Presbyterian News
Weekly Update
July 28, 2010
CHURCH e-mails
Pastor Kip Murphy: pastorfpc@iowatelecom.net
Secretary, Lynda Seehusen: secretaryfpc@iowatelecom.net
C.E. Director,
Prayer Ministry: prayerministry@iowatelecom.net
Website: http://www.fpchurchwilliamsburg.com
Year of the Bible Blog
This week’s guest
bloggers are Reverends Forrest and Susan Krummel.
From last week’s blog: “Job's position throughout his argument has been that he
is righteous in the sense that he has been and continues to be pure in
conduct. In short, he has not done anything wrong. (Job’s
friend) Zophar, on the other hand, does not focus on Job's experience nor his
behavior in this sense, but rather on the incorrectness of Job's doctrine.”
Go to http://yearofthebibleburg.blogspot.com/
and click on “comments” below the posts
to share your thoughts.
Next week’s guest blogger
is Dr. James E. Davison, author of the Year of the Bible reading program
(Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, PA)
Presbyterian
Disaster Assistance Help Request
Some of the congregations in our Presbytery will be
dealing with the affects of the flooding in their
communities for the next several weeks.
We’d like to start a list of people who are willing
and able to help in the communities affected by flooding. If you are
willing to be on a flood assistance list, contact Sarah Dyck. She will need your name, phone number, email
address, and skills (debris clean up, mucking, rebuilding skills, etc). She’ll
then work off this list to match those skills with the needs in the flooded
communities. People can call Sarah at (319) 321-4165 or email her at
sdyck@peia.org.
Mt.
T.O.P. Tools – Thank You!
Thank you so much to everyone who brought in tools
and sponsored our youth and adults.
Please pray for everyone at Mt. T.O.P. this week and for their safe
return this Sunday.
Kip
on a Stick – New Pictures
School Supply Ministry
School begins in 3 weeks! Help us gather supplies for students in our local
community who need help purchasing necessary school items. A list of items is available on the bulletin board by the office and
in the Vestibule, or ask Lynda secretaryfpc@iowatelecom.net
Thank you for your generosity; our local youth will
be blessed to have nice items from FPC to start a successful year at
School. Please bring items to the church office.
Rob Smith leads a book discussion group
meeting this summer at 8 p.m. on Wednesdays.
The current book is “The
Prodigal God”. Author Tim Keller
uses the parable of the Prodigal Son to reveal an unexpected message of hope and
salvation.
This book will challenge both the devout
and skeptics to see
Christianity in a whole new way. Talk to
Rob if you’d like to join
(319) 530-2828.
Year of the Bible Groups’ Meeting
Times:
Sunday evening small group at 6 p.m., Lunch Bunch on Tuesdays at 11:30
a.m. and Men’s Group on Wednesdays at 6:30 a.m. Call the church office at
668-1375 for more information on any of these groups.
Prayer Requests
Condolences to Norm and Carolyn Meyer following the death of
Carolyn’s mother Alice Still; Pastor Kip, recovering from shoulder surgery; Lyle
Carter continuing to recover from hip replacement surgery; Pray for Mt. T.O.P. working
this week and returning this Sunday from Tennessee.
Prayer requests can be submitted any time
to: prayerministry@iowatelecom.net or fill out a form in the office and put it
in the Prayer Ministry box. All requests will be kept confidential unless you
ask they be shared with the congregation.
Year of the Bible Readings (Wednesday to
Wednesday)
7/28- Job 20,21/Luke
20 7/29- Job 22,23/Psalm 85
7/30- Job 24-26/Luke
21 7/31- Job 27,28/Luke 22
8/1- Job 29,30/Luke 23 8/2-
Job 31,32/Psalm 86, 87
8/3- Job 33,34/Luke 24 8/4- Job 35,36/Philippians 1
Volunteering
This Week– 08/01/10
Greeters in Vestibule (upstairs)– Dennis &
Janet Oliver
Greeter in Knox (downstairs)- Tyler & Manda
Marshall
Lay Leader– Erin Howell-Gritsch
Sound– Craig Harthoorn
Shepherds— Bev Watts
Nursery– Barb Perry
Children’s Sermon– Melissa Gross
Year of the Bible Questions of the Week (answer at the end of the e-mail):
1. In Chapter 24, Job observes of
the wicked, “For a little while they are exalted, and
then they are ____.”
2. What does Job say “cannot be bought with the finest
gold, nor can its price be weighed in silver”?
3. Jesus asks
the Pharisees a question about the baptisms that John performed. He asked if they were from ______ or from ___?”
4. The
Sadducees asked Jesus a question about marriage after the resurrection. What
did he say re: marriage?
5. On the
night before he was crucified, Jesus told Peter that Peter would deny him how
many times before the rooster crowed?
This Week at
First Presbyterian
Wed (7/28) 8 p.m. Book discussion group at Rob Smith’s
Thurs (7/29) 11 a.m. Prayer Group
Fri (7/30) 6 p.m. Boy Scouts
Sun (8/1) 9 a.m. Worship
10:15 a.m. Property Committee Mtg.
10:15 a.m. Worship & Music Committee Mtg.
6 p.m. Small Group
Tue (8/3) 11:30
a.m. Lunch Bunch
Wed (8/4) 6:30 a.m. Men’s Group
8 p.m. Book discussion group at Rob Smith’s.
Year of the Bible Answers:
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