Thursday, February 27, 2014

Feb 27 New Hope E-News

Announcements

Read Across America-- Monday, March 3 is Read Across America Day. East Brainerd Elementary is looking for people who will come to the school for ~30 minutes and read to the kids. If you are able, please call Janet Cox (855-6161). Thanks!

Ash Wednesday-- Our Ash Wednesday service will be next Wednesday @ 6:30 in the sanctuary.

Job Opening-- If you're interested in being a breakfast host at Homewood Suites, they're hiring for a few positions.



Community Kitchen Spot
There are a lot of hungry and homeless children of God and the community needs some help feeding them. If you would like to help out, please bring the following items to church this Sunday & put them on the bookshelf.
Plastic Forks, Knives, Spoons
Dinner Napkins
Heavy Duty Sectional Dinner Plates
Dessert Plates


New Hope News

Sunday SchoolDon Kaller is going to be teaching the adult Sunday School class in March & April.

Fruit of the Spirit-- Sunday evenings @ 6:15


Pray For:
Norma Capone, Christine Dyer

For the kids in confirmation class: Ashley, R.J., Chase, Jade & Jackson


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Keith's Random Thoughts

It takes a looooong time to get out the door at our house. Caleb loves to walk down the stairs by himself. It's one of my favorite parts of my day, but you can't be in a hurry. He takes his time. Then he wants to get into the carseat by himself. This, too, takes time. I want to encourage him to do things on his own, but I also like to get places on time. These two factors seldom can both be true, and so I try and rush him.
I cringe when I hear myself saying these things. I don't want him to feel constantly rushed. I love when he slows down and checks out everything. (This kid not only stops to smell the roses—he waits for them to grow.)
The world is a beautiful place, and I want to encourage him to revel in its beauty. It's me that needs to slow down. I'm the one that needs to move at his pace, rather than rushing by to hurry the world along, hoping to arrive on time.
God made a wondrous world around us. It's my hope that we'll all slow down enough to appreciate it, to wonder in it, to recapture the spirit of a child and give thanks for the glory that surrounds us.


Text for this Sunday, March 2
Acts 8:26-40 (ESV)

English Standard Version (ESV)


26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. 27 And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship 28 and was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah. 29 And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.” 30 So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” 31 And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. 32 Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this:

Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter
and like a lamb before its shearer is silent,
so he opens not his mouth.
33 In his humiliation justice was denied him.
Who can describe his generation?
For his life is taken away from the earth.”

34 And the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus. 36 And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?” 38 And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. 39 And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. 40 But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he preached the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.


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