Highland Lakes church of Christ

URGENT APPEAL

Lorna Parmer has been released from the Kingsland Care Center. A housekeeper is needed. Duties will include light housekeeping, preparing the noon meal, and laundry. Hours: 4 hours per day, 5 days a week. If you or someone you know is interested in this job, please call Phil Parmer.  His number is available from the church office if you don’t have it.

VISITING FOR THE MASTER

VISITATION PROGRAM Team #2 (leaders: Cary & Brenda Miller) will meet on Wednesday, July 19th, at 6:30 pm in the library for their assignments.

OUR NEW WORK

Remember to pray for our efforts to reach out to our Spanish speaking neighbors. We are blessed to have Salvador SanTillian here to direct our efforts in this great work.  Please, encourage him and remember to invite your friends and neighbors. For the elders, Larry Moore

CHANGE FOR JULY FELLOWSHIP MEAL

One of our special mission works report will be given to us by Kirk Eason from SABC (South Africa Bible College). He will talk to us about this work on July 23rd in the combined adult Bible class and he will also preach. July 23rd is the fourth Sunday in July and our Fellowship Meal has been scheduled on that day. This will give us additional time to visit with Kirk. Hosts & hostesses: Don & Paula Welch, Bill & Mary K. Flanary. Please let me know who the third couple is, I lost my information! Thanks! Helga

BEAUTIFUL FOOTNOTES

What a blessing to be part of taking the gospel to Cambodia. Keep this work, Dennis and Sharon, and the church in Cambodia in your prayers. For the elders, Ken D

Welches’ Grapevine for the glory of God – Mission Cambodia News & Update Part 1 – June 2017

Greetings, dearest loved ones. We are extremely encouraged to be sharing with you the joy of ministry. Your prayers and partnership continues to have a major impact on us, the work and lives in Cambodia. Proclaiming Christ through the gospel story is our mission. We are grateful you are a part of the story and thankful for the relationships with which God has gifted us, for your faith and for your trust, demonstrated in the ways you assist us to impact those we are blessed to serve.

Praise & Thanksgiving…

Annual Physicals: We are thrilled to share that we received good reports from our doctor during our recent physicals. It’s a blessing to have a facility here in Phnom Penh where we can get our annual check -ups, vaccinations and general care. Every chance we get, let us praise the Lord for all He has done for us.

Singapore Bible Camp: Our visit to Singapore in April resulted in meeting some new folks and also being invited to their church camp. This year’s theme was “Moving Hearts —Molding Lives” and was held in Sepang, Malaysia. We were richly blessed to reunite with old friends and make new ones. It was a great time of fellowship and an opportunity to be challenged by God’s Word through our keynote speaker, Randy Harris. Furthermore, the event took place over Father’s Day so some special events were planned to honor the many fathers attending the camp. We were all encouraged and spiritually strengthened during our time together.

WITH SYMPATHY

Henry Kattner’s sister-in-law, Penny Grimes of Brazoria, passed away on Saturday, June 24th. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, June 28th in the Palms Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in the Angleton Cemetery. Visitation was on Tuesday 5-8 PM at Palms.  Our sympathy, heartfelt prayers and love go out to Henry and the family at the loss of their loved one.

HELPING HANDS PANTRY NEEDS

Plastic Bags

The Food Pantry will be open tomorrow, Monday, July 3rd, instead on Tuesday, Independence Day, July 4th. Thank You.

VISITING FOR THE MASTER

VISITATION PROGRAM Team #1 (leaders: Joe & Teri Winnett) will meet on Wednesday, July 5th, at 6:30 pm in the library for their assignments.

UPCOMING FELLOWSHIP MEALS

Changes to the Fellowship Meal in July & August due to Special Guest Speakers

We will have special reports from mission works in July and August and with this comes a temporary change in our regular Fellowship Meals.

Kirk Eason (South Africa Bible College) will report in the combined adult class and then preach for us on Sunday, July 23rd, the fourth Sunday of the month. The rescheduled Fellowship Meal will give us time to enjoy visiting with Kirk.

Andy Baker, from World Christian Broadcasting, will report about this work and preach on Sunday, August 20th, the third Sunday of the month. Our Fellowship Meal has been rescheduled for that Sunday also, so that we will be able to enjoy Andy and extend our time visiting with him. As always, evening worship will be dismissed on both Sundays.

Put these times on your calendar, so you can plan to attend both events!

OPPORTUNITY TO HELP

For some time now our congregation has helped contributing to the expense of school supplies for students at the Packsaddle School. A check has already been sent from the church, but if you would like to assist with some more, give your contribution to one of the elders. Thank you!

BEAUTIFUL FOOTNOTES

This is the second part of the report from SABC, part one was last week. We are blessed to be part of this work. Please keep this work in your prayers that the Lord God might bless these efforts for his kingdom. For the elders, Ken D

South Africa Bible College Mid-Year Report Part Two Hope you will enjoy the extra insight into the college. Let me know if you have any questions. May God bless you and yours in your service to Him. Peace, Kirk Eason, Director of Development USA

The following reports are from some of the Faculty members of SABC:

Lawrence Ramano

It has been a great first semester at the Southern Africa Bible College and students are about to write the final exams. We are still continuing with God’s given responsibility to equip our students with the word of God so that they can go out and make a difference. We thank God for all our supporters of the College and especially the Memorial Church of Christ. May God continue to bless you as you serve Him. Please continue to pray for us so that we do not get weary of working in His vineyard and combating all the troubles we have to deal with.

God bless you all!

Chris Burke

There is a considerable positive impact by recent graduates and 3rd year students on the teaching in congregations in central and southern Johannesburg. They are well received and do credit to SABC.

Theo Rappard

During December last year, the College had its first formal external moderation of exit level assessments. The assessors were from the University of Johannesburg. Their feed-back was very valuable and resulted in the amendment of certain aspects of the College’s existing Quality Assurance procedures. The following are some of the comments made in the moderation report:

General Comments:

Thank you for inviting us to examine your exit level exams for your Higher Certificate, Diploma in Biblical Studies and BTh in Biblical Studies. We would like to commend the College on the solid foundations in Biblical Studies that their various modules offer students. For the Higher Certificate and Bachelors programs we have made comments on the existing modules and made some suggestions for how these modules might be improved going forward.

Teaching and Learning:

Overall courses lacked an engagement with the South African context and we would suggest that in future exam questions ask students to comment on how a particular concept or idea within the various modules could be related to an aspect of life in South Africa today. The module answers for the exam questions were all very thorough and well-articulated making it possible for marks to be fairly and consistently given. Markers could perhaps show more leniency in their marking particularly when students are making a valid point but which does not appear in the marking guide.

These comments have been most helpful. What was of particular encouragement was the overall reaction from the moderators that in a few areas our standard may be too high.

FELLOWSHIP MEAL – JUNE 25^TH

Today, after our morning worship assembly, we will enjoy our monthly Fellowship Meal. Evening worship is dismissed.  Hosts & Hostesses are: Tanya Arnold and her girls, Cary & Brenda Miller and Pat DeVore.

If you are a visitor we invite you to stay for this meal; there is always enough food and the fellowship is great!

HELPING HANDS PANTRY NEEDS

Bar soap and Shampoo

The Food Pantry will be open on Monday, July 3rd, due to Independence Day, July 4th, falling on Tuesday this year.

CHANGES FOR REMAINING SUMMER FELLOWSHIP MEALS

Special Guest Speakers in July & August

We will have special reports from mission works in July and August and with this comes a temporary change in our regular Fellowship Meals.

Kirk Eason (SABC) will report in the combined adult class and then preach for us on Sunday, July 23rd, the fourth Sunday of the month. The rescheduled Fellowship Meal will give us time to enjoy visiting with Kirk.

Andy Baker, from World Christian Broadcasting, will report about this work and preach on Sunday, August 20th, the third Sunday of the month. Our Fellowship Meal has been rescheduled for that Sunday also, so that we will be able to enjoy Andy and extend our time visiting with him. As always, evening worship will be dismissed on both Sundays.

Put these times on your calendar, so you can plan to attend both events!

BEAUTIFUL FOOTNOTES

2 Thessalonians 3:1 “Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you,”

It is always exciting to hear about the things that are happening at SABC. We will have the honor to hear from Kirk Eason personally when he reports here at Highland Lakes next month. Till then this is part of the midyear report from SABC. We are thankful as a congregation to be able to help support this work. Please keep it in your prayers.   For the elders, Ken D

South Africa Bible College Mid-Year Report Part One Hope you will enjoy the extra insight into the college. Let me know if you have any questions. May God bless you and yours in your service to Him. Peace, Kirk Eason, Director of Development USA Student Activities

A significant breakthrough was achieved recently when the students went to a place called Verena in Mpumalanga. The town had been devastated by a bus accident which claimed the lives of twenty children from fourteen families.

Eddie Nkosi worked with his congregation in Daveyton and managed to contact the grieving families through the Mayor of Verena and Churches of Christ in that area.

The students supported the grieving families and Eddie Nkosi delivered the counselling message to the families. He and Churches of Christ raised R40,700 to give to those who had lost loved ones. As a consequence of this the Councillor of Verena, Mr. Msibi, made a piece of land available on which to erect a building.

Student Representative Body – Southern Africa Bible College –Evangelism Report

On the 11th of April 2017 the students went to Elandsfontein Church of Christ to help the saints with a door to door campaign. It was a great day to reach out to the people without any obstacles. We started working at Elandsfontein around 09:00am and we finished at 16:00pm. We worked with Brother Sipho Mabaso who is in charge of the evangelism ministry, with the help of Elandsfontein leadership. On behalf of the students, we would like to thank the faculty for giving us an opportunity to reach out to the lost souls and so fulfil the great commission.

On 27th April, a public holiday, the students, attended the Gospel meeting at the Meadowlands Church of Christ. It was a well-organized Gospel meeting for the students, for they did not encounter any great difficulties, because of the good preparation work. We left for Soweto at 07:00am and we started working around 09:00am, and finished at 13:00pm. They gave out shopping bags which have the name of the church, and numbers to call if one needs to contact the church. It was great to reach out again. Praises be to God. The leadership of Meadowlands Church of Christ gave R800 for petrol, R400 for each taxi.

THANK YOU NOTE

Thanks to all who were able to come out to the Thursday Night Dinners. See you next Fall!  Bill Flanary

VISITING FOR THE MASTER

VISITATION PROGRAM Team #2 (leaders: Cary & Brenda Miller) will meet on Wednesday, June 21st, at 6:30 pm in the library for their assignments.

TOWN HALL MEETING

There will be a Town Hall Meeting at our building on Tuesday, June 20th, at 5:30 PM until 7:30 PM. Llano County Commissioner for Precinct 3, Mike Sandoval, has requested permission for such a meeting at our facility. He has assured us that this is an “informative only” meeting for those who are interested about services etc., available to the citizens of Kingsland. It will neither be political or money-making. It is simply designed to inform and he will answer questions. He will bring bottled water for those who attend. Such meetings have already been held at various area churches, including the First Baptist and the Community Church.

JUNE FELLOWSHIP MEAL

Our monthly Fellowship Meal is coming up next Sunday, June 25th, after our morning worship assembly. Hosts & Hostesses are: Tanya Arnold and her girls, Cary & Brenda Miller and Pat DeVore.

Make your plans to come and enjoy this good fellowship! Remember there will be no PM Service.

HELPING HANDS PANTRY NEEDS

No special requests this week.  Thank you.

WELCOME, NEW MEMBER!

We feel blessed that Salvador SanTillian decided last Sunday to join our fellowship here at Highland Lakes. We welcome him as our newest member! Salvador is already playing an active part in our congregation, for instance, he is here every Tuesday helping in the Food Pantry, he also attends all Bible classes faithfully.  Please add his information to your directory.  It can be obtained from the church office.

CENTRAL TEXAS BIBLE TEACHERS WORKSHOP INFORMATION!

The Central Texas Bible Teachers Workshop began in 2002 with vision to provide training opportunity for Bible Class teachers in the Central Texas region. This workshop is hosted each year by the Cameron Road church of Christ (6014 Cameron Road) in Austin, TX. The workshop this year will be held on July 21 & 22 (the schedule of classes is posted on the bulletin board). This workshop is also open to and helpful to those not teaching Bible classes.

If you would like to attend this workshop, the church would like to pay your registration fee! Registration forms are available on the table at the rear of the auditorium. These need to be filled out and given to Sheri Wills before July 3rd. Husbands & wives are each requested to fill out an individual registration form.

BEAUTIFUL FOOTNOTES

What follows is some news from South African Gospel Chariot Missions that we are so proud to help support. Please keep this effort in your thoughts and prayers. For the elders, Ken D

Hi Everyone,

Hope this finds you all doing well. A new report will be sent at the end of June. This is just a short email to let you know that great things are happening and things are getting better and better every year as we get more and more chariots with great leaders impacting the continent of Africa.

I have just got back from Kenya and now in South Africa cleaning up and doing some administration before heading off to Venda tomorrow.

Brethren, it is amazing what I see and witness when I travel. You will never understand unless you travel the roads I travel and hear the stories I hear. It is amazing and soooooo encouraging. Kenya just blew me away as I went from village to village. Last year we built that chariot for them and now visiting and seeing and hearing what is happening is amazing and hard to explain.

We have used World Bible School as a tool for 25 years now and when I travel it looks and sounds like everyone is a World Bible School convert. Even my 5 key GCM leaders are WBS converts. It might look like I am trying to give World Bible School a punt here, ha ha, but what I am trying to say, is we are sowing the seed and being part of a continental revival and bringing souls to Jesus and helping Africans take Africa. This is huge and bigger than I ever could have imagined.

That said, we are still busy building the Nigerian Big Gospel Chariot in Nigeria and it should be completed later this year. We have had some delays, but that is Africa.

We cannot thank you all enough for helping us reach so many.

In Him

Love, Brother George Funk and the GCM team

THANK YOU NOTE

To Our Church Family,

Thank you so much for all the calls, texts, cards and prayers while Dad was in the hospital. We appreciate you all! In His love, Valerie Cook

VISITING FOR THE MASTER

(VISITATION PROGRAM) Team #2 (leaders: Cary & Brenda Miller) will meet on Wednesday, June 21st, at 6:30 pm in the library for their assignments.

TOWN HALL MEETING

There will be a Town Hall Meeting at our building on Tuesday, June 20th, at 5:30 PM until 7:30 PM. Llano County Commissioner for Precinct 3, Mike Sandoval, has requested permission for such a meeting at our facility. He has assured us that this is an “informative only” meeting for those who are interested about services etc., available to the citizens of Kingsland. It will neither be political or money-making. It is simply designed to inform and he will answer questions. He will bring bottled water for those who attend. Such meetings have already been held at various area churches, including the Baptist and the Community Church.

HELPING HANDS PANTRY NEEDS

Toothpaste and toothbrushes.  Thank you.

BEAUTIFUL FOOTNOTES

In Philippians 2:25-30, the apostle Paul expressed the concerns and love that both he and the church in Philippi have for Epaphroditus, whom Paul calls “my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier” and how they were all concerned over a serious illness that Epaphroditus had dealt with in his work for Christ.

Many of you have heard that our sister in Christ Sharon Welch, whom we also help support as a fellow worker with her husband, Dennis, in Cambodia, has been diagnosed with Typhoid Fever. We too are concerned over her illness and want us all to pray for her recovery so that we can thankfully rejoice to God as the Philippians did when Epaphroditus recovered. Please keep Sharon and her family in your prayers. For the elders, Ken D

On May 30th Dennis wrote:

Sharon has been feeling pretty bad for a couple of weeks. The first symptoms showed up on the 15th. We went see the doctor on the 26th. He ran lots of test and concluded she most likely has Typhoid Fever. We’re still awaiting news about confirmation from the lab cultures. She feels really miserable, experiencing most of the typical symptoms. Prayers are welcome

What are the signs and symptoms of typhoid fever?

Persons with typhoid fever usually have a sustained fever as high as 103° to 104° F. They may also feel weak, or have stomach pains, headache, or loss of appetite. In some cases, patients have a rash of flat, rose-colored spots. The only way to know for sure if an illness is typhoid fever is to have samples tested for the presence of Salmonella Typhi.

On June 1st Sharon wrote us:

I love you guys and appreciate your prayers, love and encouragements. Furthermore, I am grateful Go d has blessed me with people like you. I continue with the treatment plan my doctor gave me last Friday. Sunday and Wednesday were pretty bad days. Monday and Tuesday were good, just weak. Thursday has been my best day since getting sick 3 weeks ago. My doctor wants to see me again Friday (today) if I still am not doing really well. This morning I experienced some of the same on-going symptoms but they seemed to be reduced. Therefore, I will wait and see my doctor for a scheduled appointment for Tuesday, June 6th. Generally, it has seemed as though every third day or so this disease flares back up and I have a rough, miserable day. However, I am grateful for the better days and prayerful I am over the hump. I continue to stay in bed, even on good days, and sleep, read and watch a bit of TV –I have barely been out of my bedroom since Friday. Thank you again.