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| March 11, 2011 | Vol. 3, Iss. 7
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Fellowship Meal This Sunday
Come join us for a "Snow on the Mountain" fellowship meal following the church service on March 13. If interested in helping with the "snow" items, please see one of the Kathy's at church this Sunday for a list of needs. Otherwise, please bring a salad or dessert to share. Enjoy the final "snow" as we Spring Ahead!!
Facilities Task Force Needs Your Help
The Facilities Task Force would like your input on a quick survey this Sunday. The survey is meant to be completed during the Family Breakfast and turned in at that time or it can be given to Richard Hansen prior to Sunday Service. If you don't know what the Family Breakfast time is.... COME JOIN US! Breakfast is prepared by our fantastic youth and is immediately followed by a Sunday school lesson by Pastor Keith that is targeted to ALL ages. Come find out what all the fuss is about and participate in the survey! Thank you!
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REACH OUT! Feeding the Homeless: How Can I Help?
This week West Valley will be providing meals to homeless men in the Federal Way area. Dawn Velarde reports the following items are still in short supply:
- Milk
- Juice
- Breakfast items:
- Cold cereal
- Energy bars
- Cereal bars
- Lunch items:
- Chips (small individual bags)
- Cheese slices (also individually wrapped cheese sticks)
- Other...
Dawn welcomes any additional volunteer dinner servers, so if you would like to help or donate items listed above, please see Dawn on Sunday or call her at: 253.951.2496.
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Two Upcoming Baby Showers
Baby shower for Sarah (Ross) Swanson on March 27 right after church at Ruth Tripp's home. Lunch will be served. Sarah is registered at Babies R Us and Target. It's a boy!
All ladies are invited to a baby shower for Megan (Lobb) Harrison here at the church following worship service on April 3. Lunch will be provided! Megan has registered at Babies R Us and Target. Remember to put in Spokane as the city where she is registered. It's a girl!
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Master Gardener Presentation
Ladies, mark your calendars for the next Women Together group on March 19 at 10:00 am (Men are welcome to join us as well) for a master gardener presentation by Victoria P. Farnsworth, who specializes in butterfly and edible landscape design. She will give a demonstration on container potting and companion planting. A light lunch will be provided after the presentation (instead of breakfast). Please RSVP to Pami Hanson so she can have a count for lunch by contacting her at
206.406.5115 or pumi7864@yahoo.com.
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One-Minute Meditations
 We read in the Bible: "I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth." Question: How often do we take time to express our thanks and praise to God for all our blessings? Do we tend to take everyday things for granted and hardly pause to give praise to the Creator for all He has done and He is still doing for us? Praise to God should be a life-long habit. David thought praise to God very important and wrote of it often in his "Saws": "I praise God every chance I get. My lungs expand with His praise. I lift you high in praise, my God, my King! And I will bless your name into eternity. God is magnificent; He can never be praised enough. There are no boundaries to His greatness. His marvelous doings are headline news; I could write a book full of the details of your greatness. My mouth is filled with God's praise. Let everything living bless Him; Bless His holy name from now to eternity. Oh, my soul, praise God. Don't forget a single blessing! Praise the name of God; praise the works of God. God, your name is eternal. You will never be out of date. God stands up for His people. God holds the hands of His people. Shout your praises to God, everybody! Let loose and sing. Strike up the band!" |
Library Corner
Two donated books are now out. One is Barbara Johnson's experience with brain cancer surgery and treatment. She is the funny lady of the Women of Faith Ministries and finds joy in some of the terrible times in her life. PLANT A GERANIUM IN YOUR CRANIUM is the title of this encouraging and sometimes funny story. T.J. Jakes gives a heart warming tribute to women and mother's in MAMA MADE THE DIFFERENCE.
A group of books dealing with the Advent Christian Church, beliefs and doctrine have been pulled out for use. Two of the newer ones of the group are GOD'S STRANGE WORK by David Rowe who has thoroughly researched the life of William Miller, founder of our denomination. N.T. Wright's SURPRISED BY HOPE parallels many of the beliefs of our founding fathers. If you are curious about what our denomination is about, here are answers. There is also history of our beginnings and development up to this present time in which we worship together here at West Valley. This is an invitation to do a little mind stretching!
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From Our Pastor Emeritus, Clio Thomas
Pastor Clio Thomas serves as "Area Director" for the Asia/Pacific mission field of the Advent Christian Denomination. One of his duties is to encourage mission workers in a variety of settings throughout Asia. The following is a weekly installment of his letter, sent literally around the world to those in his charge.
Dear Ones in Christ,
Participating in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper is certainly one of the most important things any of us ever do as Christians. Having been a Pastor for over 50 years I still get a tear in my eyes every time I receive the bread and the cup, the body and blood of Jesus. When Jesus shared that first meal with His disciples He asked them to keep this meal in remembrance of Him.
It is helpful in understanding the importance of "remembrance". The word for remembering in the New Testament carries with it much more than an intellectual exercise. To remember a person, or an event, is for that person or event to come alive again in one's own life. In this sense to partake of the Lord's Supper and do it in remembrance of Jesus is for Him to be alive anew and afresh in one's own life.
What I am saying is that the taking of this sacrament is much more than taking of the bread and the cup, and reflecting on the fact that Jesus gave His life for the remission of our sins. It is much more than intellectual reflection or memory. In a very real and mysterious way the act of redemption is renewed in the participant's own life. In a sense "to remember something" is to cause that something to happen again. I guess that is why we say that some memories are joyful and hopeful, and others are painful. It is more than the intellect at work.
In Luke 24 there is the story of the two angels who met the women outside the empty tomb on that first Easter Sunday. The women were perplexed that they could not find the body of Jesus, and the men said, "Remember how He told you, while he was still with you in Galilee, 'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again?'" Then they remembered His words.
To remember Jesus is to experience His presence! May your remembrances be richly blessed.
Love in Him,
Pastor Clio
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Women's Ministry Spring Retreat Coming Soon!
Women's retreat is coming soon! It will be at Warm Beach this year. The dates are May 13-15, the costs are going to be about $100.00 to $120.00 and for the first time we have the option of staying 2 nights! We have been busy selling the remainder of the West Valley Cookbooks (they are all gone!) to use as some funds for scholarships towards the Women's retreat. Pami Hanson is also looking for anyone who would like to donate towards a scholarship as there are several women interested in attending this year. Please see Pami about getting assistance if you need a partial or full scholarship. Pami is also putting together a list of ladies who would like to attend and making
sure there is funding and rides for everyone. See Pami at church or contact her at 206.406.5115 or pumi7864@yahoo.com. |
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Happy Birthday!
- March
- 13 Mindy Salcedo
- 15 Jordan Salcedo
- 22 Lexie Timme
- 23 Nelda Lobb
- 27 Maxine Lobb
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Mark Your Calendars
- March 13, Fellowship Meal, immediately following service, Fellowship Hall
- March 19, Women Together Master Gardener Presentation, 10 AM, Fellowship Hall
- March 27, Baby shower for Sarah (Ross) Swanson, immediately following service at Ruth Tripp's home
- April 3, Baby shower for Megan (Lobb) Harrison, immediately following service
- May 13-15, Women's Ministry Spring Retreat
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| Classifieds
Listing items in the Classifieds
If you'd like to add items to a West Valley Classifieds list, please e-mail Tracey Coon in the church office (office@westvalleychurch.org) for items in the following categories. Please also include your contact information and a detailed description.
- Help Wanted
- Work/Services Wanted
- For Sale
- Free Items
- These items will be listed on a weekly basis in our e-news. If you have recurring items, please keep the church office informed on a weekly basis by the end of day Thursday.
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