08/01/04 IMPORTANT NOTICE about the Ownbey Web Sites:
During August, 2004, Please give feedback if you find the two Ownbey Web sites helpful and you want them continued; otherwise they are scheduled to go off line 09/01/04. Use xxdon@donredding.com without the "XX" part of the address.
The two sites are
http://www.mpumc.org/ownbey/home (on MPUMC Web Site)
http://www.donredding.com/church.htm (This one - the
original one)
Get your Ownbey Class Musings hot off the press!
August 15, 2004
NOTE: >>>YES, and ‘TIS TIME TO SIGN UP FOR THAT “YUM! YUM! It IS foot-stompin’, finger-lickin’ good!” BBQ PARTY, hosted by Ann & Jack Copeland on Friday, Sept. 24th, 6:30 p.m. The cost is $13. 00 per person to be paid to Linda Myers (704-522-8373); a check is preferred, but cash is acceptable! Signup on the clip board Sunday! Deadline for paid reservations will be Sept. 19th as the caterer needs to know how many to prepare for not later than the 20th
REMEMBER…in your thoughts and prayers these folks, others you know, and especially their caregivers…
>Wes Soule is healing slowly but surely, though the shoulder injury is uncomfortable…
>Ellen Chason had additional hand surgery last week and will require three months of therapy…
>Randy Harris continues to receive Hospice care at home…
>Others you know…
LAST WEEK:
>>August 8 ~ Lou Bledsoe led the class in the review of THE CREATOR AND THE COSMOS BY Hugh Ross, Ph.D. Good job with a difficult subject!
>>August 8 ~ Skip Heintzelman
recommended that the Class support South Tryon Community Church’s
ministry by, with and for older adults by providing $400.00 in order to
enable two members of that church to attend the SEJAOA Conference on
Older Adult Ministries at Lake Junaluska. The Class voted approval.
>>August 8 ~ BBQ Sign-up gathered 21 names. The SIGN-UP DEADLINE will be Sept. 19th.
>>August 8 ~ Bill Webb wrote to clarify a statement he made in Sunday School. It reads as follows:
“I said that Stephen Hawking wrote the book, “The Mind of God”. In
his book, “A Brief History of Time”, the last sentence is “If we find
the answer to that (why it is that we and the universe exist), it would
be the ultimate triumph of human reason – for then we would know the
mind of God.” Paul Davies wrote the book, “the Mind of God”, which we taught in our class. As a frontispiece for his book, Davies quotes the last paragraph in Hawking’s book, including the above line. Davies used Hawking’s phrase, “the mind of God”, as the title of his book. I hope you will include this correction in “Musings”. Both of
these
men perceive the probability of a creator and those in their scientific way believe in God.”
>>August 9-12 ~ The SEJAOA Conference on Older Adult Ministries had a record attendance of 415 from the 15 annual conferences of the Southeastern Jurisdiction this past week. From our class Bill & Marie Pearce attended. Bill was elected for a second term as P
resident
of the Southeastern Jurisdictional Association of Older Adults; term to expire in August 2006. Mark your calendar with the 2005 dates: August 8-11, 2005. ”Restoring the Joy!” will be the theme and Don Hammer will be offering a workshop entitled “FOR MEN ONLY”.
THIS WEEK: August 15 - 21, 2004
>>>August 8 ~ Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
>>>August 15 ~ Sydnor Thompson continues our review of THE CREATOR AND THE COSMOS.
>>>August 15 ~ LAST CHANCE to sign up for DISCIPLE BIBLE STUDY Orientation classes. Don’t let life just happen; don’t get left behind!
! >>>August 15 & 18 ~ Adult Sunday School Class Fair & ASSC Teacher Recognition Dinner.
>>>August 18 ~ HOT WEDNESDAYS resume with the Teacher Recognition Dinner with serving beginning at 5:30. At 6:45 p.m. Following dinner, James Howell will talk about “Religion and Politics/Separation of Church and State: Faithful Christian Thought and Action”, 6:45 – 7:30 p.m.
>>>August 21 ~ Bring a comfortable chair and come for the Potato Drop at 9 a.m. Saturday in the MPUMC Parking Lot. If you can sit, you can fill sacks with potatoes for the needy!
>>>Invite a FRIEND to come to class with YOU this Sunday!
LOOKING AHEAD:
>>>>August 22 ~ Durward Owen introduces the review of JUST WIVES: Stories of Power & Survival in the Bible & Today by Katherine Doob Sakenfeld. Carol Douglas will conclude the review on the 29th of
August.
>>>>August 22 ~ Hear Les Ackerman’s Summer Organ Recital at 7:30 p.m. John Carmichael will assist him on the trumpet. While the concert is free there will be an opportunity of a free will offering.
>>>>>DON’T GET LEFT BEHIND! There are rooms still available at Lambuth Inn, Lake Junaluska! Sept. 10this the deadline for signing up for the ADULTS PLUS! SPIRITUAL LIFE RETREAT & GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN TRAIN RIDE through the Natahala Gorge on Oct. 11-14 at Lake Junaluska. Go by the Adult Education Office (Barbara Barden’s office) and sign up today! We do have a limited number of rooms available, and we have opened registration to folks from Providence UMC, Mouzon UMC, and Matthews UMC. >>>>FIRST COME ~ FIRST SERVED!<<<<<
>>>>>Sept. 19 for ~ James Howell’s introduction of his new book and a challenge to participate in a series of studies based on the book.
>>>>>Sept. 26 ~ Dr. Tom Hanchett will participate in the 75th Anniversary Celebration of our beautiful Sanctuary.
>>>>>September 30 - October 2 ~ Dr. Elaine Pagels, author of The Gnostic Gospels and Beyond Belief, books we have reviewed, will be appearing at Myers Park Baptist Church. This is part of The Jesus the Christ in the 21st Century seminar program of Myers Park Baptist Church. Please check www.mpbconline.org for additional information and times.
>>>>>Oct. 24 ~ Dr. Allen Verhey will be featured as a speaker. Topic to be announced.