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Youth Group--Foster Lake July 31st

Youth Group is heading to Foster Lake--July 31st. Meet at the Church Property at 8:30AM.

Bring your own lunch, and all necessities to play on. We will be boating. Don't forget sunscreen and an exta towel. Make sure that you have a life jacket and are a very good swimmer. If you don't have a life jacket or can't borrow one, please get in touch with Chad.

Rocks, Swords and Root Beer Floats

A beautiful Sunday morning, the temps are in the low 80's, a nice breeze is blowing through the tent on the church property, rocks are flying and heads are ROLLING!! What a sweet morning. It was the story of David & Goliath. What a great message today, and the hype of the pastor was at it's utmost high! This was no Sunday School lesson folks...and if you missed it...click here and watch for today's message to hit the web site.

Who...me...ice cream???? (Sorry Pastor Tom....it was just too 'cute')

After service we had Root Beer Floats and what a nice refreshing treat that was, as it was 92 as we were leaving the church property at 1pm. What a great Sunday morning!!

Please be sure to check out the church directory online...there is a link on the side bar, and we will update the directory as new pictures come in. New ones posted today!! Check it out!

Baptism of AJ Martinez

AJ gave his life to Christ today....what a beautiful time. Congratulations AJ!

Church Directory Now Online!

Gwen Lindsey has been working hard to get this all together, and ready for posting. Today is the day!! Thanks to Gwen, Barbara Farnsworth, and Joan Diehl for their efforts in working on this project. It looks great!

You will need ADOBE to view this work of art! (some computers have it already, if not, download it below!) You can click here to view the --> DIRECTORY. It is a password protected site, and the password is "directory" (original...we know!) You can view it online, or print a copy for yourself!

Adobe Reader is a free download from the link below:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

If there is an error in your posting, or you would like to be added to the directory, please get in touch with either myself (Shawnna) or Gwen and we can take care of it for you!

Enjoy!! Thanks again Gwen, Barbara & Joan!

Prayers Answered~~Praises to God

From Diana McCurdy~

I received this from Michele this evening (July 24)after having talked with her this afternoon. I can joyfully report that she feels good and will probably go back to work on Monday. There is still the business of biopsy from the diaphragm pad. She is very upbeat and happy. As you will se at the end of this that she has much to do yet. Today she told me that she would be in charge of my 101 birthday! I too thank you all for your prayers and support and ask that you continue to keep her lifted up before the Lord.

God Bless You ALL!

Diana

From her daughter, Michelle

Thank You All

Hi everyone.

I'm sending this letter to everyone in my address book and will also add it to face book. There are so many emails and prayers and questions that I can't possibly answer them all right now. So please forward this to family and friends that I may not have addresses for. Thank you.

Some of you know and some of you may not. I have stage 3 ovarian cancer. I had surgery that included a total hysterectomy, cervix and a 10 centimeter tumor. It was taken out lapriscopically ( forgive my spelling errors I'm sure) which means I have two 1 inch scars only...yeah!The tumor had ruptured which means it spilled its dirty little cells all over my abdominal cavity...yuck! My surgeon and a specialist from Salt Lake searched my entire cavity for any signs of cancer plus removed 25 lymph nodes from 10 vital areas...colon, diaphragm spleen, pelvic wall, etc.. He removed anything that looked suspicious, It's called debulking of cells..

I had to wait 5 agonizing days to get the pathology report. Results....all suspicious areas proved positive for cancer...eeesh. Good news...all 25 lymph nodes proved negative..yeah! That means the chance of any cells escaping into my blood stream and setting up camp somewhere else in my body are pretty slim. With this diagnosis and my surgeons fine tuned hands and eyes I have an 80% cure rate Add my young (ah gee thanks) age and my good health and stubborn attitude raises that percentage even more.I meet with my Oncologist next week.

The surgeon tells me that I will have 6 rounds of Chemo. 1 round every 21 days. A friend tells me that 1 round means a week or so of killing the little buggars then rinsing me out. I will let you know more as I learn about it myself.I am most definitely going to lose my hair. But that's okay, I've been trying to go el natural for some time. Now I will get a fresh start :-) They tell me that It will probably grow back my birthright color. Either way it will be something new! :-)

I thank each and everyone of you soooo much for your thoughts and prayers. Please know that I am okay. I have family going through major health issues. I have friends going through the same thing. I have friends getting ready for other surgeries such as hernias and hip replacements. I have friends that have recently dropped dead or have suffered long painful deaths. I have friends that just lost their husbands and sisters. I have friends that will be crippled for life. I've lost my own son and my best friend dog in the past three years. What I'm going through is nothing compared to everyone else. I pray for them everyday as well as for myself.

Knowing all of you care about me and are praying for me is healing in itself. Thank you all so very very much.This is simply a test of faith...a test I'm going to pass.

Diana Michele Wells Stage 3 Ovarian Cancer

Born -July 12, 1964

Died -Not yet... I have a hair appointment!

LOVE TO ALL!!!!!

Yahoo for you & your positive attitude Michele!!! We at Calvary Chapel continue to pray for you! Please keep us posted!

Remember~~if you have a prayer need, for yourself, or someone else, please e-mail them to me at bsrichards@centurytel.net. We'd love to pray for you. We also LOVE to hear praises!! Check out current requests for prayer here. They are updated whenever we get a new one, so please, check back often. It is always available for your viewing from the links on the right of the blog. Thanks!!

Keep on praying!

Youth Group July 30th Bible Study & Road Trip to Wunderland

JULY 30th--4:30 PM--Meet at the Church Property

We're having youth group at Wunderland Nickel Arcade in Salem.

We'll eat (not sure what yet...) and continue our study in Ecclesiastes chapter 4.

After food & study, we'll head to the arcade for funship....

Cost: $2.50 entry fee

Games: 1-3 nickels each

Meet at church office 4:30PM---Return Time: ??????????

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No Youth Group 07-23-09

NO YOUTH GROUP 7-23-09

Watch for details on the next gathering.

Men's Day Out

The men's activity is set for August 1st. We will meet at the new property at 6:15 a.m and caravan to Detroit Lake.

There is a 20' pontoon boat reserved and it can take 12 folks at a time fishing and boating. If more come, we'll take turns.

Please have at least a one-day fishing license, fishing pole and tackle. Bring a snack and $15.00. If you can't afford the cost, NOT TO WORRY. It will be covered. The important thing is that we want people to come out and have fun.

Questions? Call Larry at 936-1827

July 19th Picnic

It was a BEAUTIFUL morning. Not too hot, not too cool. A wonderful service with great music (see the new pictures of our worship team) a great message on Samuel 16 (check out the web site for the messages you miss or want to hear again). Its always so good to have some great worship and learning time with your fellow Christians. After service...a great BBQ--you should have seen the desserts. I unfortunately didn't get there in time to get a shot of the full spread, but, lets just say, now one was hungry, and no one lacked for dessert. They were all SO yummy!! The kids enjoyed the bounce house~~there was time for prayer~~time for eating~~time to enjoy fellowship. How much better can it get??

Enjoy all the pictures. 98 of 149 were posted. (Some "open mouth" shots I declined to put on here!)

Family Fun & Fellowship

A few families, some of the youth, and the worship team got together at the church for a BBQ on Thursday the 16th. It was neat to get to know a new family, and espeically fun just to get together for some Christian Fellowship.

It was hot, but the kids as well as the adults had a nice evening, and the food, as usual, was great!

The evening was followed up, courtesy of God, with an awesome sunset....