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Page 7 December 2007
TOWER CHIMES
Prayer Chain & Emergency Calling Tree
Our church believes in
the power of prayer in relieving distress, offering comfort, and aiding in
healing. So, we have a church Prayer Chain, made up of members who are
willing to commit themselves to this ministry for at least one year.
The way our church Prayer
Chain works is like this: Someone will usually call the church office (or
Pastor Sharyl) and let us know of a prayer need. For example, someone may
be in the hospital, or have lost a loved one, or is having some other kind
of difficulty. Pastor Sharyl (or Michelle) then call the first two people
on the Prayer Chain. They call the next person after themselves, those two
people call the next person after themselves, etc. The goal of the Prayer
Chain is to bring others’ needs before God in prayer, each prayer in her
or his own way.
The Chain is made up of
people willing to do two things. One is, when a member hears of a concern,
he or she commits to praying for that person. The kind and frequency of
prayer are up to the one who prays. There’s no right or wrong way to do it
– only God is going to hear you. The second thing that members need to be
willing to do is telephone one other person on the chain. There is an
organized phone-list, and all you have to do is call the next person
listed after your name.
This is a deeply
important ministry in our church. And it is a ministry in which some of
you who have other limitations on how you are able to serve can contribute
to in important ways. If you are already on the Prayer Chain, and willing
to continue to serve, you don’t have to do anything. If you wish to be
removed from the list, please call Michelle and let her know. If you wish
to become a member of the Chain please call and let us know that, too
(242-0298). Once we have a finalized list of folks (probably by
mid-December), we’ll organize the names and give each of you your calling
assignment. If you don’t get to church regularly, you can still
participate – just let us know and we’ll make sure you’re included on the
chain of your choice, if you’re willing to pray and to call!
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The DEADLINE for having
articles and notices for the January 2008 Tower Chimes is being
moved up to Saturday December 15th!
We will be putting out a somewhat abbreviated but
special edition of the T.C.
Handwritten reports should be given to Michelle by
Friday. Dec. 14th so she can transcribe them onto a disk for Jim. If
you prefer to use email, be sure to email your contribution to Jim
no later than midnight on Saturday December 15th.
But, in any case, please be BRIEF but to the point!
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Special January 2008 Tower Chimes for
Christmas-New Years
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As part of the special
edition, we’ll have a few Christmas trees that will be decorated
with members’ and staff’s pictures worked into the decorations. It
will be fun seeing how many faces you recognize!
If you can identify a certain number of the faces correctly
maybe Santa will have a late New Years Eve gift for you.
If anyone is too shy to have his/her picture in the
special edition, let Jim know in advance and he’ll respect your
right to privacy! |
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