March Newsletter

September 2000

Greetings,

The story is told of a pastor who took a vacation and decided to make it a golfing holiday. He went to a golf resort, and on his first day out he learned that Arnold Palmer played the course frequently.

The toughest hole was the 17th, and as the pastor approached the tee his caddie said, "When Arnold Palmer plays this hole he uses a three iron and says a little prayer."

"I’ll give it a try," said the pastor. He followed the caddie’s suggestion, but his ball landed in the water in front of the hole. "Ah, well," the pastor said, "I guess the good Lord didn’t hear me."

"He probably heard you," said the caddie, "but when Mr. Palmer says his prayer, he keeps his head down."

As the Fall approaches and many of our ministries start up again after a summer break, I ask you to pray for our ministries. As you pray, keep in mind the above story. Prayer does not relieve you of your responsibilities. As Alan Smith points out in his Thought for the Day web site, "we pray for our daily bread, but we don’t stay home from work waiting for God to give it to us.

Prayer should not motivate us to do nothing. Rather it should motivate us to do even more as we turn our lives over to God to use."

Please pray for our church’s ministries and as you do keep in mind you are the answer to our prayers.

In Christ,

"I praise You today, Lord,
as my Lord who will provide,
who makes all grace abound to me
and generously provides all I need."

*Sept 1 - Phil 1*	*Sept 12 - Col 4*	*Sept 21 - 2Thes 2*
*Sept 4 - Phil 2*	*Sept 13 - 1Thes 1*	*Sept 22 - 2Thes 3*
*Sept 5 - Phil 3*	*Sept 14 - 1Thes 2*	*Sept 25 - 1Tim 1*
*Sept 6 - Phil 4*	*Sept 15 - 1Thes 3*	*Sept 26 - 1Tim 2*
*Sept 7 - Col 1*	*Sept 18 - 1Thes 4*	*Sept 27 - 1Tim 3*
*Sept 8 - Col 2*	*Sept 19 - 1Thes 5*	*Sept 28 - 1Tim 4*
*Sept 11 - Col 3*	*Sept 20 - 2Thes 1*	*Sept 29 - 1Tim 5*