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(Disciples
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June 2008 |
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Morning
Service - Pastor
Dr. Carlos Piar |
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3 DMA
Long Beach Historical
Society Meet in church parking lot
and carpool from there. |
4 Disciples Women Fireside
Room Men's Singing Ensemble |
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8 Morning
Service - Pastor
Rev. Joyce Smith |
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11 Men's Singing Ensemble |
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13 Girl Scouts Movie Night |
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15 Father's
Day Morning
Service - Pastor
Dr. Carlos Piar |
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17 Board Meeting Conference
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18 DMA Breakfast Club - ( Disciples Women Fireside
Room Men' s Singing Ensemble |
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20 CWF Meeting - Pot-Luck Lunch - Fireside Room Meeting - Conference Room |
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22 Morning
Service - Pastor
Rev. Barbara Moser |
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25 Men' s Singing Ensemble |
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27 Girl Scouts Friday Evening at |
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29 Morning
Service - Pastor
Dr. Carlos Piar |
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SERVER SCHEDULE Sunday, June 1st ุ
Elders Barbra Moser & Bing Weldon ุ
Servers - Beverly McCarthy, Caroline
Lindauer, Candy Wisterman, ุ
Communion Setup Holly Jacobs ุ
Greeter Lisa Runyan Sunday, June 8th ุ
Elders Bing Weldon & Barbara Moser ุ
Servers Bob Lankford, Carol Lankford, Lisa
Runyan, Cathy Wallace ุ
Communion Setup Holly Jacobs ุ
Greeter Lisa Runyan Sunday, June 15th ุ
Elders Barbara Moser & Keith
Lindauer ุ
Servers Holly Jacobs, Caroline Lindauer,
Bob Yost, Trudy Yost ุ
Communion Setup Holly Jacobs ุ
Greeter Lisa Runyan Sunday, June 22nd
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Elders Ralph Jacobs & Bing Weldon ุ
Servers Chrisy Bigelow, Kevin Bigelow,
Johnnie Goodin, ุ
Communion Setup Holly Jacobs ุ
Greeter Lisa Runyan Sunday, June 29th ุ
Elders Keith Lindauer & Barbara
Moser ุ
Servers Holly Jacobs, Beverly McCarthy,
Candy Wisterman, Rachel Wisterman ุ
Communion Setup Holly Jacobs ุ
Greeter Lisa Runyan Upcoming Events ุ
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Saturday, September 27th - Hot Dog Roast, Ice Cream Social &
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Birthdays 6/1 Bing Weldon
6/10 Michelle Tatum 6/11 Harriett Goodin 6/19 Helen Weir 6/20 Marcia Crocket 6/30 Bob Lankford 6/30 Lewis Ward 6/30 Lauren Runyan
6/1 Mike & Lisa Runyan 6/10 George & Ruth Rennie 6/10 Ralph & Holly Jacobs 6/17 Bob & Carol Lankford 6/19 Gary & Cathy Wallace |
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The
recent catastrophes around the world; the cyclones in Myanmar, the earthquake
in China, events that killed thousands upon thousands of people and have
brought untold suffering to millions left hurt, orphaned, and homeless move
us to ask the question Why? Why does God allow this to happen? That doubt about Gods love and even Gods
existence should enter our minds is understandable, but to turn away from God
in anger and proclaim There is no God is to presume a knowledge (of God and
Gods purposes) that our limited minds cannot attain to. In other words, such a reaction is pure
hubris. In our rejection of God in the
face of calamity, we are in essence saying If I were God I would do better,
I could do better in managing the world; I would prevent all suffering. I remember
when my son Daniel was a little boy, suffering from asthma, I took him to the
allergist to see what was causing the attacks. The doctor made me hold Daniel down as he
proceeded to puncture his back with about 60 needles containing various
allergens to discover what his body reacted to. It was one of the hardest and most
heartbreaking things I have ever had to do; it broke my heart to see my son
scream, cry, and squirm with every puncture. Witnessing my sons pain I could
have said, I do not believe in medicine, I do not believe in doctors; there
has to be a better way. But I
realized that there was no better way: to bring about healing a doctor has to
inflict pain. And I had to have faith
in the knowledge and skill of the doctor to help my son. The analogy is not
perfect but it helps us make some sense of the incomprehensible suffering of
the Burmese, the Chinese, and all others who suffer and die in calamitous
disasters. The healing of this sick
world cannot occur except through the pain and sorrow in every human breast
and through the pain and sorrow in the very heart of God, for God like a
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afflicts
us with pain but like a loving father suffers with us. We could just as well say that God, with
all knowledge and all power, could have found a better way to save humanity
than through the suffering and death of His only Son, Jesus Christ. But there was no better way, no easier,
less painful way; Jesus had to die.
But just as the death of Christ was mysteriously redemptive, the
suffering and death of every human being also enters into the mystery of
redemption. There are two verses from
Paul we can reflect on in relation to these tragic events, Colossians 1:24
and Romans 8:20: I am now rejoicing in my
sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in
Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, the church (Col. 1:24). Paul knew that his suffering and pain was
redemptive; it was not purposeless.
But such also is the suffering of the rest of the world: the creation
was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who
subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its
bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of
God. (Rom.
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