A Cool Story and 7 Other Things

Cool Story on Prayer! - My desk drawers were screaming to be cleaned the other day.  (BTW, I highly recommend this practice at least once per year.)  I began looking through the old prayer team folder from a time before I became pastor at Celebration.  Most of the pages were from 10-12 years ago.

  

The page which caught my eye was the list of people the Prayer Team was specifically and personally praying for.   Team members listed names on the left of people who did not know Jesus.  On the right was a place for updates.  Many had been invited to church and had visited.  Others were blank.  

The best moment was seeing the name Sandy Perkins.  After praying for Sandy for the past 10-12 years, we baptized her this past year!  God finally answered this prayer with a resounding YES this year!  Our God does wonderful things in his time!

1. PLUGERS MEDICAL FUND - The Pluger's have set up a medical fund at Huntington bank to cover some of the costs in Lynn's battle with Hodgkins Lymphoma. Her treatments will require travel and lodging in Detroit.  Make sure you ask for "Lynn Pluger's Medical Fund". You may also contact our deacons.  Above all, remember Lynn in your prayers!

2. CARNIVAL SIGN UP - Please sign up for your role in our annual carnival.  We have a little more than a month before the event.  Go to the table in the church entryway and sign up to: 1) bring items and 2) be help children play a game.  It will be the most fun you'll have all month!

3. CELEBRATION STATION - Many know this ministry as the nursery.  We are setting up the next year's Celebration Station schedule. We would love to have your help in nurturing our little kingdom workers. Whether you are available once a year or once a month, please sign up at the kiosk. You can request specific weeks, dates, etc or just let us know you are available to help.  Talk to Carla Eenigenburg or email her at ceburg6@gmail.com for more information. Thanks.

4. STUDENTS - Our Wednesday night programs for students age 4 through Middle School begins on September 14 at Calvin Church on Norton Ave.  Our High School students will meet on September 11 at Calvin Church.

5. COLLEGE LOVE - Send some love to River Baird this year who will attend Grand Valley State University this fall.   Remember this: there is something special which happens when you get a college care package!  Contact River Baird at:

10910 Residence Drive, Apt 116
Allendale, MI 49401.

6. EVENTS TO REMEMBER

Sep. 6, Church Cleaning Night, 6:00PM

Sep. 7,  Women's Bible Study, 11:00AM at church.  We will be going through the book "A Women Who Doesn't Quit".
Sep. 11, Adult Sunday School Resumes, 9:00AM!

Sep. 12, Council/Vision Team Meeting, 6:30PM at church

Sep. 24, Annual Celebration Carnival.

Sep. 25, Creativity Team Meeting after Church

7. PRAYERS

• Thelma Bergman's brother Jim is not doing well and has been getting blood transfusions just to keep his hemoglobin levels up.
• Pray for relatives and friends who have been shamed by loved ones and their church because of divorce.
• Pray for those who are victims of abuse by the hands of those who claim to love them.
• Pray for Tommy VanderMolen, a 7th grader at Grand Haven Christian School, was just diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
• Duane Blohm's dad and step-mom are in town from CA.  Dad has been ill and was in the hospital for 5 days.  He is back home now but needs prayers for healing and recovery.
• Pray for parents who will send their children to school this week, especially Kindergarten and colleges.
• Pray also for the teachers who will help shape hearts and minds this year.
• Pray for Amie Anderson and her doctor appointment this week.  Her husband also has an appointment for back surgery this week.
• Praise God for the Prayer Team and their serious approach to lifting up the prayer needs to our gracious God.
• Pray for us as a church as we look to increase a longing for intimacy with God in the hearts of Celebration.
• Continue to pray for Jill Bennett and her transverse myelitus.  She is presently at Mercy Hospital.
• Pray for Linda DeVries, a teacher at WMC, and her colon cancer.
• Pray for Darla Baird as she continues to recover from Pneumonia.
• Pray for our campus chaplains/pastors at the various colleges and universities.  May God give them the words to impact many who long for Jesus but have been running from him for years.
• Pray for the continued good work of Orphans Unlimited in Mozambique by Brenda Lange and her team.  May God continue to bless her.
• May God bless the marriages at Celebration and those whom we know personally who are struggling.
• Pray for our annual carnival which is coming up soon.
• Pray for the students who will lead worship this coming Sunday.
• Pray for Ranae Fifolt who will be moving to Detroit area soon.  May God bless her with all she needs.
• Pray for those in financial stressful situations.

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Pastor Matt Eenigenburg
Celebration Community Church
1260 W. Sherman Blvd.                            
Muskegon, MI 49441
www.celebrationmuskegon.org
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