September 2018

FELLOWSHIP CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH MOUNTAIN HOME, ARKANSAS

Ushers

Sep.16: Lor i and Kylee Sabella

Sep. 23: June Arnold and Barbara Flippin

Sep. 30: Fr ieda Mau-the and Lynn Kelsh

Oct. 7: David and Libby Sabella

Acolytes

Sep. 16: Dave and Brenda Boynton

Sep. 23: Rowan and John-Carl Laidler

Sep. 30: Lizzy Han-cock and Ali King

Oct. 7: Gabe McGin-nis and Malachi MacKercher-May

Greeters

Sep. 16: Ralf and Frieda Mauthe

Sep. 23: Glenn Pr iebe and Sandra Thorn

Sep. 30: Ralf and Frieda Mauthe

Oct. 7: Joe and Cathy Amos

Dear Fellowship family,

Please know how grateful I am for all your expressions of concern & good wishes for my health during my recent hospitalization. Thank you for all the prayers, calls, visits, cards & the flowers. I am doing much better now, having had such good friends & good medical care & persistence.

Grace & peace to you all,

Carl Cook

Dear Church Family, We Thank you for thinking of Joy during her recent surgery and illness. The prayers, cards, calls, visits, plants, and wonderful food was much appreciated. Your love and concerns aided in my recovery. Love and God bless, Joy and Ejler Olson

Thanks

Peace I leave with you; my peace

I give you. I do not give to you as

the world gives. Do not let your

hearts be troubled and do not be

afraid.

John 14:27

Patton Black 10-2

Don Young 10-4

Nikki Black 10-4

Payton Hemme 10-7

Terry King 10-8

Ejler Olson 10-10

Dean Meyer 10-10

William Hoversten 10-12

Al and Barbara Amman 10-16

Rhonda Black 10-17

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Gabriel McGinnis 10-18

Stacy Tiffin 10-18

Richard Dite 10-19

Denise Weber 10-19

Pat Black 10-20

Sheila Benz 10-21

Adam Fisher 10-25

Allen and Sheila Benz 10-30

Joyce Eaton 10-30

Jo Cheney 10-31

F E L L O W S H I P F A M I L Y N E W S

Octobe r Bi r t hday s and Anni ver sar i e s Nursery

Sep. 16– JL and Peggy Hick-man

Sep. 23: Terry King and Christy Hancock

Sep. 30: Donna and Dana Wallace

Oct. 7: Jer ry Jones and Ellen MacKercher

Summary of Actions of Our Session

By Andy Marts, Stated Clerk of Session

The Session of the Fellowship (Baxter) Cumberland Presbyterian Church met in regular session on Wednesday August 22, 2018 at 7:00 pm in the Hudson Fellowship Hall. Present were the following Elders: Christy Hancock, Sandra Thorn, John Martin, Gay King, Dave Boynton, Jerry Jones, Lynn Kelsh, and Pat Black. Also present was Moderator Gary Tubb, Stated Clerk Andy Marts, and guest Al Amman. Bill Lewis was absent. Gay King opened the meeting with a devotion followed by prayer.

The minutes for the July regular meeting and June 29th Worship meeting were approved.

Accepted the treasurer’s report for July 2018.

Accepted a report from Christian Education committee member Christy Hancock and approved installation of Sunday School teachers on September 2nd and the list of Sunday School teachers for 2018/2019 as follows:

Sunday School:

Youth- Tammy Marts and Christy Hancock

Adult 1- Mike Risk Subs- Al Amon and Lynn Kelsh

Adult 2- Pat black and Terry King

Sunday school Superintendents- Andy Marts and Jerry Jones

Sunday evening :

Youth-Tammy Marts, Christy Hancock, and Gay King

Adult bible study- Gary Tubb

Received a report from Property & Maintenance committee member Dave Boynton and approved adding 2 handicapped parking spaces.

Approved Gideons speaker Dave Berry to speak during worship on September 30th.

Approved Andy Marts spending up to $500.00 for a new TV and associated equipment in the nursery and new equipment to be able to play the worship service in the nursery.

Approved hosting a sub group of Bethel Renaissance on Saturday April 6, 2019 (more info to come).

Approved giving of $100.00 per month for the remainder of 2018 to the Mountain Home Food Basket with continuation past 2018 to be re-evaluated by the budget committee at the end of 2018.

Dave Boynton closed the meeting in prayer.

Next meeting will be Wednesday September 26, 2018 in the Hudson Fellowship Hall.

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As I See It

We are on the cusp of the next season of the year in the Tubb household. Kim has a pillow which stays out the year round which says: There are two seasons: Football season and waiting for football season. Kim is ready to review the rankings, the football schedules, the injury reports and the rest of the hoopla which goes along with the season. As for me, I enjoy it but I am not as deep into it as so many people are.

I do have my favorites. I do like to see a good game, but obsession is not my “middle name” when it comes to the foot-ball season. I do have my quirks when it comes to other areas of my life. These areas are not important to the majority of people.

We in the Christian world have several seasons through which we travel. We just started one on September 2. This is the Christian Education year. This one does not have any breaks. The Christian Education growth requires us to con-tinue learning throughout our lifetimes. Even if we have studied the scriptures many times, we must regularly refresh ourselves to stay current.

From one of the Sunday comic papers, I took the comic strip Gasoline Alley. Below is what was written.

The preacher made a statement: The Biblical town of Beersheba has a well that Abraham is believed to have dug. He continued, “Now there’s an old saying some of you might have heard- “From Dan to Beersheba!” Does anyone know how many miles it is from downtown Dan to center town Beersheba?

The preacher continued with a question: How about you, Rufus? Do you know the distance?

Rufus replied, “Towns? I always that they were husband and wife…..like Solomon and Gomorrah!”

I do not believe that any one who reads this article would make that kind of mistake, but I do believe that unless we keep the words of the Lord fresh on our minds, we can make mistakes which could be more egregious. Just because we reach a certain age and with a past which was given to Bible study, should not make us believe that we are without need of further study

Consider making Sunday school a part of your year-round season. To spice things up, include the seasons of Advent, Epiphany, and Lent in your study to enhance the seasons of your life and the lives of those who look up to you. Your example will make a difference in the lives of those who are entrusted to you and those who watch you from a distance.

Each of us needs to pray for our nation. Other than what we have experienced during our lifetimes, all we can do is read the history books, watch documentaries, talk to people older than we, and pray that we make wise decisions con-cerning the major issues in our land. I believe that we can make better decisions regarding trade, race relations, immi-gration, gun control, health issues, and other controversial issues. Both of the major parties of our republic need to stretch across the aisle and reach a consensus together. We need to work together in a marriage mode rather than a sep-aration mode.

Pray for the political races and take time to vote in November.

Bible Study will resume on September 23th at 5:00 PM. We will be studying Philippians, Colossians, and Phile-

mon. I have the book. The discussion will be good and beneficial for all.

Continue to encourage each other. Remember the sick and grieving. Share the excitement of new beginnings. Let the joy of the Lord flow through you as you minister to each other daily. Pray without ceasing for GOD’s will to be done in our lives.

Because of the Christ who loves us so,

Your pastor and your friend, Bro. Gary

The very first Christian song most children learn is “Jesus Loves Me.” If there were a best-seller hit list among the preschoolers, this very simple but precious song would have to be at the top of the charts. Yet few people know that “Jesus Loves Me” began life not as a song but as a part of one of 1860’s best-selling novels.

Anna Warner was well aware of the coming of the war between the states. She lived with her father and sister on Constitution Island. Their home was practically next door to the United States Military Academy at West Point, and from her front porch she constantly heard the rumors of war. Yet even in the face of uncertain times, every Sunday Anna taught Bible classes to the cadets. She realized that if the southern states made good on their threat to withdraw from the Union many of the boys she knew could be killed or wounded in the war that would follow. While it broke her heart to consider the dismal fate for those too young to have experienced the many blessings of life, she also fully comprehended the importance of leading each of them to Jesus now. With an urgency brought about by a nation on the brink of dividing, sharing Christ’s love became her mission in life.

Besides her teaching, the forty-year-old Anna also wrote. With her sister Susan she had written several novels, using the pseudo-nym Amy Lothrop. In 1860 the sisters’ Say and Seal became the country’s best-selling work of fiction. Written for the masses and the moment, not fueled by timeless struggles or epic writing, the book would quickly pass from the public’sfancy, lost with thou-sands of other period pieces of the time. Yet, thanks to one very special scene on but a single page, the essence of the book and of Anna’s faith would live for decades after Say and Seal and Anna herself had been forgotten.

In one chapter a child lay dying. Nothing could be done to ease his pain or give him a second chance at life. As his ultimate fate grew nearer, the novel’s focal character, Mr. Linden, attempted to comfort the small boy. Looking into the child’s eyes, he slowly recited a poem that began, “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.”

The words of the poem made the boy’s last moments of life much easier. These simple lines also moved thousands of readers to tears. Hauntingly beautiful, composed straight from Anna’s faithful heart, “Jesus Loves Me” quickly sprang out of her book’s pages and became one of the most beloved poems of the era. No one can even begin to calculate how many times it was said on the battlefield, in the homes of children whose fathers were engaged in the Civil War, from pulpits and in Sunday school classes, and even at the White House itself. Ringing so clear and true, Anna’s sixteen short sentences had touched the hearts of millions with verses meant only to calm the soul of a dying fictional character.

One of the scores of readers who memorized the poem was William Bradbury. A teacher of voice and organ, in 1854 Bradbury had formed a piano company with Ferdinand Lighte and Henry Newton. Besides heading up his business, the noted musician also continued a practice of setting his faith to music by composing his own songs. By the beginning of the Civil War, Bradbury had built his own music company to publish and distribute his works. It was during the time when his music business was taking off that he first read and fell in love with “Jesus Loves Me.”

Although an accomplished composer of what many think of as high-church music–he had already lent his talents to such hymns as “Sweet Hour of Prayer, …. He Leadeth Me,” and “On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand”–Bradbury was moved in a much different fashion when he decided to add a melody to Anna Warner’s poem. A lover of children’s voices, as well as a proponent of music education in both school and church, Bradbury allowed the child in his own heart to spring forth when writing the simple musical notes for “Jesus Loves Me.” Then, to fully complete the work, he added the following chorus: Yes, Jesus loves me, Yes, Jesus loves me, Yes, Jesus loves me, The Bible tells me so.

The marriage of Waner’s words and Bradbury’s music was one of the most beautiful gospel efforts of all time. Yet the song “Jesus Loves Me” might have been as quickly forgotten as the novel Say and Seal if Bradbury’s music company hadn’t published it. Through the publisher’s established distribution network, the new children’s song quickly worked its way across the North and South. In the face of the most horrible fighting this nation had ever known, both sides were singing about a Savior who died, yet had risen and still watched over everyone with equal love and compassion. It was an ironic message for a very ironic time.

Almost a hundred and forty years after this song was first published, few know of the writings of Anna Warner or recognize the name of William Bradbury. But even though the writer and the composer have been forgotten, everyone knows their song. Chil-dren and adults of all races and even millions outside the Christian faith can sing “Jesus Loves Me.” How many millions have clung to this message on lonely nights or rocked babies to sleep while singing this song is unknown. But what can be most assur-edly stated is that “Jesus Loves Me” is the foundation on which many children not only first come to know Christian music but also come to know the love and sacrifice of the Lord who inspired it. And this message is what keeps them singing the gospel throughout their lives.

Norma Lee Liles

Jesus Loves Me

CP Crafters

Andy and Tammy Marts took some time off to visit Las Ve-gas and the Grand Canyon.

There was a great turn out to make mug rugs and beautiful cards. It was reported that everyone had a great time.

In September, the group will be making purses out of old neck-ties. The September meeting will be on September 29th instead of the 22nd. That way everyone can participate in Bridge Bash.

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CPWM Retreat at Camp Peniel October 5-6

“Send Me”

Isaiah 6:8—Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us? And I said, “Here am I. Send Me!”

You are invited to Arkansas Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry Fall Retreat at Camp Peniel

Hosted by the Mountain/Valley Region CPWM—Registration Friday at 4:00 P.M.

Registration fee $10—Potluck dinner at 6:00 P.M. Friday

Fundraising activities: Bring the pennies you have saved this year. Bring items for the general store sale and auction items for the auction at the barn.

In support of our Cumberland Presbyterian missionaries, we will be doing a separate Stott-Wallace Mission-ary Fund offering.

See Tammy Marts or Chris Steiger if you would like to attend.

Husbands Are Like A Box of Chocolates Sally was driving home from one of her business trips in northern Arizona when she saw an elderly Navajo woman walking on the side of the road. As the trip was a long and quiet one, she stopped the car and asked the woman if she would like a ride. With a silent nod of thanks, the woman got into the car. Resuming the journey, Sally tried in vain to make a bit of small talk with the Navajo woman. The old wom-an just sat silently, looking at everything she saw, studying every little detail, until she noticed a white bag on the seat next to Sally. “What’s in bag?” asked the old woman. Sally looked down at the bag and, smiling, said, “It’s a box of chocolates. I got it for my husband.” The Navajo woman was silent for another moment or two. Then speaking with the quiet wisdom of an elder, she said: “Good trade.”

Hello Church family,

For those of you who inquired about my Dad's service, it is to be this Friday, (9-14-18) in Osceola, AR at Roller-Swift funeral home at 2:00 P.M. We're certainly not the first people to go through losing a Father. My family and I would like to thank you for your kind words and especially for all your prayers this past year.

Sincerely,

Libby & David Sabella