News in a Heart Beat!
Pastor Shepp Lawrence and the MIPC family welcome you!!!
Overboard!! VBS is coming-June 11-15. Call the church office for more information or read the newsletter article by clicking on the monthly newsletter above.
Sunday Worship Services May 20th 8:45 and 11:00 AM-Come be blessed by both of our Handbell Choirs at both worship services. 8:45 and 11:00 AM
Wondering how to put the lessons of the "Good Samaritan" into action? Here is a list of suggestions from the Sojourner's Sunday School Class:
1. Carry in our car a bag of food for a homeless person. Suggestions include: cans of chili, ravioli, cans of fruit, water, granola bars, chips, a Sharing Center brochure, a MIPC message.
2. Call someone to just say," I'm thinking about you".
3. Smile more.
4. Support the MIPC Haiti Fund, the Matthew 28 orphanage.
5. Pray for the hungry.
6. Create free classes for the homeless to learn English or to fill out a job application/ resume.
7. Write congress about concerns for the helpless.
8. Join a group like "Big Brothers" or "Young Life".( Ask Vivian for details).
9. Bring new people to church and get to know their needs.
10. Give your leftovers from a restaurant to a hungry person.
11. Tell your friends about issues that concern you. Educate people about those in need.
12. Change the world by loving others ( all others) unconditionally just like Jesus did. We cannot love Jesus without loving people.
A few child-free hours
+ a cup of something (most likely something with caffeine)
+ a bite to eat
+ a few good girlfriends to laugh a lot with and perhaps cry a little with
= a relaxed and refreshed you!
If you are interested in joining us or have any questions, please feel free to contact us
Kelly Little #507-0333
Kelly Franklin #505-0506
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From the Pastor's Study
What a great brunch we had this past month.
Around 100 folks came out to meet their deacons, eat good food (covered dish style) and enjoy the fellowship. The 2 brunches we have had finds our early and late worship services joining together from time to time.. The corrections to the new pictorial directory were made and the food was fabulous. We look forward to the directory coming out soon, at least before the summer, so we can see names and faces and put them together. I must admit that the Easter Season started off with a bang on Easter Sunday. Our celebration with brass and bells was one of the most inspiring I've ever witnessed. Folks who visited MIPC for the first time were moved by the music, the breakfast and the worship. "Every morning is Easter morning" the song tells us. We celebrate the Easter Season all the way to Pentecost Sunday, May 27. Our children will celebrate their Kids Klub efforts the first weekend in May. We are grateful to all who have helped in making this program possible. It functions as one of our outreach and educational ministries to school age children.
Our preschool and daycare have their graduation May 21, at 7pm. Please join us and welcome those families who are not members to our programs during the summer: Vacation Bible School, Corn Boil, July Picnic, Rib sales, etc.
Also invite them to Sunday Mornings. Graduate Sunday is coming up as well. Look for something different at MIPC this summer. Listen and check your bulletin and web site: merrittislandpc.org. All of this business is not for show, but that we might come closer together and be united. Jesus prays in John, chapter 17, "that you might be one." It doesn't mean we have to agree will everyone, or have the same political persuasion. It means that we are united in the Spirit of Christ in how we treat one another, how we
support one another and how we interact with each other in the faith. Let's follow our Lord's prayer for his church and show others that we are one in the spirit, that we are one in the Lord.
See you in church. . .Shepp
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