God & Virginia Tech

I’ve been hearing very positive things about Sunday’s worship services. Cami gave me a worship count of 807. Add another 141 children in the church school and you have a strong Sunday-after-Easter. Many thanks to Leon and Charlotte for their leadership.
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THIS SUNDAYApril 22, 20078:00, 9:15 & 10:45Bruce Davis preaching:”SUSANNA AND THE TWO ELDERS”Among other things happening on Sunday morning: It’s VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION SUNDAY. We’ll be graced by the music of the Ladies Ensemble. In the Ministry Minute, we’ll be sharing information about the Luis Palau Heartland Festival coming to Omaha in July.*Heather Doll just took the monthly newsletter to the post office. (Today is Heather’s birthday: Happy Birthday Heather!) Be looking for the newsletter in your mailbox, but be advised the preaching schedule has already been revised.
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SABBATH NIGHT LIVE TICKETS ARE GOING FAST!!! Don't Delay, get your tickets today...THE ST. ANDREW'S RECKLESS ABANDON PLAYERS present - SABBATH NIGHT LIVE 2007. This years Dinner/Theater performance is on Friday, May 4th and Saturday, May 5th. Tickets will be available April 1st in the Rotunda. We have sold out 4 years in a row, so don't miss out on the show of the year and get your tickets early. We will have an Italian Buffet dinner!!
• We have once again written 100% of the skits and they include: Scooby Doo ; St. Peter Skits and his many visitors to Heaven; Charlie's Angels; Pizza with the Pastors (featuring Pastors Bruce and Nancy Davis); The Culps performing with the Sabbath Night Live Band!! The Youth Abandon Players are also performing Charlie Brown - You're in High School Now.
• Adult Tickets $17; Child (11 and under) with Adult meal $12 Child (11 and under) Ticket with Kids Meal $10. Doors open at 6:00 PM; Dinner Buffet is at 6:15 PM; Show at 7:00 PM. Child Care is available Buy your tickets EARLY!!
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PATTI BETH H. writes: Are you interested in a fun way to get to know some of the ladies within the church? Patience Circle is a group of women, some of whom have young children, that meets the 2nd Wednesday morning of each month. Childcare is provided. For more information contact Marcey R. or join us at 9:30 on May 9t in room LL4. Summer meetings will consist of outdoor activities with the children at the park. More details to follow.
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VBS NEEDS: We are in need of old white sheets and old CD’s you no longer want. If you have these to donate, please drop them by the church office during the next week. Thanks! VBS team!
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The news from Virginia is sad beyond description. I know some will ask, “How can such a thing happen?” Truth is, given our violence-saturated culture, I’m kind of surprised it doesn’t happen more often. Others will say, “How can God permit such a thing?” Here's how I see it: I have this image of a loving God pouring grace upon grace into this broken, sinful, psychotic world; God’s grace being the only thing keeping us from degenerating into the perfect Darwinian state: all against all. I hear people say the world would be better off without Jesus; that Christianity is a relic. In my sense of the human condition, the alternative to the God preached in the Judeo-Christian faith is an endless night of chaos. If this is all there is, why NOT kill yourself and everyone within gunshot range?--at least this way, you go out with a bang and make the news. Jesus wept.
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Charlotte asks: Prayers of sympathy for the families of all who were killed on the Virginia Tech campus this past week. Prayers of healing for those who were wounded on the Virginia Tech campus this past week. Prayers for Brooke W., preparing for surgery on April 18th (daughter of Judy and Jeff W.). Prayers of sympathy for the family and friends of Kenneth C., in his recent passing (Shirley C.’s brother). Prayers for Eleanor D., recovering from wrist surgery. Prayers of sympathy for the family of Volney A., in his recent passing (father of Amy B.). Prayers for Marv C., complications following surgery (Margie W.’s brother). Prayers for the Fedeler family (requested by Jean S.). Prayers for Dorothy H., released from the hospital. Prayers for Joan M., released from the hospital. Prayers of joy for Cody & Connie W., in the recent birth of a son, Xavier (grandson of Kim W. and Perry E.; great-grandson of Leroy & Sandy M.r). Prayers for Dave W., preparing for surgery and chemotherapy treatments.
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Isaiah 29:15-16: Ha! You who hide a plan too deep for the Lord, whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?” You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay? Shall the thing made say of its maker, “He did not make me”; or the thing formed say of the one who formed it, “He has no understanding?”
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BRD