Impact Eaton Reminders

Sunday, May 5

• 8:30 am—Coffee & Donuts (Fairground’s Toney Building) *come in front entrance and bear to your right for parking directions
• 9:00 am—Worship Service (Toney Building)
• 9:30 am—Service Projects (various Eaton locations)
  • Prayer Service (Toney Building)
• 12:00 pm—Lunch Celebration (Toney Building)
• If service projects are canceled due to the weather, we will still gather at the Fairground’s Toney Building for worship with no Lunch Celebration

PROJECTS

• You are responsible for your own transportation to your project site (carpooling is encouraged)
• Water will be provided for you at your project site
• Share a picture of your project #impact2019

WHAT TO BRING

• Gloves
• Your project manager will contact you if any additional items are needed

WHAT TO WEAR

• Impact Eaton t-shirt
• Weather appropriate clothes & work shoes

DON’T FORGET – LUNCH CELEBRATION

• Gather back at the Toney Building @ 12 noon
• Lunch provided: hotdogs, chips, water

WOMEN’S MINISTRY

Love In Action: Monday, April 28 at 6:30pm, Kitchen

• Freezer meal prep for those in need: new baby, surgery, death, etc.
• All ladies are invited to join us as we make lasagna.

Summer Book Club is Back!

• Register by May 19 at the Info Center for Sensible Shoes by Sharon Brown.
• Discussion on Wednesday, July 10, 6:30pm. More details to come.

TENT NEEDED

During the week of SSS, we’ll be creating extra classrooms by setting up tents outside. If you have a tent size 10 X 20 or larger that we can borrow, or know someone in the area who could loan one to us, please let us know!

JOIN US FOR THE “ETCHYS”! 

Wednesday, May 1, ETCH Community Night, we are planning an evening of fun and celebration with worship, games and awards. Come join us to celebrate what God has been doing throughout the year!

Dinner served from 5:45 – 6:15pm.

• Menu: Chicken and noodles, Green beans, Salad bar
• Kid’s choice: Hot dog, Fruit
• Dessert: Ice cream sundaes

Want to have a conversation with this guy? If you want to know what’s happening in youth ministry. If you want to know the ups and downs of Doer Groups, then you’ll want to join us for a conversation with the youth pastor: Sunday, April 28 from 6:30-7:30PM.

Like all good conversations, communication goes both ways. So, this will be a time for parents to also share about what is going on in the lives of their teens and we can team up together to help each student become the child God has created them to be. Not a parent, and still want to know what is happening? Come and join us.

Quarterly Financial Update

Below is a Rolling 12-Month Trend Report which uses the running total of the giving and expenses for the last 12 months plus a graph. This information is from April 1, 2018 through March 31, 2018.  This Trend Report and graph is presented to the congregation quarterly. Hard copies are available at the Information Desk for anyone who does not have access to LifeShare. See a member of the Finance Team or Elder if you have any questions.

1st Quarter 2019 12 month running total(1)

2nd Saturday – April 13

One strategy at Eaton CoB is to make an Impact with the love of Christ by serving others. Join us as we do home repair projects for Senior adults in our community.

• Meet in the Eaton CoB parking lot at 8:30 am

• Tools provided

This is a great opportunity for you to Share Life and Share Christ.

Maundy Thursday Worship, April 18, 6:30pm

Our annual communion and foot washing service, remembering Jesus’ last meal with his disciples. Childcare provided.

Summer Spiritual Spectacular Movie

• We are looking for a boot brace to use in a scene. If you have one that we could borrow, please contact Miss Coleen. Thank you!
• Know your way around sound systems?   If you are comfortable running sound, consider using your talents to help us have great sound in the movie.
• Want to be an extra in the Movie?  On Saturday, April 27, starting at 2pm, we’ll be filming an action scene where people are running and grabbing things.  Contact Miss Coleen if you want to join in on the fun!

I had hoped to get this post out sooner, but I was unable to last week. For those of you who didn’t know, Owen was in the hospital again. Many of you saw him at Etch last night, so you know he’s doing great now! Either way, apologies for the delayed follow-up that I promised from the last sermon on 1 Peter on March 31.

If you remember, we had a brief conversation about the devil. Peter warns the churches in Asia Minor their true enemy is not against the people who are bringing persecution (1 Peter 2:12; 3:16; 4:16), but against the dark spiritual forces that are trying to draw humanity away from the Lord (1 Peter 5:8).

As I’ve been a pastor for over 12 years now, I’ve been asked many times about angels and demons, and their roles in how they interact with humans and God. But more than questions about angels and demons, I’ve been asked questions about Satan. Who is he? Was he a fallen angel? Why does he have power? What kind of power does he have?

These are all really good questions! But many questions that I often don’t have answers to. The Bible is a collection of narratives, letters, poems, and more that give us a glimpse into the One who created the heavens and the earth. Therefore, the Bible’s main objective is to paint a picture of the One the Israelites called Yahweh. Secondarily, the Bible tasks to show how this Wonderful Lord interacts with his prized creation: humanity, and conversely how humanity interacts with its Creator.

As you can see, this presents a problem when people have questions about Satan. He is a character in the Bible, but he’s not the main character, nor is he even a secondary character. So, the Bible doesn’t give us much detail of Satan’s origin story, motivations behind his hatred toward humans and it doesn’t focus on his characteristics in the same way it details God’s characteristics and even ours.

On the flip side, much of what is believed about Satan comes from Jewish tradition (that is derived from extra-biblical books – such as the book of Enoch), Dante’s inferno, and a conglomeration of different religions, cults, cultural traditions and their views of an evil spirit. Essentially, our knowledge of Satan is very limited, but what we do know about him we should be aware of, and guard against.

SATAN’S POWER

Satan has power. It’s evident throughout scripture. He held up Paul from visiting the Thessalonians (1 Thessalonians 2:19), he displayed his power when he tempted Jesus to give him the world (Matthew 4:1-11), and we know he has the power to ruin a person’s life, such as Job. But here’s where we need to be careful: Satan was a created being; therefore, he is not like Yahweh in that he is All-Powerful. Nor is Satan All-Knowing or Omnipresent. Satan has limitations because he was created by God, which is also why we can have confidence that we can overcome him, because God dwells within us as the Holy Spirit!

SATAN AS ACCUSER

He’s been given many different names throughout the Bible: Satan, devil, the evil one, the tempter, the prince of this world, in the King James version, Lucifer (which means morning star). But the two most used to describe him are the Hebrew: satan, and the Greek: diabolos. Both are derived from the words meaning accuser, or slanderer. We see this very plainly in his interaction with Job (Job 1-3) where he accuses Job of only loving God because God gave him wealth and a large family. It’s these accusations that Satan is trying to use to separate us from God eternally.

SATAN AS TEMPTER

When Satan is mentioned in the Gospels, it is often in conflict with Jesus and who (or what) one pledges allegiance to; meaning the devil is trying to draw us away from The Lord. This includes the warnings in the letters of Paul to avoid and stand against “the devil’s schemes” (2 Corinthians 2:11, Ephesians 6:11, 1 Tim 5:15). We see this in the Gospels and Acts where people are declared to align with the devil (Matthew 25:41, John 8:44, Acts 13:10). We can also see this in Jesus’ time in the wilderness (Matthew 4, Luke 4), where Satan tries to tempt Jesus into worshiping him as Lord.

SATAN AS DEFEATED (This is my favorite one!)

Many verses that mention Satan in the New Testament comes at the expense of his power as it relates to God’s power where we are given encouragement that because of Salvation through Jesus Christ, we how the power to overcome Satan (1 John 3:8, James 4:7, 1 Pet 5:8). But more importantly, we are given a clear picture of Satan’s defeat (Romans 16:20, Revelation 20:2-10).

Final Thoughts

In the end, it’s important for Christians to be aware of Satan, but not to make him our priority (God is our priority). It’s important to know his power, but even more important to know his power does have limitations. It’s important to know his schemes, but to know we have the power of Christ dwelling in us to overcome those schemes. And it’s important to know the victory found through Jesus Christ and the defeat of sin and death.

Baptism

Christian baptism is a clear command of Jesus for all believers (Matt 28:19), and offers an opportunity for a new believer to profess faith in Jesus publicly. To discuss baptism with a pastor or for children with Miss Coleen, please contact the office, 456-5507.

Blood Drive

• Thursday, April 11
• Eaton CoB, 1-7pm

Be someone’s hero. Donate blood. Get your limited-edition “Hero” tumbler style traveler mug when you register to give blood. Sponsored by Omicron Sigma Sorority.

Set-up Teams

We are always looking for more volunteers to join our teams. Contact the office, 456-5507 if you are interested in serving in this vital ministry.

CAN YOU COMPLAIN? WANT TO BE IN THE MOVIE? In this year’s movie, we are showing a scene of the Israelites complaining against Moses. We hope to film that scene THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON but we’re looking for “extras” to be those Israelites.

We’ll meet at the church at 1:00 PM. There are bins with Biblical costumes here at church but you are also welcome to make your own. There are some lines that some people need to say but – it that makes you too nervous – you can just be people standing there looking mad (and later repentant). You would bring any snacks and drinks you want. And we all pray for good weather! We’ll be done no later than 5 PM. This is open to adults and youth. Please contact misscoleen@eatoncob.org ASAP if you want to be a part of this. You’ll be sent the words and the scene details as soon as we hear from you.

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GOT SHEETS? To create Moses’ tent, we need a lot of solid color sheets. If any of you have large solid color sheets that we can borrow or use, please let us know and drop them off at the church by Thursday of this week. We’ll be trying to get the Set ready on Friday for Saturday’s shoot.

T H A N K  Y O U !

PROPERTY TEAM: SPRING CLEAN-UP

Rescheduled for Saturday, April 6, 9am

Join us for sprucing-up the grounds outside or cleaning our red chairs inside. Lunch provided. Contact Tami Webb, ctwebb5163@earthlink.net with questions or to sign-up.

Sunday, May 5

• 8:30 am – Coffee & Donuts
• 9:00 am – Worship Service
• 9:30 am – Service Projects / Prayer Service
• 12:00 pm – Lunch Celebration

We will gather at the Fairgrounds in the Toney Building for worship and prayer with First Church of God and then head out into the community for various spring clean-up projects. We’ll meet back at the Toney Building for lunch after our service projects.

Sunday, March 31st is the last day to register and get a T-shirt.

Summer Spiritual Spectacular Movie:

Want to be an Extra?  There are two scenes in this year’s movie where we’ll need “extras”.  Most of these are 1-2 lines, or just bodies in a scene. We’d film this either on a  Saturday or Sunday afternoon.

Enjoy cooking? It would be a huge blessing for someone to bring dinner to the Set on one of our long filming days. See Miss Coleen about being an “Extra” or if you’d like to help provide a meal to our actors and filming team.

Sunday, May 5

• 8:30 am – Coffee & Donuts
• 9:00 am – Worship Service
• 9:30 am – Service Projects / Prayer Service
• 12:00 pm – Lunch Celebration

We will gather at the Fairgrounds in the Toney Building for worship and prayer with First Church of God and then head out into the community for various spring clean-up projects in public spaces and private homes. Then we’ll meet back at the Toney Building for lunch after our service projects!
Register by March 31^st. Rain date is Saturday, May 11.

WHAT’S IN YOUR GARAGE?

Some of you may still be hearing about the movie we are filming right now – a movie that will change lives this summer.  As we film, there are numerous props that will be needed to help make the movie come alive and make an impact.  Would you please take a moment to check around your house or garage to see if you have any of the following items that you can loan or donate for this?

___ A large canvas tent (or any cloth that could look ancient)

___ An “Indiana Jones” fedora

___ A camping tent 10 X 20 or large enough for several people to stand in.  Other large camping tents

___ Rolls of artificial grass (enough to cover 10 X 20 area)  (needed by Tuesday night)

___ Belay lines and heavy rope for climbing

___ Small shovels, trowels, large paintbrushes, buckets, sieve

___ Heavy duty tubs with lids for carrying filming gear

___ clear packing tape, black duct tape, black electrical tape

___ large old blankets (to absorb sound), large black trash bags,

___ Extension cords, outlet strips, outlet adapters

Locations still needed:

___ Camping area next to A CLIFF.

___ Pit (large deep hole) in the ground (enough to fit someone in)

If you have any questions, or are able to provide one of these items, contact Miss Coleen at misscoleen@eatoncob.org