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VOL. XXXVI - - - No. 5 April 24, 2011

OVESTA EWS

Published monthly by: Novesta Church of Christ

2896 N. Cemetery Rd. Cass City, MI 48726

Phone: (989) 872-3658 or 872-1195

[email protected]

www.novestachurch.org

Brad Gniewek, Minister Brad Speirs, Minister

May Issue

GRADUATE SUNDAY AT NOVESTA On Sunday, May 22 we’ll be honoring our graduates with a breakfast at 8:30 a.m. in their honor as well as recognizing them during our morning worship service. We invite you to be here with us as we celebrate, encourage, and pray for our graduates as they move on to the next chapter in their lives. Below is the current list of our graduates for 2011:

Jesse Gomez, Jessica Gracey, Kendra Grady, Brooke Hartwick,

Charles Kester, Lauren Walther, Amber Warju, Tiffany Wilson

Commencement at Cass City is May 27 @ 7 p.m.; Caro is June 2nd; and Ubly is June 5 @ 1 p.m.

Congratulations Graduates!!!

“Outlive Your Life” Beginning May 1st

Starting next Sunday, we will kickoff Outlive

Your Life - a new church-wide study that will

encourage us to draw closer together in Christ

now to impact the generations to come. Minister and writer, Max Lucado, has devel-

oped a study that challenges us to discover how

we can outlive our lives, not just in heaven but

here on earth. His study states: We are created by a great God to do great works. He invites us to rock the world with hope and infiltrate all corners with God’s love and life. So how do we live in such a way that the world will be glad we did? All Sunday school classes, from high school on

up, will be going through a small group study,

followed by a worship service with a relating

message. So we invite you to find a class this

May as we begin the journey of change, to im-

pact our communities and the world.

A TRIBUTE TO MOTHER

Another Mother’s Day is here, Bringing joy and pleasures new, On this special day, Mother dear, I want to remember you. I cannot give you costly gifts And I’ve told you this before, No matter what I give to you, You give back much, much more. I’m giving you a pure, sweet rose, Gathered in the early morn, This rose you planted in my heart, The day that I was born. In kindly, loving thoughts of you, And with the faith you still impart, The rose I give to you today, Is the love that’s in my heart.

THOSE SERVING IN MAY

COMMUNION MEDITATION: 5/1 Russ Speirs 5/8 Rob Hartwick 5/15 Ray Peasley 5/22 Fred Hicks 5/29 Skip Speirs DEACONS: Dave Beckrow Garold Peasley Scott Hendrian Virgil Peters Gib Kern Steve Ross USHERS: Barry Brown Ed Nizzola Andy Gray Eddie Vogel Leonard Hawkins Ralph Zinnecker Gib Kern Mark Zmierski Craig Maurer A.M. NURSERY: 5/1 9:30 Marilyn Lester, Deb Deering 10:30 Judy Britt, Caren Guc 5/8 9:30 Kathy O’Dell, Becky Klinkman 10:30 Susie Hartwick, Robin Hendrian 5/15 9:30 Kristie Speirs, Jamie Peasley 10:30 Janie Kus, Karen Speirs 5/22 9:30 Carrie Luana, Ashley Patrick 10:30 Karissa Schrader, Karen Speirs 5/29 9:30 Carol Hicks, Linda Downing 10:30 Amy & Emily Peters 6/5 9:30 Marilyn Lester, Kathy O’Dell 10:30 Karen Speirs WORSHIP LEADERS: 5/1 Kristy Speirs/Band 5/8 Lauren Howard 5/15 Samantha Corrion-Barker 5/22 Fred Hicks 5/29 Sarah Zmierski SOUND SYSTEM: 5/1 Duane O’Dell 5/8 Scott Hendrian 5/15 Ken Peters 5/22 Brian Hicks 5/29 Dave Speirs POWER POINT: 5/1 Lyle Severance 5/8 Carol Hicks 5/15 Ron Kampo 5/22 JoEllen Bukoski 5/29 Eddie Vogel

COMMUNION PREPARATION & CLEAN UP: Gib & Pam Kern GREETERS: 5/1 9:30 (main) Chad & Cindy Pruitt (center) Scott & Robin Hendrian 10:30 (main) Bernie Wutzke (center) Ed & Marideth Nizzola 5/8 9:30 (main) Chris & Kim Summersett (center) Janie Kus & family 10:30 (main) Steve & Andrea Ross (center) Jean Schulz & Mary Lou Spencer 5/15 9:30 (main) Dave & Kathy Storey (center) Gib & Pam Kern 10:30 (main) Skip Speirs & Ron Kampo (center) Becky Howard & Donna Nye 5/22 9:30 (main) Dave & Robin Beckrow (center) Russ & Kristie Speirs 10:30 (main) Phil & Cindy Klaus (center) Barry & Kerry Brown 5/29 9:30 (main) Larry & Sherry Thick (center) Virgil & Amy Peters 10:30 (main) Keith Little & Ron Speirs (center) Ken & Patty Peters 6/5 9:30 (main) Harold & Joan Little (center) Duane & Kathy O’Dell 10:30 (main) Chuck & Kelli Hendrick (center) Vonda Kolb & Bernie Wutzke JUNIOR CHURCH: 5/1 Leaders: Jodie & Joe Helper: Kirsten Songs: Sharron Hartwick 5/8 Leaders: Dawn & Laura Helper: Kirsten Songs: Lauren 5/15 Leaders: Dawn & Laura Helper: H.S. girl Songs: Beth 5/22 Leaders: Jodie & Dawn Helper: H.S. girl Songs: Sharron 5/29 Leaders: Jodie & Dawn Helper: H.S. girl Songs: Sharron

Updates For Your Directory Whenever we have any changes in address, phone,

email, etc. we will put it in the Newsletter for you to ADD TO YOUR DIRECTORY .

Jamie & Caren Guc

New e-mail address: [email protected]

Gib & Pam Kern 483 E. Deckerville Road … Caro, MI 48723

Chad & Cindy Pruitt

New phones: Chad—989-891-7182 Cindy—989-891-7613

Cards & NotesCards & NotesCards & NotesCards & Notes

Hi, Everyone,

You sure made my day! I was just going out the door from

Frankenmuth to Saginaw for my hyper-baric and doctors appt.

on Thursday when the delivery person brought in the beautiful

plant. What a nice surprise! Thanks for all the prayers, cards

and calls. Will be great to be back to Novesta. Love,

Bill Britt

Dear Friends of Novesta Church of Christ,

Thank you so much for your support during this difficult

time. Thank you for the plant arrangement, your visits, your

phone calls and the many cards. I have the promise of seeing

her for all eternity. At least she’s not in pain and suffering any-

more.

Thank you for continued prayers for our family.

With Much Love,

Dave & Kathy Storey

Dear Church Family,

Thank you all so much for your prayers, cards, meals,

phone calls and transportation these past 6 months. Special

thanks to those who cleaned our home and helped with our

move back to Caro.

We are so thankful and grateful to our awesome church

family and to our amazing Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for

His healing! We are very blessed to have such a caring and

thoughtful church family. With Grateful Hearts,,

Gib & Pam Kern

PS: Pam is now back to work and doing well. Once again —

THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts!!!

To my church family,

I want to thank all of you for the prayers, visits, phone calls

and gifts while I was in the hospital and for the food when I got

home. The cards really helped to brighten my days and to keep

my spirits up. I am still working on all of the reading material.

In Christ’s Love,

Doris Hendrick

Novesta Church Family,

Thank you very much for your prayers and support. We

really appreciate the Pastors coming to visit and pray over Kas-

sie. She has been improving daily but still needs prayer for a

full recovery. It is times like this when it is great to have sup-

port. You have supplied this support and have made these

times easier. God is an awesome God and has moved in Kas-

sie’s life. Thanks again,

Aaron LaPonsie Family

Birthdays & Anniversaries

5/1 Ryan Herford 5/4 Ann Hartel 5/5 Jimmy Dennis 5/7 Robin Beckrow 5/7 Taylor Marshall 5/10 Andy Gray 5/10 (A) Stu & Brenda Venema 5/11 Keith Little 5/12 Ada Kilbourn 5/13 Leonard Hawkins 5/13 (A) Lyle & Heather Severance 5/13 (A) Tom & Sloane Stimpfel 5/16 (A) Ed & Sandy Nizzola 5/17 Hannah Dennis 5/17 Wanda Leboida Klauka 5/18 Jennifer Potts 5/18 (A) Gerald & Elsie Hicks 5/19 Taylor Brown 5/20 Elizabeth DeLuyck 5/20 (A) Virgil & Amy Peters 5/20 (A) Larry & Patty Miller 5/21 Jeff Healy 5/21 Katie Klaus 5/21 Judy Romzek 5/23 Brooke Hartwick 5/23 Stuart Venema 5/24 Brandon Hartwick 5/24 Brandon Speirs 5/24 (A) Tim & Jennifer Blehm 5/25 Betty Powell 5/26 Russ Speirs 5/27 Lauren Howard 5/27 Cindy Pruitt 5/27 Tiffany Pruitt 5/28 Joshua Brandel 5/28 Jonathan Potts 5/29 Kathy Storey 5/29 Jesse Gomez 5/29 (A) Jamie & Caren Guc 5/30 Bryce Bukoski 5/31 Virgil Peters

GRADUATION OPEN HOUSE

INVITATIONS

Amber Warju June 5 ~ 12:30-4:00 p.m. at church

Brooke Hartwick

June 11 ~ 1:00-5:00 p.m. at church

Kendra Grady June 11 ~ 2:00-6:00 p.m. at C.C. Gun Club

Jessica Gracey

June 12 ~ 1:00-5:00 p.m. at her home

Jesse Gomez June 25 ~ 11:00-3:00 p.m. at The Gardens at

Grice’s - 2560 Mertz Road (M-24) - Caro RSVP: Carrie 989-395-5399

or Allison 989-414-0737

Tiffany Wilson June 25 ~ 1:30-6:00 p.m. at church

A Mystery …

Who Could It Be Who could it be? When you think

you’ve figured out who the mystery

person is, ask them if you’re right.

Our last Mystery Person was

SUSIE HARTWICK

Here are the clues for this month’s mystery

person:

• I was a Tiger, then a Hawk, now part of

the Cardinal family.

• I have a wife, three children, dog and a

cat who are raising me and I attend

church myself for the most part.

• I don’t use salt & pepper but by the looks

of my hair you would think different.

Who Do You Think I Am???

FACTS & FIGURES

Average weekly attendance for the month of April 2011 (to date):

Bible School … 127 A.M. Worship …204

New Members in 2011: 10

Offering averages for April (to date):

Sunday Offerings……….…$3,778.22 (Budget per Sunday: $3,846)

BRICK Fund:

Balance: $49,071.42 ( Payment per month $1,206.75 )

Received this month for payments:

$1,503.00

OUR

MILITARY Scott Brownson - (Tom & Doris Stimpfel’s nephew) Andrew Caig - (Terry’s son) - in Iraq Justin Fischer - (Tom & Doris Stimpfel’s nephew) - in Japan Blain Gniewek - Brad’s brother Brad Hartel - (Jeff & Ann’s son) John Kiehl - (Brenda Miller’s brother) Toby Kilbourn - (Jim’s son) Ben Knoblet - (Tim Knoblet's nephew) Tom Kolb - (Vonda’s son) Tommy Kolb - (Vonda’s grandson) Lester Maurer - (Gloria Maurer's son) Jamie Parrish - (Kristie Speirs’ brother, Betty Stilson’s grandson) - serving in Iraq Matt Peck - Mark’s son Ashleigh Rabideau - (Robin Beckrow’s niece) - in Qatar Ryan Reid - (Jeff Hartel’s nephew) Julie Roche - Air Force (Doctor in training) Chris Skiles - North Carolina Karl Stuckey - (Mittlestat’s nephew) Jacques Weilbach - (Jacques & Marsha’s son) Marius Weilbach - (Jacques & Marsha’s son)

FAMILY GAME NIGHT

May 20 ~ 6:30 p.m.

This will be our last party until fall so

plan to come join us for the fun, food, and

fellowship. We eat at 6:30 (bring a dish to pass

to pass if you are able) and then we start

playing games. Most play Euchre but we also

have others games going on if you’d like to play

something else. We had a good turn out last

month and had a lot of fun. We hope to see you

May 20th.

V.B.S.

June 13-16

Later this month we’ll be looking for vol-unteers to help make this year’s VBS the best ever @ Novesta. We’ll need lots of energetic folks to team up with us to make this week a special and lasting memory for our kids to realize that Jesus is Amazing! Be watching the bulletins and announce-ments for more information.

With Deepest SympathyWith Deepest SympathyWith Deepest SympathyWith Deepest Sympathy

We extend our most heartfelt sympathy...

...to Kathy & David Storey on the pass-

ing of her mother, Marlys Loose, on

March 28. Please keep this family in prayer as they

mourn the loss of their

loved one.

Due to the generous donations

from the Boy Scout Food Drive,

we will forgo the Pantry Sunday

this month. Watch the bulletin

for a notice of things we are get-

ting low on. Thank you ALL for

your thoughtfulness in donating food.

Lunch Bunch OutingLunch Bunch OutingLunch Bunch OutingLunch Bunch Outing “Plant Farm Tour”

TUESDAY, MAY 24 ~ 8:30 A.M.

Plan to meet at the church and we’ll head off to the plant farms. We sure have had fun doing this in the past and we expect to have a great day this time also. We’ll either go to west to Bay City or south to Marlette and North Branch. And of course, we’ll find a place to have lunch. Come join us in a day of fun and fellowship. Sign up so we know how many to plan on.

We need some willing hands to do the trim-ming around our church yard for the sum-mer. It’s probably about 1 hour per week and the equipment and gas are provided. If you would like to be part of a group or would like to lead a group to do this job, please let the church office know.

Haiti Mission Team

Fund Raiser Opportunities

Saturday, April 30

BOTTLE / CAN DRIVE We will be getting together at the

Cass City park near the Fire Dept. to

walk the community and collect bot-

tles and cans. All are welcome to

come out and join us as we go door to

door and meet the people in our

neighborhoods while raising money to

do ministry in Haiti.

Sunday, May 15

SPAGHETTI LUNCHEON

Our Haiti Mission Team will be

hosting a free-will Spaghetti

Luncheon following the morning

services. This will be the last

fundraiser of the year for the

Haiti team, so please come out

with family and friends to give your support as

we make one last push toward the finish line of

financing this mission trip.

SAGINAW SOUP KITCHEN May 20 ~ 8:50 a.m.

Sign up on the bulletin board in

the middle hallway if you’d like to help.

PRAYER

MINISTRY

SPEAKS “It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth

nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are

spirit and they are life.” John 6:63 KJ

Spend time in prayer and please make these your prayer requests for May 2011:

• Pray for us to find forgiveness toward our brothers and

sisters, which allows our father to show His mercy upon us in a multitude of tender mercies. Psalm 51:1

• Pray for us to thank God for He has delivered us from the Power of Darkness. Colossians 1:13

• Pray for us to believe what we read. For God’s kingdom not only includes heaven but earth. His authority has been given to us. We should enjoy His kingdom. Matthew 28:18

• Pray for us all to pray to our Father daily. For us to read and understand God’s given new Covenant in the Book of Hebrews (chapter 8)

• Pray for us to keep in mind what our God hath said about the foolish things of the world. I Corinthians 1:27

• Pray for us to always have great joy when we fall into temptations (trials). James 1:2-3

• Pray for us to remember the words to the brothers, how that not many were wise by human standards, not many were influential, not many were of noble birth. I Corinthians 1:26 NIV

Remember,

Guardian Angels, This is our church family, we should all pray

every day for all of God’s children,

be faithful in your prayers.

Community Prayer Topic: Pray for our community to believe that faith without works is dead in itself alone. Just having them realize, you must

have works for your faith to work.

A special note from me to you: Knowing the term to bless is to empower one to prosper. To prosper means to excel in something that is desirable as well as good. We’ve been given a blessing through Abraham for we are his seed. This is the covenant that our God entered into for us.

Smile, Jesus Loves You and So Do ISmile, Jesus Loves You and So Do ISmile, Jesus Loves You and So Do ISmile, Jesus Loves You and So Do I Bernie Wutzke

LONG TERM

PRAYER LIST

**Member ** Lee Nicol - (Irene's son) ** Roy Evans - heart issues Heather Fisher - seizures (Eric & Wendy’s daughter) Chris Klco - (Amy Peters' brother) updates on www.chrisklco.com Quinton Simpson - in a coma (Dena Anderson's nephew) Carol Hartman - awaiting heart transplant (friend of Pat McIntosh) Shirley Zellar - (Pat McIntosh’s mother) Lester O’Dell - Emphazema Andrew Teller - cancer (Lena Teller’s grandson) Don Buehrly - Tendercare Wally Wojtaszke - cancer (Ann Hartel contact person) Lynn Fish - (Carolyn Mittlestat’s father) Katherine Groulx - cancer (Grace Nellett’s sister-in- law) **Tim Blehm - hearing loss Wendy Lester - cancer Harland Lounsbury - stroke (Pat McIntosh contact) Lisa Starr - brain tumor (Nev’s cousin) Melissa Bills - cancer (friend of Pat McIntosh & Randee Speirs) Garrett Roberts’ mother & brother - cancer Families in our church & community without work Ashley Patrick’s mother Aneita Denhoff - Carrie Gilley’s mother Elmer Louis - Doris Hendrick’s brother Harland Tuckey - (Doris Hendrick contact person) Anthony Opiola - chronic asthma Les Auten, III - on dialysis **Heather Roberts - continued healing of MS ATTENTION: If you know any of these on this list that are well and can be eliminated from it, please let the church office know.

YOUR ELDERS MEET

The next elders meeting will be this Wednesday,

April 27 at 7:00 p.m. Their May meeting will be

on the 25th. If you have any praises or concerns,

feel free to share them with any elder or minister.

LOON’S GAME Calling all baseball fans!! A “homerun” event is on the books!! So grab your glove and mark your calendar for Sunday, May 22nd at 2:05 p.m. as a date you don’t want to forget! Sign up today!

To All Novesta Ladies! You are cordially invited to a baby

shower for Samantha Corrion-Barker!

Join us for a 10 a.m. brunch at the church on June 4th, 2011 as we

celebrate this joyous, life-changing journey for the new parents-to-be!

Love and prayers to both Joe and Samantha! (The couple is registered at Babies ‘R Us & Wal-Mart)

CHRISTIAN ROCK EVENT

A FREE Christian Rock Event is in the

works for June 18th at 6pm here at the

church. It will feature the band,

"Chosen," as well as our own Novesta

group. We are also looking to secure one

other group to make the night

GREAT! There will be free hotdogs,

snacks and water. If you love Jesus and

you like to 'Live Life Loud' this night is

for you!

BIBLE BOWL NEWS Our Bible Bowl team is leaving this Friday for the annual Round Lake Retreat in Ohio. Please keep the team in your prayers as they study the book of Genesis. The team will finish up their regular season on May 7th in Lansing.

Our BEGINNER BIBLE BOWL teams had a great sea-son that wrapped up this month. Overall the team finished in 5th place for the year. Congrats to all of our kids that did a tremendous job of studying hard and playing well as a team. For the year, all of our kids finished in the top 25 on the test, and Josh Brandel finished 1st place on the test for April. Congrats to CarLee Stimpfel, Josh Brandel, Caitlyn Maurer, Hailey Beckrow, & Logan Severance on a great year! Many thanks to Sharron Hartwick, Ann Roche, Clem & Sally Koepf, and Donella Peasley for the hours of prac-tice time and study that you put in with our kids. Thanks also to the parents for getting the kids to practice and for your great participation in attending the round robins. We look forward to another fun year starting in the fall!

GOLF OUTING

Tuesday May 24th, we’ll be hosting a golf scramble

at a location to be determined. Please plan on join-

ing us for a fun night of golf and laughter. You

don’t have to be a great golfer, just a willing par-

ticipant. If you have any ques-

tions, please talk to Brad Speirs.

We’ll be posting the location and

time later in the month in the bul-

letins and during announcements.

After Prom Party ~ May 7-8

Once again this year our church will be hosting an ‘After

Prom’ party as an alternative for Cass City kids to avoid the

dangers and pressures of other parties and activities. We’ll

be hosting an all-night party with tons of food, fun games,

and great give-a-ways on May 7-8. We are currently look-

ing for volunteers to help make this year’s party special. If

you are interested in helping out and can stay up late or

really, really early : ) , we’d love to have you join the team.

Please let Brad Speirs know as soon as possible that you’ll

be available and please also keep this event in your prayers.

Church Camp Check out the board in the mid-dle hallway for registration in-formation and sign-up your kids for a week that will change their lives forever. As Parents, our choices and priorities make a huge difference in who our kids become… choose wisely as you fill up your summer calendars!

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

“Outlive Your Life” Series

begins

2

Prayer Time 10:00 a.m.

3

Ladies Bible Study—10 a.m.

Men’s Bible

Study—7 p.m.

4

Bible Bowl 3:30 p.m.

5 6 7

Bible Bowl Round Robin

After Prom

Party

8

Mother’s Day

9


10


Men’s Bible

Study—7 p.m.

11


12

Mission Ministry Meeting—7 p.m.

13

Gym reserved 1:00-3:00 p.m.

14

15

Spaghetti Dinner after church

Sponsored by the Haiti Mission

Team

16


17


Men’s Bible

Study—7 p.m.

18


19 20 Soup Kitchen

8:50 a.m.

Family Game Night—6:30 pm

Auditorium reserved for

rehearsal

21

Church reserved for wedding

22

Graduate Breakfast 8:30 a.m.

Loons Game

2:05 p.m.

23


24 Lunch Bunch

8:30 a.m.


Men’s Bible

Study—7 p.m.

Golf Outing

25


Elders Meeting

7:00 p.m.

26 27

C.C.H.S. Commencement

7:00 p.m.

28

29 30

Memorial Day

31


Men’s Bible

Study—7 p.m.

SUNDAY SCHEDULE

9:30-10:15 a.m.

Bible School

10:30 a.m. Worship

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