Text Box: SUNDAY SCHOOL UPDATES Sunday School Teacher Installation August 19th The following teachers were commissioned for the gifts of teaching within our congregation: Jr. Worship & Sunday School Teachers Karen Klinect, Jackie Haumschild, Cindy Hicks, Melissa Folk, Becky Marks, Liz Bokar, Beth Wilson, Debby Lynn Botos, Mark & Kathy Carpenter, Tracey Galvin, Jeanne Kekic, Carol Bokman, Polly Tallos, Stu & Bonnie Hicks. Adult SS Teachers: John Bokar. Carol Wilson, Paul Durbin, Rachel Trimble, Maureen Cromling, Chris Hensley, Vernon Black, and Judy Ponting. We also extended our thanks to our paid child caregivers, Jan Mitchell & Ann Kramer for their loving caring of the babies in the nursery & children of those who attend bible studies throughout the week. In celebration of Teachers and our Sunday School Students we hosted an Ice Cream Social that served approximately 80 people. Sunday School Promotion Certificates Stu Hicks, Jeanne Kekic, Melissa Folk, and Becky Marks promoted the following students with a Certificate of Promotion: Hannah Susak, Natalie Kramer, Riley Rose, Karl Tallos, Preston Botos, Alex Carpenter, Aaron Botos, Samuel Gunther, Theresa Sizemore, Kevin Wilson, James Gunther, and David Gunther. Join us for a game of BIBLE Jeopardy Challenge On Sept. 9th, during the fellowship hour (9:30 worship) the High School Class is challenging the adult Sunday School classes to a game of Jeopardy. The categories will be: Abraham, the Ten Commandments, the Parables of Jesus, Health & Wellness, and Boundaries. Enjoy your donut while you cheer on the contestants. Text Box: Dear God, There is an ad on TV from Staples telling us that what ever we need, all we have to do is push the "Easy" button. The big red "Easy" button is right there to take care of our every need. What ever the need, just push the red button and it will be taken care of. My mother taught me that anything worth striving for was not easy. If it was worth something, then I had to work to achieve the goal. Nothing is easy. I have watched this in a mother giving birth. Labor is hard but through the pain of childbirth comes the great reward. Even the Piper family who is waiting for their son in Guatemala, realize adoption is not easy. I have sat with people who are dying, holding their hand and praying with them. Sometimes dying is not easy. We are on our second remodeling project. First was the kitchen and that really was not easy. After months of frustration the finished project is beautiful, everything I need to prepare meals and serve family and friends. Now we are remodeling the downstairs bathroom, and even though I learned from the past, it really is not easy! No, nothing valuable worth having is easy, for even our Lord Jesus who was obedient to You, suffered and died and was resurrected for us. Nothing in this world can compare to that. We can all dream of having a big red "Easy" button but I don't think it would be worth it. There are no lessons to be learned when every thing is so easy. Haggai 2:4b; " take courage all you people of the land, says the Lord: work, for I am with you, says the Lord of hosts." Love, Judy