Important Stuff

True story at the bottom of this post!

Here is the schedule for the remainder of May.

May 14                 Jackie and IUMC

May 21                 Errick Cameron and PCF

May 28                 Jackie and IUMC in Journey’s Inn Space

Due to travel schedule, Kent and Bonni will not be available for the rest of the Sunday's in May. We will resume service on June 4th. 

Please lift up these people with prayer:

Barb Weiss:  Barb came through surgery just fine yesterday. As soon as the doctors allow her to leave Missouri Baptist Hospital she will be going to Meridian Village for therapy. 

Jack Butler: Jack just had surgery to repair an aneurism on his aorta. Jack is also at Missouri Baptist. 

Mary and Lee Knapp: Leland will be having hip surgery May 18th at Anderson Hospital.  Mary is still having vertigo issues and will be having more tests on May 10th. We pray for God's healing touch and for His strength and peace as Mary and Lee have these procedures.

Mike Rogers. Mike is the husband Lori Rodgers. Mike has had another serious operation on his back and is recovering. His arms are not working properly and needs God's healing touch. Also pray for Lori who is taking care of Mike as well as working many hours at Beverly Farm.

Gladys Wilkening  Gladys is Joyce Koenigs mother. Gladys has stage 4 cancer (abdominal).  Please pray for Gladys and her family. 

Stan Rutkowski Stan continues to struggle with his compression wounds. We pray for Stan's strength and healing.

Dave Hart  Dave has been battling cancer of the brain for the past 2 years. He is in hospice care and we ask God to be with he and Donna and their family during this time of transition. 

Psalm 46:1. God is our refuge and strength, and a real help in times of trouble.

All of us need love and prayer. Some of us may need a little more at times. It only takes a minute to lift someone in prayer and that is the tool that God gave us to use to call Him into special situations. 
Bonni and I took our kids and my niece and nephew to Florida some years back and we rented a boat to go out on the ocean to water ski. We ended up going pretty far out and the engine overheated and quit running. Before we left, the guy we rented the boat from gave us a cell phone or a walkie talkie, I don't recall which, but he said to use it in an emergency. We did. It took them quite some time to find us because we had gone out a lot further than I thought, but, the tool that was given to us worked. 
God gave us prayer! But, you have to use it for it to work. 

Have a great May, see you all again in June.  Love, pastor kent.