Thursday, November 30, 2006

Power Principle

By David-A Baker
There's never a right way to do something wrong!

Sunday, November 26, 2006

Connect the Thots #10

Connect the Thots is all about determining the common thread that binds three seemingly unrelated clues. For example, what one idea ties together:
Baby in a manger, Death on a cross, & King of Kings
Thot =Jesus.
Easy enough?
Give this weeks’ quiz a try. We will post the answers next week along with a new quiz.

1.a nap at prayer time, a miraculous catch of fish, a cock’s crowing
2.a favored son, a dream of supremacy, a coat of many colors
3.“I thirst”, “Father forgive them”, “Why hast thou forsaken me?”
4.a widow at Zarephath ravens that carry food, 450 prophets of Baal
5.Zebedee and James, David and Adonijah, Abram and Ishmael
6.lost donkeys, a tall man, anointing oil
7.Vashti, Esther, Rachel
8.Paul, Achan, Stephen
9.David, Miriam and the women of Israel, Herodias’s daughter
10. Lo-Ruhamah, Lo-Ammi, Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz

Answers to last week’s quiz:
1. Psalm 23 2. John he Baptist 3. Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount 4. murderers 5. salt 6. family line of David 7. kinds of hearts 8. Samaritans 9. people with fevers 10. second sons

(From Bible Trivia Challenge: Connect the Thots, published by Barbour Publishing, inc. Used by permission.)

Saturday, November 25, 2006

Concert of prayer to be held Sunday

The First Southern Baptist Church is inviting the community to come to a concert of prayer at 6 p.m. on Sunday at 585 Kimball Road.
The evening will focus on prayer for the community, nation and world. A time of worship and praise through song will highlight the program.
Information is available from pastor Robert Wheatley at 527-5083.

After school activies offered

An after school program called the Good News Club is being held from 3 to 4:15 p.m. on Wednesdays at Jackson Heights Elementary School. Twenty-four children are enrolled and attendance is approximately 16 each week, according to Jeannie Fletcher, the leader who chairs the program.

The project is sponsored by the North Valley Baptist Church, a Family Life Fellowship at 345 David Ave., Red Bluff.

The national program is created by the Child Evangelism Fellowship and constitutionally approved. Volunteers attend training sessions once a month, must be certified and have a child protective services clearance.

Volunteers include Fletcher, Sharon Briltz, Stan Ross, Pat Trotter, Sandy Wanker, high-schooler Brendon Pyke and musician Jason Ogelsby, who leads the music portion of the program.

Principal Dottie Renstrom provided a classroom for the after-school meetings. Members of the church have donated funds to purchase Bibles for the children.

Currently a study on Joshua is being led by Trotter. A six week study of the attributes of God, led by Fletcher, has been completed by the students.

The group has planned to have a Nativity float in the Red Bluff Christmas Parade with the youngsters performing the roles.

Information
For schools interested in the program is available at CEF, 973 East Ave St. N, Chico, 95921; or at 892-02890, or at North Valley Baptist Church at 527-0543.

Pictured: Leaders Brendon Pyle and Stan Ross sit with children during activities.

Monday, November 20, 2006

Methodist bake sale set for Tuesday

The Los Molinos Methodist Church 15th annual pre-thanksgiving bake sale will begin at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 21, at the Mill Creek Shopping Center on Highway 99E, Los Molinos.
Funds raised will benefit the church.

Saturday, November 18, 2006

Get Real!

“I want to be real!” Lamented a friend of mine as we were visiting one evening. “I want to have a purpose.”
I nodded in agreement. That statement echoed my own heart’s cry. To have a purpose. To know with certainty at the end of a day that I had not expended all of my energy reinforcing my wooden house with hay and stubble. To fall asleep knowing time had been spent on eternal things.
What is real?
But what does it mean to be ‘Be real’? And, how do we find our purpose? Real is risky. When the Velveteen Rabbit asked the Skin Horse what real was in the book, The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams, his reply was very insightful:
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North Valley Baptist to begin study on heaven


Heaven is the topic of a current study at North Valley Baptist Church, 345 David Ave.
The subject is being presented jointly as an adult Sunday school series by Scott Camp and as a sermon series by pastor David Lamberson. Although the presentations are based on the book “Heaven” by Randy Alcorn, close attention is paid to what the Bible says on this subject.

According to Camp, more attention is given by preachers and teachers to “staying out of hell” and how to get to heaven, than enjoying the delights of heaven. The view of heaven held by most Christians has been influenced more by the secular culture and less by what the Bible teaches. It is important, he stated, to take what the Bible teaches on this subject literally, that our physical resurrection will be to a physical “place” and that God has told us a great deal about the future of our life in heaven.

Questions to be discussed include: will we have physical bodies in heaven, will we know one another and what happens immediately after we die? Biblical answers to those and other questions are objects of the study. Both adult Sunday school and the sermons for Nov. 19 and 26 will be delivered by Camp, who will be filling the pulpit during the absence of Lamberson.

Camp, an ordained minister, has been a member of the church since 2001. He and his wife Sharon came to Red Bluff five years ago and built a home here. He was the pastor at Faith Fellowship in Orange for five years.
He earned his masters in theology at California Graduate School of Theology in Glendale. When asked how he chose to move to Red Bluff, Camp said, “We drew a three hour driving circle around our grandchildren in Danville and began our search. It took six months to locate our property.”

Sunday School begins at 9:30 a.m. and church services begin at 10:50 a.m.
Information is available at 527-0543. The public are invited.
Scott Camp is pictured

Grant to speak at Abundant Life


Abundant Life Fellowship will host Ed Grant and his family, at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday at 21080 Luther Road.
Grant has been a missionary to Bolivia since 1991 with World Indigenous Missions. Since that time they have established five churches: two in Sucre, two in Monteagudo and one in Cochabamba. The new church in Sucre, which was started earlier this year, now has over 120 children and teens attending.
Grant attended school locally and graduated from Chico University. After training he traveled to Mexico and spent two years working as a missionary before going to Bolivia.
Pictured are Shery and Ed Grant with children Sara, Laura, Grace.

Friday, November 17, 2006

Adventist to hold blood drive Saturday

The Red Bluff Seventh Day Adventist Church will host a blood drive from 1 to 2 p.m. today in the church parking lot, 720 Jackson.
Blood donations are used to treat burn victims, transplant and surgery patients, accident victims, patients with leukemia and more. A donor must be in generally good health, free from cold symptoms for at least 48 hours; be at least 17 and weigh at least 110 pounds. There is no upper age limit. Prospective donors must bring a photo identification. All donors should eat and drink before donating. Refreshments and a token of appreciation will be given to all participants.
Information is available at 527-5077.

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Free Thanksgiving Dinner Offered at Presbyterian Church

13th Annual dinner


The Red Bluff Presbyterian Church, located at 838 Jefferson Street, will be serving their 13th Annual Thanksgiving Dinner at no charge. This special holiday dinner is for all those in the community who are alone or may not have anywhere else to go. A complete turkey dinner with all the trimmings, including pumpkin pie and good fellowship, will be served between 12 noon and 1 p.m. by church members and community volunteers. The dinner is sponsored by the Stewardship and Mission committee with a large portion of the food donated by the congregation. A crowd of about 150 is expected this year and anyone wishing to help serve, contribute food items, or help clean up is asked to call the church office at 527-0372.
Pictured are Pastor Jack Eisel, Ev McDonough, Bettie Jacobs

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Connect the Thots #9

Connect the Thots is all about determining the common thread that binds three seemingly unrelated clues. For example, what one idea ties together:
Baby in a manger, Death on a cross, & King of Kings
Thot =Jesus.
Easy enough?

Give this weeks’ quiz a try. We will post the answers next week along with a new quiz.

1.shepherd, green pastures, a table “in the presence of mine enemies”
2.locusts, camel’s hair, wild honey
3.the meek, the merciful, those who hunger and thirst for righteousness
4.Cain, Barabbas, the devil
5.a sea, seasoning for speech, Lot’s wife
6.Boaz, Obed, Jesse
7.merry, deceitful, hardened
8.a woman at a well, one thankful leper of ten cleansed, the hero of a neighborly parable
9.Job, Publius’s father, Peter’s mother-in-law
10. Abinadab, Abel, Jacob


Answers to last week’s quiz:
1. gifts for baby Jesus 2. the story of Jonah 3. publicans or tax collectors 4. Bathsheba 5. martyrs 6. elements of dreams interpreted by Joseph 7. witchcraft, or sorcery 8. pearls 9. Things that fell 10. people accused of drunkenness


(From Bible Trivia Challenge: Connect the Thots, published by Barbour Publishing, inc. Used by permission.)

Saturday, November 11, 2006

Shoe box gift collection to begin Monday


Pictured from left are: Jay Nelson of Red Bluff with Franklin Graham, Samaritan’s Purse president and CEO, in 2005 at the OCC West Coast processing center in Santa Ana.

Community Baptist Church of Red Bluff will serve as a drop-off location for shoe box gifts in Operation Christmas Child project of Samaritan’s Purse from Nov. 13 to 20.

Since 2000, Red Bluff has been the site of an official collection center serving as a hub center for collection efforts in the 11 northern-most counties of California.
This year, two hub collection centers have been established for Redding and Chico to serve the northern counties. Community Baptist Church in Red Bluff will be a relay collection site for delivery to Redding.

The Red Bluff site has served an area of more square miles than anyother OCC collection center in the state, collecting over 45 thousand shoe box gifts from the region. With the development of two hub centers, the project has increased potential for growth and coordination.
Seven years ago, north state churches and individuals had two options, a trip to Auburn or Roseburg, Ore., to donate shoe boxes.

There are now over 12 relay centers in communities between Yreka and Colusa. The Red Bluff Foursquare Gospel Church, Bethel Assembly of God, and Community Baptist Church have made a local collection center possible.

Collection hours will be from 2 to 7 p.m. daily on Nov. 13 to 19 and from 2 to 5 p.m. on Nov. 20, at Community Baptist Church, 598 Round-Up Ave.
Regional information is available at 1-800-798-0367 or at
www.samaritanspurse.org

Many attended Harvest Festival

Harvest Christian Center hosted the 12th annual Harvest Festival, a Christ-centered Halloween alternative, which was the biggest celebration to date.

With an estimated 1,700 children and adults attending throughout the evening and over 700 pounds of candy passed out, the festival lasted from 5 to 9 p.m. It had everything from bowling tournaments and pony rides, to puppet shows and coffee, hot chocolate, and chill giveaway.

Games for the kids were everywhere and a drawing for the adults, with prizes ranging from gift certificates and a barbecue to a flat screen TV and a pool, made the evening a family event.

Preparation for the Harvest Festival began three months before Oct. 31 with requests for candy and raffle prizes. Donations from families and local businesses came in. Then, the morning of the 31st a team met at Harvest Christian Center to begin set up. By 4:30 p.m., the stage was set for the event.

Plans are now under way for next years event.

Heartsong to perform


Heartsong, a local musical group, will present a sacred music concert at the Red Bluff First Church of God at 10:15 a.m. this Sunday at the corner of Luther and Jackson Street. The group includes Dave Walker, Kathy Tiss, Cindy Thompson, Dede Gunsauls, Roberta Finchum, and Carla Fultz. The public is invited to attend.

Esau to speak Sunday in Corning

This week, First Christian Church of Corning welcomes Lee Esau of the Paradise Christian Church as the guest speaker at 11 a.m. on Sunday at 1421 Marin St. Her message “Why Give Thanks?” is based on Psalm 100.
The monthly fellowship potluck dinner will follow the service. Sunday School is at 10 a.m.
Wednesday evenings is praise and prayer at 6:30 p.m. The service begins
with a hymn sing session and prayer follows.
The women have two mission projects they are working on. They invite the community to take part.
Information is available at 824-6417.

Thursday, November 09, 2006

New America Singers concert

The First Southern Baptist Church will host the New America Singers, the California All State Youth Choir, at 7 p.m. on Saturday and at 11 a.m. on Sunday at 585 Kimball Road.

Salvation Army looking for ringers

The Salvation Army hopes to start kettle operations on Nov. 24, the day after Thanksgiving. Kettles will be located throughout the Red Bluff area.
Volunteers are needed in increments of one-hour shifts to ring a bell, play an instrument, sing, juggle, etc.
Volunteer sign-ups are being accepted at 527-8530.
The community needs have risen and the funds raised will help meet these needs.

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Connect the Thots #8

Connect the Thots is all about determining the common thread that binds three seemingly unrelated clues. For example, what one idea ties together:
Baby in a manger, Death on a cross, & King of Kings
Thot =Jesus.
Easy enough?

Give this weeks’ quiz a try. We will post the answers next week along with a new quiz.

1.myrrh, frankincense, gold
2.a worm-eaten plant, an unusual fish, a sinful city of 120,000
3.Matthew, Zacchaeus, the man who said, “God be merciful to me a sinner.”
4.a bath, Solomon, Uriah the Hittite
5.John the Baptist,James, brother of the apostle John, Stephen
6.Pharaoh’s cup, birds, baskets of bread
7.Jezebel, Elymas, a woman of Endor
8.gates of the holy city, parable of a merchant, swine
9.the false god Dagon, Satan, Jericho’s walls
10. Jesus, Hannah, the disciples at Pentecost


Answers to last week’s quiz:
1. the story of Noah and the ark 2. Luke 3. weddings 4. camels 5. brothers 6. Lydia 7. people healed by Jesus 8. people who rode donkeys 9. authors of Psalms 10. censuses

(From Bible Trivia Challenge: Connect the Thots, published by Barbour Publishing, inc. Used by permission.)

Adventist set to hold a blood drive

The Red Bluff Seventh Day Adventist Church will host a
blood drive from 1 to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, in the church
parking lot, 720 Jackson.
Information is available at 527-5077.

Boutiques to be held this weekend

•The Tehama Assembly of God Church women will hold a Christmas boutique from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday in the church annex.
There will be handmade items and homemade baked goods. Lunch will be available.

•Vineyard Women's Ministry is having an arts, crafts and baked goods boutique from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday in the Vineyard Cafe, 738 Walnut St.

Bell ringers sign-ups have begun

Since the 1800s, The Salvation Army has rang bells at Red Kettles to raise money, which is used to provide food, clothing, and other emergency items to those in need. Once again it is time to volunteer to help The Salvation Army to help others.

This year, The Salvation Army hopes to start kettle operations on Nov. 24, the day after Thanksgiving.

Kettles will be located throughout the Red Bluff area.

Volunteers are needed in increments of one-hour shifts to ring a bell, play an instrument, sing, juggle, etc.

Volunteer sign-ups are being accepted at 527-8530. The community needs have risen and the funds raised will help meet these needs.

Sunday, November 05, 2006

Drive by blessing

While on an errand recently, my path took me past three churches. While driving past the third one, it occurred to me to pray that God would bless them, and that they would thrive and be a successful part of the Body of Christ.
I know that there are many who do this on a regular basis, but I wonder what would happen if everyone did. Would there be a perceptible change in the Church in Tehama County?
We could allow churches to become ‘prayer reminders’. Every time you drive, (or walk) past a church, please take a moment to pause and pray.
Become a ‘drive-by blesser’

Friday, November 03, 2006

Friends in Faith to perform concert

The Friends in Faith of the First Southern Baptist Church in Red Bluff will be performing a concert at 6 p.m. on Sunday at Happy Valley Baptist Church on Happy Valley Road.
The public is invited to come out to a evening of gospel music.

Pragasam to speak at First Southern

The First Southern Baptist Church will host speaker Rev. D. Gnana Pragasam at 11 a.m. on Sunday at 585 Kimball Road.
Pragasam is the CEO/president of the GoodNews Outreach Mission and Christian Training Center in Bangalore India. The mission has an orphanage of 90 plus children. The training center is training new pastors and evangelists.
Information is available from Robert Wheatley at 527-5083.

Sounds of Shasta at Sunrise Church

The Sounds of Shasta, a 17 member traveling musical team from Shasta Bible College and Graduate School in Redding, will present a program in music and word at 10:50 a.m. on Sunday at Sunrise Bible Fellowship, at the corner of Jackson and Cedar.

The group is under the direction of professor Mark Franklin, director of the music department at Shasta Bible College. Professor George Gunn, chair of the department of Bible and theology and dean of admissions and records, will share the ministry of Shasta Bible College along with a brief challenge from God’s Word.

The school offers accredited bachelors and masters degrees. The four-year undergraduate program includes the bachelor of art in Bible and theology with emphases in Biblical studies, Biblical languages, theological studies, youth ministry, Biblical counseling, church music and worship, early childhood education, Christian teacher education and missions.

At the graduate level masters degrees are offered in church/school administration, Biblical counseling and Christian family life ministry.

Information is available at www.shasta.edu or at 1-800-800-4-SBC.

Information about Sunrise Bible Fellowship is available at 527-6818 or 527-5313.

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Signs of Life


E-mail sheep.pen@gmail.com for more information.