T h e C h r i s t i a n M e s s e n g e r ( u s p s 5 8 0 - 5 9 0 ) i s p u b l i s h e d b i - m o n t h l y e x c e p t t h e w e e k o f C h r i s t m a s , N e w Y e a r s a n d J u l y 4 , b y t h e H i c k o r y V a l l e y C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h . P E R I O D I C A L S P O S T A G E P A I D A T C H A T T A N O O G A , T N ( U S P S 5 8 0 - 5 9 0 ) Worship Schedule Bible School - 9:00 a.m. Worship Service- 10:15 a.m. Wednesday - 6:30 p.m. 6605 Shallowford Road Chattanooga, Tennessee 37421 Phone: 423-892-4270 Fax: 423-892-0844 Email: [email protected]Web: www.hvcconline.com 1887 - 2014 Celebrating 127 Years Leading People to a Life Changing Connection with Jesus Christ August 15, 2014 VOLUME XLIII NUMBER 14 All mothers and sons (ages 16 and younger) are invited to attend the Lookouts’ game along with fireworks on Friday, August 29. Meet at the church by 6:30 p.m. The game begins at 7:15 p.m. and the cost is $2.00 per person. Please sign up at the children’s check-in station. For questions see Alex Henderson.
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of Christmas, New Years and July 4, by
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Worship Schedule
Bible School - 9:00 a.m.
Worship Service- 10:15 a.m.
Wednesday - 6:30 p.m.
6605 Shallowford Road
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37421
Phone: 423-892-4270
Fax: 423-892-0844
Email: hvccoffice@
hvcconline.com
Web: www.hvcconline.com
1887 - 2014 Celebrating 127 Years
Leading People to a Life Changing
Connection with Jesus Christ
August 15, 2014 VOLUME XLIII NUMBER 14
All mothers and sons (ages 16 and younger) are invited to attend the Lookouts’ game along with fireworks on Friday, August 29. Meet at the church by 6:30 p.m. The game begins at 7:15 p.m. and the cost is $2.00 per person. Please sign up at the children’s check-in station. For questions see Alex Henderson.
“I look around at us…you know
what I see? Losers. I mean, like, folks
who have lost stuff.” I can say that
this quote by Peter Quill sums up the
church quite nicely. Well, maybe not
nicely, but certainly appropriately.
Since the church’s beginnings,
nowhere else could you find a more rag-tag bunch
of misfits, losers, and all around outcasts. In fact,
one of the biggest insults hurled at Christianity in
its early days was that it was a religion for the poor
and uneducated.
As a loser myself, I wear the title as a badge
of honor. See, I know that Jesus, speaking to his
disciples, said, “… the first shall be last and the
last shall be first. He who would be greatest among
you must first be a servant.” So, really, I don’t see
any shame in being a loser. As far as the world is
concerned, I am probably somewhere below
garbage collector on the success totem pole, but in
Christ’s kingdom, I am called royalty, a co-heir
with the Son of promise! (Just like you are, in case
you forgot.)
Having read through Mark recently, I am
reminded of just how unpopular Jesus was with the
powerful and influential people of society. The
poor, the sick, the outcasts, and the sinners
crowded around him, wanting to feel even a touch
or hear a word of hope and love. Christians, ones
who really live it out, have very rarely found great
acclaim or notoriety. Sure, you have one or two
every century, such as Billy Graham or Mother
Teresa, but Jesus’ example and instructions are
difficult to swallow and even more difficult to live.
Jesus claimed ultimate victory at his lowest
moment, not his greatest. It was not when the
people wanted to crown him king that he defeated
the great enemies of sin and death, but at the cross
where even those close to him deserted. Jesus'
example is not one of loss, but one of complete
victory. And so it is with us. We often lose in the
world’s eyes, because Jesus asks us to make
difficult sacrifices to follow him. However, we
have the glorious assurance that Jesus has already
conquered, and our struggle to carry our crosses
daily will lead to sharing in his victory!
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During the month of August, HVCC
is participating in Shoes for Orphan
Souls. Please bring children’s new
shoes and socks to the church and
place them in the collection boxes in
the foyer. Information brochures are
available at the Information Station.
The church office will be
closed September 1, for the
Labor Day Holiday.
September 14, will be a very significant day here
at HVCC. First, we encourage every one of our
members and friends to personally invite
someone to come to church that day. A carry-in
dinner will follow worship service. What better
way to get to know people than to sit down to a
wonderful meal together.
Second - “Expand the Family” is the theme of
our capital stewardship campaign which will
begin September 14. We will begin raising
needed funds to help us in various building
remodeling and improvements. The foyer will be
completely remodeled to make it bigger, brighter
and even more welcoming. The awning at the
entrance way of the north parking lot will be
changed to be similar to the one over the school
entrance. Improvements will also be made to the
platform in the sanctuary. This campaign will
last until the Sunday before Thanksgiving,
November 23. When we gather for worship that
day we will announce the total amount of funds
collected for these projects.
Expand the Family
Quilters Fellowship
The Quilters Fellowship will resume meeting Tuesday, August 19. The group meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. in the church choir room. An upcoming special event is the American Quilters Society National Quilt
Show at the Chattanooga Convention Center September 10-13. For more information, please call Susan Dugan.
Sunday, August 17, is our monthly
Change for a Dollar. We encourage
you to give an extra dollar to this
special offering, which has already
assisted both members of our
congregation and members of our
community with benevolence needs.
Buckets will be available in the foyer.
You can now give online by going to the
church web site (www.hvcconline.com)
and click on the “Online Giving” tab.
Sunday, October 12
5:00 p.m.
Bi-Lo parking lot (corner of Shallowford Rd. & Lee Hwy.)
Saturday, August 23, 9:30 a.m., all women are
invited to the meet in the Fellowship Hall to make
dresses for nursing mothers in
Haiti. The goal is to make 100
dresses. Bring scissors, rotary
cutters, cutting boards, sewing
machines, irons, ironing boards,
2 ½ yards of cotton fabric, pins,
thread and Velcro. Food and
drink will be provided. Please sign up at the
Information Station.
If you would like to be a part of the Prayer If you would like to be a part of the Prayer If you would like to be a part of the Prayer If you would like to be a part of the Prayer Sisters, please sign up in the foyer. This is a Sisters, please sign up in the foyer. This is a Sisters, please sign up in the foyer. This is a Sisters, please sign up in the foyer. This is a wonderful way for sisters in Christ to pray for wonderful way for sisters in Christ to pray for wonderful way for sisters in Christ to pray for wonderful way for sisters in Christ to pray for each other’s needs. If you have any questions, each other’s needs. If you have any questions, each other’s needs. If you have any questions, each other’s needs. If you have any questions, please see Valerie Lesterplease see Valerie Lesterplease see Valerie Lesterplease see Valerie Lester....
Hickory Valley Christian School has begun the
year with 36 new students. The new staff members
are Charlene McKnight - Kitchen, Laura
VanderHart - Spanish Teacher, Alisa Stipanov -
Admissions Director. We will have a time of
recognition and prayer for the staff and teachers
during worship service Sunday, August 17.
Check out our web site at
www.hvcconline.com
What can you do online:
♦ Under the Calendar tab you can see all upcoming events. Click on an event and find out more details or who to contact if you have questions.
♦ Also under the Calendar tab you can select the Wednesday Night Dinner to see the menu and make reservations.
♦ Give online by selecting the Online Giving tab and then click on the link.
Also, check us out on facebook.
Don’t forget to keep up on HVCS events at: www.hvcs.org
Prayer Requests
Sympathies to Mitch Hill on the passing of his mother, Patsy Hill and to
Valerie Lester in the passing of her father, Paul Harmon.
