Thursday 7/19/12 Announcements

Good Morning Everyone! 

Happy Thursday to you.  I hope everyone is staying cool in this summer heat. 

Last night, at my request, Walt Cromwell will be presenting next week.  Instead, we had a Question and Answer session last night.  I encouraged the Youth to ask questions about Christianity.  After some prompting, we had some good questions pop up.  Some of the questions asked were:

-          “Do animals go to Heaven?” 

-          “Will I know people in Heaven that I didn’t know on Earth?” 

-          “Will I be able to see Earth from Heaven?” 

-          “Will we see other people being judged on Judgment Day?” 

-          “Will I feel pain in heaven?” 

These were all good questions, and I encourage the Youth group to continue to ask questions.  I open the floor to questions every week, so bring any and all questions to Youth Group.  I make no promises that I will know the answer, but I will do everything I can to research your question and give you a biblically based answer. 

(Oh, and for those of you that are interested in the answers to the questions above, you’ll have to come to Youth group to find out how the conversation went.) 

Youth Group Party this coming Saturday!  It’s from 4:00-8:00pm in the Berlin Park in Berlin, NJ.  Details are on the “Weekly Schedule and Events” page. 

I am still looking for Community Service Ideas.  I forgot to ask the youth Group for suggestions and ideas last night, so that was an over-sight on my part.  (It seems like there is never enough time to get to every topic every Wednesday.)  When we plan our first Community Service project, I will post details on the blog.

I ask for prayers of healing for one of our church family’s grandfather.  He is in the hospital now.  He had to get his hip replaced, and now he is in rehab and healing.  We pray that he heals quickly, and is able to go back to his normal routine soon.

I ask for prayers of comfort as one of our church family’s great-grandfather recently passed away.  We can all take comfort in knowing we worship a loving and merciful God, but there is pain and loss in this life.  We ask that God’s mighty hand be over the family in their time of loss. 

I ask for prayers for one of our church family’s niece.  She is about to move waaaaaaaaaay out west, and she will be away from her extended family.  We pray that God will be with her on her journey, and that she finds a good, holy, church family in her new home.  We also pray that the family staying here are able to adjust to the departure of her and her family. 

I pray for rain in the mid-west.  I pray the drought ends, and that hard working farmers are able to sleep a little easier at night.  The drought will impact all of us, but it will especially hurt the blue-collar workers in America’s heartland.  I pray relief comes quickly. 

Michael