THE ARLINGTONIAN
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June 2019
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For the July Issue of the Arlingtonian, the deadline is June 23. Please e-mail articles
to the church office or give them to Bro. Lee.
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MOTHER’S DAY 2019 - BLANKET GIFTS
We collected $150 for CWS Blankets. Thank you!
| Jean Cox |
In Honor of | Joann Cox, Michele Frazer |
| In Memory of | Betty Frazer, Ellen Burchell, Ollie Reynolds, Helynn Stewart |
| Margaret Ditchen |
In Honor of | Debbie Ditchen Bateman, Judy Ditchen |
| Mandy, Mark, & Porter Gumbert |
In Memory of | Anne Anderson,
Barbara Borchardt | | Joe & Sheryl
Jones | In Memory of |
Margaret Jones | | Sheryl and Joe Jones
| In Memory of |
Helynn Stewart | | Bill & Pat McCray
| In Honor of |
Rebecca McCray | | Peggy Myers |
In Memory of | Pat Darnell,
Martha Darnell, Anne Brown, Jeannette Hicks | |
Betty & Al Nevius | In Memory of |
Elizabeth Eason |
La Puente:
CWS Blankets warms rural Colorado (in part from CWS.org)
The women of our congregation have been actively involved
with the Church World Service Blanket Program for many years. They have been helping to keep our neighbors warm by providing
blankets to families here in the United States and around the world.
What difference can a blanket make?
A blanket can provide warmth to a victim of a flood or fire or serve as bedding to a guest in a homeless shelter or be
a gift of welcome to a newly arrived refugee or migrant worker.
And last year blankets made a difference in the
lives of families living in Colorado's rugged and rural San Luis Valley. In a remote area of the San Juan Mountains
called "the flats," many homes don’t have running water or electricity. During the winter, when temperatures
drop to life-threatening lows, many of these families heat their homes using only firewood.
Often their firewood
runs out before the winter ends. That’s where our help comes in. Because of our support of the CWS Blankets
Program, Church World Service provides blankets to many organizations and nonprofits, including La Puente, a mission that
provides services to the families living in "the flats."
At the beginning of last winter, Robert Lockwood,
one of the case managers for the Rural Outreach Initiative, delivered the blankets to these families. The warm, wool
CWS Blankets were a welcomed gift.
Robert, the caseworker who delivered the blankets said, "...we are grateful
for the support of Church World Service as we could not do what we do without your continued generosity and belief in our
mission. Thank you..."
People of our church have given a special offering in honor or memory of a mother
or woman to help provide blankets and other emergency items to families all around the world.
They have funded
blankets that can provide warmth and shelter, comfort and privacy, and healing and hope wherever God’s people may need
care.
We have so much to share. Thank you.
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JUNE MEETINGS
The Stewardship Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4.
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SERVING SCHEDULES
Elders
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| Bread |
Cup | | June
2 | Lonnie Jackson | Peggy Myers | |
June 9 | Joe Jones |
Steve Bowman | | June 16 | Lonnie Jackson
| Joe Jones | | June 23 |
Steve Bowman | Peggy Myers |
| June 30 | Lonnie Jackson | Steve Bowman
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Devotional: Lonnie Jackson
Home Communion
Visitation:
Steve Bowman, Lonnie Jackson
Joe Jones |
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Deacons
Serving Communion: Michele Ross and Barbara Sharp
Communion Prep and
Clean-Up: Cathy Hunt
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| Liturgists
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2 | Pam Proffitt |
| June 9 |
Paula Jackson | | June
16 | Larry Brown | | June 23 |
Lonnie Jackson | | June
30 | Betty Nevius |
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SUNDAY MORNING SCHEDULE
| 9:00
- 11:45 a.m. | Nursery (infants through age 5) |
| 9:10 - 10:00 a.m. |
Church School Classes | | 10:00 - 10:30
a.m. | Fellowship Time |
| 10:30 a.m. | Worship Service
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ARLINGTON CHRISTIAN CHURCH DIRECTORY
Copies of the directory are available in the church office. Stop by to pick up your copy,
or give us a call at (859) 252-4393, and we will get one to you.
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EXERCISES FOR SENIORS
You know how important exercise is as we grow older. Here are a few suggestions.
I start by standing outside, behind the house, with a five-pound potato sack in each hand. I extend my arms straight
out to my sides and hold them there as long as I can.
After a few weeks, I moved up to 10-pound potato sacks,
then 50-pound potato sacks and finally I got to where I could lift a 100-pound potato sack in each hand and hold my arms straight
out for more than a full minute!
Next, I started putting a few potatoes IN the sacks, but I would caution you
not to overdo it.
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PATIENT’S PATIENCE
You’ve probably heard this from me before. In my 15 plus years of ministry I have made
several hospital visits. They range from being with the family of someone having a 10-minute colonoscopy (you would
have to know the family) to being there when someone was having a 17-hour surgery to have an artificial heart put in (same
family). As I became more experienced in these visits I added something to my bedside prayer. In addition to praying
for strength and healing, I now include a prayer for patience (not just for the patients).
We have become a impatient
society where waiting two minutes for a Big Mac is an unforgivable thing. Any person who has dealt with injury or illness
knows that recovery and healing takes a lot longer than being served the Big Mac.
No one has ever claimed being
a patient in a hospital is an enjoyable experience. To make matters worse, nothing ever happens at our convenience.
Hurry up and wait - and wait. It is easy to lose our patience as patients. When someone complains that it takes
forever for the call button to be answered, I remind them they are fortunate their situation doesn’t require an immediate
response.
When we go home to continue healing, and our caregiver is someone we love, it is still difficult to
be a patient patient. It is even more difficult being the caregiver - and being patient with the patient who is being
an impatient patient.
The Gospels tell us miracle stories where Jesus healed a few people instantly as a gift
of God. The doctors and nurses we turn to now take a little longer, but they still are gifted by God with skills and
a desire to heal.
Thank God for healing - and be a patient patient - or have patience with your patients.
Lee
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2019 FATHER’S DAY — HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
On Father’s Day, Sunday, June 16, we honor our fathers for their
devotion and care for their children. As a way to honor a father, you are invited to give a donation to Habitat for
Humanity in his honor or memory. Each donation will be used to help Habitat for Humanity build homes, communities, and
hope.
Monetary donations may be made in honor or memory of a father. Please complete the form below if
you wish to have your gift acknowledged. A full listing of those honored will be published in the next newsletter.
Checks should be made payable to "Arlington Christian Church" with a notation "Father’s Day" in
the memo line and returned to:
Arlington Christian Church
1206 N. Limestone Street
Lexington, KY 40505
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for Humanity Gift | | This donation is made in: |
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Father’s
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| | Acknowledgement of
the gifts will be published in the bulletin and in the July Arlingtonian. |
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