Monster Mash!

I cannot even begin to describe to you how PUMPED I am about the worship service this Sunday morning. We will be looking at Acts 3:1-10 and should CLEARLY see our mission as followers of Christ from this passage of Scripture. Come expecting to worship our Savior and BRING SOMEONE WITH YOU! We should always view every Sunday just as important as we view Easter Sunday...why? Because EVERY Sunday we gather together, we are celebrating that Jesus is alive and changing lives.

* Count the Cost... Click HERE to view the drawings & financial plans for renovating the building! Videos were filmed earlier this week and are being edited and will hopefully be up early next week!

* Pledges... Over the next 2 weeks, please pray as an individual or family as to what the Lord would have you sacrificially and generously give. We will make our pledges together as a church family on Sunday morning, November 6th. The renovation campaign will begin this day and extend until Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012. You may give weekly, monthly, or the entire amount at one time to fulfill your pledge. You may give your pledge when you give your normal offering or online at www.livinghopemarysville.com/give

* Host-Homes... we still need 1 (possibly 2) host homes in the Mill-Valley/Scott-Farms area for the mission team coming in from Orlando, FL later next week. They will arrive on Friday evening, October 28th and depart early Tuesday morning, November 1st. This will involve housing them and feeding them a few meals. If interested, please contact Pastor Jeremy ASAP by responding to this email.

* Monster-Mash... We are changing the name of our Halloween event from Trick or Truth to MONSTER MASH and I couldn't be more excited!! That night is going to look the same as except for the fact that it is going to be bigger then ever! We have 2 Giant inflatables coming, more games then before, more candy then ever before, but the one thing we still need is you! We would love for you to be a part of this event and there are several ways you can serve. We need un-opened bags of candy, people to help set up that Monday, people to run the games, help with food, and also people to just hang out and talk to the families that stop by. If you have any interest in helping or serving in any way, please feel free to contact Pastor James at james@livinghopemarysville.com.

* Kids Worship... Next Sunday Morning (October 30th) our kids are going to be taking over the service and it is going to be a blast! The will be greeting, taking up the offering, helping Adam with worship, and one lucky kid is going to get to preach with Pastor Jeremy… ok maybe not the last one, but it is going to be fun! On that day we will also layout the paintings for missions for the church to look at to buy the following week. We are asking for your kids to get to church by 9am on this Sunday (Oct 30th) for the kids to run through songs with Pastor Adam and to get ready for the service. So make sure you invite all your family and friends to get ready for an exciting worship service led by your kids!

* Mother-Daughter Sleep Over... Will be November 11th-12th, so go ahead and mark your calendar and get ready for a fun night with just the girls. More details to come soon...

Between Sundays: THE LORD HAS PROVIDED!

Living Hope Family,

I am beyond words as I write these lines! The Lord provided once again as we signed the papers and closed on the property yesterday. What was once commonly known in Marysville as the Karen's Event Center is now Living Hope Church...to God be the glory!!! These past 6 months have been a faith stretch for us all and what a story we will be able to look back upon the rest of our lives and say the Lord allowed us to be a part of! October is shaping up to be an extremely important and busy month for us, so please read all the new events below. This coming Sunday, we begin Acts 2 with one of the most powerful events in all of Scripture...BE THERE!

Family Membership Meeting...we are asking that ALL covenant-signed members of Living Hope Church gather together on Sunday evening, October 9th @ 6pm for an informational meeting concerning the new property. In this meeting, we will unveil the plans, time-line, etc...concerning the next steps for us as a church family. We will meet there at the new property (16701 Square Drive). We are asking that none of our small groups meet that day in lieu of this important gathering.

Father & Son Camp-Out...on October 14th, the men of Living Hope will embark on a journey that will change the course of manhood forever... A CAMPOUT! That's right, the men of Living Hope will be getting together to live in the wild, to survive nature, to withstand all the natural elements... in the Comstock's backyard. We will be cooking out, shooting guns, learning survival technicians, growing together as men of God and yes, I am pretty sure will be smelling like men too. So make sure you get signed up for this event and get ready to have a weekend away with the men. We will meet out at the Comstocks around 6pm on that Friday and will pack it all up before Lunch on Saturday. The cost of each man is $5 or you can pay $10 per family. For more questions or information feel free to email Pastor James at james@livinghopemarysville.com.

Fall Outreach...be praying and getting ready for our annual Trick or Truth fall outreach at the end of October. A mission team of 10 adults & students from the First Baptist Church of Central Florida in Orlando will be flying up here and helping us for 4 days! More details to come soon.

Thank You from the Wiley Family

Dear Living Hope Church Family,

Words fail in trying to convey to you how much we love you all and have been blessed by the love, prayers, meals, and gifts that you have so lavishly poured on us. Worshipping our risen LORD together with you the last three years has certainly bound our hearts with yours and has been sweeter than we could have ever imagined. We hope you will keep in touch with us and continue to let us be a part of what God is doing in your lives. We are so thankful that in Christ there are never any good-byes, just "see ya laters". Even these though are still painful as we know that we will not see many of you again on this earth. The apostle Peter captures our desire for your lives and Living Hope best in some of his last words before he was martyred. "...according to His promises we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace......take care that you are not carried away by the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity!! Amen" (from 2 Peter ch 3)

Be there!!!
Gerry & Carol

Between Sundays: Beth Moore Weekend @ Living Hope

Hey Everyone,

Can you believe this weather? I hope this does not mean that winter is coming too early!! The Lord continues to bless us as a church family during the summer months, and so we continue to pray and anticipate the month of August to be no different. School will soon start back for many in a couple of weeks, so that means getting back into the routine of things. However, may we never get into a routine in our walk with the Lord! We should remember what the Spirit of God through Solomon has been teaching us, to not take our days for granted and make the most of them! I will be preaching from Ecclesiastes 10 on Sunday morning, so please go ahead and read these verses and prepare to worship. Until then, please check out the latest announcements below:

Beth Moore Conference...will be THIS Friday evening and Saturday in Columbus. There are a couple of tickets that someone has purchased, but due to a schedule conflict can no longer use them. If you desire to go and can use these tickets, please contact Jennifer Westbrook at jjcwestbrook@yahoo.com for more info.

iDiscover Membership Class...will be on Sunday morning, September 11th from 8:30-9:45. It will be held at the school before the morning worship service. Childcare IS available, but you must sign up on your response card in the Sunday worship bulletin or via this email.

Worship Songs...click here to view and listen to the songs we will be singing this coming Sunday morning!

From Pastor James...Volunteers Needed! If you have not noticed our church family is growing and each week we are blessed with so many new faces, but with the blessing of growth comes the opportunity to serve. You may be sitting back as a member of Living Hope & you want to serve and get plugged in, but you just don't know where or how to get plugged in. Well, you are in luck because the Children's Ministry and the Student Ministry is in need of volunteers to come along side of the leadership and be the hands & feet of Christ. So many times we strive in our lives to look, talk, and act like Christ to the best of our ability. However, sometimes we get so caught up trying to look at ourselves we forget that looking at others (serving others) is one of the ways Jesus calls us to be like Him. From holding a baby, helping a 4 year old with a craft, being crowd control in Pipeline, or helping a student in their daily walk with Christ we have a place for you to serve. If you are interested in getting more involved and plugged into serving in one of our family ministries, please contact Pastor James at james@livinghopemarysville.com ASAP. Jesus describes this exact thing in Matthew chapter 9...

35 And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

Please take the time to get alone with God and pray to not asking "should I serve?" but ask the question "Where do you want me to serve You?"