Weekly Update - 10/3

PRAYER REQUESTS:

• Peggy Wright - She fell over the weekend and is in lots of pain.
• Sherrie Boyd:  Should be finding out some answers about her health this week.
• Webber Woodall:  Recovering at home from hernia surgery.  Still in a lot of pain.  I take him back for a post-op appointment this Wednesday.
• Horace Johnson: Has been diagnosed with cancer and deciding on treatment options.
• Lesa Clarkson's husband Randy, has been diagnosed with cancer, possibly in multiple places.  The doctors are deciding on a course of action.   He is in PRMC room 458.  Lesa is staying with him.  They need our prayers and love.
• Dorothy Pearce:  Had some testing on her heart, during a hospital stay recently.  She'll have a follow-up appointment with her doctor soon.
• John Cannon:  He had emergency back surgery last week, after 2 discs ruptured.  He has retired and he and Linda will be moving back to Paris next week.  He will still be traveling back to Texarkana on Sundays, until they hire a full time minister.
• Mike Grigsby: He has been admitted to PRMC/ICU.
• John Figgins:  Health
• Kristi Anthony:  Prayers for her mental and physical health.
• Lance Johnson:  ALS
• Stacy Prestridge asked that we pray for her cousin, Bryan Fennell, he is the son of Robert and Vickie Fennell (live out in Caviness).  Bryan has been diagnosed with leukemia.  
• Jenny Trout (friend of Linda Erwin) has been diagnosed with cancerous tumors on her spine. Prayers that God will heal her and let her live to enjoy her family for many more years. 
• My co-worker's dad, Frank McHam, was rushed to The Medical Center in Plano on Saturday.  Testing was done and they sent him home on Sunday night.  Waiting on test results.
• One of my friends granddaughter, Kimrie Dean, had an MRI this past week.  It showed 2 cysts/tumors in her brain. The one in the front is small and the one in the back is 6 cm. They are waiting on Children's to call with appointment. Kimrie is a freshman at Paris High School.
• Our sympathy to Nancy Gantt, in the loss of her husband, Tommy.  He passed away after having cancer surgery.  Tommy was one of the moving forces behind the Red River Valley Veterans Memorial and the family asks that all donations be directed to the RRVVM fund.

 

YOUNG AT HEART:  There will be a finger-food potluck get together on Saturday, Oct. 8th, at 6pm at LACOC.  There is entertainment planned.  Please contact Kim at the church office if you need a ride.

 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:  CPS is planning another Foster Parent Training Day at LACOC from 8am-5pm on Saturday, Oct 15th.  We need volunteers to babysit the kiddos so that the foster parents can participate in these classes.  A background check must be completed by OCTOBER 5th.  Forms are at the Welcome Center.  See Rachel Spencer if you have any questions.

 

FAMILY RETREAT:  Please mark Nov 11th-13th on your calendars for the Family Retreat!  This is the annual church family weekend together Beaver's Bend.  Make plans to come for the weekend or just for the day on Saturday.  Everyone is welcome to come enjoy being surrounded by God's beauty and His people.  Sign ups coming soon!

 

TRUNK OR TREAT:  We will be hosting our annual Trunk or Treat on Monday, Oct. 31st.  It's time to have fun dressing up and hosting a trunk.  Sign up at the Welcome Center if you can help with this.  We usually have over a thousand people come to this event every year.

 

PANTRY NEEDS:  1 pound bags of rice or pinto beans - soup - shampoo

RAINBOW ROOM ITEMS:  Diaper bags and backpacks

SIMPLE SUPPER:  This weeks’entrée is Potato Soup.  Please donate $3/per person.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE remember to sign up on one of the attendance cards if you plan to eat on Wednesdays.  If you are not able to sign up on Sundays, then call the office NO LATER than Monday by noon. Our cooking teams are having a hard time judging meal preparations when there are 20 or so extra people that call the day of, or just show up.

 

KEEP THE DATE:

Oct 3:  Divorce Care Support Group

Oct 4:  Men's Breakfast
Oct 8: Young at Heart Night

Oct 16: Visitor Luncheon

Oct 30: 5th Sunday Fellowship and Lunch

Oct 31: Trunk or Treat
Nov 2: Blood Drive
Nov 11-13: Family Retreat @ Beaver's Bend

Jan 13-15:  Winterfest (High School ONLY)

Love you – MEAN IT!