Pictures from around the church

From time to time I will be inserting some of the various pictures which I have taken around the church in the past several years. I hope these pictures will please you, and will give our blog visitors an idea of the type of church family we have here in North.
We started passing out the new church directories last Sunday, and most everyone has now received their copy. If you were pictured in the directory, then you are to receive one free copy. Please call the church office if you haven't picked up your copy yet. I think they turned out fairly well, though I am somewhat disappointed at the photography of the family members. And I do apologize to those who find errors in the spelling of their names or addresses. We tried to proof read the directory before it was printed, and asked for any member of the church family to stop by and help us, which some of you did, and still we find some names mispelled. Sorry about that.It is always very difficult when you are working with hundreds of names and addresses, and even though we corrected some of the mistakes on the proof copy, they missed some at the publishers. Anyhow, it is a historical record of our church, and a treasure for the future.

Looking ahead, we are getting prepared for the annual Homecoming Day celebration and "dinner-on-the-grounds" on Sunday, November 6, 2005. Rev. Watterson will return to preach in the morning services. He is a former pastor from many years ago. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend this great day. Bring will filled covered dishes and we will enjoy the combined fellowship meal.Invite former members and friends of the church family to come and help us celebrate.

Speaking of meals at the church, we have started a Wednesday night meal at the church, so that working folks will be able to come directly to church and eat supper before the Wednesday night activities. We will have the Bible study and prayer meeting in the fellowship hall also. There is no charge for the meal, however you may make a donation if you would like. The meal starts at 6:00 PM.

Lots going on in our church, come and be a part of it. God Bless YOU...

A GREAT DAY IN THE LORD!

We enjoyed a great day Sunday as we had such beautiful weather and there seemed to be a lively spirit in our fellowship. The choir is doing an outstanding job, and our music director, Adam Stich is doing an excellent job. We enjoyed the singing of the newly formed trio of Linda Gunter, Lori Creech and Adam Stich. We do have some great talent in our church family.

I had the privilege of preaching in the morning service, and son Donny led in the evening hour. Pastor Larry and his wife were away on a brief vacation and we did miss having them with us, but we are assured that they will be here on Wednesday night.

Our church directories are in, and I plan on passing them out tomorrow night, Wednesday, at the supper and Bible Study and Prayer Meeting. They turned out very well, but lots of folks think their pictures don’t look like them! We just have to be satisfied with what God has made of us, and know that someday in heaven we will all be beautiful, inside and outside. We had about 85 families that had pictures made for the directory, the first one since 1998, and there have been many changes of course. This directory is loose-leaf and will be easy to update with new pictures and names and addresses of new members who join with us in the days to come.  My appreciation to Joan Buckheister, the church ministry assistant, for all the work she did in helping me get this directory prepared and distributed.

So much for now, will share more later. Keep on keeping on, and if you are participating in the Faith Cometh by Hearing campaign to listen to the complete Old Testament on tape or CD which ends on Christmas Day, I hope you are still on schedule. Don’t quit, even if you don’t finish on time, just keep on listening each day. You will be blessed.

General Information

Dear Church Family and friends of the church,
I am so grateful to each of you for allowing me to be your Minister of Education and Administration for the past 18 months or so. But as you know, I have had to give up my position due to my health, and am now just a regular member! of the church. I still will help out as I am able, but not as a paid staff member. I hope to be able to do some things from home on my own computer, and help the church and secretary each week with the necessary paper work that we generate.

You might change my email address if you think about it. I have had the new DSL installed at home, and my new email address is drr@tds.net if you would like to change it on your address book.


We are beginning today our On Celebration Missions Conference with Rev. Joel Flowers, Director of Missions in Kokomo, Indiana as our morning guest, and we will have different missionaries each night through Wednesday. It promises to be a great time of Missions emphasis, and we are asking all of our members to come and bring a friend or two.

Time to stop, more later, God loves YOU, and so do I!