What's Happening in Missouri
Miss Sarah Pursley
Mexico, Mo
Miss Sarah Pursley from Mexico, Missouri, daughter of Mark & Kim Pursley (Host Site Coordinator for Mexico) has been selected to participate in the 2009 MISS MISSOURI TEEN USA Pageant. The pageant will take place Sunday, November 2, 2008 in Springfield, MO. She will be competing as MISS AUDRAIN TEEN USA and will compete in swimsuit, evening gown, and personal interview competitions. The pageant has two age divisions, and the winners will go on to represent our state in the 2009 MISS USA and MISS TEEN USA. MISS USA goes on to compete in the MISS UNIVERSE Pageant. The MISS USA Pageant system stresses good morals, physical fitness, communication skills, social awareness and community involvement.
If you would like to help sponsor Sarah in her quest for Miss Missouri Teen USA contact Kim Pursley at 573-581-5173.
Prayer Request
From Jeff Honea
On Tuesday afternoon a three year old boy, named Colten, was severely injured in a lawn mowing accident in Polo, Missouri. He lost one of his legs in the accident, and the other had to be amputated. Extensive injuries to his back side has left him without a rectum. He lies in a drug induced coma at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. Keep this child and his family in your prayers over the next several months. He is at a very high risk for developing infection because of how the injury occurred. As for the second part of this request I was not sure of how to even begin to word it. This family has no health insurance coverage. The need for help will reach far beyond his medical bills. This is a young family who's father is self employed. A account has been set up in his name ( Colten Newman), at Bank Northwest in Polo, 305 Main St. Polo, Missouri 64671 Telephone #660-354-2111.
In closing, we all receive and send emails to each other, often with a long pre-forwarding list of people we don't know. Words of encouragement that might have been the right message for someone. But, sometimes it takes more than just hitting the forward button. If what I could imagine for this family, it would be, that everyone that receives this email, would place one dollar in an envelope and mail it to the address above.
God's Moving in Cuba
Korina Rice, Angel Food Coordinator
Covenant Praise Church
Cuba, MO
Praise God! We had to 2 people accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour, and 3 Miraclous Healings, Cancer completely healed, an arm completely healed after being mangeled, broken back healed and no surgery. Praise God!
Holy Ghost Tent Revival!
Holy Ghost Tent Revival
Book of Acts Church
Pastor David Godat
Starts 7 p.m. nightly Sept 12 until God says it's over.
Route 21 just south of Route H in De Soto.
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Chronicles Christian Center
Men's Fellowship
BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
Professional Referee
Date: September 13, 2008 2008
Christian Basketball
Come out and see men fellowship on the basketball court. Did you know that your church could be participating in a Christian basketball game ? Come out and cheer your favorite team on.
It’s a competition but also a great way to fellowship
Date: September 13, 2008 2008
Start Time: 9:00 AM
Registration Fee: Team Registration $85.00
Registration Dateline: August 31 , 2008
You May Sponsor Your Own Team
Must be at least 14 years of age to register
Five men on a team plus sub
Hotdogs, Soda, Gatorade,Nachos and Etc. Will be Sold
CHRONICLES CHRISTIAN CENTER
8459 WABASH AVE @ EVERGREEN
BERKELEY, MISSOURI 63134
Minister Arlene B. McClendon
FOUNDER/PASTOR
To be a part of this Christian activity contact
Elder Kenneth W. McClendon
314.522.6138 or 314.960.9232
www.chronicleschristiancenter.org
irisingridarlene@aol.com
McCluer South-Berkeley High School
201 Brotherton Lane
South Florissant @ Brotherton
Our Angel Food Ministry reaches Iraq
Nancy Smith, Angel Food Coordinator
First Baptist Church
Carrollton, MO
This is such a great story about how Angel Food can reach around the world. I thought you might be interested in using it in one of you upcoming issues of the magazine. It sure did impress our Angel Foodworkers when she shared it with them on Saturday during distribution time.
One of the ladies who orders Angel Food each month just told me a true story about how our Angel Food ministry reached her nephew and his friends stationed in Iraq.
Each month she sends him a care package and includes the Angel Food magazine along with the tracts we put in them. He in turn shares those with his friends - many who never get any mail. After two of his friends read in that printed material how to accept Christ as their Lord and Savior, they came asking him if that was true and if they could become Christians too. He, being a Christian himself, said that was true, shared God's Word with them and they prayed the sinners prayer right then and there. Since those first two were saved a total of five have now become Christians with his witness and Angel Food. Five souls were saved around the world through Angel Food Ministries and YOU had a part.
What a wonderful witness Angel Food is to those in our community and around the world. That's what Angel Food is all about - one person helping another person as we share Jesus with our surrounding area
I couldn't keep the tears from flowing
By Monta Hedge
Maraduke Baptist Church
Maraduke, Ar
We had a wonderful D-day. We delivered 6 donated boxes to needy families in our community. Sunday morning four of the families were at church. Three beautiful souls came to know Jesus as their personal Savior!!!!! I couldn't keep the tears from flowing. Jesus is working through our church family.
Centennial Baptist Church
By Pastor Chris Atkinson
Centennial Baptist Church
Mexico, MO
I praise God for The Angel Food Ministry because it has given us a vehicle to reach out to the lost and unchurched of our city. We are able to touch people with the love and the Gospel of Christ, and this honors God. Our Church has been blessed by this ministry because it has funded our benevolent ministry to the community, provided food for local women's shelters, provided food for local Ministers fellowships, and it has brought our Church together as we have ministered in the name of the Lord. This is a wonderful ministry and I praise God for allowing us to be a part of this great work.
City council: No permit required for food program
By Peg McNichol ~ Southeast Missourian
After a lengthy public hearing, the Cape Girardeau City Council voted to skip the special permit process for Christ Church of the Heartland.
The church asked for the permit after the city investigated neighbors' complaints of a retail-style operation in their residential neighborhood. The church sells inexpensive groceries bought wholesale by the Georgia-based not-for-profit Angel Food Ministries. On Oct. 10, the planning and zoning commission told the church it should sell the groceries elsewhere.
As the council's 5 p.m. study session wrapped up, Mayor Jay Knudtson told council members they had three options for addressing the church's monthly grocery operation at its 720 Bertling St. location, which is zoned R-1 -- the strictest of the city's four levels of residential zoning.
He said they could vote to uphold the planning and zoning commission's unanimous decision to deny the church a special-use permit, or they could reject the commission's recommendation and approve the permit.
"I'm personally of the opinion, pending comment, there is no special-use permit required," he said.
Ward 1 Councilman John Voss, after saying he was disappointed with the church's pursuit of a five-fold expansion and its decision to construct a parking lot in an area once filled with woods, made the motion that no permit was required.
"It is a ministry," he said.
Councilman Matt Hopkins seconded the motion. The vote was made unanimous by Knudtson and councilwomen Debra Tracy and Loretta Schneider. Charlie Herbst and Marcia Ritter were absent from the meeting; both were out of town.