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NEWS AND EVENTS – January 27, 2009
This Week at MPC
Wednesday, January 28
- Lighthouse Café in The Commons, 5:00-6:30pm. Menu: Chicken and Noodles, Kid’s Option: Chicken and Noodles.
- Programs and classes for adults, 6:30pm. A wide selection of Grow U electives, designed to keep you learning and growing in your faith, are offered on Wednesday evenings from 6:30pm to 7:45pm and Sunday mornings at 9:00am and 10:45am. More.
- Interest Meeting for the Touch the World Alaska Trip:
6:27pm in Room 178. Want to visit Alaska and be used of God? The Touch the World Alaska Team will help get a church youth camp ready for hundreds of young people. Visit this fascinating part of our country. For more information, contact Jackie Corn, Administrative Assistant, Outreach and Missions, at the Church Office or Jerry Helvey at (317) 507-1318.
Thursday, January 29
- Grow U Elective: “Unraveling the End,” Thursdays through April 2 on Thursday 6:15-7:45pm in Crossroads Auditorium. A 13-week teaching series on Divine Perfection in the prophecies of Jesus and New Covenant fulfillment as related to the entire Bible. Dr. John R. Noe, Instructor; Dr. R. Benton Ruth, Facilitator.
Friday, January 30
- Men’s Fraternity: 6:00am in Crossroads Auditorium.
Sunday, February 1
- Worship Services, 9:00am and 10:45am. Special worship moments with the Voices of Praise, the Crossroads Quartet and Pastor Lyon’s sermon series, “Heroes.”
- Convergence Worship, 10:45am. The college and young adult worship service. Contact: Jeff Matas, Senior Associate Pastor at the Church Office.
A Look Ahead
- February 15 – It’s Worth the Wait: Conference for Junior and Senior High Students; a special Parent Track runs concurrently.
- April 17 – Volunteer Appreciation: 7:00pm in The Commons. Volunteers from all MPC ministries are invited to a Volunteer Appreciation Event. Enjoy dessert, fellowship and Christian comedian, David Dean. R.S.V.P. by Noon, April 13. Sign-up online or contact Marti Freeman at the Church Office.
Good To Know
Listen Online to Sunday Morning worship service in the Main Auditorium, the Convergence service and the Thursday night Grow U Elective “Unraveling the End” with Dr. John R. Noe, at MadisonParkChurch.org.
Madison Park Church Closings and Cancellations: Stay tuned to radio stations 98.7FM WQME, 97.9 FM WGNR, or TV stations WRTV Channel 6, WISH Channel 8, WTHR Channel 13, FOX 59 or MadisonParkChurch.org for cancellations and schedule changes.
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Impressions from the Holy Land
Pastor Jim Lyon recently returned from a CBH ViewPoint Holy Lands Expedition with MPCgoers and others from around the U.S. Andrew
Lyon and Kimberly Majeski made their travel journals public by posting them online. A few excerpts of their writing:
January 7—Kimberly Majeski
We began our day with prayers at the Wailing Wall, and I was able to pray and leave a written prayer for my loved ones in the wall. Then, we moved to the tunnels under the Temple Mound which are the original 1st century streets. I touched stones where Jesus, Paul and Mary Magdalene walked and lived. We then made our way to Antonia Fortress, which is the place of Jesus’ trial before Pilate, and then onto the Via Dolorosa (Way of Suffering), which is believed to be the path that Jesus walked, bearing the cross, on the way to his crucifixion. As we walked, Jim Lyon and I recorded a program for future broadcast on ViewPoint. We then made our way to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the place where archaeology says is Golgotha and the site of the crucifixion. I waited in a line to “touch the rock” and lit a candle. I was, in a word, overcome. As I knelt beneath the altar, I wept like a child. I didn’t want to leave. In that moment, I connected with the love of Christ. An overwhelming sense of humility and thanksgiving engulfed me. It was a beautiful moment, one I shall never forget. We proceeded from here to the site of the tomb. A sense of the “holy” was palpable.
Ordinary People Touching the World
God is at work through MPC missions volunteers—ordinary people, making a difference, as they experience God’s presence and respond by engaging in outreach beyond the local community and find Jesus waiting in the faces, voices and stories of people around the world. MPC’s 2009 Touch the World Trips provide an opportunity to witness firsthand what God is doing across the globe. These trips primarily focus on areas where Madison Park Church is invested with her finances and her friends on the field.
- Heart to Honduras – Team Leader: Dr. Bob McCurdy; Dates: September 26-October 2, 2009
- CBH/Madison Park Africa. KIST – Team Leader: John Walters; Dates: February 13-26, 2009
- Chelybinsk, Russia – Team Leader: Keith Stork; Dates: April 13-24, 2009 (Alternate date: August 2009)
- New York City – Team Leader: Rob Spaulding; Dates: TBD
- Anderson City-Wide Clean-Up Day – Team Leader: Keith Stork; Date: May 2009
- Alaska: Camp Challenge Work Team – Team Leader: Jerry Helvey; Dates: May 16-25, 2009
- Wounded Knee, South Dakota (A family-friendly trip) – Team Leader: Sam Johnson; Dates: June 13-20, 2009
- DH Bicycle Ride VI (Great trip for teens or families!) – Team Leaders: Pete Spoo, Mike and Pauline Flowers; Dates: June 10-14, 2009
- India Gospel League, Tamil Nadu, India – Trip Leader: Jill Nalywaiko; Dates: July 25-August 2, 2009
- Haiti - Trip Leader: Dr. Mark Fulton; Dates: October 2009
Be the hands of Jesus to a hurting people and experience both serving and being served. Ordinary people making a difference!
Detailed information about each trip is available online or by contacting Pastor Keith Stork at the Church Office.
