A WORD FROM MARK

Planning for the Future

God has been GOOD to our church. Over the last few months 56 people have joined. Three of those new members will be baptized next Sunday! New Sunday School classes have been organized to give added opportunities to reach people. God has also provided more parking space for future growth.

Even with all the new faces and families, there are many more people in our community that God intends for us to reach. To aid in our outreach we will begin even more new classes in the next few months. These new classes will include a ladies class, a men's class, and a class for those who want to walk through a book of the Bible verse by verse with no set time frame for completion. As we continue to grow, new preschool, children, and youth classes will be needed.

Children's Choir

On Sunday May 11, we will be privledged to hear our children's choir sing a few songs from their upcoming musical. The next Sunday night, May 18th, 6:00 p.m., our children will perform the musical at the downtown campus. Everyone is invited to attend and support our children. I want to thank Michael and Gina Gibson, Ellen Hazlewood, and Linda Wyatt who have done an excellent job every Wednesday night teaching children to sing praises to God.

Serving

Late this week each member of our church will receive a ministry opportunity information sheet. This is a follow up to our initial sign ups a couple of weeks ago. This information will contain various ways members can plug into service through our church. It will also have brief descriptions of what each ministry team does. I am asking that all of our members complete a form and return it so we can begin forming ministry teams. We would like to have all teams active before the new church year kicks off in August. If you have any questions please let me or Austin know.

Calling all Cowboys

Vacation Bible school will be held June 23 - 27. Registration forms are available at the VBS display located in the hallway just outside the worship center. Also, registration is available online. All children who are entering kindergarten - completed sixth grade are encouraged to attend. Cactus Cayon will kickoff with a "Hoe Down" on Sunday, June 22 from 6 - 8 p.m. We will have Hamburgers/Hot Dogs, a hayride and other activities to kick off Bible School. Mark your calendars and plan to attend these wonderful events.

The theme for Vacation Bible School this year is Cactus Canyon. We are in need of anything pertaining to cowboys or the wild west. If you have anything we can borrow for decorations (saddle, hay bails, cowboy hats, boots, rope, wagon wheels, etc) please see Stacy Huff or Amy Farris. We will need the items by June 15th and they will be returned after Bible School.