Newsletter - SmithvilleCPC

Smithville Cumberland Presbyterian Church
201 South College Street
Smithville, TN 37166
Newsletter
Volume 15 No 3
March 1, 2016
Smithville Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Vol 15 No. 3
All Around Us
While driving home I felt a pain across my chest and numbness down my left arm. At first I thought it was from working so many hours that week, I’d just finished my second double shift in a row. When I got home the pain got worse. I
just wanted to get some sleep and not spend hours awake in the hospital E.R. to be told- “All I need is rest.”
Finally I told my husband about the pain and he made me go. I took a pillow and laid down in the back seat while he
drove me there. By this time I couldn’t move my left arm. They run an EKG and there must of been a dozen people
check to make sure the wires were right and the settings OK. They called a heart specialist down to look at me and he
referred me to another Cardiologist and more tests.
I told my husband to go ahead and pick our child up from pre- school, I was in the best place I could be and not to worry
about leaving me for a little while to pick her up. We got our little girl a Bible story book last year and each night I have
to read to her from that book before she will go to bed. She knows them all by heart.
They did a heart cath and rushed me right in to the O.R. It seems I had a blockage that couldn’t wait. The O.R. is kept
very cool and the hands of all the nurses were like ice as they got me ready. The drugs were starting to work and I was
half out of it. I knew a few of the nurses since I also was a nurse working there in the hospital, but on a different unit.
My head was turned the other way when I felt a warm hand take hold of mine. I turned to see who had such warm hands.
The operating mask covered their face and all I could see was the eyes, but you could tell it was a man. He cupped my
hand in both of his and said; “Don’t worry- your one of us and you will be taken good care of.”
My husband returned and was lead to the waiting room outside of the O.R. He was told all the risks factors and what
chances I had, the odds were 60/40 and not in my favor. They said it may take 2 or 3 hours to do the surgery. The Dr.
will come out and let you know more after the surgery is completed. Our child waited there also.
Hours later a man came out of the O.R. doors and told my husband that everything went well and I would make a full
recovery. He said; “She is one of us.” Then he hugged my husband and turned to our daughter & placed his right hand
on her head and said; “Bless you.”
My dear husband thought it odd, but nothing more at the time because he thought, that maybe the Dr. knew me since I
worked there. Until the Dr. that done the surgery came out about thirty minutes later and told my husband things looked
promising. My husband said; Yes I know, he already told us the good news. She said; I’m her Dr. what “He” told you
this?
My husband said; I thought he was her Dr? She said; Your wife was the only patient in surgery and there are no men
working this shift in the O.R. right now and I just now finished with her surgery, thirty minutes ago we didn’t know if
things were going to be OK or not.
Security was called and attempts to find this man came up empty handed. No one remembered seeing this man any
where around the O.R or the waiting area. But we will never forget seeing him or the words he spoke. Our daughter tells
this story the best, about the Angel that- “Healed Mommy- Hugged Daddy- and Blessed me!”
If your birth date and/or anniversary have been omitted,
please check with the Church Secretary
March Birthdays
03/04 Thea Tippin
03/06 Glenda Wilkes
03/06 Luke Jenkins
03/07 Kayla Adams
03/07 Barry Muller
03/09 David Graham
03/09 Andy Rogers
03/10 Evan Reid
03/10 Kaitlyn Cantrell
03/13 Sharon Evans
03/14 Leslie Parsley
03/14 Austin Poss
03/16 Vickie Yost
03/18 Lucas Phillips
03/18 Zachary Maxwell
03/18 Sharon Cross
03/19 Jack David
03/21 Theresa Bell
03/24 Kristen Parsley
03/24 Katherine Parsley
03/24 Ryan Young
03/27 Jake Ramsey
03/27 Brooke Snyder
03/28 Sue Hill
03/28 Austin Hale
03/29 Lindy Jenkins
Anniversaries
03/10 Mr. & Mrs. Billy Miller
03/18 Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Cantrell
03/21 Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Brown
CPWM
March 15th
Fellowship Hall
Light Lunch provided
Guest Speaker—
Easy Tithe Is Here
CPC Day Trip
Thursday—March 3rd
Van leaves
at 9:00
a.m.
Blood Mobile
Tuesday—March 1st
1:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Our people may be in Florida for the winter but they are still doing mission
work! This is at the Beth-El Mission in Florida.
For those of you who like to do things electronically, or who would like to set up a
weekly (monthly) tithe amount and just let it
happen every week, Easy Tithe is here. Just
go to the new Smithville Cumberland Presbyterian Church web site:
www.Smithvillecpc.com; and select on-line
giving.
Jim Hodges
Prayer
Our website,
smithvillecpc.com
Includes prayer requests.
Please check our this site
and prayer or make your
prayer requests known on the site so
others may be praying with you.
Acolytes for March
Jake Ramsey
Evan Reid
Cameron Miller
Jack Reid
One Sunday morning at a small southern church, the new pastor called on one of his older
deacons to lead in the opening prayer. The deacon stood up, bowed his head and said,"Lord, I
hate buttermilk."
The pastor opened one eye and wondered where this was going. The deacon continued, "Lord, I
hate lard." Now the pastor was totally perplexed. The deacon continued, "Lord, I ain't too
crazy about plain flour. But after you mix 'em all together and bake 'em in a hot oven, I
just love biscuits."
"Lord help us to realize when life gets hard, when things come up that we don't like, whenever we don't understand what You are doing, that we need to wait and see what You are making. After you get through mixing and baking, it'll probably be something even better than
biscuits. Amen.
Romans 8:28
~And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to
those who are called according to His purpose.~
Tyler Connell with the Ekballo Project has been touring college campuses around the U.S., sharing stories
and video from his most recent trip to Middle East, where he documented a dramatic move of God among
Muslims, particularly with refugees.
In the last few months, he and his team visited Harvard, MIT, Iowa State, Clemson, and the University of
Georgia, among other campuses. "In every stop we saw the presence of Jesus break in to these college
campuses and touch students, with bodies healed, people saved, and people giving their lives to serve in
the mission field," Connell exclaims.
College students are amazed to learn what God is doing in Iraq and the surrounding region. "Jesus is moving in these Middle East nations," he says. "Many there are disillusioned and broken and just want to know
the truth. Now more than ever there is a harvest among Muslims that has not been seen in history."
His first film chronicles a young missionary named Daniel (whose name has been changed for security reasons), 24, originally from Vermont. Two years ago Daniel moved to the Middle East to work with Syrian
refugees.
"They go house to house and visit these Muslim families and sit with them and talk with them and find out
their names, their stories, and love them. As trust is built, they begin to open up about the Gospel."
One afternoon Daniel walked into a white tent with a family of eight people inside. "Hi I'm Daniel and I'm
here to tell you about Jesus," he announced.
He wasn't quite prepared for their reaction. "The family freaked out, they looked at each other, almost
turned white. The father was excited, yelling."
What's going on? Daniel wondered.
The interpreter explained that the night before Daniel's visit the whole family was sitting in their tent having tea together and a man in white opened the door to their tent and stood at the entrance. The man
was glowing.
"Hello, My name is Jesus and I am sending a man tomorrow named Daniel to tell you more about me."
Then he disappeared.
So when Daniel arrived at their doorway and told them his name, they were completely undone. "They
asked him to tell them more about Jesus and he gave then the Gospel and the whole family gave their
lives to Jesus," Connell reports.
The father had been a part of the Free Syrian Army. "He had known bloodshed. He was a devout Muslim. This man and his family are now planting underground churches and are seeing a harvest among
Muslims."
Recently the father was dismayed by a large cell phone bill and he asked his 15-year-old daughter about
it. "It's because I'm telling all our relatives in Saudi Arabia about Jesus," she said.
"We felt God told us to go to these places, the dark places, and capture what He is doing thru the lives of
missionaries that have given their lives, left everything they had here to live overseas. We follow them
with our camera and capture what God does and show it on college campuses to ignite students to live
for something bigger than themselves."
This is an excerpt from “Charisma News”
In case you missed the Birthday Bash, here are photos of some of the tables. I will put more in upcoming Newsletters.
CPWM met Tuesday, February 16, 2016, with 19 present. A delicious lunch was served by Natalie and Dinah and enjoyed by all
attendees. President Lenora Davis opened the meeting.
Old business: The birthday bash was a huge success. Some say it was the best one yet with plenty mouthwatering food.
New business: There were a few books donated to our library by Carol Hodges. Discussion was held on checking the kitchen for
sufficient stock. Linda and Diane have volunteered to initiate a list. The CPW ladies will wait until Barbara returns from session to
advise on next steps for setting up committees where the kitchen is concerned.
Due to health reasons Lenora has advised the ladies effective May 1 st she will no longer be the President of SCPCW. She is asking
we go in prayer for a volunteer lady to assume this position. The Treasurer and Secretary positions remain unchanged. Marie and
Carol will host in March, Linda and Sammye have volunteered to host the April meeting. Marie presented the treasurer’s report with
detail donations and an approximate balance of $464.48.
Our guest speaker was President, Marsha Darrah, DeKalb Animal Coalition (DAC). Marsha presented the women information on
the upcoming facility that has a one hundred year lease capable of accommodating fifty animals at a time. Its location is four acres
behind Tenneco. The DAC has been hosting fund raisers to support this effort. Their latest fund raiser is “buy a brick” campaign.
They are partnering with New Leash on Life Spay and Neuter. The community can get involved by donations of cash, goods for sale
in their resale store located at 110 Walnut Street in downtown Smithville; by volunteering to help at the resale store; and there will
be many opportunities as they progress toward completion of the building. Board meets first Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in
the top floor of City Hall. The community is invited to attend. The ground breaking is tentatively scheduled in April 2016.
The next SCPCW meeting is scheduled for March 15 th.
Submitted by SCPCW Secretary, Dinah Ross.
Birthday Bash 2016