COLOR ME! FINANCE CORNER. Welcome to Community Baptist Church! Sunday, March 26, 2006

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1 COLOR ME! Welcome to Community Baptist Church! ~CARING IN COMMUNITY~ Sunday, March 26, 2006 Did you know that God designed camels perfectly for survival in harsh climates? They have special pads on their feet so they don't burn, and a nose that closes to keep sand out. They also have large humps to store fat to make water. FINANCE CORNER If you need offering envelopes or a tithe number, please contact Terry Giesbrecht, Doreen Martens, or the church office. Weekly amount needed in General... $2, Received in General last week... $1, Year to date needed in General... $26, Received in General year to date... $24, Country Church offering for Jeremy Wilson... $2, Attendance last week Church Office Fax Website pastorjoell@sasktel.net or combap@sasktel.net or pennyg@sasktel.net Senior Pastor...Joell Haugan ( or ) Moderator...Vic Giesbrecht ( ) Telephone Prayer Chain...Kathy Elias ( ) Prayer Chain...Penny Giesbrecht ( or combap@sasktel.net) Bringing people into the caring community of Christ

2 ORDER OF SERVICE Song: Opening Prayer & Announcements: Scripture Reading: Giving Back To God Wonderful Grace Of Jesus John Giesbrecht Psalm 21 John Giesbrecht Songs: This Is The Day His Name Is Wonderful Prayer: Special Number: Message: Songs: Please sign the clipboard. If you have a prayer request, please write it on a purple prayer slip, and place it in the offering basket. John Giesbrecht Anne Wall What s Buried In Your Camel Pillow?! Pastor Joell Haugan Lord, I Lift Your Name On High In Moments Like These Make Me A Blessing MISSIONS Colin & Karen Godwin BELGIUM 1. Please pray for Belgium as a country - that the hearts of Belgians would be touched by the Spirit of God, and that they may be led to Jesus. Also this month is our Belgian Baptist Union's annual meeting with various votes. May God lead in all this. 2. This month we'll be baptizing a couple who became Christians last summer. They are a beautiful example of God entering their lives and transforming them in deep ways. Please pray for both Genevieve and Fabian, as they are overwhelmed with God's work in them and want to deal openly and honestly with God's transformations. 3. Our church-planting work is undergoing changes and challenges as we move some individuals into leadership positions in the church for the first time. Please also pray for Remy (and Rachelle), the pastoral intern in our church-plant, that God would protect them as they take on increasing responsibilities. 4. Please pray for us as a family of six with all the issues we deal with in another culture and as a pastoral family. Closing Prayer: Pastor Joell Haugan Often, in the midst of great problems, we stop short of the real blessing God has for us, which is a fresh vision of who He is. ~Anne Graham Lotz NEEDED! We are looking for a CD player that can be used with a stereo system. If you have one, please contact Pastor Joell.

3 PRAY FOR & ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER! Please remember to pray for the following people. You may want to give them a call of encouragement too! X Deanna Gebhart ( ) X Amy Giesbrecht laryngitis ( ) X Penny Giesbrecht painful infected ingrown toenail ( ) X Jessie Grant - Room 212, Palliser Regional Care Centre ( ) X Lawrence & Joy Han ( ) X Bob Hardie - Room 216, Palliser Regional Care Centre ( ) X Maria Kovach ( ) X Sheldon & Sandra Kuebler (soon traveling back from their holiday) See their postcard on the bulletin board or website! X Ben Kroeker ( ) X Rick, Penni, Jonah, and Garret Patenaude ( ) Read their on the reverse of this page. X Sandy Ryerson ( ) X Joyce Schultz ( ) X Evelyne Schwartz ( ) X Wanda Shipman - starting chemo this week ( ) X Art Wallman ( ) X Jeremy Wilson ( ) X Those on our prayer calendar this week (and their families): Amy Giesbrecht, Danny Giesbrecht, John & Kaye Giesbrecht, Terry & Penny Giesbrecht, Tiffany Giesbrecht. Welcome to Alexis Penner, who has moved back to Swift Current! FROM PATENAUDES After almost three years of being off line we are now up and running again. We moved from Leduc about a year and a half ago. We moved to a great acreage in the country. We all love it. Jonah is going to a great little country school. He's in kindergarten now. Garret is at home with us still. Rick has been off on stress leave from the RCMP since November. I'm busy working in the special care unit at the Wetaskiwin hospital. I am going to start my MSN on line from the U of Phoenix. Just last week we found out that Jonah may have Asperger's Syndrome. This is a high functioning form of autism, as I understand it. All in all we are all trying to get by with God's help. So there's the short story of the last three years. If you could, please tell everyone we say hello. Please pray that we all will get through the next little while with our sanity intact! The current state of things is fairly daunting. How are things there? We talk about Swift Current often and really miss it and our friends there a lot. Rick & Penni Patenaude R.R. #2, Site 3, Box 27, Millet, AB, T0C 1Z0 Telephone: (780) rickpen@telus.net

4 THIS WEEK Today March 26 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Coffee Fellowship 11:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Service Monday March 27 9:30 a.m. Ladies Weigh In Group 7:00 p.m. Pastor Fred s CARE Group: 408 Hayes Drive (Arnold & Alice Elias home) Tuesday March 28 10:00 a.m. Coffee at Humpty s: If you are new to the church, please come! We d love to visit with you! 7:00 p.m. Kids Club 7:00 p.m. Youth CARE Group Wednesday March 29 9:30 a.m. Wednesday Morning CARE Group: Meet at the church. Next Sunday April 2 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Coffee Fellowship 11:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Service 12:15 p.m.m. Potluck Dinner: Let s try having potluck dinners on Communion Sundays! We ve run really low on food the last couple potlucks so please be sure to bring extra food! We want our visitors to be welcome to stay. 7:00 p.m. First Annual Gospel Jamboree at Pennant Memorial Hall, featuring GloryBound and Shonnon Klassen 7:00 p.m. Hymn Sing: Cornerstone Fellowship Church Thursday March 30 If anyone could take Wanda Shipman to Regina this Thursday for her chemo treatment, please contact the church office as soon as possible! She has to be there by 10 a.m. She will take the bus if a ride is not available. 7:30 p.m. Vic Giesbrecht s CARE Group: 11 Conlin Drive Friday March 31 7:00 p.m. Southwest Family Life Centre Annual Meeting: Best Western Inn & Suites Conference Room 7:30 p.m. Elevate Worship Concert: Herbert Mennonite Church Youth, meet at our church by 6:45, and we ll go together! Parents, if you can provide transportation, contact the church office. April 21-22: April 30: Join us in participating in the 24 Hour Blackout! Check for information in your mailbox, or see Penny. If you do not plan to participate, please hand back your pledge card to the church office as soon as possible! Invite your friends to hear Teen Challenge at our church!

5 MARK YOUR CALENDAR! April 6: April 9: April 10: Concert by Calgary Girls Choir & Swift Current Children's Choir at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church (7 p.m.) Easter Drama ( Rise Up ) at Trailview Alliance Church at 7 p.m. Church Council Meeting FAMILY LIFE MARRIAGE CONFERENCE April 28 to 30 in Regina, SK Light up your marriage! Learn timeless principles for marriage and family relationships. Revisit your wedding day dream, rekindling your commitment to a great marriage. Cost: $99/person (early registration) or $89/person (group registration) April 14: April 16: April 16: April 30: May 4: May 7: May 8: May 12: July 2 to 4: August 10-13: Good Friday Service at the Swift Current Comprehensive High School at 10 a.m. Pastor Joell will be doing an afternoon service in Bracken. Country Church Serge LeClerc & Teen Challenge will be speaking at our church. Sweet Presence Concert at Cornerstone Fellowship Church: Tickets are $10 and available from The Loft, Delores Falk ( ), Karan Regier ( ), or Evelyne Schwartz ( ). You re in for a treat our annual Children s Service! Ten Ways To Be A Better Parent at Family Resource Centre Understanding Our Teenagers Professional Conference, hosted by S.C. Big Brothers/Big Sisters & Southwest Family Life Centre Abundant Life 2006 Seniors Conference at Briercrest Bible College We hope you can come to our church s Family Camp at Pinecrest Baptist Bible Camp! SAINTS ALIVE - SENIOR ADULT CONFERENCE May 21 to 23 in Calgary, AB Three wonderful days, which will include fine preaching by Dr. Walter Boldt, laughter with Phil Callaway, helpful seminars, great music singing with the Hymn Tyme Band, road stories of God s work in the lives of seniors, good food, and warm times of fellowship. Cost: $99/person (early registration) or $89/person (group registration) WILD AT HEART - MEN S CONFERENCE June 2 and 3 in Calgary, AB In order for a man to get his heart back, he's got to take a journey. One that involves risk, and danger, and a point of no return. Through teaching sessions, films, guided periods of reflection and journaling, we have designed something far more than a conference it's an expedition of the heart. You will never be the same. Price: $109/person or $99/person (group registration) Pastor Joell would love to get groups going to these three conferences! For more information, please contact the church office.

6 HELP NEEDED!!! We need to provide some volunteers to help set up chairs for the Good Friday service at the Comprehensive High School. Please contact Dale Brooks or the church office this week if you could help with this. SERMON NOTES THANK YOU! Thank you so much to everyone for all the prayers, gifts, support, and encouragement this past year! Also, a very special thank you to all those who participated in or donated to the Country Church benefit concert last Sunday! Your support was overwhelming, and deeply appreciated. Jeremy Wilson Southwest Family Life Centre had our annual Spring Gala at the Trailview Alliance Church on March 17. We want to thank everyone who came out to enjoy the evening, and those who supported us in other ways, but could not make it. We raised $18,000 in individual and corporate sponsorship and also raised awareness for the Centre. We pray that the message of hope we have in Christ Jesus that was shared was and is a blessing to you in your walk with the Lord! Southwest Family Life Centre