11/6: Nursery-Kim, Kid's Church-Rona, Clean-Wilcox & Jamison, Greet-Nobles
11/13: Nursery-Christine, Kid's Church-Sue, Clean-Horner & Swanson, Greet-Eddies
11/20: Nursery-Mary, Kid's Church-Jim, Clean-Nobles, Greet-LeRoy & Maury
11/27: Nursery-Melissa, Kid's Church-Dave E./Yvonne, Clean-Conklins, Greet-Jamisons
Thursday, November 17, 2011
What's Happening This Month
Sundays:
8:45 Worship Team Practice
9:30 Sunday School
10:30 Worship
Fellowship follows Worship Service
6:30 Evening Bible Study
*November 20: 2:00 Kah Tai Ministry
Tuesdays:
4:00-6:30 Community Soup
Wednesdays:
8:00-4:00 OPHC
2, 9, 30: 6:15 Worship Team Practice
23: Community Thanksgiving Service @ CUMC
*November 2 7:00 Elders
*November 9 7:00 Council
Thursdays:
11:00 Prayer Hour
3:00 Women's Bible Study
24: Thanksgiving Day
Saturdays:
12: 8:00 Men's Breakfast @ IHOP
19. 8:00 Men's Breakfast @ Chimacum Cafe
5:00 Harvest Dinner
8:45 Worship Team Practice
9:30 Sunday School
10:30 Worship
Fellowship follows Worship Service
6:30 Evening Bible Study
*November 20: 2:00 Kah Tai Ministry
Tuesdays:
4:00-6:30 Community Soup
Wednesdays:
8:00-4:00 OPHC
2, 9, 30: 6:15 Worship Team Practice
23: Community Thanksgiving Service @ CUMC
*November 2 7:00 Elders
*November 9 7:00 Council
Thursdays:
11:00 Prayer Hour
3:00 Women's Bible Study
24: Thanksgiving Day
Saturdays:
12: 8:00 Men's Breakfast @ IHOP
19. 8:00 Men's Breakfast @ Chimacum Cafe
5:00 Harvest Dinner
Watch Your Mouth
Recently I heard on the radio that someone was “a marked man.” I chuckled and thought how odd it was that a secular radio program was referencing the Bible. Then I thought of all the hubbub that took place a few years ago about whether people should continue to wish others a merry Christmas. So with that in mind, here’s a list of common expressions that come straight from the Bible. Perhaps we should inform society where these sayings come from and warn all government officials and employees to avoid using them as we would not want to blur the line between church and state. (Sorry for the sarcasm.)
Nothing but Skin and Bones & I Escaped by the Skin of my Teeth, both from Job 19:19-20, “All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me. My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.”
There's a Time and a Place for Everything, Eccl 3:1
Going the Extra Mile, Matt. 5:41
United we Stand, Divided we Fall, “And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.” Matt. 12:25
Scapegoat, Lev. 16:9-10
Red Sky at Night, “He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?” Matt. 16:2-3
Twinkling of an Eye, “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” 1 Cor. 15:52
A Man After his Own Heart 1 Sam. 13:14
Drop in the Bucket, “Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.” Isa. 40:15
Powers that Be, Rom. 13:2
A Little Bird Told Me, “Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.” Eccl. 10:20
Stumbling Block, “Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.” Matt. 16:23
A Gentle Answer Turns Away Wrath, Prov. 15:1
Time to be Born and a Time to Die, Eccl. 3:1-2
Rise and Shine, (surprised?) "Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. Isa. 60:1
Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child, “He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him.” Prov. 13:24 (But don’t beat your children!)
A Leopard Cannot Change its Spots, “Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.” Jer. 13:23
Pride Comes Before a Fall, “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.” Prov. 16:18
By the Sweat of your Brow, “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.” Gen. 3:19
Out of the Mouths of Babes, “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength…” Psalm 8:2
Bite the Dust, (Really it’s from the Bible) Psalm 72
The Blind Leading the Blind, Matt. 15:13-14
Eat Drink and Be Merry, Luke 12:19
Straight and narrow, Matt. 7:14
No Man is a Prophet in his Own Town, Mark 6:4
Head on a Platter, “And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou forthwith give me on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” Mark 6:25
Tearing Your Hair Out, “This news made me so angry that I ripped my clothes and tore hair from my head and beard. Then I just sat in shock” Ezra 9:3
The Truth Shall set you Free, John 8:32
He’d Sell His Birthright for a Bowl of Porridge, Gen. 25:31-34
Let Him without Sin Cast the First Stone, John 8:7
Apple of his Eye, “In a desert land he found him, in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the apple of his eye.” Appears twice: Deut. 32:10 & Zec. 2:8
East of Eden, Gen. 4:16
Filthy Lucre, 1 Tim. 3:3
I'll Pin Him to the Wall, “Saul hurled the spear for he thought, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David escaped from his presence twice.” 1Sam. 18:11
Stranger in a strange land, “…I have been a stranger in a strange land.” Ex. 2:22
Seek and Ye Shall Find, Matt. 7:7
A Law unto Himself, Rom. 2:14
Absent in Body, but Present in Spirit, Col. 2:5
At My Wit's End, “They reeled and staggered like drunken men; they were at their wits' end.” Psalm 107:27
You Don't Know the Half of It, (oh yeah! From when the Queen of Sheba visited Solomon.) “Indeed, not even half was told me; in wisdom and wealth you have far exceeded the report I heard.” 1 Kings 10: 7
Nothing New Under the Sun, Eccl. 1:9
Handwriting On the Wall, “In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.” Dan. 5:5
Knees Knocking Together, “Then the king's face grew pale and his thoughts alarmed him, and his hip joints went slack and his knees began knocking together.” Daniel 5:6
A Merry Heart is Good Medicine, Prov. 17. 22
A Good Name is Better than Money. Prov. 22. 1
A Thorn in the Flesh, 2 Cor. 12:7
Turn the Other Cheek, Matt. 5:39 & Luke 6:29
No Man Can Serve Two Masters, Matt. 6:24
Reap What You Sow, Gal. 6:7
It Rains on the Just and the Unjust, Matt. 5:45
Alpha and Omega, Rev. 1:8
Armageddon, Rev. 16:16
Fight the Good Fight, 1 Tim. 6:12
The Weaker Vessel, (hey, don’t blame me, I didn’t write it) 1 Peter 3:7
Fallen from Grace, Gal.5:4
Beat their Swords into Plowshares, Ish. 2:4 & Micah 4:3
Beat their Plowshares into Swords, (yep, both ways) Joel 3:10
Set your House in Order, Isa. 38:1
Be Fruitful and Multiply, Gen. 1:28
As Old as Methuselah, Gen. 5:27
The Fat of the Land, Gen. 45:18
A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey, Ex. 33:3
An Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth, Ex. 21:24
Your Sin Will Find You Out, Num. 32:23
Turn the World Upside Down, Acts 17:6
God Forbid, Rom. 3:4
Take Root, 2 Kings 19:30
No Rest for the Wicked, Isa. 57: 21
A Fly in the Ointment, Eccl. 10:1
I am What I am, (yes sir, even Popeye quotes the Bible) 1 Cor. 15:10
By the Grace of God, also from 1 Cor 15:10
Feet of Clay, Daniel 2:33
Refused to Give Up the Ghost Job 3:11
The Salt of the Earth, Matt. 5:13
You Can't Put Words in my Mouth, Ex. 4:15
The Land of the Living, Job 28:13
Sour Grapes & To Set One's Teeth on Edge, “In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.” Jer. 31:29
This is nowhere near an exhaustive list, one researcher counted 257 of these colloquialisms. If you recall, this started from my hearing, “A Marked Man” on the radio. That has to do with the mark of Cain in Gen. 4:15. This year is the 400th anniversary of the completion of the King James Version of the Bible. Over these 400 years, the Bible has influenced the English language in an irreversible manner. Quoting the Bible may not be politically correct, but it is a fact of our life. So whenever you hear anyone use one of the above Bible quotes, be sure to respond with a hearty, “and God bless you too!”
Hope you have a happy and blessed Thanksgiving this year!
Pastor David
Nothing but Skin and Bones & I Escaped by the Skin of my Teeth, both from Job 19:19-20, “All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me. My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.”
There's a Time and a Place for Everything, Eccl 3:1
Going the Extra Mile, Matt. 5:41
United we Stand, Divided we Fall, “And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.” Matt. 12:25
Scapegoat, Lev. 16:9-10
Red Sky at Night, “He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?” Matt. 16:2-3
Twinkling of an Eye, “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” 1 Cor. 15:52
A Man After his Own Heart 1 Sam. 13:14
Drop in the Bucket, “Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.” Isa. 40:15
Powers that Be, Rom. 13:2
A Little Bird Told Me, “Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.” Eccl. 10:20
Stumbling Block, “Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.” Matt. 16:23
A Gentle Answer Turns Away Wrath, Prov. 15:1
Time to be Born and a Time to Die, Eccl. 3:1-2
Rise and Shine, (surprised?) "Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. Isa. 60:1
Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child, “He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him.” Prov. 13:24 (But don’t beat your children!)
A Leopard Cannot Change its Spots, “Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.” Jer. 13:23
Pride Comes Before a Fall, “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.” Prov. 16:18
By the Sweat of your Brow, “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.” Gen. 3:19
Out of the Mouths of Babes, “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength…” Psalm 8:2
Bite the Dust, (Really it’s from the Bible) Psalm 72
The Blind Leading the Blind, Matt. 15:13-14
Eat Drink and Be Merry, Luke 12:19
Straight and narrow, Matt. 7:14
No Man is a Prophet in his Own Town, Mark 6:4
Head on a Platter, “And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou forthwith give me on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” Mark 6:25
Tearing Your Hair Out, “This news made me so angry that I ripped my clothes and tore hair from my head and beard. Then I just sat in shock” Ezra 9:3
The Truth Shall set you Free, John 8:32
He’d Sell His Birthright for a Bowl of Porridge, Gen. 25:31-34
Let Him without Sin Cast the First Stone, John 8:7
Apple of his Eye, “In a desert land he found him, in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the apple of his eye.” Appears twice: Deut. 32:10 & Zec. 2:8
East of Eden, Gen. 4:16
Filthy Lucre, 1 Tim. 3:3
I'll Pin Him to the Wall, “Saul hurled the spear for he thought, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David escaped from his presence twice.” 1Sam. 18:11
Stranger in a strange land, “…I have been a stranger in a strange land.” Ex. 2:22
Seek and Ye Shall Find, Matt. 7:7
A Law unto Himself, Rom. 2:14
Absent in Body, but Present in Spirit, Col. 2:5
At My Wit's End, “They reeled and staggered like drunken men; they were at their wits' end.” Psalm 107:27
You Don't Know the Half of It, (oh yeah! From when the Queen of Sheba visited Solomon.) “Indeed, not even half was told me; in wisdom and wealth you have far exceeded the report I heard.” 1 Kings 10: 7
Nothing New Under the Sun, Eccl. 1:9
Handwriting On the Wall, “In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.” Dan. 5:5
Knees Knocking Together, “Then the king's face grew pale and his thoughts alarmed him, and his hip joints went slack and his knees began knocking together.” Daniel 5:6
A Merry Heart is Good Medicine, Prov. 17. 22
A Good Name is Better than Money. Prov. 22. 1
A Thorn in the Flesh, 2 Cor. 12:7
Turn the Other Cheek, Matt. 5:39 & Luke 6:29
No Man Can Serve Two Masters, Matt. 6:24
Reap What You Sow, Gal. 6:7
It Rains on the Just and the Unjust, Matt. 5:45
Alpha and Omega, Rev. 1:8
Armageddon, Rev. 16:16
Fight the Good Fight, 1 Tim. 6:12
The Weaker Vessel, (hey, don’t blame me, I didn’t write it) 1 Peter 3:7
Fallen from Grace, Gal.5:4
Beat their Swords into Plowshares, Ish. 2:4 & Micah 4:3
Beat their Plowshares into Swords, (yep, both ways) Joel 3:10
Set your House in Order, Isa. 38:1
Be Fruitful and Multiply, Gen. 1:28
As Old as Methuselah, Gen. 5:27
The Fat of the Land, Gen. 45:18
A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey, Ex. 33:3
An Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth, Ex. 21:24
Your Sin Will Find You Out, Num. 32:23
Turn the World Upside Down, Acts 17:6
God Forbid, Rom. 3:4
Take Root, 2 Kings 19:30
No Rest for the Wicked, Isa. 57: 21
A Fly in the Ointment, Eccl. 10:1
I am What I am, (yes sir, even Popeye quotes the Bible) 1 Cor. 15:10
By the Grace of God, also from 1 Cor 15:10
Feet of Clay, Daniel 2:33
Refused to Give Up the Ghost Job 3:11
The Salt of the Earth, Matt. 5:13
You Can't Put Words in my Mouth, Ex. 4:15
The Land of the Living, Job 28:13
Sour Grapes & To Set One's Teeth on Edge, “In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.” Jer. 31:29
This is nowhere near an exhaustive list, one researcher counted 257 of these colloquialisms. If you recall, this started from my hearing, “A Marked Man” on the radio. That has to do with the mark of Cain in Gen. 4:15. This year is the 400th anniversary of the completion of the King James Version of the Bible. Over these 400 years, the Bible has influenced the English language in an irreversible manner. Quoting the Bible may not be politically correct, but it is a fact of our life. So whenever you hear anyone use one of the above Bible quotes, be sure to respond with a hearty, “and God bless you too!”
Hope you have a happy and blessed Thanksgiving this year!
Pastor David
She Just Sat Down Close by Colleen
It was the fifth day of Vacation Bible School, it was prayer time for the staff and we were meeting in the office before classes started. For some reason Pastor David had not arrived yet, but I felt we couldn’t wait any longer. As was our custom, I began by sharing a story of someone who had encouraged me in my walk with the Lord. On this morning I shared how my younger brother on many occasions would call me up and check on me, asking if there was a prayer need or just to share with me from the Word as he felt God had told him to. He was my younger brother and the one who had led me to the Lord.
He also was my prayer partner and a friend—God would put it on his heart to call me, and I really appreciated him. By necessity, I did not have his number, so he told me, “Just tell God and He will tell me and I’ll call you.” He always did within a matter of a few minutes or hours. I shared how important his words, spoken and prayed out, were to me. I then asked for prayer requests and we had just started to pray when Pastor David walked in the door.
I looked up and he motioned for me to come with him to his office. I could see whatever he needed to share was not good news. Excusing myself and asking someone else to handle the prayer requests for that morning, I followed him into his study. I thought he would tell me his dad who was fighting cancer or my mother with her deteriorating health had taken a turn for the worse. Not wanting him to say, I quickly ran a list out to him before he could speak fearing all the worst, but he just kept shaking his head no. As my list lengthened, I knew before He spoke, what I dreaded to hear was the truth.
You see a few short weeks before my younger brother had called me to tell me he thought he was dying. He just wanted to tell me that he loved me and wanted me to tell our family that he loved all of them too. He also wanted me to tell those of them who didn’t know the Lord the message of salvation. To make a long story short, I encouraged him to go to the local emergency room where they told him there was nothing wrong with him. Now, three weeks later, they were wrong and unfortunately, he had been correct. He had passed away with fatal cardiac arrhythmia.
The next few minutes were, spent praying and asking the Lord for His perspective. Knowing I needed to complete what was to be our last day of VBS, I let the teachers know what had happened and asked if they would please give me a few moments alone. I knew my brother would want nothing less than for VBS to continue as scheduled. I went to the sanctuary sat at the piano played and prayed for a short while. I felt a presence sit beside me. Quietly a head was lain on my shoulder. No words were spoken just a quiet sharing of hearts. I had my eyes closed and continued playing “My Life is in You Lord,” while I asked God to give me what I needed to finish the day well, with our kids.
That morning I planned to share the story of my younger brother leading me to the Lord with the children and now I was really going to need God’s strength. I had wanted to tell them not to worry that they were just children sharing the message of salvation with their friends and family and that God would and could use them to speak for Him. Not sure who sat beside me, I eventually opened my eyes to see who had entered my silent world of grief. Wouldn’t you know it and wasn’t it just like God to send one of His sweet young Christians. Beautiful blue eyes, dark auburn hair, attached to a loving face, which reflected her heart. She just came and sat quietly. She had stepped boldly into the abyss of great loss and with wisdom beyond her years said nothing but spoke volumes. For me it was very special that someone as young as she was would be so bold to enter that quiet place of raw pain.
We are blessed with angels all around us who carry the message of God’s sustaining power and love. Sometimes He lets us be the messengers and sometimes all we have to do is just sit silently. She will always be a treasure in my heart and she was raised up to serve and love the Lord in this church. Thanks again Nicole and a special thanks, to all of you who taught her over those years and prayed for her to be all that God planned for her to be. All of you make a difference for God.
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