Lighthouse Presbyterian Church To grow in Christ, becoming like Him. August 4, 2016 Volume 10, Issue 16 Lighthouse Presbyterian Church PO Box 404 1402 E. 303rd Street Paola, KS 66071 913.294.2400 Worship: Sunday 10:00am Summer Join us for Family Fun Nights Everyone gets to have fun! CREATIVE Back to School Wednesday, August 10th 5:30-8:00pm Activities include: tye-dye an art shirt, personalize a leather bookmark, make a backpack key chain, decorate a school box and more! Dinner includes: pizza, salad and pop FREE EVENT Please RSVP ahead by phone or text to Ivy Poetter at 913-731-6110 or email to ivy_poetter@hotmail.com.
THE LIGHTHOUSE BEACON Page 2 A Blessing Guaranteed BSF for Women We are seeking an individual, family or small group to lead the care home visitation that Lighthouse Church is scheduled to care for on Sunday afternoon, August 14th. Please e-mail Rebecca@paolalighthouse.com or call the church office, 294-2400 to volunteer to share devotions with the care home residents at Country Club Estates and Vintage Park. When: Every Tuesday: Sept. 13, 2016 thru May 2017 Time: 6:30-8:30pm Where: Lighthouse Church No childcare available. As a class member, you will spend time in personal study of the Scriptures each week. You will join other women in a small-group discussion of the lesson and learn from a teaching leader how the truths of Scripture can be applied to daily life. You will leave class with comprehensive lesson notes, which teach further on the passage you studied, and lesson questions for the following week. Study will be on the Gospel of John. If you have any questions or need any further information, please call Roberta Briley at (816) 223-0543 or email at rlbxrlb@aol.com Back to School Free Garage Sale Saturday, Aug 13 9:00am 12:00pm Free and open to the public. Come find items to help your kids prepare for back to school - clothing, coats, shoes, backpacks, & school supplies all free! Sizes infant through teen/ young adult. First Baptist Church 207 E. Wea St. Paola, KS 66071 Men of Lighthouse Church: Are You Interested in Our Ministry to Haiti: Lighthouse Water Project? What: When: Who: Where: Why: An informational meeting about our work in Haiti. Lunch will be included. Sunday, August 14 at 11:30am (following worship service) All men interested in supporting and/or going to Haiti Near the kitchen window of the sanctuary Numerous Reasons 1. God is doing something special with our men ministering in Haiti 2. There are 3 spots available on our Trip 6 in November (5 th 12 th ) 3. Even if you have no intention of going, this is a great ministry to support 4. And this is a great way to connect with other men in our church
THE LIGHTHOUSE BEACON Page 3 CELEBRATE RECOVERY Celebrate Recovery is a support ministry for anyone who has hurts, habits and hang-ups and would like instruction, direction, fellowship and encouragement to overcome them through the power of Christ. Celebrate Recovery meets every Thursday evening: 6:30-8:30 pm in the worship area with a fellowship time beginning at 6:00 pm. Child care is provided. For more information, contact Bob Zoller at robertzoller@kw.com or 913-285-3608. We had a great response to our Highway 2 Haiti bike ride that occurred on Saturday, July 30th. There were over 50 riders that came out and enjoyed the beautiful weather as well as a scenic ride through Miami County. Highway 2 Haiti Bike Ride All proceeds were being donated to our Lighthouse Water Project to repair broken wells. At this time almost $1900.00 has been raised. The next Beacon newsletter will be published on Thursday, August 18th. Deadline for all articles will be Friday, Aug 12th. We still have T-shirts available. If you are interested in a T-Shirt, please contact Ron Dowd (913-472-2085 or rldowd2@yahoo.com) to see if there is still one available in your size. The cost is $20.00. A big thank you goes out to all who participated in this event! Thank you in advance for your help.
THE LIGHTHOUSE BEACON Page 4 Wednesday Night Youth (6th-12th): 5:30-7:30pm Aug 10 Water wars at Church (5:30-8:00pm) Aug 17 Back to School Night (at Church) Aug 24 Normal Wednesday schedule begins The Nathan Project (9th-12th): Sunday, 6:00-8:00pm (at the church) 5:30-6:00 dinner ($2.50/person) 6:00-6:30 games & music 6:30-7:00 lesson split by grades 7:00-7:30 small group split by grades Aug 7th At Church Aug 14th No NP (Parent Open House) Aug 21st Kick off Sunday First Watch: Sunday, 9:00-9:45am We study together each Sunday morning in the youth room. Upcoming Events: Lighthouse Youth Eli Wedde 620-481-7264 eliasray31@gmail.com Open House - (Parents Only) August 14 th 5:00-7:00 This meeting gives parents the chance to get to know the leaders of the youth group and vice-versa. We will have a dinner and a time for discussion so we leaders can hear the concerns you parents have for the youth. RSVP by August 7 th for the dinner. Lake Weekend at the Blachlys August 26 th -28 th Our annual lake weekend trip in the Ozarks. Sign ups are due by the 17 th. Cost and other details will be emailed out. Water Wars August 10 th 5:30-8:00pm It s the last Wednesday of Summer, let s have a war. Bring a towel and bring all your water guns. We will have quite a few games planned.
THE LIGHTHOUSE BEACON Page 5 OWNit365: One Story The OWNit365: One Story plan takes you through the key stories of the Bible in one year. The plan shows how the many stories of the Bible make up one interconnected story God s story. The plan calls for reading between one to three chapters of Scripture a day from three separate chapters (i.e. the main storyline and key cross references), six days per week. We have worked out all the 2016 dates so that you can simply go to our website: www.paolalighthouse.com and look under Announcements, (in the right hand column) then click on the One Story Reading Plan for 2016. Yes, it s that easy! Here is the reading plan for Aug 8-14: Monday, Aug 8: Day 218 Daniel & Gabriel s Visit re: Persia & Greece Michael the Archangel Dan 10; Rev 12:7-9; Dan 12 Tuesday, Aug 9: Day 219 Ezekiel Ezekiel Grieves in Captivity & God s Call to Preach to the Disobedient Captives Eze 1:1-3; Eze 2; Eze 33:30-33 Wednesday, Aug 10: Day 220 Ezekiel Ezekiel Grieves With the Captives but Does Not Grieve the Loss of His Wife Ezek 3:1-15; Psalms 137; Eze 24 Thursday, Aug 11: Day 221 Ezekiel Being a Faithful Watchman for God & Being Innocent of People s Blood Eze 3:16-27; Eze 33:1-20; Acts 20:25-27 Friday, Aug 12: Day 222 Ezekiel Israel s Sinful History & Their (National & Individual) Resurrection Eze 20:1-38; Eze 37; John 11:21-27 Saturday, Aug 13: Day 223 Esther Esther Becomes Queen & Mordecai Protects the King Esther 1 & 2; Jer 29:1-11 Sunday, Aug 14: Day 224 Weekly Day Off / catch up Here is the reading plan for Aug 15-21: Monday, Aug 15: Day 225 Esther Mordecai s Plot Against the Jews & Esther s Courageous Risk to See the King Esther 3 & 4; Prov 21:1 Tuesday, Aug 16: Day 226 Esther Esther s Banquets, Mordecai s Honoring & Haman s Death Esther 5, 6 & 7 Wednesday, Aug 17: Day 227 Esther The King s Decree, the Jews Saved & the Feast of Purim Esther 8, 9 & 10 Thursday, Aug 18: Day 228 King Cyrus Cyrus Doesn t Know God but Fulfills Prophecy About Rebuilding the Temple Ezra 1; 2 Chron 36:15-23; Isaiah 45:1-7 Friday, Aug 19: Day 229 Zerubbabel The First Return of People From Captivity to Rebuild the Temple Ezra 2; Jer 29:10-14; Psalms 126 Saturday, Aug 20: Day 230 Zerubbabel The Temple Rebuilding Project is Stopped & the Church is a Temple Ezra 3 & 4; Eph 2:19-22 Sunday, Aug 21: Day 231 Weekly Day Off / catch up
THE LIGHTHOUSE BEACON Page 6 For the month of August 2016: Miscellaneous Issues Rick Beamgard Ryan Beamgard Florence Bernard (Theresa Morrison) Krystal Berry (Linda Gibson) Lon Boyd Brian Briley Charlie Brink Duke Brown (Scott McKenzie) Jeff Clark Tami Connell Jeanine Crowl (Jodi Grandon) Matthew Cummings (Ken & Rosemary Cummings) JoAnn Curran Leta Dameron (Bob Dameron) James Ditto JoAnn Dotson (Shelly Thomas) Mary Flavin (JoAnn Curran) Brenda Grandon Zoe Haines (Joel Haines) Jacquee Hecker Helen Hertha Lincoln High (Sandi Bal) Tom Hire (Rebecca Sutton) Dorene Hodges (Donna Whiteford) Mike McCauley (Samantha Green) Debbie McCrackin (Rob Wood) Darlene McMullen (Rebecca Sutton) Christine Owens Nancy Parker (Stacy Boan) Dalton Prager (Merilee Baughman) Katie Prager (Merilee Baughman) Susan Ratcliffe (Harry Hellyer) Gene Robinson (Keith Robinson) Georgiea Slyter Etta Snouffer (Rebecca Sutton) Leanna Stanchfield (Tammy Dowd) Linda Sutterfield (Ruthie Gillen) Alex Theissen (Jeff Reeder) Ginger Warrick (Joel Ahlbrandt) Overseas Military Lindsay High (Sandi Bal) James Holloway (Sydney Dulgarian) Cancer Lisa Morgan Coleman (Carol Knoche) Jim Donner (Charlie Brink) Sherry Duncan Carolyn Hertha (Helen Hertha) Pam Hire (Rebecca Sutton) Karl Kelsey (Janet Offutt) Ysleta Kiernan (Jeff Clark) Carol Massey (Shelly Thomas) Betty Matney (Evelyn Cowden) Mike McGuire (Kristal Sparks) Patti Ravnikar (Linda Gibson) Shirley Robinson (Jeff Clark) Teressa Ruggles Nancy Stienhoff (Leon & Pat Briley) Cynthia Thompson (Joel Ahlbrandt) David Wassmer (Jeff Clark) Tony Webster (Patrick Sweeney) (Names in parentheses indicate the church family requesting prayer) (Names will run for four weeks, so please notify the office if you would like to have a name left on this prayer list.) Congratulations to Stan & Kelli McClurg on the birth of Harvey William McClurg. Very proud grandparents are Mike & Susie McClurg. Our prayers and sympathies go out to the family and friends of: Sarah Cheyenne Crawford Cole Plummer HOW TO CONTACT US: Pastor Kirk: Pastor Brad: Rebecca Sutton: Tracey Hecker: Eli Wedde Tricia Sinclair: godsquad@classicnet.net brad@paolalighthouse.com rebecca@paolalighthouse.com tracey@paolalighthouse.com eliasray31@gmail.com tricia@paolalighthouse.com Mailing address: 1402 E 303rd St. P.O. Box 404 Paola, KS 66071 Office Phone: 294-2400 Website: paolalighthouse.com