August 2006

ne Parson’s Opinion

I wish to thank Ginger LeBlanc for her truly well-done job as VBS Director this year. She and her staff (below are the names of the helpers) did a good job presenting the gospel of Jesus Christ. We had the largest attendance we have had in the three years I have been here as pastor.

• Decorations: Gloria Cobb, Theresa, Nicole, Kylee & Kara Martens


• Bible Study Teachers (Navigators & Trailblazers):
  
  
  • 4-5 year olds: Shanna Rockwell, Kellie Howell, Carlee Dunn
  
  
  • 1st-2nd grades: Susan Lyons, Leni Sutton, Emily Lutz, Kara Martens
  
  
  • 3rd-4th grades: Karen Ammon, Theresa Martens, Kevin Howell
  
  
  • 5th-6th grades: Gene Washburne, Bambi Mayo
  
  
• Nursery: Sally Teston, Ashley Mascoto


• Music: Christa Dunn, Kara Martens, Casey Howell


• Snacks & Lunches: Kim Lutz, Candy Washburne


• Crafts: Melissa Powell


• Recreation: Jake Mayo, Dillon Rockwell, Mark Monson


• Photography: Candy Washburne


• Library Resources: Earlena Barbee

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July 2006

ne Parson’s Opinion

Winston Churchill, in his “Scaffolding of Rhetoric,” notes that an abstract idea goes in one ear and out the other. Concepts have to be turned into the concrete before they can be understood and remembered.

I believe this is why Jesus told parables. He wanted to make spiritual truth, which sometimes seems abstract, concrete and understandable.

Let’s take one of those parables and see the “master teacher” at work.

In Luke 15 there are three parables. The most famous one is the prodigal son. But let’s look to the early part of the chapter when Jesus tells the parable of the lost sheep.

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