New Library Materials November 2012

The following materials have been added to the church  library and are ready for check out.

Dive Devotions for Deeper Living by Cindy Massanari Breeze
The Journey from Doubt to Faith by Joseph Eugene Young]
The Monk Who Grew Prayer by Claire Brandenburg
The Faithful DVD by Voice of the Martyrs
Run for God DVD Bible Study by Mitchell Hollis
Sunday School Sing-A-Long CD set by Precious Moments

October 2012 New Library Materials

The following materials have been added to the church library and are ready for check out.
"Atlas of World Religions" by Hammond
"The Illustrated World's Religions" by Huston Smith
"Holy Land" by Life Magazine
"The Third Alternative" by Bill Burtness
"Unveiling Islam" by Ergonomic Mehmet Caner

September 2012 Library additions

The following materials have been added to the church library and are ready for check out.
Books
The Beatitudes by Carole Boston Weatherford
The Exodus by Bruce Biskel
Jesus Loves Me il. by Time Warnes
DVDs
Baker's Hawk
Pilgrim's Progress
The Prodigal Pig
Real Princesses Treat Everyone Like Royalty
Soul Surfer

New Library Materials August 2012

The following materials have been added to the church library and are ready for check out.
Acts: Seeing the Spirit at Work by John Stott
Bonhoeffer, Pastor, Martyr, Phophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas
Fireproof Your  Marriage Leader's kit  and DVD
The Love Dare by Stephan and Alex Kendrick
Serendipity Bible for personal and small group study

Henderson Settlement Update

HUMC sent a team of 16 short term missionaries to Henderson Settlement in Frakes, KY July 8-12. The team worked on two separate projects during the week. Project 1 was to build the other half of a room addition that we built during the 2010 mission trip. Project 2 was building a shed in TN. Here is a picture of project 1 being finished by the team working at Henderson Settlement during the week of July 23-27.

Day 5 SonRise National Park VBS

The theme for the final day of SonRise National Park VBS was True Hope. The bible story was about Paul and Silas singing and praising God in prison. In spite of their circumstances, their true hope was in Jesus.


We made dirt buddies in crafts to remind us that we should stick together and help each other. The animal for the day was the caribou. Caribou were created to travel in herds. God created us to travel together as well. Sometimes we forget that Jesus is always with us, especially when we're hurt or sad. So God has given us friends in our churches to help us remember that Jesus loves us, He is always with us and always helps us.

 We all enjoyed "Snowballs" (ice cream) topped with chocolate & sprinkles during snack time. The snack ladies did a great job of helping us keep up our energy. We had some yummy snacks at SonRise National Park this week.

Each family went home with a CD of all the VBS songs. If you pass a car with children in the back seat  singing, waving their arms, clapping their hands, and wiggling in their seats, it's likely they're listening to "Cool, Cool Summer" or "God Will Meet All Your Needs".


This year's VBS offering will support area food pantries. Throughout the week, we were encouraged to fill a tent with items that cannot be purchased at the food bank, such as laundry detergent, paper towels and toothpaste. Monetary donations were also accepted.

Day 4 SonRise National Park VBS

True Love was the theme for Wednesday night's activities.  We had very enthusiastic, praise-filled worship, played fun games, made cross sun-catchers in crafts, and had popcorn for our snack. In the skit, one of the contestants on True Nature Survivor sacrificed her 1st place prize so that another player could win the prize and fulfill a life-long wish.

We talked about Jesus' great love for all of us; that He died in our place so that we can be forgiven for our sin and live forever with him in heaven. We discussed what the Christian faith is all about and we rejoiced with one 6th grader who prayed with her adult leader and asked Jesus to be Lord of her life.  During the closing assembly, we all had an opportunity to pray and ask Jesus into our hearts. Even though there was a more serious tone during the evening, we still had lots of fun & laughter, singing & celebrating God's love. To quote one first grader, "We come to VBS because it's sooo cool."
    
     "This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us." 1 John 3:16

Getting ready for sled relay races

Pastor Steve & Quinn telling a bible story

God will meet all your needs