February 20

FAMILY & FRIENDS
By Karen Horton

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Cecil Boothe’s father, Jay. Please keep Cecil, Millie and their family in your prayers. Also pray for their safe return home from the funeral in Corpus Christi, Texas.

We had lots of rain over the weekend! Well, it could have been ice!! We made it to church, had a nice Fellowship Dinner, and listened to three great lessons from Randall! Now I call that a blessed day!! We want to thank the Winters family, Marg Kahler, Robin Kinder and others who help prepare the wonderful dinner by setting it up, preparing the food and cleaning up. There is a lot of work that goes into these fellowship dinners, and so well done!! Great job!!

These are the visitors we were blessed with this Lord’s Day: Louise Brown (Amarillo, TX), Lance Nicholson (Branson, MO), Neal & Debra Nicholson (Elk City, OK), Mark Welker (Tulsa, OK), Tim & Shelly Gill and Jade (Jonesboro), Brian Halbert (Fayetteville), Megan Rose Hiers (Centerton), Dean & Deborah Button (Bentonville), Cathy Power and Mike & Alma Wrinkle (Bella Vista), Randy Gibbs and Pauline Spaw.

We offer a big WELCOME to Matt, Carol Anne Braswell, along with eleven month old son Tyler. They come to us from the congregation in Cave Springs. Matt is employed by the Carlton Bates Company in Springdale as an account manager and outside sales representative. Get to know this young family, make them welcome, and invite them into your social circle.

Those on our sick list and needing our special prayers include: Jennifer Oxford continues to make some improvements each day, but it is a slow process; please keep her in your prayers daily. Ramona Munsell’s father, James, is home now after being in the hospital. Warren Welker was also in the hospital, and now is at home. He would appreciate your prayers, visits and calls. Jessie Hoover asked that we remember his aunt Patsy, in Holister, who is having a rough time with chemo treatments. Burl Griggs continues to need our prayers. Please keep Burl and his family in your prayers. Continue to remember the Pinner, Gregoire, Barker and the Persel families in their recent losses, Chuck Dunham and Randall and Georgia’s grandson Luis. Pray for our missionaries and our servicemen: Stephen Duffy, Eric Button, Don Butcher Jr., Ben Burlew and Cam Middlebrook.

“By faith a Christian can have poise and rise above all that annoys—sustained and strengthened by God’s power to live in victory hour by hour.” (Hess) “Let the peace of God rule in your hearts,…and be thankful.” (Colossians 3:15)

John Archer and Robert Miranda will be leaving on March 3rd for a mission trip to Santiago, Chile. They will be working with five congregations in the city of Santiago, and with our missionary Helmer Rosero and his family. Pray for them a safe and successful trip.

These are some of the things you need to know! This Spring's Bible class material is in the foyer to the Fellowship Area for teachers to pick up. And... If you would like to teach on Sunday morning or Wednesday night, you need to see Cecil Boothe or Randall. We have a revised and reorganized Care Group Ministry. Our Eldership asks that we cooperate with the leaders of these groups, in an effort to keep in touch with one another. A big thank you to the Mowrys, for working on this special project!

We would also like to thank Betty Smith, Dee Eitzen and Carylon Watson for preparing and serving dinner to the Pinner family, and the Bentonville congregation for their desserts. We have so many in our church family who do so much that it is easy to overlook some. We did that last week with the list of those who help prepare our bulletin and work in our tract ministry… We thank Betty Smith, Cleo Drevs, Mary Fry, Richard Mason, Bob & Mattlee Grace, Dave & Kathrine Mowry, Evelyn Lessly and Phyllis Spaw.

Those items needed for Fair Haven Children’s Home are flour, canned soups, salad dressings, and pie filling.

When you’re weary in life’s struggles, find your rest in the Lord. Love you, see you next Lord’s Day.