CHRISTIAN CHURCH NEWS USPS 107-720 is published monthly, by First Christian Church, 2231 19th Ave., Forest Grove, OR. Editor/Publisher: Jackie Hubbs Periodical postage paid at Forest Grove, OR. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: CHRISTIAN CHURCH NEWS, 2231 19th Ave., Forest Grove, OR 97116. CHANGES DESIRED Remove name from list Correct label as shown Vol. 49 #07 JUNE 28, 2018 Imagine John Lennon’s song “Imagine” invites the listener to imagine that there is no heaven or hell. He wrote; “Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people living for today” In fact, we need not use our imagination to know what such a society would look like, we, and he, need only exercise our memory. Hitler was an atheist who dabbled in the occult. Hitler and his close ally and inspiration, the atheist leader, Benito Mussolini, were admirers of the anti-Christian philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche's final book, published posthumously, was entitled “The Antichrist” because Nietzsche thought a strong vital leader should strive to be exactly the opposite of Jesus. The themes of Nietzsche's philosophy pervade the speeches and writings of the Hitler and Mussolini fascist regimes. Christianity, and other religious beliefs, were outlawed by atheist leaders like Stalin, Chairman Mao, Ho Chi Minh, Kim Il-sung, Fidel Castro and other communists. Communist societies officially asserted there is no heaven or hell and behaved accordingly. One need not “Imagine all the people living for today.” When Lennon penned those words we were living through the drug- and sex-fueled hedonism of the 60’s. We have seen what living for today has wrought here in America. Living for today means a life devoted to immediate pleasure at the expense of sacrificial love. Divorce, addiction, outbursts of violent passion, bankruptcy, pollution and greed are just some of the horrific results of the godless “live for today” philosophy. CHRISTIAN CHURCH NEWS JULY 2018 FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 2231 19th Avenue Forest Grove, OR 97116 503 357-3521 Email: [email protected]JULY 2018 COMMUNION: (Preparation and Clean-up): Donna Keene and Laurie Zawaski SERVING TEAM: Ed Chapman, Jeane Mayta, Georgia Tiffany, and Shandra VanSant DEACON/DEACONESS COORDINATOR: Amanda Bewersdorff SHOWCASE: Jeane Mayta BUS DRIVER: Ben Cecchini SUMMER SCHEDULE Spencer King, Pastor, Home Phone: 503-746-4337 9:30 A.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL (all ages) Mike Fields, Associate Pastor 10:45 A.M. SANCTUARY WORSHIP SERVICE Juan Bonilla, Pastor, Spanish Language Service 3:00 P.M. SPANISH LANGUAGE SERVICE Heidi New, Youth Director Jackie Hubbs, Church Secretary TIME VALUE—DO NOT DELAY ELDERS SERVING SCHEDULE JULY 1: ELDERS: Dennis Erickson and Ron Outcalt USHERS: Brandy Chastain and Lois Horrnberger JULY 8: ELDERS: Brandy Chastain and Jackie Hubbs USHERS: Dennis Palmer and Jeannine Foster JULY 15: ELDERS: Jackie Hubbs and Brandy Chastain USHERS: Dennis Erickson and Ron Outcalt JULY 22: ELDERS: Janet Munkres and Dennis Erickson USHERS: Jeannine Foster and Heidi New JULY 29: ELDERS: Brandy Chastain and Lois Hornberger USHERS: Ron Outcalt and Dennis Erickson
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John Lennon’s song “Imagine” invites the listener to imagine that there is no heaven or hell. He wrote;
“Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us
Above us only sky Imagine all the people living for today”
In fact, we need not use our imagination to know what such a society would look like, we, and he, need only exercise our memory. Hitler was an atheist who dabbled in the occult. Hitler and his close ally and inspiration, the atheist leader, Benito Mussolini, were admirers of the anti-Christian philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche's final book, published posthumously, was entitled “The Antichrist” because Nietzsche thought a strong vital leader should strive to be exactly the opposite of Jesus. The themes of Nietzsche's philosophy pervade the speeches and writings of the Hitler and Mussolini fascist regimes. Christianity, and other religious beliefs, were outlawed by atheist leaders like Stalin, Chairman Mao, Ho Chi Minh, Kim Il-sung, Fidel Castro and other communists. Communist societies officially asserted there is no heaven or hell and behaved accordingly. One need not “Imagine all the people living for today.” When Lennon penned those words we were living through the drug- and sex-fueled hedonism of the 60’s. We have seen what living for today has wrought here in America. Living for today means a life devoted to immediate pleasure at the expense of sacrificial love. Divorce, addiction, outbursts of violent passion, bankruptcy, pollution and greed are just some of the horrific results of the godless “live for today” philosophy.
Ed Chapman, Jeane Mayta, Georgia Tiffany, and Shandra VanSant
DEACON/DEACONESS COORDINATOR:
Amanda Bewersdorff
SHOWCASE: Jeane Mayta
BUS DRIVER: Ben Cecchini
SUMMER SCHEDULE Spencer King, Pastor, Home Phone: 503-746-4337
9:30 A.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL (all ages) Mike Fields, Associate Pastor
10:45 A.M. SANCTUARY WORSHIP SERVICE Juan Bonilla, Pastor, Spanish Language Service
3:00 P.M. SPANISH LANGUAGE SERVICE Heidi New, Youth Director
Jackie Hubbs, Church Secretary
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JULY 1:
ELDERS: Dennis Erickson and Ron Outcalt
USHERS: Brandy Chastain and Lois Horrnberger
JULY 8:
ELDERS: Brandy Chastain and Jackie Hubbs
USHERS: Dennis Palmer and Jeannine Foster
JULY 15:
ELDERS: Jackie Hubbs and Brandy Chastain
USHERS: Dennis Erickson and Ron Outcalt
JULY 22:
ELDERS: Janet Munkres and Dennis Erickson
USHERS: Jeannine Foster and Heidi New
JULY 29:
ELDERS: Brandy Chastain and Lois Hornberger
USHERS: Ron Outcalt and Dennis Erickson
“Imagine” has a nice melody and is useful to the extent that it summed up the philosophy of a self-indulgent generation. However, we see now the catastrophic results of the self-indulgence, rather than the self-sacrifice, of a generation that lived on imagination rather than simply learned from experience. The atheist philosopher George Santayana wrote that “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” I would add that those who can’t even learn from the present are just plain condemned. We see what a perverse, atheistic imagination has created but still remain oblivious to the spiritual destruction of the atheist delusion that there is no heaven or hell.
Spencer
Luke 12:16 “Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully. And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’ So he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods. And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.” ’ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’ “So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
New News by Heidi New
FREEDOM
What a great month the youth have had celebrating the end of the school year! For the last
five Wednesdays we have enjoyed pizza, party games and praising our Lord at our weekly
Praise Parties! What a great kick-off to summer, and to the celebrating that we all will enjoy
on the 4th of July.
When we think about the 4th of July, what comes to mind is the usual list: picnics or BBQs,
fun get-togethers and fireworks. All those things are great, for sure, but what really belongs
at the top of the list is the celebration of freedom. Freedom is what the 4th of July really
represents. This freedom that we enjoy, though, is not a result of our own actions. Rather,
it’s a gift that we enjoy because of the selfless sacrifice of our forefathers. We don’t have to
pay for it, but it was certainly not free. It was paid for by those who came before us and
sacrificed for our benefit.
What an amazing gift freedom is, and definitely worth celebrating. We as Christians, therefore,
should be celebrating every day the freedoms that we have in Christ. We have freedom from
sin, freedom from shame, freedom to live as God’s beloved children, and freedom to enjoy an
eternity in Heaven. All this, that we neither earn nor have to pay for, because of the sacrifice
that Jesus made on the cross!
That is real freedom, and worth celebrating! Happy 4th of July everyone, and enjoy the
fireworks!
In His Service,
Heidi
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INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAY. The Church Office is closed today.
WE ARE ON SUMMER SCHEDULE JULY 1ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 8TH
This year our Summer Schedule will be as follows:
There will be no Wednesday evening Potluck or Bible Study. There will be no Friday morning Bible Study.
There will be no 8:30 a.m. Chapel Service. There will be one Sunday School Class (for all ages) taught by
Pastor Spencer at 9:30 a.m.
Our Worship Service time will not change — it will begin at 10:45 a.m.
Also, unless there is urgent business to address, the Church Board, Elders, Trustees, and CWF will be on summer break
and will resume business in September.
Senior Pastor’s Days Off
PRAYER CONCERNS & BLESSINGS
Continue praying for SUE BOYD and her family.
Please keep praying for PHIL AND KAY NELL
MILLER. Pray for the STATON FAMILY as they
deal with on-going health issues. Please keep
CANDY GREEN in prayer as she deals with health
issues. Please pray for THERESA & ALVIN
MEURY as they deal with health issues. Please
keep MARGIE & DALE TRAVIS-BRUNK in your
prayers as they deal with health issues. Please
pray for Margie’s daughter, MARILYNN
RADEMACHER. Please pray for FRED &
JOANN PROSSER’S family as they deal with
health issues. Please keep RYAN SMITH in
prayer. Please keep WENDY ALLEN in prayer.
Please pray for the YEARGIN FAMILY as they
grieve the loss of Mindy’s father, Jim Schlegel.
Please pray for ED CHARLESWORTH as he
recovers from having surgery on both knees.
Keep TIM SANDERS in prayer as he deals
with health issues.
Your continued Prayers are requested for:
Dee Bewley, Stephanie Frye, Dorothy Goldstein, Alma Harbour,
& Hannah Toomey.
Continue to pray for those who are serving in the Armed Forces.
Please keep TONI & JOHN CARABBA in prayer
as John is undergoing treatment for cancer.
Please remember ALMA HARBOUR and her
family in prayer. HANNAH TOOMEY has been
placed on hospice care. Please keep her in
prayer. Please keep LOIS HORNBERGER’S
MOTHER, DARLENE, in your prayers. Darlene
is struggling with health issues. Please include
Lois and the family in your prayers. Please pray
for CINDY ERTELL and her parents. Cindy’s
father has been placed on hospice care.
Please keep DAVE EDWARDS in prayer as he
recovers from health issues.
SPLINTERS FROM THE BOARD Elevator Project
The Board would like the congregation to know where we are at this particular time regarding the “elevator project.” In February of 2017, the Church Board approved a request to raise funds for the construction costs and installation of an elevator. At this time, we have received approximately $100,000 in designated donations toward this project. These funds have been gifted over and above our regular tithes and plates.
It has been determined that a study needs to be conducted by a licensed structural engineer, researching on the best options for our church building and to obtain as much information as possible. There are concerns about how the elevator will impact the structural integrity of our building, and whether we will face issues concerning hazardous materials. We are also researching the cost of repairs, annual inspections and certifications, and whether our insurance premiums will be impacted.
Some of you may be wondering why the elevator project is taking so long. As the Church Board, it is our job to think about the overall picture and impact when considering the current and future needs of this congregation and the church building.
Historically our Church Board has not contracted for any major project without the funds to complete the project first being approved and allocated and/or all funds being raised by the congregation. Such large projects have included the bus garage, new roof over the chapel and the sanctuary, window renewal, and replacement of the steeple roof.
The Board unanimously voted to appoint an ad hoc Elevator Project Committee to continue the good work that the Trustees have begun.
We ask for your prayers, as we listen to God’s guidance and continue on the path we know He has chosen for our congregation. We thank you for your patience as we work for a successful completion to this project. If you have questions please talk with Board Chair, Lois Hornberger.
