Friday Update

This Sunday - Fifth Sunday Potluck
Butch Lewis grilling home cooked hamburgers and sausage sandwiches. We will have buns and some fixins' so bring your side dishes and deserts and yourself and Pass A Good Time.

With a Fifth Sunday Dinner we also will have the United Blood Service Mobile Unit here from 10:00am - 1:00pm to receive donations. Roll up your sleeve and give.

Brother Byron will be preaching this week as I will be in Baton Rouge ready to go into the Prison for a Closing Service with our Kairos Team. I Know you are praying for them and their work at spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ.

A Big thanks to all who helped with the Skeeter Run last Saturday. Pouring down rain couldn't keep people from turning out, and some even when out to walk or run in that mess. I roughed in the kitchen with my jambalaya and hot coffee, but hey, someone had to do it. Us Methodist raised over $6000 here in Lafayette. Once again, we find out how the Body of Christ comes together to do God's Work.

Looking to See You Soon.

Sermon Downloads Available - Catch Up

Sorry for the lack of sermon posts over the last few weeks. But we're caught up now.

Last Sunday's sermon, Six Very Important Words, is now available as a free MP3 download from our website. http://tinyurl.com/5j6nl3. This is part of Brother Chris' Game of Life sermon series.

It Has Begun

Dirt is being moved!! The construction is underway. Praise be to God!!

Raise Your Hand If You are Excited!

Today, our first load of material arrived. I have no idea what it is for, but we are on our way. On Wednesday, the dirt moving is to begin. A Big Thanks to Byron, Don Chadick, Doris and Wayne Adkisson, Troy and Rodney cleaned out some trash and dead trees from the corner of our property.

Wednesday
9:30am - Explorers Bible Study
5:00pm - Hand Bell Choir
5:30pm - Wednesday Night Dinner
6:15pm - Children's Ministry Program
6:15pm - Studies - Living Out the Lord's Prayer: Thy Will Be Done and Daily Bread

Thursday
Our Women's Kairos Team departs for prison with your prayers, your cookies, and your financial support.

Sunday
- Rev. Byron is preaching both services!!
- Fifth Sunday Potluck - Butch Lewis is cooking hamburgers and sausage for sandwiches, we will have the buns and minimum fixins. Bring sides, and deserts.

Tuesday Morning

Don't Forget Our Opportunities For Service and Study

Wednesday Schedule:
9:30am - Explorers Bible Study
5:00pm - Hand Bell Choir
5:30pm - Wednesday Night Dinner
6:15pm - Children's Ministry Program
6:30pm - Studies - Financial Peace University, The Lord's Prayer as a Path of Discipleship - Hallowed Be Thy Name

Last opportunity to turn in your Kairos Kookies. Susie and the other women say thanks for you help in this powerful ministry. You can turn them in on Wednesday, bring them at meal time and stay to eat and then to study.

Saturday, April 21st:
The LA Skeeter Run - join other folks at Asbury as we walk and run and help raise funds to prevent the dreaded disease of Malaria. If you can help sit out on the course and direct traffic. Please volunteer by calling Christy Chadick 337 654-9950. I am helping out by cooking, so don't look for me running. I am way too fast to be seen.

Sunday, April 22nd:
Two great power packed Worship Services. The series of God's direction for Life continues with the 6 most important words to know and to say.

You will also be in a treat; at 9:00am - our Bells Angels will ring the prelude, and then during both the 9:00am and 11:00am, our children and youth will be singing. You don't want to miss.

Then at the end of each service we will call up our Kairos Team and consecrate them for their next weekend in LCIW in St. Gabriel.

It's Friday the 13th!

It may be Friday the 13th but we Trust Anyway.

This mornings Upper Room Devotional, all about trusting even when not able to see. That is where we are today. In spite of what we see with our physical eyes, our eyes of faith say God is Here, and God's Grace is available for all.

Tomorrow, Saturday, 8:00am - Mens Breakfast and Work Day
For some 3 hours or whatever you can give, some light carpentry, changing out soffits and facis boards on our preschool building, and if possible, some cleanup of our back lot.

Then Saturday afternoon at 2:00pm - visitation with the Randall Family with the Celebration Memorial Service for Hilda Randall at 3:00pm in our Sanctuary.

KAIROS KOOKIES
Susie wants me to remind all you who volunteered to bake cookies for our Kairos Women. You can start to bring them to the church this Sunday but all are due by next Wednesday. She will meet you in the kitchen to store the cookies away from cookie testers.

Once again, a BIG THANKS  for helping to make Easter Sunday such a powerful witness to the Power of our Resurrected Lord for His church. Three great worship services, over 500 in attendance, and then to see so many people as we broke ground for our new building. God is So Good. We have such a great Chancel Choir, Praise Band, Bell Choir, and so many great musicians. And we have more special music this week, you won't want to miss.

See You in Your Place of Worship this Sunday. We don't want to make this Low Sunday. I am beginning a series on God's Directions for the Game of Life. This week, the Standard of Gold. Come listen to how God's Instructions when applied can change our life and thus the world.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

My Church Family - 

What a Joy it was Easter Sunday. My feet have not yet hit the ground. Over 500 in worship, and the Chancel Choir performance could not have been any more of a blessing. Thanks Ken and all you choir members who worked so hard to share that gift with us. Then on top of the worship, to be able to march out and break ground for our new building. I have heard that the Contractor should actually be starting around April 23rd. Just Can't Wait!

I do have some family news for us, at long last Hilda Randall went home to be present with Her Lord and Savior this morning. She fought the good fight and she kept her faith, and so did Mr. Gene. Our church family will be able to Celebrate her Life and Resurrection on Saturday at 3:00pm at our church. A brief time of visitation will occur at 2:00om until the service. We will surely miss her loving and caring attitude for others, even up until the end, she was thinking of others.

Wednesday Schedule:
9:30am - Explorers Bible Study
5:00pm - Hand Bell Choir
5:30pm - Wednesday Night Dinner
6:15pm - Children's Ministry Program
6:30pm - A New Study begins: Living the Lord's Prayer. A Five Week study looking at the Lord's Prayer as a Path of Discipleship.

If you haven't signed up for the Imagine No Malaria Walk on Saturday April 21st, it is not too late.

This Saturday Morning:
Calling all men and abled body women, we need to do a little maintenance work. Soffits and eaves of our preschool building. Wally Manuel is looking for a few good workers to help line this out and change a few rotten boards. We'll feed you a little before 8:00am and work for some 3 hours, giving you plenty of time to clean up if you wish to attend the Memorial Service for Hilda Randall.

Sunday, I am starting a new Sermon Series, The Game of Life, beginning with the Rule of Gold.

Sincerely,

For Men Only

It almost slipped by me, tomorrow is the first Thursday of the month, and we will have our monthly Bull Session at 8:30am.

Coffee, Food, and Great Conversation. This will be the first session without two of our former members - Jim Sides and Charles Nolan, so come and let's enjoy each others company.

Also, plan now to be here 8:00am, Saturday, April 14th for a Work Day. Light carpentry, yard cleanup, and misc work. Breakfast will be served.

This Week / April 3, 2012

Our Palm Sunday Service was tremendous! The Redeemed Praise Band blew our socks off. Thanks to Ken who directed and all who wrote, sung, played, ran the sound system..etc.

Then, our Easter Egg Hunt at 10:00 - we had at least 100 kids, plus parents, all having a great time looking for the Golden Egg. Thank You Volunteers.  

Coming this Week:

Wednesday
• 9:30am - The Explorer's Bible Study
• 6:00pm - Holy Week Communion Service (No Dinner)
   
Friday
• 9:00am-3:00pm - The Sanctuary will be open for Self Directed Devotional Journey to the Cross
  
  Sunday - Easter Day - What a joy to be able to Worship Our Risen Lord
• 7:00am - Sunrise Service (outdoors if possible). I will preach a message entitled: "Stuck in Reverse, Park, or Forward?" Following the service we will have our First Groundbreaking Service. Donuts for breakfast.
• 9:00am  & 11:00am - Easter Morning services. Our Chancel Choir will lead us in worship "Praise the God of Resurrection", we are in for a treat. Holy Communion, and of course, dismissing to go outside and break ground. What a joy filled day in the Life of Covenant. If all  possible, Be Here.  

Two New Classes

Two classes will be offered in May. First if you have a child 6th grade and up, that has never confirmed their faith and made a commitment to join the church, we will have Confirmation classes on May 6th, 13th, and 20th. The class will be held on Sunday afternoons from 3:00 – 3:30. Confirmation Sunday will be Sunday the 27th, Pentecost Sunday, the day the class will join the church. Please call me, email or text me if you would like to have your child participate. The second class will be our annual “Methodism” class. We encourage anyone who would like to know more about our Methodist “roots” to come and join us. The class will be during Sunday school hour on May 6th, 13th, and 20th.