Lifeline Online- weekly e-news of Lebanon Christian Church- September 28,2016

Prayer List:

Brenda Barbain, friend of Gloria Rogers, massive heart attack

Alana Isas, Allie Davis' sister, personal struggles

Katie, Virginia Gnatowsky's niece, suffered cardiac arrest, remains in an unconscious state

Norma Potter, stress fracture in foot

Willard Price, fell, compressed vertebrae in back, surgery October 5th

Carl Shelton, home, recovering from a bacterial infection of the intestines

Noel Velez, Kathy Fleck's grandson; Judy Carlino's great-grandson, recovering from cataract surgery, continued prayers for eyesight

Trey Ward, Gloria Rogers' grandson, deployed to Afghanistan

Janet Warren, broken arm

From Ongoing Prayer Concerns   

-Leigh Crawford, cancer
- Johanna & Dwight Donavant, Johanna suffering from major depression
- Jemme Gay, ongoing health issues
- Clarence Goodwin, non-alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver & heart related issues

- Hal Holland, cancer

- Joe Magyar, home from hospital, concerns regarding liver
- Chuck Pritchard, recovering from stroke                                                           

- Carl Shelton, new cancer treatments & shingles
- Ed West, ongoing health issues
 
Pray for our College Students-        Renee Denny, Eric Harp,  Jordan Hudgins, Skyler Kuehnel,  Cameron Neill,  Casey Neill, Michelle Runnels, Alexis Terry, Brandon Terry

                                                               
Pray for our shut-ins @ home-       Rose Hall, Homer Purcell,  Orpha Wright

                                                          
Pray for shut-ins in care facilities- Howard Brown, The Gardens at Warwick Forest, The Monticello, Room 7

Dolores Ridings, Masonic Home, Richmond, Room 120
Phyllis Torr, Riverside Convalescent Center, West Point, Room 6B

 Offering from Sunday- General Fund- $3,622.00; Build Up The Walls- $555.00

Tonight- 6 p.m.- Wednesday night meal-by reservation only

6:30 p.m.- Awana pre-launch run through.  If you are volunteering to help and/or having older children who are trained to help, please show up for the run through.  We will start out in the chapel.

7:00 p.m.- Ladies Bible Study- "Having a Mary Heart In A Martha World"; Adult Bible Study- Book of Ephesians

Saturday- Elders/Deacons Ministry of Prayer & Board Meeting, 8 a.m.

Sunday- Promised Land for children, grades 1-5, meets for Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. and for Junior Church @ 10:45 a.m.  Drop your children off in the chapel.

October 5th- Awana Bible Clubs for Children, age 4-2nd grade, 6:30-8:00 p.m, begins on this date!

October 8th- Workday, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to remove old heating pipes (see Keith Denny); install security cameras (see John Borcherding); outdoor and cemetery work (see Woody Sanders).

October 9th- Homecoming Style Music Service will be featured for the morning worship service.

October 13th- Ladies Missionary Circle, 11:00 a.m. Blessings boxes are due.

EasyTithe- online giving available using EasyTithe  via the church's website.  It is easy, fast and secure.  Go to:

Reflections- "The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit." -1 Corinthians 2:14

The Pastor's Perspective

I said when I started the Kick The Bucket List sermon series that it would either be one of the least popular series I've ever preached or, perhaps, one of the most popular ones.  Whichever way you may already be feeling about the series, I think Sunday's message will be the most popular message in the series.

The message this Sunday is "Understand What Happens When I Die".  Most people, whether they fear death or not, are at least a little bit curious about what happens when we die and what to expect immediately following death.  We all have questions about it.  This Sunday we will look at what the Bible says about the experience of death and what follows death.

This would be a great Sunday to invite a friend to church.  Seriously!  A lot of people wonder about what happens when they die.  Ask someone to join you this Sunday and tell them what the sermon is about.  They may just surprise you and show up!

I'll see you on Sunday,

Dennis