11/6/22 Sunday’s Sermon By Nick Perez
Blessed Assurance; Love is a Verb
1 John 3:16, ESV – By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
Treat-tacular was a big success!
1,048 of our neighbors came through the line.
We gave away:
- about 300 English Bibles
- about 100 Spanish Bibles
- 200 information packets (1 per family)
- 250 Grief information packets
- 200+ Suicide Prevention flyers
- 1,250 lbs of candy
- Over 50 people asked for prayer.
And we couldn’t have done it without you! Many thanks to all that pitched in to help
with this event.
Bible Study, Worship & Praise
Sunday Mornings – 9:30 am Bible Classes
- Cradle Roll – Room 4
- 2 yrs through 1st Grade – Room 9
- 2nd through 5th Grade – Room 7
- Middle School & High School – Conference Room
- Adults – Auditorium
Sunday Mornings – 10:45 am Worship
- Children’s Bible Hour for 1st-5th Grades – Room 2
- Online: Livestream begins at 10:30 am
Wednesday Mornings – Women’s Bible Class – 9:30 am
Wednesday Evenings – 7:00 pm Bible Study
Ladies Bible Study
Discover God the Father in His roles as Elohim, Adonai, El Shaddai, and Yahweh.
You’re Invited to Join Us each Wednesday morning from 9:30 to 10:30.
Contact Info for our Shut-Ins
Nadine Greff, c/o Bethany Home, 930 West Main, Ripon, CA 95366
Gertrue Smith, Casa de Modesto, 1745 Eldena Way, Rm 4, Modesto, CA 95350 office.
***Please submit additions, corrections & updates to the office
Volunteer and/or Donate Now
Donations needed:
- Men’s t-shirts (all sizes)
- Women’s Pants & Summer Shirts (size 6 & under)
- Men’s Jeans (28-32)
(Inexpensive jeans & t-shirts can be found at Thrift Stores)
We give away 20-30 sets of clothes EVERY Thursday.
Monetary donations are also accepted
Volunteer to help cook & serve a meal
Current Pantry Needs
Peanut butter (16 ounces)
Dollar Store Jelly
Dollar Store Syrup (24 ounces)
Cereal (11-12 ounces)
Individual packages of oatmeal
Chili (15 ounces)
Rice (1 lb bag)
Canned Fruit
Dessert Mixes (cake, brownies, etc)
Attendance Last Sunday
Bible Class: NA
Worship: 94
Offering Last Week:
Last Week: $11,686
YTD: $356,480
YTD, actual vs goal: +$8,411
Prayer Requests
Mourning the loss of loved ones
Christine – husband
COVID-19
Stan Gustafson – Elder at Turlock CoC
Recovering from Surgery
Brenda Smith – also thyroid issues
Battling Cancer
Darrell Christiansen – (Melissa Shook’s sister-in-law’s father) – prostate cancer
Dan Poulter – stage 4 cancer
Ashley Hatter’s co-worker
Greg Hall – stage 4 prostate cancer has spread to his bones
Bill Mara – (Jack & Carolyn Hairston’s son-in-law)
Ron Tredway – (Melissa Shook’s friend’s husband) – Melanoma
Lyn Brocco – more tests
Dwight McBride – (Colleen McBride’s brother) – Stage 4 prostate cancer, stage 1 lung cancer
Chrisey Hogan – (Paula Meler’s friend) – early stage breast cancer
Joyce – (Ramona Ruskamp’s friend) – tumors have shrunk by 50%
Bruce – (Mike Ruskamp’s friend)
Danny Adams – (Algerita Windus’s son) – thyroid cancer
Taryn – (Cyndi Lindsey’s cousin) – Lymphoma
Julia Galloway
Billy Hunt – (Vickie Laguna’s friend) – stage 4 melanoma throughout his body
Renee – (Alegria Rice’s friend) – breast cancer
Mason – (teenager in Ripon)
Other Requests
Brian Smith – safety as he travels to the mountains
Blair – (Michael Brown’s former coworker’s daughter) – RSV
Jon Hatter’s father-in-law – was hospitalized after collapsing at home, undergoing tests
Michelle Brink – recovering from injuries following a car accident
Crosby Webb – (Nathan & Becca (Biard) Webb’s son) – hospitalized with RSV & pneumonia
Joan Ortloff – awaiting test results
Mike Hampton – housing situation