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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.5in;text-indent:-3.5in'><b><font size=5 face=Hog><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Hog;font-weight:
bold'>WAYMAKER</span></font></b><b><font face=Hog><span style='font-family:
Hog;font-weight:bold'> Website:
kewaneefirstchristian.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.5in;text-indent:-3.5in'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>First
Christian Church Email: <a
href="mailto:waymaker@fcckewanee.org"></a><u> <a
href="mailto:waymaker@fcckewanee.org">waymaker@fcckewanee.org</a><o:p></o:p></u></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.5in;text-indent:-3.5in'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.5in;text-indent:-3.5in'><st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>105 Dwight St</span></font></b></st1:address></st1:Street><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.5in;text-indent:-3.5in'><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Kewanee</span></font></b></st1:City><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>, <st1:State w:st="on">IL</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">61443</st1:PostalCode></span></b></st1:place><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'> Staff: Tim
Reed, Minister <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>
Lloyd Evans, Music Minister<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.0in'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'> Bill
Mitchell, Youth Minister <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.0in'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>
Jared Strode, Children’s Minister<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.5in;text-indent:-3.5in'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Phone:
309-853-4298 Sylvia Giese,
Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>________________________________________________________________________</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>August 31, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>ANNOUNCEMENTS. . .<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Intermission</span></font></b> (the
time between first service and Sunday School) will feature <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>donuts</span></b> this Sunday, September 6, as well as
coffee, juice, and milk. Come to the Fellowship Hall for
“breakfast” and fellowship with other believers.<o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Notice: Board meeting</span></font></b>
has been moved to Monday, September 14, 6:30 p.m. because of Labor Day.<o:p></o:p></p>
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size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Adult Choir practice</span></font></b><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> will resume on Wednesday, September 9,
6:30 p.m. If you like to sing, please join this group. Practice lasts an hour
and is ably led by Lloyd Evans. Singers are needed for all parts.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Community-Wide
Children’s Christmas Show – </span></font></b><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>Rehearsals, Thursdays, 6:00-7:00 p.m., <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Boss</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Community Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
(<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">221 W. 1<sup>st</sup> St</st1:address></st1:Street>.).
The performance will be December 19 at 5:00 p.m. Auditions will be held on
September 10. Children must attend the first two rehearsals to audition; roles
will be announced the next week. Questions? Call 852-5074 or </span></font><a
href="mailto:greenmother1@hotmail.com">greenmother1@hotmail.com</a><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> (Dawn Marshall).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Walk for Life 2009</span></font></b><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> – Saturday, September 12 –
8:30-10:00 a.m. – Thomas Park - <st1:State w:st="on">Wyoming</st1:State>
- You may pick up pledge booklets at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Welcome</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
and start getting sponsors! Proceeds go 100% to the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Pregnancy</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Resource</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType>
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Toulon</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>MUMs </span></font></b><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>(Moms Uplifting Moms) – Sherry
Yarger and Linda Homer will be babysitting for the MUMs group this year. Thank
you, Sherry and Linda!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 face="Humanst521 BT"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Humanst521 BT";
font-weight:bold'>CHILDREN’S MINISTRY NEWS. . .<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3 face="Humanst521 BT"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Humanst521 BT";font-weight:bold'>Needed:
</span></font></b><font face="Humanst521 BT"><span style='font-family:
"Humanst521 BT"'>1<sup>st</sup> & 2<sup>nd</sup> Grade Sunday School
teacher beginning in September.<b><span style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=Outline0011 style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=Outline0011 style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'>UB-1 STUDENT MINISTRY NEWS. . .<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=Outline0011 style='margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>September 12 – <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Operation Fix Stuff<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=Outline0011 style='margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>September 23 – <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>See You At The Pole<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=Outline0011 style='margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>October <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">17 – <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Six
Flags St.</span></b></st1:address></st1:Street><b><span style='font-weight:
bold'> Louis<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=Outline0011 style='margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Several of our students
need to raise money for the <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Passion
Conference</span></b> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">GA</st1:State></st1:place> this coming January. If you
have any jobs they can do to earn money for this trip, please contact Bill at
309-262-8001.<b><span style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=Outline0011 style='margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face=Symbol><span lang=ZH-CN style='font-size:12.0pt'><span
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Have any <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>ideas</span></b> for service projects? Email them to
me at</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
<font color=black><span style='color:black'><a
href="mailto:billmitchell@fcckewanee.org"><span class=SYSHYPERTEXT><b><u><font
size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>billmitchell@fcckewanee.org</span></font></u></b></span></a></span></font></span></font><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
</span></font><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ZH-CN style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Remember to. . .<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>**Keep the <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>old cell phones </span></b>and <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>used ink
cartridges </span></b>coming for recycling (green box in church office). Funds
received goes to missions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>**</span></font></b><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>Keep signing the <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>troop cards</span></b> at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Welcome</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
These cards are much appreciated by our soldiers overseas.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>**We have received word that the <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Kewanee
Food Pantry</span></b> is now helping 1,900 individuals a month due to current
economic conditions. You may give to this worthy cause by bringing</span></font><font
color=black face="Humanst521 BT"><span style='font-family:"Humanst521 BT";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 color=black face="Humanst521 BT"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Humanst521 BT";color:black'>non-perishable food items, paper
products, and toiletries to the marked container in the Main Foyer. Donations
are taken to the Food Pantry every month. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 color=black face="Humanst521 BT"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Humanst521 BT";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>PRAYER LIST</span></font></b><font color=black
face="Humanst521 BT"><span style='font-family:"Humanst521 BT";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>**Our troops -
Rick Clancy, Bryan Thompson, Drew Kull, Todd Smith, Nate Kull, Josh Newman,
David Spantan, MacKenzee Lewis, Tim Glass, Rex Goodnight-(Please let Sylvia
know if any of these soldiers have returned to home base.) **Bert
Kopp, Wayne Wiedle (now in Methodist Hospital, Peoria), Bob & Naida VandenDooren,
Nona Houdesheldt, Dick & Rita Anthony – ongoing health problems **Tyler
Hulslander, Sue Ebeling, Richard Ford, Jim Fultz, Naomi Mercer, Nancy Noord, Rodney
Harrell, Patti Gray, Muriel Chamberlain, Daniel Harris, Dave Costenson, Jenni
Powell, Karen Pierson –
cancer
**Mary Ann Klavohn –
recovering at home **Julie
Petty – back surgery
**Mick
& Martha Peed – move to Colorado
**Mandy
Reed and baby Seth **Isaiah
Franklin – eye problems **Teachers
and children, college students this school year<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Prayer Chain</span></b> – To start a prayer
request on the Prayer Chain, please contact Linda Curry (852-4288) or
Sylvia Giese (wk.-853-4298, hm.-853-2617). Sylvia will be out of town
September 8-22. Linda will be gone September 8-15. Please call Lois Wexell
(309-944-2996) or Peggy Gish (852-3153 or 853-4298) to start a prayer call
during these dates.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>Welcome</span></font></b><font color=black><span style='color:black'> to
Kenny and Heather Haggard who placed their membership at FCC this past Sunday.
Kenny and Heather live at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">237 W.
Church St., Apt. 3</st1:address></st1:Street>. Their phone number is
309-310-4152. Please add their information to your directory.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>From Tim. . .<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><font size=2
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri'>Country
music is a uniquely American art form. It is a style of music that doesn’t
exist much less thrive in any other place. It was originally a grassroots form
of artistry. Wherever people gathered the music flowed naturally out of their
lives. The lyrics reflected the lives of the song writers, and as time passed
and technology allowed, artists gradually began to emerge onto a national
stage. The frustration, anger, joy, and cadence of the lives of an entire
demographic was represented for an entire nation to see. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><font size=2
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri'>However,
by the early 60s the natural order of country music had been upended. Instead
of music forming naturally locally, it was forced by what would sell by
studios. Executives were telling musicians what to sing about, how to create
melodies, and even telling them what they would wear. Instead of music being
created, it was being manufactured. The result was the same song sung a million
different ways by a thousand different clones. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><font size=2
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri'>Country
music was no longer the soundtrack of working men who went home to their
families, paid their bills and fought with life on a daily basis. Instead it
was the lyrics of rich, powerful men sung by rich and famous musicians who wore
suits that cost more than the mortgage payment of their average fan. And so it
went, until outlaw country came along.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><font size=2
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri'>Outlaw
country brought the ordinary back into country music. Outlaw musicians wore
what their fans wore, saw what their fans saw, and sung about the lives of
their fans. It was a movement that returned the music to the place it began.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><font size=2
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri'>If
this particular bit of history were only a singular event, it would be
interesting only to people interested in music history. However, this is a
pattern in human history, a continuing series of echoes that reach across all
of human history, and one particular instance is recorded in the scriptures. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><font size=2
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri'>By
the time the Christ began his ministry, the religiously powerful had a
stranglehold on the worship of the Living God. They had effectively distanced
worship of God from the average Jew by adding to the Law to the point that if
you weren’t a part of the powerful elite, you couldn’t keep the
Law, and so you were excluded from worship. These powerful elite, the
Pharisees, were looking forward to the coming Messiah, because they believed he
would complete what they had started. They believed he would further separate
the truly Jewish from everyone else, and of course, the truly Jewish would be
just like them.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><font size=2
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri'>But
when the Messiah came, he did the exact opposite. Instead of removing the
worship of the Living God from any who weren’t worthy, he extended the worship
of the Living God to everyone who wanted to worship. The worship of God was now
in the everyday lives of the everyday person. The worst of sinners could now
stand before God and praise him, sometimes in groups that would come to be
called the Church. In other words, Jesus the Christ started the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Outlaw</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><font size=2
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri'>The
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Outlaw</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> would circumvent the powerful and
rich to embrace all who would respond to the gospel. The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Outlaw</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
didn’t conform to the expectations of the Pharisees, and as a result became
a movement of God’s people that carries on today everywhere when ordinary
sinners approach the throne of God standing only on the work of Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><font size=2
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri'>Over
the next few weeks we will be exploring how the Church defies the expectations
of anyone who isn’t a part of her; that the church isn’t defined by
buildings, culture, geography or power, but rather through the people who have
responded to the work of Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>SERVING SUNDAY-September 6<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
10.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>Prayer Team-</span></font></b><font color=black><span style='color:black'>1<sup>st</sup><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b>Service-Earl & Mary Ann Dean 2<sup>nd</sup>
Service-Carl & Lois Wexell <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
10.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>Shut-Ins-</span></font></b><font color=black><span style='color:black'>Todd
Yarger<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>Sound-</span></font></b><font color=black><span style='color:black'>1<sup>st</sup><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>-</span></b>Myra Turner<b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>, </span></b>2<sup>nd</sup><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>-</span></b>Denny
Reiter<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>Nurseries-</span></font></b><font color=black><span style='color:black'>to
be announced<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
10.0pt;margin-left:49.5pt;text-indent:-49.5pt'><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>SERVING IN SEPTEMBER<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
10.0pt;margin-left:49.5pt;text-indent:-49.5pt'><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>USHERS-</span></font></b><font color=black><span style='color:black'>1<sup>st</sup>
Service-Bill Bryan & Albert
Davis 2<sup>nd</sup>
Service-Larry West & Roger Yarger<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
10.0pt;margin-left:49.5pt;text-indent:-49.5pt'><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>SERVERS-</span></font></b><font color=black><span style='color:black'>1<sup>st</sup>
Service-Dave Brokaw & Mick
Peed 2<sup>nd</sup>
Service-Pat McClure, Pete Peterson, Denny Reiter, Rick Swanson<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
10.0pt;margin-left:49.5pt;text-indent:-49.5pt'><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>DEACONESSES-</span></font></b><font color=black><span style='color:black'>1<sup>st</sup>
Service-Ann Davis & Jan
McElvain
Sunday School-Gina Burmeier 2<sup>nd</sup>
Service-Suzie Gale & Judy Bryan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
10.0pt;margin-left:49.5pt;text-indent:-49.5pt'><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>GREETERS-</span></font></b><font color=black><span style='color:black'>1<sup>st</sup>
Service-Ivan & Joyce Erwin
Sunday School-Brad & Shirley Dyer
2<sup>nd</sup> Service-Carl & Gina Burmeier, Pat & Trish McClure<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>THIS WEEK. . .<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Monday-Friday</span></b> (before 9 a.m. on Friday). .
.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Open gym-8:00 a.m.-12:00
noon
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> Monday. . .<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>UB-325, 3:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span>Tuesday. . .<o:p></o:p></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Men’s breakfast at Barnhouse-6:00 a.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Wednesday. . .<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>UB-325, 3:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Praise Team practice-7:30 p.m. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Thursday. . .<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Student Ministry Band practice-5:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Sunday. . .<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>UB-1 Student Ministries-6:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>ATTENDANCE for August 30, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>1<sup>st</sup> Service 63<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>2<sup>nd</sup> Service
165<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Sunday School 101<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.0in;text-indent:-4.0in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>UB-1
Student Ministries 69 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.0in;text-indent:-4.0in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>OFFERING for August 23, 2009</span></font></u><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.5in;text-indent:-3.5in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Current
(received) $ 3,599.50<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.5in;text-indent:-3.5in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>
(needed) 6,700.00<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.5in;text-indent:-3.5in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Year
to date (given) 208,019.00<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.5in;text-indent:-3.5in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Budget
to date 227,800.00<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.5in;text-indent:-3.5in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Building
Fund 435.00<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.5in;text-indent:-3.5in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Missions
30.00<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.5in;text-indent:-3.5in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:
-3.5in'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:
-3.5in'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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