The Chimes SonRise Christian Fellowship 463 South Stage Coach Lane ~ Fallbrook, California, 92028 ~ Phone (760) 728-5804 ~ Fax (760) 728-3865 April 2014 Vol. 33, No. 4 Hear the Bells 1 Special Presentation 3 Youth 3 Children’s Ministry 4,5 Senior Moments 6 Save the Date 7 Coffee Co. 8 Missions 10 Church Family 11 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: “Christ is RISEN! He is RISEN INDEED!” Easter is too grand, too majestic, too unspeakably glorious to be celebrated in a single day! The triumphant Res- urrection of Jesus Christ stands at the very heart and center of our Christian faith. It is a season for singing and rejoicing, as we celebrate the staggering truth that our Great Redeemer has conquered sin, death, and evil: “Death has been swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” (1 Cor. 15:54-55) Because he lives, we will live also! Each year Easter shines as a holy reminder to us of our new life in our Risen Lord, and calls us to an extended victory dance – a Jubilee Celebration! So what better way to rejoice than to sing and give thanks, and literally “ring in” the Good News of the Gos- pel? This month our Music Minister, Brenda Tapley, explains the beautiful tradition of ringing bells at Easter. May this be the year of new life and new hope for all of us at SonRise Christian Fellowship, as we commit ourselves afresh to being servants of Jesus Christ, and heralds of his joyful kingdom! ~Pastor Jerome Hear the bells ringing, They’re singing that We can be born again! Hear the bells ringing, They’re singing Christ is risen from the dead! Joy to the world! He is risen! Alleluia! Annie Herring penned those beautiful words in what has become one of the most beloved and popular Easter songs ever written. If you take a mo- ment to think about it, a lot of Easter music refers to ringing bells. Have you ever wondered why? (Continued on Page 2) Hear the Bells Ringing! By Brenda Tapley
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The Chimes SonRise Chr ist ian Fellowsh ip
463 South Stage Coach Lane ~ Fallbrook, California, 92028 ~ Phone (760) 728-5804 ~ Fax (760) 728-3865
April
2014
Vol. 33, No. 4
Hear the
Bells 1
Special
Presentation
3
Youth 3
Children’s
Ministry
4,5
Senior
Moments
6
Save the
Date
7
Coffee Co. 8
Missions 10
Church
Family
11
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:
“Christ is RISEN!
He is RISEN INDEED!”
Easter is too grand, too majestic, too
unspeakably glorious to be celebrated
in a single day! The triumphant Res-
urrection of Jesus Christ stands at
the very heart and center of our
Christian faith. It is a season for
singing and rejoicing, as we celebrate
the staggering truth that our Great
Redeemer has conquered sin, death,
and evil: “Death has been swallowed
up in victory. Where, O death, is
your victory? Where, O death, is your
sting?” (1 Cor. 15:54-55) Because he
lives, we will live also! Each year
Easter shines as a holy reminder to
us of our new life in our Risen Lord,
and calls us to an extended victory
dance – a Jubilee Celebration! So
what better way to rejoice than to
sing and give thanks, and literally
“ring in” the Good News of the Gos-
pel? This month our Music Minister,
Brenda Tapley, explains the beautiful
tradition of ringing bells at Easter.
May this be the year of new life and
new hope for all of us at SonRise
Christian Fellowship, as we commit
ourselves afresh to being servants of
Jesus Christ, and heralds of his joyful
kingdom!
~Pastor Jerome
Hear the bells ringing,
They’re singing that
We can be born again!
Hear the bells ringing,
They’re singing
Christ is risen from the dead!
Joy to the world!
He is risen!
Alleluia!
Annie Herring penned those beautiful
words in what has become one of the
most beloved and popular Easter
songs ever written. If you take a mo-
ment to think about it, a lot of Easter
music refers to ringing bells. Have
you ever wondered why?
(Continued on Page 2)
Hear the Bells Ringing! By Brenda Tapley
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(Continued from Cover Page)
And of course, Christmas
wouldn't be Christmas without
bells—songs about bells, bell
ornaments, bells on wreaths
and wrapping paper. Bells eve-
rywhere! Bells just fill us with
joy and jumpstart the celebra-
tion.
But how did bells come to be so
closely associated with Easter
and Christmas? I’m glad you
asked!
During pagan (pre-Chrisian)
times, bells were often rung in
the fall and winter to ward off
evil spirits during the long,
dark nights. Later, during
early Christianity, most vil-
lages had a church, and most
churches had a bell. The bell
was rung to announce impor-
tant things: celebrations,
births, deaths, impending dan-
ger. (Think of it as an early
Public Address System.) Over
time the bells began to be used
mostly as a sign of celebration.
Christmas and Easter are both
times of celebration; times to
announce something impor-
tant. Together, they tell us the
story of God taking human
form, coming to live with us, to
be one of us. They tell the story
of God, through the resurrec-
tion of Jesus, conquering death
and evil!
There’s a parallel here that I
love. Do you see it? In pagan
times, bells were used to drive
away evil spirits. But now we
ring the bells to announce and
celebrate that the risen Christ
has conquered death and
driven away evil, so we no
longer have to live in fear. Now
that’s something to celebrate!
Hear the bells ringing!
Christ is risen from the dead!
Of course, we’ve been talking
about big bells, village church
bells, very large bells capable
of ringing out good news that
could be heard miles away.
What about smaller bells?
What’s the story on handbells?
Again, I’m glad you asked!
Handbells, as we know them,
had their beginning with big
church bells. In the 17th Cen-
tury, many English churches
had a set of several large bells
in a bell tower. These bells
were run in a series of mathe-
matical patterns called
changes. The patterns didn't
make a conventional or recog-
nizable melody. The melody
was the pattern.
This is called change ringing
and is different from carillon
ringing. A carillon can be
played to produce conventional
melodies. (We have a carillon
on our own bell tower, and it
plays recognizable melodies. It
wasn't working for a while, but
it was repaired a couple of
months ago. Have you heard
it?)
Back to the 17th century.
Tower bell ringers needed to
practice these complicated pat-
terns, but their enthusiasm for
their art often exceeded their
neighbors’ patience! Can you
imagine? A compromise was
needed! So a tuned set of hand-
bells were made to match the
bells in the church tower.
Change ringers could now
practice without the aural as-
sault on the neighborhood!
Eventually, handbells grew in
popularity in their own right.
Today there are thousands of
handbell choirs in schools and
churches around the world.
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This month’s 2 for Tuesday will feature
Pastor Jerome and Pastor Jim Fowler as they
share images and stories of their recent visit to
Greece and Turkey. Presentation will include
the Seven Churches of Revelation and some of
the journeys of the Apostle Paul.
The Mission Statement of SonRise Christian Fellowship:
Bringing people into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ,
gathering them together as a worshipping community,
growing them up as his life-long disciples,
and sending them out as ministers of the Gospel for the sake of the world.
H.S. & Junior High
For students who
want a safe place to
go on Thursdays and
Fridays to have ri-
diculous fun but also
get serious about Je-
sus. We are an awe-
some place to get
plugged into a family
of Christians who will
challenge you to ask
the tough questions
and help you to be-
gin and improve your
faith.
H.S., Thurs, 7:00 pm
Jr. High , Fri , 6:00 pm
Foundations
This confirmation
class offers the stu-
dents a foundational
understanding of our
faith and practices.
Basically, the what
and whys of our
Christian faith. High
School students
meet in the Wilson
Center on Thursdays
from 3:30 to 5:00 pm
and Junior High stu-
dents meet in the
Wilson Center on Fri-
days from 3:30 to
5pm.
Anchor Groups
Mid-week small
group discipleship in
a private home set-
ting. Dinner pro-
vided. All high school
girls meet on Mon-
day nights at 6:00
pm at the Roderick’s
home. Freshman &
Sophomore Boys
meet on Tuesday
nights at 5:00 pm at
Mr. Fox’s home. Jun-
ior & Senior Boys
meet on Wednesday
nights at 5:15 pm at
Banning’s home.
Shine Sunday
Sunday morning youth service. Begin in the Sanctuary at 10:30 am and be dis-missed to the Wilson Center from there. Service ends at same time as the main service.
Journey through Greece and turkey
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From the Desk of Beth Ann Murray Teaching Kids to Pray
Prayer is such an important
part of our personal lives and
our faith community. Let’s fo-
cus this Holy Month on what
makes God’s heart happy.
Prayer habits that last a life-
time are most often formed in
childhood. That’s why it’s so
critical to teach young chil-
dren how to pray. As with
most spiritual disciplines,
prayer is caught more than
it’s taught. As teachers model
meaningful prayer lives, kids
will learn how they, too, can
talk to their great big God.
Help children talk to God
Everyone, especially children,
find sitting down to pray is
easier. There are no correct
prayer methods, just start talk-
ing. Stop focusing on form
during prayer. Just model for
your children an easy, com-
fortable way to simply talk to
God as you’d talk to a friend.
They can tell God about their
day, express their fears, and
even be a little mad if they
want to.
There’s nothing too big or too
small for God. It’s true; God
can help us face the hardest
moments in our lives. God is
also there to share in our
smaller moments, too. He
wants to know how our day
went. He enjoys hearing that
the rainbow we saw early in
the morning made us smile,
and that the bully on the
playground scares us.
Anything is okay to talk to
God about. Don’t discourage
a child from including a song
from the new kid’s movie
“Frozen”, and share what’s in
their heart.
Make Prayer Relevant
Making prayers relevant to
children’s lives enables them
to grow in prayer. Because
kids have a strong tendency
to view the world in terms of
me, my and mine, capitalize
on this very normal stage of
development by focusing
prayer on kids’ everyday
concerns. One idea would
be to focus on kids’ prayer
requests on asking God to
heal their own family and
friends, including their pets.
God Answers Prayer
God listens to ALL prayers.
God is always there, willing
and eager to listen to what
we have to say. But kids
aren’t always so sure; some-
times they need proof. So
give it to them. The best way
to help children realize that
God truly listens is to point out
answered prayers. Did you
ask for the quick recovery of
Abel’s cold? When he’s feel-
ing better, thank God for an-
swering your prayers. Make
answered prayer visual by
creating a prayer wall where
kids write their prayer requests
on one side of a divider.
When the prayer is answered,
move the prayer request to
the other side. Thank God for
each answered prayer.
Help children understand that
God may answer prayers in
several ways. God may an-
swer exactly as children re-
quested. But God may also
answer in a different way,
wait to answer, or say no.
Help children see these are
answers to prayer also.
Where To Pray
The right place is any place.
The Bible describes a variety
of ways to pray: kneeling,
standing, lifting hands, and
even lying on a bed. Encour-
age children to pray when-
ever and wherever they want
to. Even if it means a quick
“Please make Millie all right”
on the playground when a
friend hit her with a ball.
Prayer is never inappropriate.
Especially when it comes
straight from the heart. In the
end, that’s all you really need
to teach children to help
them communicate with our
God who’s always listening.
By modeling a healthy prayer
life, you are teaching our chil-
dren to see Christ in others,
and they can see Him in you.
Prayer is a Gift, use it!
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We have a busy month
planned for the kids, we will
celebrate with our church
community on Palm Sunday
by parading around the
sanctuary with palm leaves
dressed just like the Israelite
children did thousands of
years ago. On Easter morn-
ing, the kids will follow the
cross down the aisle to place
a beautiful flower on the
cross surrendering our love
and respect for Jesus’ Suffer-
ing and Resurrection. Our an-
nual family luncheon and
Egg Hunt will be on Easter
Morn as well. Please sign up
on the Children’s Ministry Ta-
ble soon so we have enough
goodies to share for
everyone.
Sunday School
Sunday School at SonRise is
not to be missed. We have
the best Children’s Ministry
staff who not only loves the
Lord but has a passion for
your children too. Starting
with the Nursery, and continu-
ing through the Elementary
age, we love on your kids just
like Jesus would. We are trek-
king through the Bible Time
Line with the Gospel Project
for kids curriculum.
The Preschool
is now Registering for the
2014-2015 Fall School Year.
We are have finished offering
in-house registration and we
are now opening it up to the
public. Don’t miss out, register
now and watch your children
grow. 760-728-1032
Awana
The month of March is our an-
nual Food Drive for the Fall-
brook Food Pantry. We have
set a goal of 1,000 items, and
so far, we have 108. We have
a little contest going, with the
club that brings in the most
items toward our goal will get
to see one of their Leaders
take a pie in the face!
We have registered seven
children to participate in the
North San Diego County T&T
Bible Quiz, which will take
place on April 5th at Tri-City
Church in Vista. Rhonda and
Annah Hill are coaching our
kids on Thursdays at 3:00.
The kids participating are:
Keenan Monge, Ben and
Grace Harvey, Jesse Hix, Re-
becca Campbell and Eliza-
beth Nair.
Fallbrook First Baptist Church
has invited us to join them in
the Awana Grand Prix, which
will take place at there on
May 3rd. I will send out a flyer
and start selling kits soon.
We’re winding down our year
already, with only 8 Club
meetings to go (counting to-
day). Awana Awards will be
on May 15th at 6:30 p.m. in
the Sanctuary.
Los Amigos
We have our dinner sched-
uled for Tuesday, April 1st at
6:30 p.m. in the C.A.C. Alex
will be our chef again and is
planning to prepare a tradi-
tional Mexican dish called
“birria”.
April 8th will be our last day of
tutoring. The next week is
Spring Break, and the kids will
come back to Open Houses,
testing, and school ending
early, at the end of May.
We will have our traditional
end-of-year pool party at Lila
Sandschulte’s house some-
time in May.
Here’s What’s Happening Now In Children’s Ministry
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HOW OLD IS OLD?
John Burroughs (1837 – 1921) was an American naturalist and essayist who had a hand in the develop-ment of the conservation movement in America. I don’t
know how many of his 84 years had passed when he said, “To me, old age is al-ways ten years older than I am.” Haven’t we all thought something like that at one time or another? Or maybe we are still feeling that way today!
Remember when your grand-parents seemed “really old”? My grandparents were al-ways “really old”! How about yours? Now I’m that age (and even older than two of them were when they died). But until I look at the calendar, it doesn’t seem as if I’m actu-ally “old.” In my head and heart, I’m only about 50 years old, which isn’t really old at all, is it? It must be a time-warp that allows me to remember things that hap-pened before 1964! But then, I look at the mirror, and
there’s this bald, wrinkled old guy looking back at me! Who is that guy, anyway?
A PUNNY STORY
Please join me in remember-ing a great icon of the enter-tainment community. The Pillsbury Doughboy died
yesterday of a yeast infection and trauma complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71. Doughboy was buried in a lightly greased coffin.
Dozens of celebrities turned
out to pay their respects, in-cluding Mrs. Butterworth, Hungry Jack, the California Raisins, Betty Crocker, the Hostess Twinkies, and Cap-tain Crunch. The grave site was piled high with self-rising flours.
Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy and lovingly described Doughboy as a man who never knew how much he was kneaded. Doughboy rose quickly in show busi-ness, but his later life was filled with turnovers. He was considered a very smart cookie, but wasted much of his dough on half-baked schemes. Despite being a lit-tle flaky at times, he still was a crusty old man and was considered a positive roll model for millions.
Doughboy is survived by his
wife, Play Dough, three chil-dren: John Dough, Jane Dough and Dosey Dough, plus they had one in the oven. He is also survived by his elderly father, Pop Tart. The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes.
- If this made you smile for even a brief second, please rise to the occasion and take time to pass it on and share that smile with someone else
Navarro’s dad—Butch, Vi Orcutt, Margaret Singleton
O’Leary, Steve Perham, Carol Poston, Pat Reilly,
George Rockwell, Ann Seymour, Bruce Sharp, Linda
Shirey, Windy Smith, Bita Snyder, Peg Stanley, Stephen
Taulbee, Georgia Tetu and family, Patty Thomas, Carla
Thomson, Dot Tibbetts, Juliana Tipton, Richard Tipton,
Kelly Ullery’s mom and family in the loss of her dad,
Bethany Walker, Hattie Williams and Lorraine
Williams.
Please keep our church family overseas
and their families in prayer
Joey Alley, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl (U.S. POW), Bryan Brooks, David Cooke, Becky Dailey, Adam Garcia, Leslie Grantham, Matt Harvey, Kevin Low, Julian Sears and Scott Wooten.
Please notify us if your loved one has
returned. If you know of someone who
needs prayer, please inform the Church
Office, 760-728-5804.
3 Jeri Heiser Jerome Marroquin Ann Seymour 4 Suzie Penman 5 Joan English 6 Cody Cantarini Zac Knox Joseph Sharp Chris Walls 8 Alyssa Williams 10 Tanner Dugas 11 Elizabeth Baumgart 11 Jim Sciarra 13 Bob Herrera Stanley Meyers 14 Cailin Bartlett
14 Andrew Ice 15 John Nixon Allysha Roderick Larry Sheldrup 16 Judy Fatland Linda Hill Mary Lou Ziegler 17 Liz Boggs 18 Jayne Love 19 Connie Gordon 22 Elaine Heck 23 Samuel Britton Lillian Broadbent 26 Jim Madden Ryan Schaffer 27 Lori Cooper-Rondeau
27 Rich Overturf 28 Kay Shaw 29 Betty Westerveld
10 Phil & Candace Johnson Karl & Joanne Stephens 20 Greg & Teresa Johnson 21 Clarke & Debbie Draheim
