Just checking in....

We've not communicated a lot lately, just want to make sure we keep up on our prayers and prayers. We have so many prayer needs in our church right now,as well as answered prayers. I'll say it, we've had MIRACLES happen at Valley Center Christian Church.  I'm not going to write names in fear I leave someone out, God knows where to apply your prayers, just pray. We've got a Ladies trip coming up on the 11th of November. I hope that this connects some new friendships and reconnects some old ones. Please consider joining in the adventure, whether you like to shop or not, we all need a little relaxing time and to love on one another. May you be filled with energy today and your day be blessed.

2011 Prairie View Camp Ladies Retreat

2011 PVCC Women’s Retreat Sept 30-Oct 2
This year’s Women’s retreat at Prairie View Christian Camp will be held September 30 thru October 2. Haverhill Christian Church is hosting the retreat this year. Fun! Cost is $65 for the entire weekend but that can be broken down if you can only go for part of the time.
Come join us for a fun-filled weekend as we learn how to love well. Through video we will hear from best-selling author and teacher Beth Moore, enjoy fun and fellowship with other women, laugh our heads off, shed a few tears, eat, stay up late, make new friends, and enjoy old friends. It’s a weekend you don’t want to miss!
Questions?? Registration forms are on the Ladies Ministry table in the foyer. You might also get to visit with Richard and Mommy to be Stephanie!!! Contact Martha Ferguson

I am reading Isaiah 6 today, picturing the Lord sitting on the throne and the train of his robe filling temple, and the angels with 6 wings flying and calling to each other Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord Almighty. What an exciting sight that would have been to see! Angels flying with their eyes covered, now that's trusting in the Lord! Reminded me of when my brother-in-law was learning to fly a plane and rather than paying the cost of a hood to direct your eyes and forcing you into trusting only the controls, he used a banana box! lol

Isaiah 6

Isaiah’s Commission

 ¹ In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. ² Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. ³ And they were calling to one another:    “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty;
   the whole earth is full of his glory.”
 ⁴ At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.
 ⁵ “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty.”
 ⁶ Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. ⁷ With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.”
 ⁸ Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”
   And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
 ⁹ He said, “Go and tell this people:
   “‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
   be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
¹⁰ Make the heart of this people calloused;
   make their ears dull
   and close their eyes.^[a]
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
   hear with their ears,
   understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”
 ¹¹ Then I said, “For how long, Lord?”
   And he answered:
   “Until the cities lie ruined
   and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted
   and the fields ruined and ravaged,
¹² until the LORD has sent everyone far away
   and the land is utterly forsaken.
¹³ And though a tenth remains in the land,
   it will again be laid waste.
But as the terebinth and oak
   leave stumps when they are cut down,
   so the holy seed will be the stump in the land.”

Prayers Please

Please add Mary-Beth Smith to your prayers, she was rushed to the hospital and has had emergency surgery, sorry, don't know any other details.

A Request for a Day of Prayer and Fasting from Dr. Chuck Terrill

Valley Center Christian Church

P.O. Box 158

1801 E 5^th Street

Valley Center, KS  67147

Phone  316-755-1233  316-755-1233

For Immediate Release

April 30, Day of Fasting and Prayer

Valley Center, KS-(Feb.8, 2011)  Valley Center Christian Church will observe a corporate day of fasting and prayer for our Community and our Nation on Saturday, April 30.  The church will meet for a time of prayer at 1801 E 5^th St, Valley Center, KS at 7 p.m.  The public is invited to attend as we plead with God for the renewal of our nation.  We encourage local Christians to join us, and pray that Christian churches across the nation will join us in prayer in their own places of worship. 

Abraham Lincoln wrote an address to the nation during the Civil War that was at least as important as the Gettysburg Address. The little known document was his proclamation for a national fast-day, by which he did designate and set apart Thursday the 30th day of April 1863, as a day of national humiliation, fasting, and prayer.  As you read the following proclamation, may the Lord reveal to your heart how much more, we as a nation, need to humble ourselves before God.  Abraham Lincoln wrote:

“It is the duty of nations as well as of men to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God; to confess their sins and transgressions in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.

“The awful calamity of civil war which now desolates the land may be but a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins, to the needful end of our national reformation as a whole people.

“Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity, too proud to pray to the God that made us.

“It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confess our national sins, and to pray for clemency and forgiveness.”^[1]

For more information: Contact Dr. Chuck Terrill,  316-706-9661  316-706-9661

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^[1]Tan, Paul Lee: Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations : A Treasury of Illustrations, Anecdotes, Facts and Quotations for Pastors, Teachers and Christian Workers. Garland TX : Bible Communications, 1996, c1979

Prayer request from a Friend

I just want to reach out to everyone to start a prayer chain to lift my mom up in prayer. She has had a number of health issues, and God has been so wonderful in answering those prayers,but now the veins in her legs and nerves are so painful that she is just in excruciating pain and nothing can be done. I am seeking other opinions, but also prayer because this woman may be 87, but she is active and she has goals and plans and more energy than I had at 40! So many have prayed for her and God is faithful, but I think we are looking for a mighty miracle now. Thank you so much! Aloha ke Akua, Nancy

Update on Scott after his boating accident

First of all, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS!!!!!!!!!!!!  God is good and Scott is doing amazingly well.  Of course, God would be good even if Scott wasn't doing amazingly well, but it's a lot easier to say since he is!

This morning we found out more details.  After their boat sank on the lake (the motor died and two BIG swells knocked the boat over) both Scott and his friend Time tried to swim out.  Scott hadn't brought his new, wonderfully buoyant life jacket since there was an old one already in the boat, so, with all the fishing gear Scott had on, the jacket couldn't hold him up and he kept sinking and swallowing water.  He told his friend to go ahead and get help.  Praise God, Scott found a log to hold onto.  It turns out Scott was in the water for two hours (not one as we originally thought) and when the paramedics rescued him, only his face was out of the water.

Tim swam half a mile to shore and then, when he first got out of the water, his legs wouldn't hold him, so he started crawling the mile and a half to the ranger station.  Eventually his legs recovered a bit and he was able to walk the rest of the way to the station.  Thank God for Tim and that log Scott held on to!

The ambulance sped Scott to the emergency room. He had hypothermia and they immediately began to warm him up, both inside and out.  Scott was in a lot of pain during the process.  They were very concerned about the water in his lungs, all the nasty lake water he had swallowed, and possible limb and heart damage.  The doctors were amazed at how well his body did.  We know it was God and all the prayers!  In fact, several doctors came to see him just because they had a hard time imagining that he could be in such good shape after his ordeal! Brandie heard several of them talking outside Scott's room and they were saying that upon hearing what Scott had endured, they had prepared for the worst but instead got better than the best! He was in Intensive Care for several hours and then last night about midnight, they decided he was doing so well he could be moved to a regular room!  To their amazement, they found no infection, no heart damage, no limb or digit damage, and this morning, his lungs are almost clear!  In fact, to everyone's great joy, they are getting ready to send him home today!!!!!!  He is very, very, very tired but also very, very, VERY grateful.  He truly thought he was going to die out on the lake.

Thank you, thank you again for all your prayers. 

Ladies Night! Valley Center Christian

Come join in the fun! We're having a ladies night at Valley Center Christian Church. Come, bring a friend, or come and make a new one! Hope to see you there, please pass on to others. 6:00 p.m. Saturday night Valley Center Christian Church 1801 85th St Valley Center, Corner of Seneca and 85th! A nice break after the holiday rush!

Prayers up!

My friend Nancy had a Thyroid biopsy yesterday, praying it is clear and problem can be easily cleared up. Also, pray for a young man named Scott and his family, he was in a boating accident and took in a lot of water, is also suffering hypothermia. Where two or more come together in my name, I am there also!!!

Lola's Funeral

Lola's funeral was lovely today, her children had very sweet and warm things to say about her. They played a DVD of pictures of Lola, Evertt, and the kids, they were a very nice looking family. I didn't know that Lola always made the newest fashions for the family, and always made them behave, being a pastors family.

Lola passed away last night.

Lola Thompson's funeral will be Tuesday January 18, 2011 at VCCC 10 AM.  The family visitation is Monday night 5 PM - 7 PM at Baker Funeral home.

Woman's World Ladies Retreat in Manhattan, Ks! Let's Go!

34th Annual Woman’s World

“The Marvelous Race”

February 25-26, 2011

“…let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.”  --Hebrews 12:1b

 Featuring:

3 Keynote/Worship Sessions

with Jennifer Kennedy Dean

Executive Director of The Praying Life Foundation

16 Practical Bible Studies and Seminars

                   Each person may attend four topics.


Woman’s World is an annual retreat sponsored by Manhattan Christian College and held in the Kansas State University Student Union in Manhattan, KS.  This year’s event, February 25-26, 2011, will be a fun and inspirational break from the winter months.  “The Marvelous Race” provides an exciting opportunity for women of all ages to explore what paths their lives take and how God leads them through the U-turns, detours, road blocks, yields, and construction zones.  Jennifer Kennedy Dean, a respected author and speaker who specializes in prayer and spiritual formation will be the keynote speaker and MCC Alumni Director Genae Denver will be the worship leader.  Sixteen practical seminars will also be offered throughout the weekend and everyone will have the opportunity to attend four. Contact the church office for complete registration information or go online at www.mccks.edu.

Want to get rid of some books?

Via Christi Volunteers is seeking used books in good cond. for their 2/15 book sale. Books accepted at East Harry or St. Francis hospitals, or if you'd like leave them in the Foyer clearly marked, and I will make sure they are delivered.

Isolate Vs Insulate

Have these words stuck in my head from an article I read, "Christians shouldn't  isolate themselves from the world, they need to insulate themselves" I can't remember who said that, but, what I took from it was, you can't hide from what goes on in the world, you need to be aware and ready to deal with it, head on. How can you have an opinion on something, if you don't know what you're talking about? No wonder people think we're wacky!

Prayer Request for Val

I'm headed (I hope) to Mayo Clinic today in Rochester, Minnesota to see if they can figure out my left ear hearing loss problem. I would appreciate all prayers. Rob and I should be back by Thursday night.

Cheryl Bogle in Jamaica

Cheryl Bogle is having surgery to remove a large growth. The surgery is scheduled for January 17th, please keep her and our Jamaica family in your prayers.

Mrs. Thompson

Lola is back in her room at the nursing home, hospice has been called in.

Mary's answered prayer!!

IV medicine approved!!! Goes to Dr. Today to find out when treatment starts!! Huge answer to prayers!!!

Lola and Everett Thomson

Lola went through the ER at Wesley today about 4 p.m.  She has been admitted with congestive heart failure, and is in serious condition.  Building 4; 716.  Everett needs our prayers as well.

From the Church prayer list, incase you don't get the email

Doug Brewer, Jack Brewer, & Becky Pope: health issues
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> Joey Pope: direction & job opportunity
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> Maria: has made decision to disconnect from some of my family.

WWJD Wild Women Just Do! : )

‎"Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, as long as you can."
John Wesley

Please keep our Pastor in your prayers

After listening to Chucks sermon today, I decided to look at scriptures on praying for pastors, thought I'd share this page that I found. Please pass on to others, I don't have everyones email addresses. Thanks

Praying For Your Pastor is very important. They are serving God and the attacks of the enemy are non ceasing. They must be covered in prayer on a daily basis.

Praying For Pastors

Ps 31:23..........Father, I thank You that our pastors are faithful,
Ps 31:23..........and that You preserve them.
Prov 28:20........That they abound with blessings,
Gal 6:9.............and do not grow weary in well doing.
Phil 1:6.............That You who began a good work in them will perfect it.
Eph 2:10...........They are Your workmanship created in Christ Jesus,
Heb 13:21.........and equipped in every good thing to do Your will.
Heb 13:21..........Work in them that which is well-pleasing in Your sight.
2Cor 9:8............Let all grace abound toward them, having sufficiency in all things,
2Cor 9:8...........and an abundance for every good work.
2Cor 9:6...........Because they have sowed bountifully, they will reap bountifully,
1Cor 3:6...........and whether they plant or water, Father, You give the increase.
2Cor 2:14..........I pray that they continually triumph in Christ,
2Cor 2:14..........diffusing the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.
Deut 28:2..........That all blessings come upon them and overtake them,
Deut 28:2..........because they obey the voice of their God.
Ps 32:8.............Instruct them and teach them in the way they should go;
1Cor 2:10..........reveal the deeper things of God to them by Your Spirit.
2Tim 2:21..........Let them be vessels of honor, sanctified and useful for the Master,
2Tim 2:21..........prepared for every good work.
1Pet 5:2...........Shepherding the flock willingly, eagerly, and being an example to them.
1Cor 2:4...........Their speech and preaching is in demonstration of the Spirit and power.
2Tim 4:2...........And they are instant in season and out of season to preach the Word.
Josh 1:3............Every place the soles of their feet tread upon has been given to them.
Deut 31:6..........They are strong and of good courage for You, Lord, go with them.
Ps 27:14...........They wait on You, and You strengthen them in their heart.
Titus 1:5............Help them set in order things that are lacking,
Titus 1:5............and appoint elders in every city.
2Cor 10:4...........I tear down the strongholds over the pulpit.
Ex 17:11............I lift up our pastors and cover them
Heb 12:24..........with the blood of Jesus.
Deut 28.............Sickness and disease shall in no way come near them,
Gal 3:13............for they are redeemed from the curse of the law.
Isa 54:17...........I say that no weapon formed against them will prosper,
Isa 54:17...........and every tongue rising against them shall be shown to be in the wrong.
Cor 12:11..........Father, let the gifts and anointings on their lives come forth.
Luke 1:45..........Birth the things that You have spoken to them in their hearts,
Acts 6:4............as they continually give themselves to prayer
Acts 6:4............and the ministry of the Word.