Spring Newsletter

Grace Bible Church Issue #3 Spring--2007

Greetings Spring has sprung and we’re getting ready for all sorts of activities at GBC. For one, our Wednesdays continue to move in a family direction. A few months ago, we became aware that a number of our families were not able to attend our fellowships--for we had nothing to offer their small children. So, action was in order. Starting this May, our Wednesday evening fellowship went family. For the sake of our little ones, we now meet at 6PM rather than 7PM and have a stop at 7:15. For our prayer warriors, the prayer groups begin shortly after and end around 8PM. On the first Wednesday of each month we share pizza and fellowship. The other Wednesdays, we'll provide modest meals. Please come and support this effort, and please invite friends. All guests of the church eat, well, as guests! We would not dream of charging them. The rest of us just donate as we feel led. Our First Wednesday kickoff was on May 2, but Pizza nights will follow on June 2 (we’ll see about July 4,) and August 1. Just come, eat, fellowship, and learn from God's Word. I can't stress enough how important it is that we all make an effort to come. Excitement is contagious and the difference between a church and a "Sunday Sermon Gathering" is the love that we see for each other during the week. Also, as a small church, it is so essential that we have faithful attendance for these types of programs to grow. We all have a role to play in this, and I ask you to prayerfully consider where the Lord would have you spend your Wednesdays.

So, come and bring your children. David and Marlene Hamilton have a fun and learning-filled curriculum all lined up. And, of course, there will be games. Blessings to you all, and please pray for this evangelistic and family ministry.

For Him, Charles J. Busada Pastor Grace Bible Church

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Pastoral Report It was an interesting Winter. We marched through the Gospel of Mark, from the light of Galilee to the darkness of Jerusalem, through the gloom of denial, and the shadow of death. Low in the grave He lay. But, with a burst of light, we saw the Resurrection, the soft rebuke, the commission and we travel on in victory. Our next joy is to journey with Dr. Luke through the Book of Acts. We can hardly overestimate this book’s value. Not only is Acts the second longest book in the New Testament, but it is our chief authority for the history and founding of the church and its early growth. With the apostles, we’ll see Jesus ascend in a cloud of glory, hear his commission, receive the promise of the Father, hear the sounds of a mighty rushing wind, see flaming tongues of fire, hear Peter’s sermon, meet Cornelius, and a prophet named Agabus. We’ll travel to Troas, Galatia, Corinth, Athens -- and Rome. We’ll see dungeons, prisons, roads, and resorts. We’ll meet Stephen, Barnabas, (did I mention Paul?). We’ll travel on land and sea, and take a wild ride from Cyprus to Fair Havens to Malta to Italy. In short, we’re still living within the book of Acts. The church is still on her commission. So join us as we travel from Jerusalem, and in Judea, and in Samaria, and go unto the uttermost part of the earth. Please come for the ride. Few things in life are a “guaranteed success,” but with the Pentecostal power of the church, this qualifies as one. On another note, I have surely enjoyed my semester at LCCC teaching ethics. It started off running. I had one day’s notice to prepare, no syllabus, and no text book. Slowly the class developed a form, and the students became familiar with such names as Aristotle, Plato, Aquinas, Déscartes, Benton, Mills, Hume, Kant, Rand, and others. They know terms such as “utilitarianism,” “consequentalism,” “categorical imperative,”

(what is “good” is defined only by how I feel about it). What a perfect lead to the Gospel. On that day the lights went on for the majority of the class. Skepticism has led to our empty post-modern way of thinking. One student of faith then made the comment, “it is only through the prescription of God’s commandments that we can even know what is “good; just look and see where our ‘feelings’ have brought us.” It was also my pleasure this winter to be the keynote speaker at Immanuel Christian School in Hazleton. The topic dealt with conflicts in worldviews. Several events are up-and-coming and I’m looking forward to them. I’ll be the commencement speaker for CCCS on June 8, and a guest speaker in Allentown (June 15, 16 at DeSalles University) for Jim Long’s Newton Reformed Church summer retreat. This year's theme is "Arise, Shine” with the fruit of the Spirit, the cultivation of Christian virtue, and the active practice of Christianity in our interpersonal relationships. Also, plans are coming along for a two-week mission trip to Armenia and a nameless Middle East country with my seminary friend and missologist, Phil Hopkins. The trip is scheduled in October. On top of all of this, I plan on entering a DMin program at Bible Baptist Seminary with a concentration church growth and evangelism.

Chat with Phil Hopkins 8:54 AM me: Hey Phil 8:55 AM Phil: hey how are you me: doing fine and still thinking Our Services about October Phil: great; we'd love to have you, Any questions I can answer Morning Prayer 9 AM 8:56 AM me: No, you sent me an Sunday School 9:30 AM email a little ago and I just need to get planning Sunday Worship 10:35 AM Phil: we are doing a bunch of disc Evening Worship 6 PM stuff with pastors and going in counWednesday Family Night 6 PM try. me: disc stuff? Phil: discipleship 8:57 AM me: sorry, I'm thinking dvd's and other discs 8:58 AM Phil: dates are going to be around 18 Oct me: OK, I imagine it will be around 10 days to two weeks? Phil: yes 8:59 AM 1 week in country; the other discipleship me: 9:04 AM Phil: We will handle the *** airfare; US Air/Austrian is one of the cheapest. An update on tetanus is the only shot you need, if you do not have one I am in Dubai right now, but in a day or two I can get you an approx list The big thing is the visa to ***; that takes time. When we have specific dates, I will give them to you so you can get started on that process. If we go with a tour company in Iran (I am 99% sure we will) then the process is easier.

Father Son banquet On Saturday, June 23.

of willing consent. And even if we reach higher, it is always His will that is done, and His power that it is done by, however active we seem to be. Otherwise not done at all. God's blessings flow down to us through pipes empty and clean. Now a pipe, to form a channel, can not elect to stand upon its end to see and be seen, but down in the muck and be covered over and forgotten. And every time we turn on a water tap, we The Psalms as Prayer: should be grateful for the pipes that lie buried in the ground. Similarly our ac- Praying the psalms together has long been one of tive part is to lie low, and let God work the most cherished traditions of Christian worship. through us. As a matter of course Jesus and His disciples would This being so, how deep is the lesson have sung the psalms together as part of saying their of peace we have to learn! Since God is morning and evening prayers. The Apostle Paul, on willing and eager to be at peace with us more than one occasion, encouraged the early Chris(on His terms, of course!) about any- tians to sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs as thing in heaven earth or hell, there is part of their worship. therefore nothing in the whole wide world that should disturb us. When we Look what Paul writes in his epistles. Eph 5:19. are there, we are founded on rock, for “Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns our peace is built upon His sure Word. and spiritual songs, singing and making melody Let us ask ourselves the question, Can in your heart to the Lord; Col 3:16 Let the word we do more than He wills? We only of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teachneed to ponder His astonishing ingenu- ing and admonishing one another in psalms and ity queering our pitch and foiling our hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in crafty purposes to know that man can your hearts to the Lord. never hope to do what God forbids. Let us ask, Can man or demon harm the The Epistle of James does the same thing: James child of God whom He promises to exhorts in 5:13 that “if any among you afflicted? protect? We only need to review how let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.” often in our lives all seemed lost, and God stepped in, and quietly reversed The first Christian hymnal, the Odes of Solomon, the calamity that threatened, to be as- put together about the end of the first century, is a sured that there is nothing to fear. collection of some forty psalm pendants or paraNot much wonder, then, that our phrases. Athanasius, the great fourth-century church smiling Father puts on a grim face leader, tells us in both his life of Saint Anthony and here and sternly commands in the his letter to Marcellinus about how Egyptian Chrisimperative mood, “Let the peace of tians prayed the psalms. Christ rule in your hearts”! For this is the beginning and ending of ev- So, is your prayer life lacking? (and whose isn’t?) erything, in Christian life and ser- The Bible offers a simple solution. What a composivice. tion of genre the Psalms contain. Scripture provides Let . . . Peace . . . Rule! us psalms to rejoice, to weep, to guard our anger, to Yours, to this end reflect on God’s greatness, to view the past and enWILLIAM STILL ter the future.

Elders’ Message

From The Letters of William Still Let Peace Rule Dear Christian Friends, I cannot easily forget how the Spirit of God enlarged my heart on recent Wednesdays as we spoke together on that imperative word in Colossians 3:15, 'Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful'. I am assured that it was a spiritual landmark to several. It was the emphasis the Spirit enabled us to put upon the word 'rule' that was remarkable, and also the stress that was laid upon the necessity of peace as the foundation of the Christian life. But, somehow or the other, it seems too big a thing to be able to say so simply, namely, that the supreme test of the Christian life is peace. Yet, there it is, for those who can receive it. Many Christians seem to think that the concept of peace is too passive and negative to bear such weight of Christian importance. But is it? It certainly does not suggest action to busy spirits who like to be in the thick of getting things done. But it depends on what we mean by getting things done. Busy people get outward things done, but are these the things that most need to be done? It cannot be too often repeated that the Holy Spirit is God's only Worker. It is true that He chooses to work through His children, but our part is not the cooperation of help so much as that

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In closing, the message of Ps 42 and 43 have carried me along through many a trial. When things are as bad as they can be what should we do. David, the Psalmist says, “Praise Him.” Charles J. Busada

ing ladders and doing the high lights and rizing the book. This book was insightwalls. Many of the women have said that ful, stimulating, and convicting as to without the men, there would have been no what types of “idols” we each may possible way to have gotten the whole in- have in our lives. This book is a good side done in one day. THANK YOU, read for any Christian who desires serimen. Of course, we thank you ladies, too, ously to walk closer with God. It was a little over a year ago that because many hands make the work much the newly organized Ladies’ Ministry at lighter!!!! Finally, as determined in the origiGBC took effect. It was a very busy year nal organization of this ministry, Cathy for the chairwomen of that ministry, Cathy Our Spring Brunch was originally finished her one year as co-chair to the and Marlene, but also each lady involved in scheduled for March 17th but had to be Ladies’ Ministry. Beginning in April, the various committees was also quite busy. cancelled on that day because of bad Judy has now begun a 2-year term as The Events committee chaired by Kelly and weather. It was then rescheduled for co-chair. She joins Marlene, whose Kay was probably the busiest committee, March 24th. Lisa Mitchell, from the Philly term will be up the end of next March. having at least one or two events a month area, spoke on the topic, “Hope for a that needed organization. Of course, the Hopeless World.” I, Marlene, want to say personally Church Care Committee headed by Carol how much I appreciated working with and Dolly had the weekly tasks of cleaning There were about 45 women who at- Cathy. Her insight, thoughtfulness, and the church and keeping the nursery staffed tended the brunch, many of whom were organizational skills were just what the and well-functioning. The Hospitality Com- guests of our ladies. The feedback from Ladies’ Ministry needed to help make mittee headed by Ashley, the Missions those who attended was excellent, saying this into a well-functioning ministry. Committee headed by Amy Y. and the Out- what a wonderful time all had. What a joy to work many long hours reach Committee headed by Deborah R. also with her!!!! THANK YOU, Cathy. had various tasks that their respective comApril started us off with the quarterly May God richly bless you as you conmittees helped with. meal on the first Sunday of the month. tinue to serve Him in other roles at Later in the month a “Welcome Baby Fel- GBC. Following are some of the areas which gave lowship” was held for Kelly Renno and our ladies opportunity to serve. Faith Mummey. This was a real sweet and We thank all of you for your prayers fun time of fellowship amongst the ladies. on behalf of this ministry. Please conTwo of the ladies in our church had ba- Also in April, meals were prepared twice tinue in prayer as we as co-chairs of bies the end of January. Kelly Renno had a weekly for Paul and Lorraine, an elderly this ministry desire to see more women daughter, AnaGrace and Faith Mummey couple who face many struggles. involved in service for our God and our also had daughter, Rachael. During the church. month of February ladies of the church proAmy Yemzow had opportunity to visit vided meals twice weekly for them. the House of Hope and to see what oppor- Lovingly, tunities exist that perhaps we as a Ladies’ Money was collected for the local col- Ministry might become involved in. Else- Marlene, Judy, and Cathy lege students, Carina, Ben, Peter, Jon, Reu- where in this newsletter is an article writben, and Chad and a book, True For You, ten by Amy on her visit. But Not For Me, was purchased for them. On May 12th, many of the ladies are We have had an outreach to a mother in looking forward to the Mother-Daughter need with three very young children. Her Banquet to be put on for us by the GBC youngest was born in Feb. and we had a men. “box” shower of baby items for her. Along with this, money was also collected to purAlong with these activities, there has chase a new Pack n’ Play. Kay and Marlene been a twice monthly Bible study in which delivered the much appreciated items. many of our ladies in one way or another participated. In January, we listened to 2 CD presentations: 1) “The Challenges of Ministry” by Cindy Patten, and 2) “Blossoming in Ministry” by Elyse Fitzpatrick. February through April we did a study on the book, Idols of the Heart, by Elyse Fitzpatrick. Several of our ladies guided us through the chapters. Marlene On March 19th the church experienced a introduced the study and did the first two flurry of activity. Fifteen women and men chapters. Then Cathy, Linda, Becky, and arrived to thoroughly clean the church inte- Deborah each took a couple of chapters rior. The men were a huge help with mov- with Kelly taking the last two and summaTwo members of our congregation had injuries in the last couple of months. We were able to minister to Glen Krum with a Valley of Vision CD and a book, Praying Backwards. For Jane, a book, The God I Love by Joni E. Tada was given to her.

Faith with Rachael, and Kelly with AnaGrace

Charles Busada 570-752-6398 [email protected] Ray Batdorf 570-799-0264 [email protected]

Marc, Amy, Eli and Micah Yemzow Last week I visited the House of Hope to discuss ministry opportunities for the Ladies’ Mission Committee. It was encouraging to see and hear how this non-denominational, bible-based program helps families and teens of dysfunctional families, reunite together. The home currently houses 6 teenage girls from 13–18 years old who stay for 8–18 months. The staff and volunteers strive to provide a loving, caring environment that models the love of Christ to the teens. They want to share the gospel in word and deed so hearts are changed, not just behaviors. Even the parents are educated through mandatory, weekly parenting sessions. In order for a troubled teen to come to the home, her parent/parents must call and request admittance. The parents pay a minimal fee for their child, but the majority of the money that is used to fund the home is obtained through fundraising. Volunteers are used to maintain the house grounds, teach life skills (such as cooking, arts and crafts, gardening), share testimonies, and run the office. Cooked meals are brought in twice a day by individuals and churches. Others provide everyday items such as snacks, toilet paper, paper towels, office supplies and other needs. Amy

David Hamilton 570-784-6156 [email protected] Dan Renno

Ron Rohrbach 570-356-07947

Well, in January, the youth group was [email protected] supposed to have a "Picnic in the Snow", however, we had no snow so Harold Brecht 570-356-7962 we still got together, had burgers and [email protected] dogs, played games, and watched The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. In March, the youth group was supposed to have a "Progressive Dinner." however, we got so much snow, it had to be cancelled. The events would have worked out well, had winter stayed in its appropriate months. However, in April, we were finally able to keep our planned youth event - Easter Sunrise Breakfast - although we did get snow go figure. We had a lot of fun preparing and serving breakfast. If the weather cooperates, our upcoming The CCCS Jamaica Mission Trip youth events will be as follows: May 5 - Walk for Life May 18-20 - Sr. High Youth Retreat June 1 - Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Game June 25-29 - Help out with Vacation Bible School

And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.

Mark 6:34

The influence of prayer on the human mind and body is as demonstratable as that of secreting glands. Its results can be measured in terms of increased physical buoyancy, greater intellectual vigor, moral stamina, and a deeper understanding of the realities underlying human relationship.

Dr.Alexis AlexisCarrell Carrel Dr.

Deaconal Report GBC Service Times: Sunday Prayer:

9AM

Sunday School

9:30AM

Sunday Worship

10:35AM

Sunday Evening Worship 6PM Wednesday Fellowship And Prayer

6PM

Mt 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

In addition to his benevolence activities, Harold tirelessly handles the position of the church treasurer, maintains the building, sets the climate for various events, picks up every stray string that falls upon the rug, and more than I’ll ever know. Harold has had the task of being our lone

Our Deacon, Harold Brecht, has addeddeacon for the good part of a year, and a dimension to the deaconate in everLord willing, will have some fellow laincreasing measure, and that is evange-borers. lism through benevolence. Thank you Harold, Whether it is care for the needy, help for the downcast, the Word of Peace to the lost, preaching, Christian Motorcyclists, witnessing to fellow employees, and more, he has challenged us to dispose of our complacency and get to the task at hand. It was my pleasure to be Harold’s guest at the CMA pastors appreciation banquet. There I saw Harold in action, even encouraging his fellow CMA cyclists in the upand-coming “Run for the Son.” Harold, at his own expense had attended Bible Baptist Seminary’s Deacon Training module and recently will report to the elders on :Go MAD” a seminar on Christian Growth.

Harold, at the CMA Pastor’s breakfast

Loving the Lord with colors.

Men’s Studies

Chat with Roy Bunger Apr 13 4:28 PM me: Roy, are you there? We have been praying for you brother. Roy: Thanks, Charlie. me: Do you have any message for the church? They want to know how you are doing. Roy: Yes, just tell them I'm extremely busy for the next 2 months, then things will start to wind down. I got Judy's email but haven't had time to respond yet. I just caught your message by a "providential 'accident' today! me: OK, I'll let you get back to work. Blessings Roy: Great to hear from you. I didn't even know this was possible... me: But there are no "providential accidents!" Roy: I know, that's why I entered it "keyboard in cheek"...! me: Blessings brother, Man, I miss you! Roy: Likewise, Charlie. May God continue to bless and keep all of you there. goodbye for now.

Deborah Rohrbach Here are some pictures from our last coffeehouse. Enjoy.

The men have taken a siesta from the good work of group study, but a Pastor’s class is on target for the summer with a study on multiplying disciples. We will implement “Life Transformation Groups,” based upon Neil Cole’s Cultivating a Life for God (ChurchSmart Resources). Soon an announcement will be made. Another study in the wings is Stuart Scott’s The Exemplary Husband: A Biblical Perspective.

Sunday School

Our winter quarter brought a variety of teaching to our youth and adults. In our elementary and junior high groups, we continued with the Great Commission Publications curricula. Alma George taught the Toddlers about God’s Son and she has taken on the challenge of this active class again for the Spring! Deborah Rohrbach guided the Preshoolers through Living in God’s Family. Knowing Jesus was the topic of study for the Younger Elementary class under the able leadership of Becky Shaw. Harold Brecht challenged the Junior High to consider our Lord as king with the course The King Comes. The High School/College class was challenged with biblical principles of practical finances through the leadership of Mark Rohrbach. Our adult elective for the winter quarter was taught by one of our elders, David Hamilton. Leading us through a discussion/teaching on Paul Miller’s Love Walked Among Us, he challenged us to consider how Jesus looked, felt, and acted when he loved others. We also discussed the challenges that we face in loving others: vexations of self-righteousness, judgment and legalism. We ended our study taking into account the challenge of the “Golden Rule” and considered how it is a call to love.

Wednesday Outreach On May 2, we had our first midweek-family fellowship. It was well attended. David and Marlene Hamilton did a superb job in providing activities for the younger ones, the youth group sounded great with full instrumentation, the food was great (Pizza can’t miss) and the adults continued the Bible study in 1 Samuel 13.

Do you remember our Christmas Programs?

This is an excellent opportunity to invite your neighbors and complete strangers to GBC. How can you help? 1. Attend faithfully 2. Pray for success 3. Invite friends 4. Witness to the community.

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Haggai, the LORD• S messenger, spoke the LORD• S message to the people, saying, "I with you, says the LORD." 14 So the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, 15 on the twenty• fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius. 1 ¶ In the seventh , on the twenty• first of the month, the word of the LORD came by Haggai

Many thanks to all who taught classes for our children and to those who volunteered as substitutes. Through your efforts, we pray that we have an eternal impact on these young lives.

Pizza Wednesdays at GBC

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Many of you knew Rod and Linda Conner when he was a pastor in Lewisburg for 23 years. For those unfamiliar with him, the following will introduce you to our latest missionary: Rod Conner was recently appointed Vice President of To Every Tribe Mission (TETM). For the past three years he has traveled extensively throughout Canada and the US representing the mission as well as leading mission trips into both Mexico and New Guinea. TETM is dedicated to reaching unreached people groups with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They currently work primarily in Mexico and Papua New Guinea. In 2006 they began a mission training school called the Center for Pioneer Church Planting (CPCP). This has been a slow quarter for the Prime Timers. Our leader was sidelined for a couple of meetings due to knee replacement surgery, but Howard Long filled in with timely devotionals. Our involvement with the Nursing Home Ministry continues each month, and we invite others to join us and share the blessings. Our big trip for the quarter was to the Philadelphia Flower Show in March. We drove through snow for over three hours, but entered a spring wonderland of flowers, ponds, waterfalls, etc. as we arrived the Convention Center. What a contrast! A stop at a good restaurant to indulge in our favorite pastime (eating) rounded out the day. A good time was had by all. We are always looking for new members, so if you are 55, and will admit it, we invite you to come to our meetings. You do not have to be a member of this church to attend. Call Ray Batdorf at 570-799-0264 for information.

PRAISES: TETM recently purchased an 8-plex apartment building in Los Fresnos, TX. This facility now serves as the TETM office, student housing and the CPCP Training Center. It is an amazing blessing that the facility is debt free. The Lord is doing wonderful things in both Papua New Guinea and Mexico. In the past year, nine new believers were baptized in Mexico. God has recently poured out his blessing in Papua New Guinea. This past February and March saw the baptism of thirteen men and two women from Chambri Island. They believe God may be pleased to bring in an abundant harvest of Chambri men, women and children. PRAYER REQUESTS: An urgent request comes as a result of TETM's rapid expansion. We currently have more targets for the gospel and more people to be trained as cross-cultural church planters than we can possible handle. We need several families/singles to join our stateside team here on the Texas/Mexican border whose function will be to build a solid, state-side ministry infrastructure which can support the cross-cultural church planting teams we will be sending out soon. We also need fluent Spanish speakers and experienced church planters that will enable us to more quickly deploy missionary teams to the unreached areas of interior Mexico and Papua New Guinea.

Canoe to Chambri Island

Baptism of two Chambri men

Baptism of Chambri Chiefs

Faith is the refusal to panic

Dr. Martyn LloydJones

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Hamilton

"Let me be quite direct and practical. Do you have any expectation when you enter a Christian service? What is your mood, what kind of condition are you in, what is your attitude toward what you are doing? Do you go to a place of worship simply because it is Sunday morning? Is it just an item in the program? And is it just a matter of singing some hymns, hearing the reading of the Scriptures, listening to a sermon, and so on? Just a matter of habit, repeating what you have done many times before? Is that the way in which you go into God's house? God have mercy upon you if it is! Dr. Martin Lloyd-Jones

NURSING HOME MINISTRY By Howard Long "In as much as you have done it unto the least of these, you have done it unto me." We are thankful to God for the many faithful servants from Grace Bible Church who have, over many years, ministered at Orangeville Nursing Home. We are excited about the response we have encountered with our new attempts to get to know the people at Orangeville, and to get them more involved with our monthly services. We provided each individual with a letter of appreciation. The reverse side was a form for them to fill out and send back to our church in the self-addressed and stamped envelope. The results are very encouraging. Four individuals requested a Bible which we have provided. Eight individuals gave us specific prayer requests. We have made these prayer requests available for our church members to use in praying, by name, for these needs.

All who have responded have indicated that they would appreciate someone visiting. One of our helpers has consented to send birthday cards to those who provide us with the necessary information. One lady there is 96 years old and is still trusting Jesus. Another man was so grateful to have his own Bible that he offered to pay us for it. It was a wonderful feeling to be able to assure him that the Bible was a gift from the believers at Grace Bible Church and, like God's grace, it was a free gift. We have had appreciations that have been both verbal and written. The Christmas fruit gifts and Easter flowers were taken back to their rooms with grateful hearts. The ministry at Orangeville provides a wonderful opportunity to share the love of Jesus. Why not pray and ask God if He would have you join us in this ministry of sharing The Good News. There is a sign up sheet in our Fellowship Room listing the various way you might become involved. Everyone can rejoice with us for what the Lord has done, and pray for His blessings on what we will do, that God will receive the glory. May you hear the voice of the Lord saying, come over to Orangeville and help us.

Special thanks to the Haas’ Rennos, and Shaws for their efforts in this cause, and for the members of GBC who contributed and prayed for their success.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Mt 5:16

Too many rules? Horace Dutton Taft, late headmaster of the Taft School, was noted for his strictness as a disciplinarian--and also for his sense of humor. There was one school rule which could never be broken: unscheduled private vacations, no matter what the excuse, were simply not countenanced. Yet a special problem arose when the son of the headmaster’s brother, William Howard Taft, asked permission to attend his father’s inauguration as President of the United States. After deliberation, the request was granted--not, however, as an exception to this strict rule, but by authority of a new rule duly passed and to this day a part of the school’s legal code. The new rule: “Any boy whose father is elected to the Presidency of the United States shall be permitted to attend the inauguration ceremony.”

The Prime Timers, just moments before being eaten whole by a brown-spinal alien.

The ARBCA GA 2007 On April 16, it was my pleasure to travel to Mesa, AZ to Cornerstone Baptist Church for the 2007 ARBCA GA. It was good to meet former acquaintances and make new ones.

Pastor Busada

So, here we were, in April, get- Jim Renihen was inaugurated into a full proting blasted by an Nor’Easter. fessorship at Westminster West . . . Alas, when I arrived in Mesa, I left the snow and saw this!

We booked a great flight from Scranton at an unbelievable price. And the weather? Well, below is a picture of one of my favorite sites in Hazleton in February of this year.

That’s right. These are orange groves in fruit in a cloudless sky in AZ. Actually, this is the back parking lot of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Mesa.

I met some very interesting ARBCA pastors . . .

Yes, its Jake and Elwood. They live upon some tavern on Broad Street. Here’s a closer look at Jake.

The GA was such a blessing. There was much singing . . . And, they kept us very busy. We had missionary reports and devotions . . . And I met some fairly cool pistol packing (no kidding) security guards

But in April, yes April 16, 2007 as I Geoff Thomas provided great drove past Jake and Elwood on the preaching . . . way to the airport, this is how they looked.

And, I stayed with some really nice people.

I took this picture in Hazleton, they speak a strange sort of English there.