Bulletin fillers

Bulletin fillers:

Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.

- Natalie Babbitt

Faith is strengthened by

      The mountains it conquers,                                                   The dreams it fulfills,                                                                The peace is instills,

                              And The promise it believes.

                                                (Ellen Cuomo)

God's Hands…

·                    Today is in God's hands and so are you!

·                    God's Hands are strong and will uphold you;

·                    God's Hands are great and will enfold you;

·                    God's Hands are gentle and will embrace you;

·                    God's Hands are protective and will cover you;

·                    God's Hands are reassuring and will quiet you;

·                    God's Hands are powerful and will defend you;

·                    God's Hands are parental and will train you;

·                    God's Hands are masterful and will conform you;

·                    God's Hands are compassionate                                                                                          and will care for you;

·                    God's Hands are healing and will renew you;

·                    God's Hands are calming and will comfort you;

·                    God's Hands are giving and will bless you.

·                    God's Hands are the hands that hold you                                                                                             and will never let you down.

·                     -Roy Lessin, DaySpring co-founder and writer

A  DIFFERENCE  THIS SUMMER!

·         Come to church as often as you can;

·         Send your offering even when you’re out of town;

·         Call someone who is missing from the “regulars”;

·         Invite a visitor to go to lunch with you.

·         Call them next Saturday to invite them back ;

·         Invite someone to a class social.

·         Tell Pastor about new people on your street;

·         Keep your eyes open for people who may be looking for a  new church home;

·         Ask forgiveness from those you may have hurt;

·         Focus on the good things about our church!;

·         Pray for your pastor, church & our leaders;

·         Pray about where you can serve best in 2011;

·         Carefully consider mentoring someone to take your place on a committee so that you can use your energy in new areas of ministry;

·         Share constructive criticism with your pastor;

·         Consider hosting a small group in your home;

·         Offer to play an instrument, sing a solo, join the drama team, do a testimony;

·         Follow what God lays on your heart to do…                           even if it seems a little “crazy”!

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.                                           - Plato

The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others            and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us,                                 and … are silent when we should speak,                           the divine floods of light and life                                       no longer flow into our souls.                                            - Elizabeth Cady Stanton

What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me                  more than all the print I have read in my life.                         - Walt Whitman

I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I’m saying.  – Oscar Wilde

Dear Lord,

Please put your arms around my shoulder,               and your hands on my mouth!