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Questions?

Posted by Ed and Lois

Thanks Donna!

Are these relevant everyday questions that one might ponder???????

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1. Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?
2. Why is it that no matter what color of bubble bath you use the
bubbles are always white?
3. Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?
4. Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that
something new to eat will have materialized?
5. On electric toasters, why do they engrave the message “one slice”?
How many pieces of bread do they think people are really gonna try to
stuff in that slot?
6. Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their
vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it,and then put
it down to give the vacuum one more chance?
7. Why is it that no plastic garbage bag will open from the end you
first try?
8. How do those dead bugs get into those closed light fixtures?
9. Considering all the lint you get in your dryer, if you kept drying
your clothes would they eventually just disappear?
10. When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a
shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, “It’s all
right?” Well, it isn’t all right so why don’t we say, “That hurt, you
stupid idiot?”
11. Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that’s
falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?
12. Is it true that the only difference between a yard sale and a
trash pickup is how close to the road the stuff is placed?
13. In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in
summer when we complained about the heat?
14. How come we never hear father-in-law jokes?

15. If at first you don’t succeed, shouldn’t you try doing it like
your wife told you to do it?
16. The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans
is suffering from sort of mental illness. Think of your three best
friends, if they’re okay, then it’s you.

Sunday Setember 5,2004

Posted by Ed and Lois

Manna meets @ 10:42 AM at the Park Theatre

248 South River Avenue
Holland,Mi 49423-3201

For those of our community traveling this weekend we pray for a safe trip and we’ll see you next week.

Bridging Families Out of Homelessness

Posted by Rich

    Two years ago, 35-year-old Rita Pulley and her two children were sleeping on a stranger’s couch.  That was before she came to the Bridge (southwestleadership.org) - a Phoenix ministry that has helped homeless families back on their feet since 1989.  Pulley was extremely grateful for the free apartment, career guidance and chance for a fresh start.  But it was the everyday activities with her assigned church team that she says grounded her and kept her on the road to financial and emotional recovery.

    “When you come from a world of drugs where there is no commitment, you’re used to doing your own thing.”  Pulley explains.  “My church team demonstrated commitment, and they modeled stability.”

    The program’s volunteer church teams, each from one of 11 local churches, role model a healthy family environment by hosting monthly dinners; planning family-oriented outings; providing emotional support and inviting the family to church.

    “They provide an emotional connection to the community.”  says Bridge program director Amy Seizer.  “With that connection you have the possibility for healing.

— S.L.  (From the most recent issue of Outreach Magazine)

Hands On Ministry – An Opportunity to Serve

Posted by Rich

Two single mom’s need your help. 

The Community Housing Partnership of Good Samaritan Ministries operates a 28 unit transitional housing program for people who are homeless and want to get back on their feet.  We need to move one single mother to her new apartment at Windscape and we need to clean another unit so a single mom who is residing at the local emergency shelter can have a place for her and her daughter to live.  The moving can take place any time between Friday morning (9/3) and Monday evening (9/6).  Anyone have a truck?  If we can’t find a truck I will rent one.  The cleaning (two bedroom unit - different location) needs to take place either Sunday afternoon/evening or Monday morning.  If you would like to be a part of this ministry opportunity, call Rich Campbell at 566-4576.

If you would like to know about future ministry opportunities through the Community Housing Partnership, or learn about taking a short-term missions trip into generational poverty (it’s a whole different country!), call Rich as well.

Church = More Secular Than Culture?

Posted by Mike Boyink

“We have a church in North American that is more secular than the culture. Just when the church adopted a business model, the culture went looking for God. Just when the church embraced strategic planning (linear and Newtonian), the universe shifted to preparedness (loopy and quantum). Just when the church began building recreation centers, the culture began a search for sacred space. Church people still think that secularism holds sway and that people outside the church have trouble connecting to God. The problem is that when people come to church, expecting to find God, they often encounter a religious club holding a meeting where God is conspicuously absent. It may feel like a self-help seminar or even a political rally. But if pre-Christians came expecting to find God—sorry! They may experience more spiritual energy at a U2 concert or listening to a Creed CD.”
Reggie McNeal, “The Present Future” Jossey-Bass, 2003

Via http://www.nextreformation.com/html/general/present.htm

Does anyone have a copy of “The Present Future” that I might borrow?