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1 Subscribe Past Issues Translate 301 I St SW, Quincy WA, (509) Sunday School: 9:00 am & 10:30 am Worship Service: 9:00 am & 10:30 am April 13, 2018 To CONNECT with God, each other & the world as we experience PURPOSE, BELONGING & LIFE-CHANGING discipleship. 10 Seconds I think we all need shepherding; I know I do. I m a pastor, so I receive my pastoring from other pastors. Sometimes my pastors are authors of a book I read or a sermon I watch or listen to. I don t depend solely on others for my spiritual food. That s why my chair time with God (reading the Bible and meditating on what I ve read) is vital to my spiritual health. However, I know that I benefit from having other voices in my spiritual journey. A few years ago, I heard a pastor talk about prayer. He advocated praying for others in 10-second prayers. The benefits of doing so include: acknowledging God more often, remembering to pray a second time if you ve prayed once before, comfort for the person you prayed for, and a relational connection with that person. Since hearing this teaching, I ve practiced the 10-second prayer many times. To date, I ve only had one person refuse my request to say a prayer for them. I m ok with that because it reminds me that we all have different comfort zones.

2 Have you ever had someone pray for you and then experience a sense of comfort resulting from the time of prayer? What s that about? What is the relationship between prayer and comfort? Certainly, we can be comforted by the knowledge that another person cares about us. It s easy to feel that we are all alone, so when we experience connection, we also often experience comfort. There is also great comfort in knowing that God sees us and is for us. God even invites us to cast all our cares upon Him. In his letter to Christians, Peter wrote, Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. Sometimes our worries and troubles feel so heavy, we think they ll crush us. When we pray with someone, we help them to leave their troubles with God. Prayers aren t incantations of some magic that Christ-followers practice. They are simply human attempts at acknowledging God and asking Him to accomplish what we cannot. Would you be willing to consider asking someone if you could say a 10-second prayer for them? You might be surprised at how satisfying it is. My experience indicates that most people you ask will be open and you will be more likely to remember to pray for them again (and again). So, do you have 10 seconds to spare? Your brother and friend, shaun PS I do understand that most problems are complex rather than simple and therefore involve a series of factors in the solution. That said, every solution has a starting point and that s why I advocate the 10-second prayer to get the process going or to enable it to continue. As Dr. Leo Marvin and Bob Wiley would say, take baby steps 10 seconds at a time. Church Opener April 15 9:00 AM Ron Huxtable April 22 9:00 AM Merle Royer 4/1 Cheri Clarke 4/1 Amanda Williamson 4/2 Alysha

3 Head Usher Church Lock-Up April 15 10:30 AM Dennis King April 22 10:30 AM Steve Kennedy Nursery April 15 9:00 am Joan Aliment 10:30 am Lorraine Kooy & Isaiah Schaapman April 22 9:00 am Sue Huxtable 10:30 am Meredith, Bryn, & Shea Heikes Sunday, April 15 3 pm Join us as we provide worship service for the residents of The Cambridge. Questions? Contact Larry Clark ABC ACADEMY PRESCHOOL NEW ENROLLMENT OPEN HOUSE! Tuesday, April 17 5:30 7:00 pm at QFMC downstairs in the preschool room Questions? Contact Chrissy Massey, The next meeting will be Tues, April 17 6 pm Murray Van Dyke's (13238 Martin Rd NW). Call or text Alan Baerlocher for more details, April 3 36 years Daryl & Sharon Chesterman April 5 44 years Gabriel & Jackie Lopez Donovan 4/2 Kellie Pannek 4/3 Gary Duckworth 4/3 Joel Martin 4/4 Jonnie Goodwin 4/4 Rylie Massey 4/5 Amie Schaapman 4/5 Dale Hille 4/6 Zane McKee 4/9 Brandon Melburn 4/10 Daniel Castillo Sr. 4/13 Kiely Kiehn 4/13 Reathel Lankford 4/14 Dyanne Solders 4/14 Ethan Christensen 4/16 Brett Guehrn 4/17 Jackson Bushy 4/19 Candice Schaapman 4/21 Greg Richardson 4/22 Peyton Spence 4/25 Sherri Thaemert 4/28 Doug Kennedy 4/28 Jill Mead 4/28 Paulette Weber 4/30 Sabrina Jamison

4 April years Todd & Michele Wurl April years Armando & Susan Ramirez April years Shaun & Diane McNay April years Franscois & Mickey van der Merwe April years Brent & Sarah Dowlen April years Marvin & Shannon Kooistra

5 Times & Locations of Sunday School Classes 9:00 am Study of Genesis led by Murray & Carol Van Dyke in the administration office board room 10:30 am That the World May Know video series led by Heath Wilson in the administration office board room Nursery (ages 0-2 yrs) both services downstairs, first room on the right Children's Church (ages 3 5 yrs) both services downstairs, end of the hall Children's Sermon (Grades K 4th) Second service, dismissed after worship songs upstairs, room #201

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7 Join us for the annual National Day of Prayer Thursday, May 3, :00 pm Quincy City Hall Flagpole Join us as we pray as a community of believers for our city, state, nation, and world! "...if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14

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