmarks from Gospel Tracts International are available in the foyer. Take as many as you need. Also Randall’s new book, Hearts Fit For The Journey, are also in the foyer for $4. If you would be willing to organize an event (skating party, bowling party, etc.) for the pre-teen children of the congregation for this year, please sign up in the foyer.

Those items needed for Fair Haven Children’s Home are shampoo, instant oatmeal, conditioners, laundry soap, and toilet cleaner.

Our February Birthdays: Kaylee Nivens Sinquefield (2), Scott Fields (3), Sarah Gillen and Alison Moseley (4), Ray Stice (5), Scott Cargile (6), Mary Kerley (7), Mildred Shelton (8), Susan Duffy (11), Doug Kahler and Alan McPhail (12), Amy Vincent (14), Jazman Hott (16), Pat Aylott (17), Mattlee Grace (18), Austin Branam (20), Rob McCulley (21), Morgan Willard (22), Sarah Beccard, Roxanna Harrell and Evelyn Lessly (23), Charles Harvey (24), and Delores Eitzen (26). February Anniversaries: Don & Barbara Persels (10), Jim & Brenda Branstetter (12), Ken & Joan Nowlin (14), Dennis & Ragena Reinig (15) and Steven & Jennifer Kinder (24).
God’s love has no limits. Love you, see you next Lord’s Day.

Janaury 23

FAMILY & FRIENDS
By Karen Horton

What a beautiful Lord’s Day we had! “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.” (1 Chronicles 16:34) These are the visitors we were blessed with: Kendra & Kacey Dempewolf and Suzanne Doss (Coweta, OK), Sandi Phillips (Ogdon, UT), Linda Funk (Wichita, KS), Neal & Debra Nicholson (Elk City, OK), Stan & Ramona Pavlas (Las Vegas, NV), David, Ray & Debbie Bright (Stamps), Logan & Chareen Button, Deborah Button, Katie & Faith Lessly, Janell Wood and Rawlon Ruddick (all from Bentonville), Charles & Nancy Cash, Tisha & Kyle Deen, Jim & Shirl Miller, Cathy Power (Bella Vista), Brian Halbert, Tyler Stroud and Randy Gibbs.

There are several on our prayer sick list and others needing special prayers. Remember Ed Knudsen in the loss of his wife Jean; the Knudsens were long-time members here. Also remember Phyllis Archer in the loss of her mother Rowena Parker. Jennifer Oxford is receiving treatments at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Pray for Lloyd Berry, a friend of Randall and Georgia. Randall’s mom, Gladys, is now home from the hospital and is doing better. Linda Funk asks that we pray for Glenda Oliver, who has stage-three ovarian cancer. Ray Pinner is also out of the hospital and has been moved to the Bradford House (1202 SE 30th, Room 411, Bentonville, AR, 72712). Remember Ray is having a birthday on January 28th and will be 94, and would love to receive your birthday cards for him! Continue to pray for the Griggs family, Shirley Hale, Randall & Georgia, Jim Bynum, Sue Gartrell, Dee Eitzen’s mother, our missionaries and our military.

This is the address for Jennifer & Jeff Oxford while they are in Minnesota for Jennifer’s treatments. Their address is 211 1st Street NE, Apartment 307, Rochester, Minnesota 55906. I know it would be great to hear from all of you back home and lift their spirits!!

We thank Charles Cash again for more great lessons this Lord’s Day!! He said he loved to preach and does a great job! “Think not alone of outward form; It’s beauty will depart; But cultivate the Spirit’s fruits that grow within the heart.” (D. De Haan)

Congratulations to Randall & Georgia on the birth of their new great-grandson, Eli McLaurin, born to Hannah and Malcolm McLaurin last Wednesday.

There will be a special going away party for Jared after evening services on January 27th. There is a sign-up sheet in the foyer for sandwiches, chips and pop. Don’t forget your cards and have a good time!! Jared is special to us all and we wish him the best and lots of love and happiness!!

You can purchase a set of the DVDs we've been watching on Wednesday evenings by going to www.SilencingofGod.org.

If you would like to join a Fun, Food & Fellowship Group, talk to Mary Louise Harris.
Don’t forget the devotional at Highlands Health Center Sunday 27th at 2:30 P.M.

Remember that Charles Cash will be our speaker again Sunday.

Items needed for Fair Haven Children’s Home include cake mix, deodorant, tomato sauce, spam and canned chicken.

“Nothing can dim the beauty that shines from within.” Love you, see you next Lord’s Day.

January 16

FAMILY & FRIENDS
Karen Horton

Our heartfelt sympathy goes to Phyllis Archer in the loss of her mother, Rowena Parker. Please keep Phyllis, John and their family in your prayers. Rowena was a very dear lady and will be greatly missed by all.

“I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart; I will tell of all Your wonders.” (Psalm 9:1) We had a beautiful Lord’s Day! These are the visitors we were blessed with: Whitney Diane Cool and Linda Funk (Wichita, KS), Debra Nicholson (Elk City, OK), Bob & Patsy Boynton (Whitney, TX), Chareen & Logan Button, Deborah Button, Katie Lessly, Austin Nelson, and Mark & Laura Williams and Katie & Beth (Bentonville), Ted & Lanette Hiers and Megan, Vicky Hobson (Centerton), Kay Hutchinson, Peggy Maddock and Donna Noll (Siloam Springs), Matt & Carol Anne Brasswell and Tyler, Norma Rose Butcher, Charles & Nancy Cash, Richard & Dianna Mehnert, Jim & Shirl Miller and Cathy Power (all from Bella Vista), Tyler Stroud, Brian Halbert and Ashley Thielbar.

Those on our sick list and others needing special prayers include: Gladys Caselman (Randall’s mother) is in the hospital with a blood clot in her leg. Ray Pinner has been moved to Bradford House; the address there is 1202 SE 30th in Bentonville. Chuck Dunnam has requested our prayers. Continue to pray for Randall and Georgia, Shirley Hale, Tim Short, Jim Bynum, Sue Gartrell, Dee Eitzen’s mother, and Jennifer Oxford. Keep our missionaries and our military in your prayers, especially Steven Duffy, Don Butcher, Jr., Ben Burlew and Cam Middlebrook. Please don’t forget all those who have recently lost loved ones, Cecil & Millie Boothe, Warren Welker, Virginia Bridwell, Richard Mason, Burl Griggs, Phyllis Archer, Mary Bell Banks and Patty Sinquefield.

Jeff and Jennifer Oxford are now at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota again. The doctors plan on performing a bone marrow transplant on Jennifer soon. The Oxfords’ address while they are in Minnesota is 211 1st Street NE, Apartment 307, Rochester, MN, 55906. Their phone number will be 507-328-8839.

Thanks to Charles Cash for two fantastic lessons this Lord’s Day! “Blest be the tie that binds or hearts in Christian love! The fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above.” (Fawcett)
Here are some of the things you need to know: We are in need for those willing to prepare communion and lock up the building for a month at a time in 2008. Your help would be greatly appreciated. The new Fun, Food, and Fellowship groups will be starting in February. Please sign the sheet in the foyer. This is a good way to get to know everyone. We hope all our newest members will sign up! You will enjoy the great fellowship and good food!

Those items needed for Fair Haven Children’s Home are toilet tissue, aluminum foil, paper towels, and zip lock bags.

“Followers of Christ should focus on what unites them, not on what divides them.” Love you, see you next Lord’s Day.

January 9

FAMILY & FRIENDS
By Karen Horton

We have been saddened by so many recent deaths in our church family. Virginia Bridwell lost her husband Dale on December 19th. Dale was one of our deacons for many years. Millie and Cecil Boothe lost their daughter Lacy on Christmas Day. Norma Griggs passed away on January 3rd. Our prayers and heartfelt sympathy goes to these families. “For the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” (Revelation 7:17)

We are so thankful for all our many blessings! These are the visitors we were blessed with: Bob & Patsy Boynton (Whitney, TX), Stan & Ramona Pavias (Las Vegas, NV), Larry & Gretchen Renne (Van Alstyne, TX), Gary& Patsy McCool (Pea Ridge), Deborah Button, Austin Nelson and Janell Wood (all from Bentonville), Randy Gibbs and Tyler Stroud.

Those on our sick list include: Tim Short has a blood clot in his abdomen and asks for our prayers. Shirley Hale has pneumonia. Ray Pinner is in the Northwest Medical Center Hospital. The grandfather of Kim Passmore’s son-in-law, recently died in a house fire, and his grandmother is in the hospital. Please pray for these, and continue to pray for Jim Bynum, Sue Gartrell, Jennifer Oxford, Dee Eitzen’s mother, Martha Presley, our missionaries and our military.

Randall has been granted a leave of absence through the month of January. He is in great need of rest and asks for our prayers and support. We all love Randall and Georgia and hope they both will come back refreshed and know our love for them is steadfast!

Jared did a great job last week filling in for Randall and had a great lesson! Bob Grace had our lesson this Lord’s Day, and it was a very powerful lesson. Thank you Bob for two mighty fine sermons! “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.” (1 John 4:7)

A message from Jared Dockery: “Soon I will be stepping down as the full-time youth minister, though I have agreed to teach the Wednesday night teen class for awhile. The elders will soon begin the search for a new youth minister. I am wrapping up my doctoral degree, will be teaching three classes at NWACC this spring, and have begun submitting applications to teach college history full-time. I am deeply grateful for all of the love and support you have shown me, not just during the past seven years, but also during my first stint here in the early 1990s. Thanks to you all.”

If you would like to prepare communion and lock up the building for one month during 2008, please see the sign-up sheet in the foyer. Your help is very much needed and appreciated. The new 2008 directories are available for pick-up in the foyer. If you need a second copy, see the sign-up sheet in the foyer.

Those items needed for Fair Haven Children’s Home are chili beans, toothbrushes, baking soda, spices and pie filling.

Christian love gives and forgives. Love you, see you next Lord’s Day.