August 10, 2018
Dear Eastridge Family,
What do you think is the primary reason for health and
longevity? It may be a surprise, but
it’s not genetics, exercise, or eating healthy food. Instead, studies from the scientific field of
psychoneuroimmunology reveal that for the average person, it’s their thought
life.
Wow! No wonder the
Bible has so much to say about what we think.
Proverbs 23:7 says, “So a man thinketh, so he is.”
Philippians 4:8 says, “Whatever is true, noble, right, pure,
lovely. . . think about such things.”
Romans 12:2 says, “Be transformed by the renewing of your
mind” and
2 Corinthians 10:5 says, “Take every thought captive.”
An article in Collective Evolution reported that the oldest
documented person was a French woman named Jeanne Calment who lived 122 years
and 164 days. According to French
researcher Jean-Marie Robine, “She never did anything special to stay in good
health.” In fact, she started smoking
cigarettes when she was 21, drank port wine regularly, and ate a couple pounds
of chocolate sweets a week until she was 119.
She credited her longevity to laughing a lot and not getting stressed
out. She said, “If you can’t do anything
about it, don’t worry about it.”
Why didn’t smoking for all those years lead her to an early
grave? I would say that generally
speaking, it’s because thoughts are more important than lifestyle.
Worry and stress and hard on our bodies. This is not how God created us to live. Instead of worry and stress, God wants us to
trust and obey. God wants us to enjoy
His presence in our life no matter the circumstances.
If you learn to take thoughts captive and make them obedient
to Christ, you can live with purpose in every life area because your thoughts
determine your destination.
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We have many things going on in the life of our church and I
want to point out a couple of those items:
·
This Sunday, Pastor Eva and I will begin baptism
classes during the Sunday school hour starting at 9:45 and we will meet in the room
off the entryway of the sanctuary. The
class will be available in both English and Spanish to prepare us for a baptism
service on August 26th.
·
This Sunday we will have out MNU Church matching
offering for our two students Ashley Heer and Olga Vargas. The University will match the offering we
send each student up to $500, so we want to take advantage of this opportunity
to bless our students. Ashley will be starting her senior year at MNU
where she is finishing a degree in Elementary Education. Olga will begin her junior year where she is
studying for a Nursing degree.
·
Each year Eastridge makes an attempt to have 4 big
evangelistic outreach events (Easter, Summer, Fall and Christmas). This year our summer outreach event will be
Saturday, August 18 from 11 am to 3 pm. The
activity is titled: Children just want to have fun. We will have food, music, Bible stories,
popcorn, games, Snow Cones, inflatable games, cotton candy, and crafts. And all this will be FREE!
The evangelistic outreach
requires the help of our entire church family.
Even though we are targeting children and young families we need the
help of the entire church. First of all,
we need everyone to Pray…pray for this event…pray for good weather…pray for
unchurched people to come…pray for opportunities to show God’s love to our
neighborhood. Secondly, we need you to Invite …invite your
family, friends, and neighbors. Finally,
we need your help…help out at the event by writing your name on the list of
volunteer workers and bring food. The
sign-up sheets are on a small table at the entrance of the sanctuary.
This is a great opportunity to
serve and reach out with love to our community here in Wichita. The Kansas District Nazarene Church has a
trailer with the equipment we will use during this event. The Kansas District has made outreach events
a priority for our churches so let’s take advantage of the resources we have
been provided. If you have more
questions, contact Susie Alvarado, Anna Heer or Claudia Spechtenhauser.
·
Muriel Murray’s memorial service has been
scheduled for Saturday, September 8 at 10:30 am. It will be held at Broadway Mortuary at 1147
S. Broadway, the corner of Lincoln and Broadway. Pastor Gloria will be officiating the
service. If anyone would like to give to
a memorial fund, they can go to www.nazpng.org. This is a link to the hospital in Kudjip,
PNG, where Muriel served as a Nazarene missionary.
·
Tomorrow at 3pm we will have a greeter’s workshop
for anyone interested in serving as a greeter or for anyone who would like a
refresher course. We will meet in the sanctuary.
·
FYI – As many of you know, Lucy Vargas has been
working with a local Nazarene church in Jaen, Peru while she provides care for
her mother. The church is Jaen is taking
the gospel to a neighboring village. God
has been blessing their efforts so we collected an offering to help with this
ministry and to purchase Bibles. This week
we sent $530 to help with the outreach work in Peru. Thank you Eastridge Church!
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