Uno de mayo

Tacos anyone?
How about having a good evening with good amigos, tacos and fellowship.
There may even be some very special music.

We begin at 6:30. Come earlier and visit. Stay late and visit.

The youth are responsible for the meal and you can make a donation which will be used in their ministries.

Bring friends.

This Week In Paradise

We have some special events this coming week.

Friday, May 1, at 6:30 pm the youth are sponsoring our Friday Fellowship. It will be Mexican food -- ole! There is a possibility we may have some very special musical guests so you won't want to miss. Remember, we gather for fellowship and to eat good food and you are welcome to make a donation to the youth ministry projects.

Next Sunday is the third in our series of "Christian Maintenance". Pastor Larry will preach on the subject, "Maintaining Love." Read 1 John 3:16-24. Bring a friend. We've been having visitors nearly every week, so keep up the good work.

Christian Maintenance

The epistle of 1 John is the background for the present series. Pastor Arle started us off on Sunday with a sermon: "Maintaining Fellowship with God." This coming Sunday, Pastor Larry will follow with "Maintaining Righteousness. Please read 1 John 3:1-7

We had visitors yesterday and we look forward to having more visitors. Who do you know that needs a church home? Now is a good time to invite them.

The men's group will have a workday at the church this coming Saturday. Come as soon as you can and stay as long as you can.

Suprising British singer

Surely you have seen Susan Boyle by now. She is the 47 year old who appreared on Britain's Got Talent. If you haven't seen it on TV you can go to YouTube and google her name.

This very "common" looking person appeared on stage and responded to questions with her stammering voice. You just knew it was going to be dreadful. Then when her voice started, everyone was shocked. The judges were stunned. The crowd changed from laughter to a standing ovation.

I have watched this many times and I get tearful every time.

This is what God does to our lives. God takes us as very common, bumbling persons and turns us into divas. Thanks be to God.

Pastor Larry

New Series -- "Christian Maintenance."

Our pastor just completed a series on covenants which ended with Easter. Now we are going to move a series based in the epistle of 1 John. It's a short book so it would be good for you to read it through many times.

We come through the Easter experience with our spirits high and it is important for us to stay at that high moment. How can we maintain that closeness. Our pastors will attempt to guide is in how we can maintain that closeness with God.

This sunday Pastor Arlin will preach on the topic: "Maintaining Fellowship With God." His scripture is 1 John 1:1-10. This is the foundation sermon. It is important to be present as he sets the stage for all five sermons. The sermons which follow are:

April 26 - "Maintaining Righteousness." 1 John 3:1-7, Pastor Larry
May 3 - "Maintaining Love." 1 John 3:16-24, Pastor Larry
May 10 - "Maintaining the Spirit of Love." 1 John 4:7-21, Pastor Arlin
May 17 - "Maintaining Assurance." 1 John 5:1-6, Pastor Arlin.

We missed our goal of breaking the record attendance of 109 but the good news is we had 97. We WILL break that record. Let us keep inviting others to attend with us.

Happy Easter

Easter Special Schedule

Good Friday services went well. We experienced a Tenebrae service which was new to most. We had just finished a 12-hour prayer vigil.

Easter has a special schedule.

9 a.m. - Worship. Both pastors will be there. Pastor Arlin will lead the service and Pastor Larry will preach about the Resurrection. The choir has been working on a new Easter hymn. It has taken a lot of work and we'll have a large choir for the morning. Ken and Geri will talk with the kids about the meaning of Easter. (You know they'll never get it right!)

10 a.m. - Breakfast. What a great way to celebrate the great news of Easter. We gather around tables in fellowship. It's a victory celebration for the great gift of the resurrection.

Easter Egg hunt will follow breakfast. Remember how excited you were to hunt for those eggs?

Now, here's the deal. Our record attendance is 109. We need to beat that. We had 61 for Palm Sunday. Can you help us break that record? Who do you know who doesn't plan to attend an Easter service? Invite them. They'll probably say "Yes."

See you Sunday!