THE SOLID ROCK CHURCH

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1 Church Office: THE SOLID ROCK CHURCH Mailing Address: 3601 Cypress Gardens Rd Cypress Gardens Rd., Suite Q PO Box 926 Suite C Winter Haven, Fl Winter Haven, Fl Winter Haven, FL (863) RECTOR: Fr. Andy Doan DEACON: Rev. Joe Plummer Sept 3, 2011

2 Cut Your Grass and Make a Skirt Dust Off Your Ukelele Saturday, September 10 6:00 p.m. at TSRC Pineapple GAMES Gotta Get Your Tickets This week. DON T MISS TSRC s FINEST---FUNNEST---MOST FLAVORFUL Event Ever! Benefit: Sonrise Children

3 <>< <>< <>< Adult Christian Education Sundays 9:00 a.m. There will be no Adult Christian Education this Sunday. week. <>< <>< <> EVANGELISM COURSE Fr. Andy will be leading an evangelism course entitled, The Way of the Master beginning September 14 th and running through November 9 th. This is an eight-week course. Classes will meet on Wednesday evenings at the church office, 7 p.m. Please let Fr. Andy know you will be coming so he can prepare an adequate number of materials. <>< <>< <><

4 Here s a little trivia for you. Now, didja know: Article by Eric Metaxas Forty years ago two human beings changed history by walking on the surface of the moon. But what happened before Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong exited the Lunar Module is perhaps even more amazing, if only because so few people know about it. "I'm talking about the fact that Buzz Aldrin took communion on the surface of the moon. Some months after his return, he wrote about it in Guideposts magazine. And a few years ago I had the privilege of meeting him myself. I asked him about it and he confirmed the story to me, and I wrote about it in my book Everything You Always Wanted to Know About God (But Were Afraid to Ask). The background to the story is that Aldrin was an elder at his Presbyterian Church in Texas during this period in his life, and knowing that he would soon be doing something unprecedented in human history, he felt he should mark the occasion somehow, and he asked his minister to help him. And so the minister consecrated a communion wafer and a small vial of communion wine. And Buzz Aldrin took them with him out of the Earth's orbit and on to the surface of the moon. He and Armstrong had only been on the lunar surface for a few minutes when Aldrin made the following public statement: "This is the LM pilot. I'd like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever and wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way." He then ended radio communication and there, on the silent surface of the moon, 250,000 miles from home, he read a verse from the Gospel of John, and he took communion. Here is his own account of what happened: "In the radio blackout, I opened the little plastic packages which contained the bread and the wine. I poured the wine into the chalice our church had given me. In the one-sixth gravity of the moon, the wine slowly curled and gracefully came up the side of the cup. Then I read the scripture, 'I am the vine, you are the branches. Whosoever abides in me will bring forth much fruit. Apart from me you can do nothing.

5 I had intended to read my communion passage back to earth, but at the last minute [they] had requested that I not do this. NASA was already embroiled in a legal battle with Madelyn Murray O'Hare, the celebrated opponent of religion, over the Apollo 8 crew reading from Genesis while orbiting the moon at Christmas. I agreed reluctantly. I ate the tiny Host and swallowed the wine. I gave thanks for the intelligence and spirit that had brought two young pilots to the Sea of Tranquility. It was interesting for me to think: the very first liquid ever poured on the moon, and the very first food eaten there, were the communion elements. And of course, it's interesting to think that some of the first words spoken on the moon were the words of Jesus Christ, who made the Earth and the moon - and Who, in the immortal words of Dante, is Himself the "Love that moves the Sun and other stars." WOW!!! GOD BLESS AMERICA

6 There s just no end to the FUN we have raising FUNDS here at TSRC. As soon as luau is over, we will be gearing up for our annual Beanie Weenie Karaoke Dinner. A very important part of that night is the SILENT AUCTION. Those of you who are builders or crafters of any type, please remember to craft an item you can donate to the SILENT AUCTION. In the past we have had handmade afghans, doilies, planters, mailboxes we ve had pictures painted by our in-house artists and stained glass items. We ve had baked goods wherever your talent lies, we can use your gift at the auction. Also, if you own a business or will donate a product or your time to provide any type service that, too, makes a fantastic auction item. Additionally, put on your thinking caps concerning costumes. There will be prizes for best male costume and best female costume for adults and for children. Religious themed costumes encouraged; no witches, devils, ghosts, vampires, ghouls of any kind. Tickets will go on sale sometime in October. Benefit: The Mission

7 Youth Group September October 9/07 Conference Room 6-7:30p.m. 10/05 Conference Room 7-8 p.m. 9/14 Conference Room 6-7:30 p.m. 10/12 Conference Room 7-8 p.m. 9/21 Conference Room 6-7:30 p.m. 10/19 Conference Room 7-8 p.m. Friday Night Movie Nights 9/16 TSRC Sanctuary 6-8 p.m. 9/30 TSRC Sanctuary 6-8 p.m. 10/14 TSRC Sanctuary 6-8 p.m. Youth Events 9/17 Car Wash at TSRC 9a.m.-noon 9/18 Bowling at Cypress Lanes Youth Night 7-10 p.m. $7.00 per person for 15 or more; $9.00 per person for less than /1 Skating and Laser Tag Trip at Skate Zone 1-4 p.m. -- $12.00 per person 10/15 Putt Putt Golf at Family Fun Zone in Lakeland $3.99 age 12 or under $4.99 age 13 or older Plus Travel Expense Hallows Eve Movie Night at TSRC Sanctuary 6-10 p.m. $5.00

8 The Holy Spirit: Power for Mission Is the theme for this year s Winter Conference 2012 which will be held in Houston, Texas January 11-14, You can register now on the AMiA website: <>< <>< <>< There was a barber that thought that he should share his faith with his customers more than he had been doing lately. So the next morning when the sun came up and the barber got up out of bed he said, "Today I am going to witness to the first man that walks through my door." Soon after he opened his shop the first man came in and said, "I want a shave!" The barber said, "Sure, just sit in the seat and I'll be with you in a moment." The barber went in the back and prayed a quick desperate prayer saying, "God, the first customer came in and I'm going to witness to him. So give me the wisdom to know just the right thing to say to him. Amen." Then quickly the barber came out with his razor knife in one hand and a Bible in the other while saying "Good morning sir. I have a question for you... Are you ready to die?"

9 Church Calendar Prayer Team Meeting Sisters of Our Savior Meeting Vestry First Monday Each Month Second Monday Each Month Third Monday 7:00 p.m. Simonds Home 7:00 p.m. - Nursery 6:30 p.m. Ch. Office (Prayer 6:00 p.m.) Men s Breakfast Cursillistas Fourth Day Brkfst. Healing Service Thursdays, 7:00 a.m. Saturdays, 8:00 a.m. First Wednesday Perkins Restaurant Schack s Restaurant 7:00 p.m. Bible Book Club Outreach Sunday Prayer Box Sunday (Bible Study Group) Last Sunday: Mission Prayer Buddy for 2 nd, 3 rd, and 4 th Weds. Pregnancy Center, Street Angels the month First 7:00 p.m. - Church Collection Baskets in Narthex Sunday 10:00 a.m. Bible Book Club Tuesdays 7:00 p.m. Chipper/Sandy Allen Home Bible Book Club Tuesdays 7:00 p.m Don/Bev Newton Home <>< TIL NEXT WEEK,