eNewsletter - 09/30/2007

Contents
Craft Club
Home League
Sunbeams and Explorers
Girl Guards and Rangers
YPL
Nursing Home Visitation
Brass Band
Songsters
Bible Bowl
Exercise Club
Young Adult Fellowship
Sunday Prayer
Sunday School
Sunday Worship
Weekly Schedule
Coming Events
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Prayer List


Craft Club
The next meeting of the Craft Club will be on Monday, October 1st! Our planned craft will be hand made greeting cards, and the cost will be $3.00.

We invite you to join us for the Craft Club on the first Monday of every month at 6:30 pm. Next month we will offer scrapbooking....stay tuned to find out what craft we will do each month, and what the cost will be. We hope to see you there!

For more information, please contact Deanna Markham.
return to top

Home League
This past week the ladies met for some serious planning! We got together to plan our programs, activities, and field trips for the next 6 months. We have such exciting things planned - and we want you to be a part of it! Keep your eyes open each week for our program announcements. It's great fun, and all ladies are welcome!

This Tuesday the Home League ladies are each bringing some "white elephant items" to be auctioned off as a small fundraiser for our Home League fund. Bring an item or two to add to the sale, but also be prepared to bring along your pocketbook so you can bring home a few treasures of your own!

Join us at 10:00 am each week for fun, fellowship, and the support of other women!

For more information, please contact Captain Ronalee or Julie Goude.
return to top

Sunbeams and Explorers
Explorers (boys aged 6-10) are continuing along on their "Olympics" emblem, and having a great time with sports! This week they will focus on the game of basketball. The Sunbeams (girls aged 6-10) are doing well on their "Bird Study" Emblem, and are loving learning about nature.

For more information about joining our Tuesday night programs, please contact Danny Tomko or Quinton Markham!
return to top

Girl Guards and Rangers
The Girl Guards (Girls, ages 12-18) are focusing on "The Sky Above" emblem, learning about planets in our solar system. The Rangers (Boys, ages 12-17) are VERY close to earning their entrepneur badge, even creating "fake" stock portfolios to learn how to manage and invest funds!

For information about any of our older troop programs that meet on Wednesdays, please contact Quinton Markham!
return to top

JR. YPL/YPL
Jr. YPL (grades 5-6)is rolling along with several new members, as they meet each week for devotions and time in our game room. YPL (Grades 7-12) actually left the property to play a rousing game of "touch it tag". The teens split into 3 teams, and drove to various places of business to find and "tag" items - everything from black VW bugs to a fire hydrant, to a crosswalk button, to a book written in German. It was great, hilarious fun!

We invite you to bring your pre teens and teens to our Wednesday night fellowship opportunities! Please contact Quinton Markham for scheduling and more information.
return to top

Nursing Home Visitation
This past week Captain Ronalee and Elvira went to the Discovery Nursing home to share 2 Worship Services that revolved around the idea that God knows us intimately - even before we were born! What a wonderful message to share, that we are all precious to the Saviour! More than 30 residents attended the Worship Services, with smiles, hugs, and prayers shared.

Join us when we visit Discovery Nursing Home again on October 18th. It's always a blessing!

For more information, please contact Captain Ronalee
return to top

Brass Band
The Jr. Band is already learning in leaps and bounds, preparing for its first performance in a Sunday Worship Service! We are excited about all this little group will accomplish this year - and it's open to anybody willing to learn! We have people of all ages involved....all that's required is that you want to learn to play a brass instrument.

We invite you to find out more about the gift of music through our Jr. Band program. In addition to musical training, there are also opportunities for small group learning and instruction. We meet in the Chapel every week at 4:30 pm. Don't miss out!

For more information, please contact Quinton Markham.
return to top

Songsters
Our leader has been travelling in Austrailia for the past two weeks, but is returning this week! On Thursday we will be resuming our singing rehearsals, and we look forward to the wonderful songs of worship that we will continue to learn.

We invite ANYONE who is interested in singing their praises to the Lord to join us in the sanctuary for rehearsals every Thursdays at 6:15 pm.

For more information, please contact Captain Ron Fenrich.
return to top

Bible Bowl
Bible Bowl is a competetive Bible memorization program, where teams comprised of young teens compete in championships for yearly bragging rights! Last year, the Vancouver Corps was named the Northwest Divisional Champions and went on to compete in the Territorial Campionships in Southern California!

This year's Bible Bowl "season" has begun. For the next few months our team of teenagers will be studying and literally memorizing the books of Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon. We're excited to see all these young people will accomplish!

For more information on this program, please contact Quinton Markham.
return to top

Exercise Club
Our Exercise Club meets in the Fellowship Room every Friday night at 6:30. For our first few weeks we focused on "Tae Bo", but beginning next week we will begin one month using the "Walk Away the Pounds" DVD program.

We invite you to join us every Friday at 6:30 pm for one hour of exercise (always at a beginner's level), as well as some laughter thrown right in!

For more information, please contact Deanna Markham.
return to top

Young Adult Fellowship
Even though we got kind of a late start with the bowling we seemed to have a pretty good time at Big Al's. Eight people showed up for bowling and only three of us attend the Corps regularly (That means there were 5 people who were first timers).

Keep praying for this ministry.
return to top

Sunday Morning Prayer Focus
At 9:15 Sunday morning we open the Sanctuary for a time of focused prayer. We begin with a few minutes of shared prayer, where we bring our own personal requests to pray over as a group. This is followed by a time of quiet and personal prayer, with a written prayer focus provided as a guide.

This week our focus asked us to consider that during those times when we feel the darkest and most lost, God is right there with us. He will never leave us to go through the shadows of life alone.

We invite you to join us for this time of prayer each Sunday morning, immediately followed by our Sunday School and Bible classes.

For more information, please contact Captain Ronalee.
return to top

Sunday School
Every Sunday the sounds of laughter, singing, and learning rolls through our building during our Sunday School hour! Our Assembly (9:15-9:30am) kicks everything off, followed by classes for every person and every age.

We invite YOU to join us, every Sunday, at 9:15 am for a wonderful time of small group learning! We have classes for everyone!

Pre-K....located in the nursery (Taught by Deanna M.)
Grades 1-3...located in classroom C (Taught by Richard F.)
Grades 4-6...located in classroom B (Taught by Dora S.)
Grades 7-12...located in the Game Room (Taught by Stephanie O.)
Corps Cadets...located in the Multi Purpose Room (Taught by Quinton M.)
Young Adults...located in the Sanctuary (Taught by Captain Ron)
Adults...located in the Conference Room (Taught by Carol P.)

For more information on our Sunday School program please contact Quinton Markham or Mark Stearns.
return to top

Sunday Worship
Message
Today's sermon shows us that we need to watch for those who may to try to sway us from our faith.

1 John 2:18-19 - John shows us there is some urgency in our faith. We need to be careful to understand that there is some clock running, and when it hits zero, that's it. Rather, it's about the fact we don't know what each day holds for us. We need to be faithful to Him, and we will have the assurance of eternal life with Him.

1 John 2:19 - Here is a warning about those who may go out from us. Because of doctrinal differences or a personal conflict some choose to leave the church. A person who departs the church because of personal conflicts may be able over come that conflicy. But a person who chooses not to be a part of the fellowship because of their wrong interpretation of the Bible or doctrine, denies the truth and embrases the only thing left: lies.

1 John 2:24-25 - On the other hand, in our staying faithful to the truths that we have learned, we find eternal life.

Eternal Life, this should be the hope of every believer.
return to top

This Week's Schedule
Monday - 6:30 PM - Craft & Scrapbooking Club (Hand Made Cards - $3.00)

Tuesday - 10:00 AM - Home League White Elephant Auction
Tuesday - 4:30 PM - Sunbeams and Explorers

Wednesday - 4:30 PM - Girls Guards and Rangers
Wednesday - 6:15 - Jr. YPL and YPL
Wednesday - 7:00 PM - TOPS

Thursday - 4:30 PM - Jr. Band
Thursday - 5:30 PM - Worship Team
Thursday - 6:15 PM - Songsters
Thursday - 7:00 PM - Bible Bowl

Friday - 6:30 PM - Exercise Club ** NEW PROGRAM!!
Friday - 7:30 PM - Young Adult Bible Study and Fellowship

Sunday - 9:15 AM - Prayer Focus (Located in the Sanctuary)
Sunday - 9:15 AM - Sunday School
Sunday - 10:30 AM - Worship Service
Sunday - 11:00 AM - Junior Church
Sunday - 4:15 PM - Combined Praise and Worship Service @ the Washougal Salvation Army's New Life Center
return to top

Upcoming Events

• Combined Worship Service with Washougal (@ Washougal Corps) - October 7


• 3rd Annual Harvest Festival Dinner and Auction - November 4


• Young Adult Retreat - January 18-21, 2008


• MISSING Conference - February 1-2, 2008

return to top

This Week's Birthdays and Anniversaries

• Lisa Coleman - October 3


• Rhonda mcCafferty - October 5

Mickey Johnson - October 7

return to top

Prayer List

• Please pray for Dilbert Perdue as he recovers from knee surgery


• Please pray for Johnathan F. as he continues to recover from a serious knee injury


• Please pray for Danny as he begins as our new Youth Program Assistant


• Please pray for the new young adult ministries we will be starting this Fall


• Please pray for Carol Pontsler as she travels in Austrailia for the next two weeks


• Please pray for our Church and staff as we prepare for our upcoming Christmas ministry.


• Please pray for Judith, the wife of our Custodian, Jerry Edwards. She has learned she has inoperable cancer, and the situation is serious.


• Please pray for Major Don Pack's health

return to top

eNewsletter - 09/23/2007

Contents
Craft Club
Home League
Sunbeams and Explorers
Girl Guards and Rangers
YPL
Nursing Home Visitation
Brass Band
Songsters
Bible Bowl
Exercise Club
Young Adult Fellowship
Sunday Prayer
Sunday School
Sunday Worship
Weekly Schedule
Coming Events
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Prayer List


Craft Club
The next meeting of the Craft Club will be on Monday, October 1st! Our planned craft will be hand made greeting cards, and the cost will be $3.00.

We invite you to join us for the Craft Club on the first Monday of every month at 6:30 pm. Next month we will offer scrapbooking....stay tuned to find out what craft we will do each month, and what the cost will be. We hope to see you there!

For more information, please contact Deanna Markham.
return to top

Home League
This past week 17 ladies gathered in Hazel Dell Park for a potluck picnic and games. The food was FABULOUS - thank you to all the ladies who brought everything from homemade lasagne, to salads, to chicken and rice, to freshly baked chocolate muffins! Unfortunately, the weather did NOT cooperate. We were COLD! But, the fellowship was wonderful, and we certainly did enjoy each other's company.

This Tuesday the Home League will meet at the Church building for a planning meeting, where we will discuss what programs we will have for the next several months.

Join us at 10:00 am each week for fun, fellowship, and the support of other women!

For more information, please contact Captain Ronalee or Julie Goude.
return to top

Sunbeams and Explorers
Explorers (boys aged 6-10) are continuing along on their "Olympics" emblem, and having a great time with sports! This week they will focus on the game of basketball. The Sunbeams (girls aged 6-10) are doing well on their "Bird Study" Emblem, and are loving learning about nature.

For more information about joining our Tuesday night programs, please contact Danny Tomko or Quinton Markham!
return to top

Girl Guards and Rangers
The Girl Guards (Girls, ages 12-18) are focusing on "The Sky Above" emblem, learning about planets in our solar system. The Rangers (Boys, ages 12-17) are VERY close to earning their entrepneur badge, even creating "fake" stock portfolios to learn how to manage and invest funds!

For information about any of our older troop programs that meet on Wednesdays, please contact Quinton Markham!
return to top

JR. YPL/YPL
Jr. YPL (grades 5-6)is rolling along with several new members, as they meet each week for devotions and time in our game room. YPL (Grades 7-12)played a game where they had lots of fun trying to guess facts and trivia about each other.

We invite you to bring your pre teens and teens to our Wednesday night fellowship opportunities! Please contact Quinton Markham for scheduling and more information.
return to top

Nursing Home Visitation
Our next visit to the Discovery Nursing Home to conduct Worship services is on Thursday, September 27th where we will explore how our lives are like an intriciate puzzle.

Join us when we visit Discovery Nursing Home twice a month. It's always a blessing!

For more information, please contact Captain Ronalee
return to top

Brass Band
The Jr. Band is already learning in leaps and bounds, preparing for its first performance in a Sunday Worship Service! We are excited about all this little group will accomplish this year - and it's open to anybody willing to learn! We have people of all ages involved....all that's required is that you want to learn to play a brass instrument.

We invite you to find out more about the gift of music through our Jr. Band program. In addition to musical training, there are also opportunities for small group learning and instruction. We meet in the Chapel every week at 4:30 pm. Don't miss out!

For more information, please contact Quinton Markham.
return to top

Songsters
Our leader is currently travelling out of the country (hurry back, Carol!), but as soon as she returns in two weeks, we will resume our weekly rehearsals.

We invite ANYONE who is interested in singing their praises to the Lord to join us in the sanctuary for rehearsals every Thursdays at 6:15 pm.

For more information, please contact Captain Ron Fenrich.
return to top

Bible Bowl
Bible Bowl is a competetive Bible memorization program, where teams comprised of young teens compete in championships for yearly bragging rights! Last year, the Vancouver Corps was named the Northwest Divisional Champions and went on to compete in the Territorial Campionships in Southern California!

This year's Bible Bowl "season" has begun. For the next few months our team of teenagers will be studying and literally memorizing the books of Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon. We're excited to see all these young people will accomplish!

For more information on this program, please contact Quinton Markham.
return to top

Exercise Club
Our Exercise Club meets in the Fellowship Room every Friday night at 6:30. For our first few sessions we have been using Tae Bo DVDs. Next month we will begin a series using "walk Away The Pounds" DVDs!

We invite you to join us every Friday at 6:30 pm for one hour of exercise (always at a beginner's level), as well as some laughter thrown right in!

For more information, please contact Deanna Markham.
return to top

Young Adult Fellowship
This fellowship group has begun meeting every other Friday, with it's next meeting on Steptember 28th. The group will be going to Big Al's to bowl and have some great fellowship - bring $5.00 and be ready to have fun!

For more information, contact Quinton Markham.
return to top

Sunday Morning Prayer Focus
At 9:15 Sunday morning we open the Sanctuary for a time of focused prayer. We begin with a few minutes of shared prayer, where we bring our own personal requests to pray over as a group. This is followed by a time of quiet and personal prayer, with a written prayer focus provided as a guide.

This week our focus was based on the idea of humility. Our prayer should be that we never let pride or arrogance stand in the way of our Spiritual growth.

We invite you to join us for this time of prayer each Sunday morning, immediately followed by our Sunday School and Bible classes.

For more information, please contact Captain Ronalee.
return to top

Sunday School
Every Sunday the sounds of laughter, singing, and learning rolls through our building during our Sunday School hour! Our Assembly (9:15-9:30am) kicks everything off, followed by classes for every person and every age.

We invite YOU to join us, every Sunday, at 9:15 am for a wonderful time of small group learning! We have classes for everyone!

Pre-K....located in the nursery (Taught by Deanna M.)
Grades 1-3...located in classroom C (Taught by Richard F.)
Grades 4-6...located in classroom B (Taught by Dora S.)
Grades 7-12...located in the Game Room (Taught by Stephanie O.)
Corps Cadets...located in the Multi Purpose Room (Taught by Quinton M.)
Young Adults...located in the Sanctuary (Taught by Captain Ron)
Adults...located in the Conference Room (Taught by Carol P.)

For more information on our Sunday School program please contact Quinton Markham or Mark Stearns.
return to top

Sunday Worship
Message
Mark preached a sermon that should that God does not love everything, and neither should we.

1 John 2:12-17, gives us a warning to not love the world.

The first thing to point out is that the warning is not in regards to God's creation. Rather, it is in regards to the sin that has become so prevelent in our world. If we are to be God's children, then we must recognize that just because something looks, tastes, or feels good that it should be a part of our life.

There is a creature that roams the seas that many people are afraid of. I happen to think that its elegant, swift, and sleek. Yes, I like sharks. But that does not mean that I am going to swim right out and try to hand feed one like its a pet.

The things of this world will pass away. So what does God want us to do then? His will. It is in doing God's will that we will have eternal life.
return to top

This Week's Schedule
Monday - 6:30 PM - Women of the Word (Women's Bible Study Group)

Tuesday - 10:00 AM - Home League (Quarterly Planning Meeting)
Tuesday - 4:30 PM - Sunbeams and Explorers

Wednesday - 4:30 PM - Girls Guards and Rangers
Wednesday - 6:15 - Jr. YPL and YPL
Wednesday - 7:00 PM - TOPS

Thursday - 4:30 PM - Jr. Band
Thursday - 5:30 PM - Worship Team
Thursday - 7:00 PM - Bible Bowl

Friday - 6:30 PM - Exercise Club ** NEW PROGRAM!!
Friday - 7:30 PM - Young Adult Bible Study and Fellowship (Big Al's - Bring $5!!)

Sunday - 9:15 AM - Prayer Focus (Located in the Sanctuary)
Sunday - 9:15 AM - Sunday School
Sunday - 10:30 AM - Worship Service
Sunday - 11:00 AM - Junior Church
return to top

Upcoming Events

• Combined Worship Service with Washougal (@ Washougal Corps) - October 7


• 3rd Annual Harvest Festival Dinner and Auction - November 7


• Young Adult Retreat - January 18-21, 2008


• MISSING Conference - February 1-2, 2008

return to top

This Week's Birthdays and Anniversaries

• Grace Collins- September 24


• Captain Ron Fenrich - September 25

Jeffery Landreth - September 26

Betty Johnson - September 29

return to top

Prayer List

• Please pray for Dilbert Perdue as he recovers from knee surgery


• Please pray for Johnathan F. as he continues to recover from a serious knee injury


• Please pray for Danny as he begins as our new Youth Program Assistant


• Please pray for the new young adult ministries we will be starting this Fall


• Please pray for Carol Pontsler as she travels in Austrailia for the next two weeks


• Please pray for our Church and staff as we prepare for our upcoming Christmas ministry.


• Please pray for Judith, the wife of our Custodian, Jerry Edwards. She has learned she has inoperable cancer, and the situation is serious.


• Please pray for Major Don Pack's health

return to top

eNewsletter - 09/16/2007

Craft Club
On Monday, the first meeting of our ladies Craft Club met for scrapbooking. What a wonderful time we had! The scheduled 90 minutes flew by as we shared pictures and stories, and began to get a better ideas as to how we could create and design scrapbooks.

We invite you to join us for the Craft Club on the first Monday of every month at 6:30 pm. Next month we will offer a craft project....stay tuned to find out what craft we will do, and what the cost will be. We hope to see you there!

For more information, please contact Deanna Markham.

Home League
This past week Carol P. led the final of three lectures on the Social Secrity System. It was a very difficult subject to explain and address, and we thank Carol for the hard work she put into studying for the lectures, and for all of the resources she provided for us.

This Tuesday the Home League will meet at Hazel Dell Park for a pot luck picnic and games - it will be fun!

Join us at 10:00 am each week for fun, fellowship, and the support of other women!

For more information, please contact Captain Ronalee or Julie Goude.

Sunbeams and Explorers
Youth programs began again this week! The Sunbeams (Girls, ages 6-11) are working on their Bird Study Emblem, and spent the evening creating bird mobiles. The Explorers (Boys, ages 6-10) are working on a sports emphasis, spending the evening learning the rules and techniques to be experts in "Four Square"!

We are proud to welcome Danny Tomko as a new member of our Youth Ministries staff at the Church, working along side Quinton Markham to further develop our youth and young adult ministries. As part of his responsibilities, he has taken on leadership of the Explorers!

For more information about joining our Tuesday night programs, please contact Danny Tomko or Quinton Markham!

Girl Guards and Rangers
The Girl Guards (Girls, ages 12-18) got re oriented so they could finish their long awaited Arists Emblem, and the Rangers (Boys, ages 12-17) got busy finishing the work on their Entrepnureal Emblem they began before the Summer Break. The meeting room were full, and everything was in high swing.....it's going to be a great year!

For information about any of our older troop programs that meet on Wednesdays, please contact Quinton Markham!

JR. YPL/YPL
We held the first meeting of the school year for these two fellowship groups. Several young people have "graduated" from the Tuesday night Jr. Programs to the Jr. YPL (5-6th grade fellowship), so the excitement level was high! While the junior fellowship met for devotions and time in the game room, the YPL (Jr. High/High School fellowship) met for outdoor games and challenges. There was a lot of laughter going on!

We invite you to bring your pre teens and teens to our Wednesday night fellowship opportunities! Please contact Quinton Markham for scheduling and more information.

Nursing Home Visitation
On Thursday morning we went to the Discovery Nursing Home to visit with residents and lead two worship services. The theme was "The Power and Truth of Scripture", sharing Scripture verses and poetry reminding us of the beautiful gift God gave us in the form of the Holy Bible.

Join us when we visit Discovery Nursing Home again in two weeks! It's always a blessing!

For more information, please contact Captain Ronalee

Jr. Band
The Jr. Band is already learning in leaps and bounds, preparing for its first performance in a Sunday Worship Service! We are excited about all this little group will accomplish this year - and it's open to anybody willing to learn! We have people of all ages involved....all that's required is that you want to learn to play a brass instrument.

We invite you to find out more about the gift of music through our Jr. Band program. In addition to musical training, there are also opportunities for small group learning and instruction. We meet in the Chapel every week at 4:30 pm. Don't miss out!

For more information, please contact Quinton Markham.

Songsters
Songsters is The Salvation Army's term for "Church Choir". Although our Songster Brigade is quite small - more of an "ensemble" - this week we began learning some absolutely beautiful pieces we know God will use to bless and touch people in their worship.

Our leader is currently travelling out of the country (hurry back, Carol!), but as soon as she returns in two weeks, we will resume our weekly rehearsals.

We invite ANYONE who is interested in singing their praises to the Lord to join us in the sanctuary for rehearsals every Thursdays at 6:15 pm.

For more information, please contact Captain Ron.

Bible Bowl
Bible Bowl is a competetive Bible memorization program, where teams compete in championships for yearly bragging rights! Last year, the Vancouver Corps was named the Northwest Divisional Champions and went on to compete in the Territorial Campionships in Southern California!

This year's Bible Bowl "season" began on Thursday, with the first meeting of this year's team. For the next few months they will be studying and literally memorizing the books of Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon. We're excited to see all these young people will accomplish!

For more information on this program, please contact Quinton Markham.

Exercise Club
Friday was the first meeting of our weekly Exercise Club. Our bodies are a spectacular gift from God, and we honor Him when we take care of it! Our first meeting featured an instructional Tae Bo video, followed by a short beginners workout. Although we did burn a few calories, even better was the laughter and comraderie in the room!

We invite you to join us every Friday at 6:30 pm for one hour of exercise (always at a beginner's level), as well as some laughter thrown right in!

For more information, please contact Deanna Markham.

Young Adult Fellowship
Friday night was our very first, EVER Young Adult Fellowship!

Although the group is still in the "experimental" stage, and we are exploring what direction it will take, we want YOU to come join us on Friday nights at 7:30pm! Give us your input - tell us what YOU want the group to become!

For more information, contact Quinton Markham.

Sunday Morning Prayer Focus
At 9:15 Sunday morning we open the Sanctuary for a time of focused prayer. We begin with a few minutes of shared prayer, where we bring our own personal requests to pray over as a group. This is followed by a time of quiet and personal prayer, with a written prayer focus provided as a guide.

This week our focus was based on the selfless prayer of St. Francis of Assisi:

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy;
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life

We invite you to join us for this time of prayer each Sunday morning, immediately followed by our Sunday School and Bible classes.

For more information, please contact Captain Ronalee.

Sunday School
Every Sunday the sounds of laughter, singing, and learning rolls through our building during our Sunday School hour! Our Assembly (9:15-9:30am) kicks everything off, followed by classes for every person and every age.

We invite YOU to join us, every Sunday, at 9:15 am for a wonderful time of small group learning! We have classes for everyone!

Pre-K....located in the nursery (Taught by Deanna M.)
Grades 1-3...located in classroom C (Taught by Richard F.)
Grades 4-6...located in classroom B (Taught by Dora S.)
Grades 7-12...located in the Game Room (Taught by Stephanie O.)
Corps Cadets...located in the Multi Purpose Room (Taught by Quinton M.)
Young Adults...located in the Sanctuary (Taught by Captain Ron)
Adults...located in the Conference Room (Taught by Carol P.)

For more information on our Sunday School program please contact Quinton Markham or Mark Stearns.

Sunday Worship
Message
This Sunday's message, brought by Captain Ronalee, focused on 1 John 2:7-11, where we are encouraged to look at love in a new way. We are reminded that the command to love, in and of itself, isn't new. However, we should be motivated to love not because we are afraid of the "law" (what will happen if we DON'T love), but because our relationship with Christ is so real and deep that it affects the way we think, feel, and act towards others. We were reminded that our decision to either love or NOT love affects not only our own personal relationship with Christ, but the health and strength of the Church body.

This Week's Schedule
Monday - 6:30 PM - Women of the Word (Women's Bible Study Group)

Tuesday - 10:00 AM - Home League (Pot Luck Picnic in Hazel Dell Park)
Tuesday - 4:30 PM - Sunbeams and Explorers

Wednesday - 4:30 PM - Girls Guards and Rangers
Wednesday - 6:15 - Jr. YPL and YPL
Wednesday - 7:00 PM - TOPS

Thursday - 4:30 PM - Jr. Band
Thursday - 5:30 PM - Worship Team
Thursday - 7:00 PM - Bible Bowl

Friday - 6:30 PM - Exercise Club ** NEW PROGRAM!!
Friday - 7:30 PM - Young Adult Bible Study and Fellowship **NEW PROGRAM!!

Sunday - 9:15 AM - Prayer Focus (Located in the Sanctuary)
Sunday - 9:15 AM - Sunday School
Sunday - 10:30 AM - Worship Service
Sunday - 11:00 AM - Junior Church

Upcoming Events

• Combined Worship Service with Washougal (@ Washougal Corps) - October 7


• 3rd Annual Harvest Festival Dinner and Auction - November 7


• Young Adult Retreat - January 18-21, 2008


• MISSING Conference - February 1-2, 2008

This Week's Birthdays and Anniversaries

• Mark Stearns- September 20


• Dorothy Winnicki - September 22

Prayer List

• Please pray for Dilbert Perdue as he recovers from knee surgery


• Please pray for Johnathan F. as he continues to recover from a serious knee injury


• Please pray for Danny as he begins as our new Youth Program Assistant


• Please pray for the new young adult ministries we will be starting this Fall


• Please pray for Carol Pontsler as she travels in Austrailia for the next two weeks


• Please pray for our Church and staff as we prepare for our upcoming Christmas ministry.


• Please pray for Judith, the wife of our Custodian, Jerry Edwards. She has learned she has inoperable cancer, and the situation is serious.


• Please pray for Major Don Pack's health

eNewsletter - 09/09/2007

This summer has brought incredible growth to our congregation! We enrolled 6 new Community Care Ministries members, 3 new Home League members, and welcomed 7 new transferred Soldiers! The Vancouver Corps is on the move.....why don't you join us and be a part of where God is leading?

Home League
This past week Carol P. led the second in three lectures on the Social Secrity System. Very interesting, and lots of differing (and strong!) opinions were shared! Carol also brought a presentation of pictures from her recent mission trip to Taiwan, where she participated in leading a Music Camp for The Salvation Army in a group home for boys. She shared wonderful stories, and a fanastic report of what The Salvation Army is doing in that area of the globe.

This week we will have our 3rd and final lecture on the Social Security System - we look forward to it!

Join us at 10:00 am each week for fun, fellowship, and the support of other women!

**NEW PROGRAMS BEGIN THIS WEEK! We would like to invite you to our new craft and scrapbooking group that will meet for the first time on Monday evening, September 10 @ 6:30pm! This program will regularly meet on the 1st Monday of the month. Don't forget to also attend our Women's Bible Study which meets on the 3rd Monday of the month, also at 6:30pm.

Sunday Morning Prayer Focus
Every Sunday morning we now open the Sanctuary from 9:15 - 9:30 am for a time of quiet prayer and dedication. This morning 7 of us gathered in a circle for a time of corporate prayer, and then took time for private prayer.

A printed prayer focus is made available, and this week's focus was on learning to pray continually, and at all times. Our continous prayer should include times of quiet when we learn to listen to and recognize God's voice.

We invite you to join us for this time of prayer each Sunday morning, immediately followed by our Sunday School and Bible classes.

Sunday School
We are now into our 2nd week of the new Sunday School year. It is FANTASTIC to see every available teaching space being used, and every age group having something just for them!

We invite YOU to join us, every Sunday, at 9:15 am for a wonderful time of small group learning! We have classes for everyone!

Pre-K....located in the nursery (Taught by Deanna M.)
Grades 1-3...located in classroom C (Taught by Richard F.)
Grades 4-6...located in classroom B (Taught by Dora S.)
Grades 7-12...located in the Game Room (Taught by Stephanie O.)
Corps Cadets...located in the Multi Purpose Room (Taught by Quinton M.)
Young Adults...located in the Sanctuary (Taught by Captain Ron)
Adults...located in the Conference Room (Taught by Carol P.)

Sunday Worship
Message
1 John 1:5-2:6 has several revealing passage that fit neatly into three specific catagories:

1. Covering our sins


2. Confessing our sins


3. Conquering all sin

Now the first topic Covering our sins is not a suggestion on good Christian living. It is, however, something everybody tries to do in their life sometime. What we need to understand is the importance, as believers not to cover, but Confess our sins. It is then, and only then the we can Conquer all sin.

If you want to take away one important portion of this passsage it should be 1 John 2:5a, "But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him.

This Week's Schedule
Monday - 6:30 PM - Women's Scrapbooking/Craft Club (**NEW PROGRAM!!)

Tuesday - 10:00 AM - Home League (Lecture #3 of 3 on the Social Secuity System)
Tuesday - 4:30 PM - Sunbeams and Explorers

Wednesday - 4:30 PM - Girls Guards, Rangers, Adventurers
Wednesday - 6:15 - Jr. YPL and YPL
Wednesday - 7:00 PM - TOPS

Thursday - 4:30 PM - Jr. Band
Thursday - 5:30 PM - Worship Team
Thursday - 6:15 PM - Songsters
Thursday - 7:00 PM - Bible Bowl

Friday - 6:30 PM - Exercise Class (** NEW PROGRAM!! Come in comfortable clothes/shoes, and bring water to drink!)
Friday - 7:30 PM - Young Adult Bible Study and Fellowship (**NEW PROGRAM!!)

Sunday - 9:15 AM - Prayer Focus (Located in the Sanctuary)
Sunday - 9:15 AM - Sunday School
Sunday - 10:30 AM - Worship Service
Sunday - 11:00 AM - Junior Church

Upcoming Events

• Divisional Adult Fellowship Camp - September 21-23


• Combined Worship Service with Washougal (@ Washougal Corps) - October 7


• 3rd Annual Harvest Festival Dinner and Auction - November 7


• Young Adult Retreat - January 18-21, 2008


• MISSING Conference - February 1-2, 2008

This Week's Birthdays and Anniversaries

• Karen Hillby - September 10


• Amy Bayard - September 16


• Captain Ronalee Fenrich - September 16

Prayer List

• Please pray for Dilbert Perdue as he recovers from knee surgery


• Please pray for Connor Thompson as he prepares to enter the military


• Please pray for Danny as he begins as our new Youth Program Assistant


• Please pray for the new young adult ministries we will be starting this Fall.


• Please pray for Carol Pontsler as she prepares to travel to Austrailia.


• Please pray for Johnathan as he heals from a serious knee injury


• Please pray for our Church and staff as we prepare for our upcoming Christmas ministry.


• Please pray for Judith, the wife of our Custodian, Jerry Edwards. She has learned she has inoperable cancer, and the situation is serious.


• Please pray for Major Don Pack's health