29 Dwight Daniels

August 2001:
01 Bettie Murray

02 Agnes Brown

03 Josephine Staner

10 Jaime Heimbach

11 Stella Shaver

11 Roger Wilbourn

14 Wilmer Martin

17 Brenda Cochran

19 Al Murray

26 Mike Walcutt

30 Ryan Dowdy

30 Jacob Wilbourn

07 Ray and Jayne Jones

08 Mike and Lori Carman

09 Gene and Helen Coolbaug

Planning for the block party is underway. Games are being made, reservations are being made, and staff are being signed up. Please pray for our church as we begin to start preparations.

Thank You:

A BIG thank you goes out to all the people who donated food items for camp and to all those who prayed for our sponsors and campers who were away at camp! Falls Creek and KBA were both great weeks filled with learning from God's Word, fellowship, and fun!

Seniors:

The next Sr. Saints Luncheon will be Tuesday, August 21st at 11:30 a.m.

Second Mile Club:

On Sunday, July 8th, Heather Fulkerson and Ben Walcutt were inducted into "The Second Mile Club". They were nominated by Diana Walcutt. Then on July 29th, Diana Walcutt was inducted into "The Second Mile Club" and she was nominated by the youth!

God is depending on us to depend on Him. I have said that from the pulpit so many times. But I learned it for myself in that moment. I don't want to ever forget it. When thouse words gushed out of my heart, I was surprised to hear myself saying them. I didn't know the first thing about prayer? But, as I sat there, I knew I had never said anything that was more true. As a pastor, I have always emphasized prayer. I preach on it, I practice it, I believe in it. I believe prayer is so important in my life, and in the life of the church. But prayer can easily become just so many words. Words chosen carefully. But these were not words chosen carefully. These were words straight from the heart. And that's the way God wants to pray. He wants us to pray out of a heart that is desprate, breaking, depending only on Him. He wants us to pray like we know he cares and we know He is listening. He wants us to pray like we belong to Him, like we believe in Him. He is waiting to hear us pray like that.

He is watching to see us live like that. God is depending on us to depend on Him. This is not just the first thing about prayer, it's the first thing about living by faith. As we depend on Him, through His mercy, He gives us a ministry. (2 Corinthians 4:1) As we depend on Him, He renews us inwardly, day by day. (2 Corinthians 4:16) As we depend on Him, He teaches us the first thing about prayer. (Luke 18:1) It's not about what we can do. It's about praying to Him, looking toward Him, leaning on Him, being stretched toward Him, depending on Him.

"Lord, I don't know the first thing about prayer." I was sitting on a bench outside the cabin we were staying in at Falls Creek. Two of us were there, our hearts breaking for a teenage girl who was struggling with surrending her life to Jesus Christ as Lord. About forty-five minutes later, we were sitting on a bench inside the cabin, listening to her give her life to Christ. I will never forget that moment. But I don't want to ever forget the first moment. The moment of desperation. The moment when I heard myself saying, "Lord, I don't know the first thing about prayer."

God is depending on us to depend on Him. Does God have us in a place where it's not about what we can do, but we are driven to pray? That's the best place for us to be. God is waiting to hear us pray like that. He is watching to see us live like that.

I want to live like that. I want to pray like that. I want to see our church grow, like that. Depending on God, God doing what only he can do, and He gets the glory. First things first, Bro. Danny