Tutoring Coordinator Needed

for 2008-09 School Year

Judy Denniston coordinated the Kokomo Church of the Brethren (KCoB) Tutoring Program for five years.  Due to time constraints, Judy had to give up these duties.  The Witness Committee appreciates Candace Good for stepping in as Coordinator for the sixth (2007-08) year of tutoring.  However, Candace regrets that she must also step down.  We will miss their leadership.

Over the years, approximately 150 children have benefited from the efforts of our tutors.  To keep this meaningful community-outreach ministry active for the 2008-09 school year, we need a KCoB member to lead this program.  The Tutoring Coordinator contacts the schools to let them know of the availability of free tutoring, receives referrals from the schools, recruits tutors, and matches tutors to the students.  If you are interested in this important position, please contact Jim Wann (453-1170; jpwann@comcast.net).

 

AT  CAMP  MACK  NEXT  WEEK

The week of July 27-August 1 Jesse and Joshua Meek will be in Followers Camp at Camp Mack.  Janet Meek will be a counselor that week.

Campers love to get mail!  Please mail early so your message arrives before your campers leave.  Please address your mail following this sample:  

Camper’s name

Program Name (i.e. Samplers, Seekers, etc.)

Camp Mack

PO Box 158

Milford, IN 46542

 

 

 

WE  CARE  AND  SHARE  PRAYER

  Mary Smith - back at Waterford Place now.

  Betty Rudd - recuperating from heart surgery.

  Heath Gentry, grandson of Violet McQuiston, -

                            having serious health problems.

  Thelma Ringeisen – home from hospital soon.

  Joe Good’s father - quite ill with cancer.

 

THANK  YOU

We want to thank everyone for their cards and celebrating our 60^th anniversary last Sunday.

                                          Bob and Eunice White

 

I want to thank everybody for their prayers and telephone calls.  I sure felt your support.  Thank you to Pastor Mark for his calls, visits and prayers.  I hope to be back to church soon.  I miss it so much.

I also appreciate the worship service tapes.  Thank you.

                                          Violet McQuiston

 
                           NATIONAL  OLDER

ADULT  CONFERENCE

     God Speaks to us: "I will make rivers flow on barren heights and springs within the valleys.  I will turn the desert into pools of water and the parched ground to springs.” Isaiah 41:18

     Mark your calendars for the National Older Adult Conference (NOAC) to be held September 1-5, 2008, at Lake Junaluska Assembly, Lake Junaluska, North Carolina. 

   (More information on our church bulletin board.)

Help Needed for NOAC

     Ray C. Swihart, Usher Coordinator for National Older Adult Conference, is looking for people to help with ushering at the Conference.

     People will be needed to hand out bulletins and collect the offerings.  If you would be interested in helping in these areas please contact Ray by email, regular mail or by telephone.  Email address: rswihart@bnin.net.  address: Ray C. Swihart, 10979 N White Tail Trail, Milford, IN 46542, phone: 574-658-4845.

     Send your name and address where you may be contacted.  Also indicate if you prefer to hand out bulletins, help collect offerings or both.

Back to School Backpacks

and Hygiene Items

School will start soon.  Kokomo Urban Outreach hopes to supply each of 200 needy Kokomo-Center students with a backpack and hygiene items.  Having a book bag and good hygiene raises self-esteem and makes a child feel normal.  The items needed are:

·        Backpacks (watch for sales)

·        Toothpaste

·        Toothbrush

·        Shampoo

·        Bath soap

·        Comb/pick

·        Wash cloth

·        Deodorant for older children

The goal is to pass out the bags on August 8, so please bring your donations to the church by Thursday, August 7.  Please bring backpacks and/or hygiene items to our church, to the basket under the east stairs.  Please label your donated items for the “Backpack Program.”  Contact Jim Wann (453-1170) if you have questions.

 

Men’s Prayer Breakfast

As many of you may know, Colony Camp at Camp Mack is scheduled for August 15, 16, and 17.  This camp falls on the same weekend as the Men’s Prayer Breakfast.  In an effort to support both Colony Camp and the Men’s Prayer Breakfast, I have moved the Prayer Breakfast to the 4^th Saturday in August (8-23-08).  It will be held in the Church Fellowship Hall from 8:00-9:00 a.m.  Please invite your neighbors and friends along with your Grandpa, Father, and Son’s for this time of fellowship and prayer.

For more information please contact; Jeff Ryals, 765-455-3604 or cell, 765-461-0554.

     “May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.”

                             2 Corinthians 13:14 NIV