EMMETT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
April 2022
Discover Christ's Transforming Love
126 S. Hayes Ave. Emmett, Idaho 83617
Lance Zagaris, Pastor
Pam Hodges, Worship Director
A Word From the Pastor
Dearly Beloved,
I read the article below from John Piper and his Desiring God ministry and wanted to share it with you on the value and importance of multiple people praying for needs and praying together in the same place. I also share it because I shared the same verses, 2 Cor. 1:8-11, with Patty Chapman when I spoke with her by phone after her shoulder surgery. She told me that her oxygen level was plummeting to the mid 60's and low 70's when she was trying to walk. In addition, her heart rate would race into the 150s. She felt like she was going to die. So I shared these verses with her and prayed with her. She said she needed to hear these verses. I updated the prayer chain. The nurses taught her how to breath when this happens. The Lord has worked through our prayers and the medical field to strengthen her so she is home now. We can rejoice in the Lord's goodness together! I encourage you to join us on Wednesday 7pm for prayer.
Shepherding you in Jesus' Love!
Lance
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Interview with John Piper
Founder & Teacher, desiringGod.org
Audio Transcript
When you pray, Jesus said, get by yourself, go into your room, shut the door, “and pray to your Father who is in secret” (Matthew 6:6). Sounds pretty straightforward. So we just pray alone, right? Wrong. We don’t pray only in secret; we pray together — something we see all over the book of Acts, for example (in texts like Acts 2:42; 4:31; 12:12; 13:3; and 20:36, to name a few). So, why do we pray together and not just alone? What’s added when we pray together? And what’s lost when we pray only by ourselves?
In 1981, Pastor John took up this question in a sermon on 2 Corinthians 1:8–11. There, Paul writes this testimony of his agonies:
We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead. He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.
And then Paul makes this request in verse 11, which is a little complex, so listen carefully: “You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.” Here’s Pastor John.
That’s a hard verse. I noticed Glen this morning had trouble reading verse 11, just like I did. He had to stop and make sure he had it just right because it’s a very complex sentence. I had to read verse 11 again and again, and I could not get the gist of verse 11 until I drew it on paper.
Line of Prayer
Now, follow with me the line of prayer. Keep one eye on the text, one eye on the line, and both ears on me.
The line of prayer begins with Paul, and he feels a need. That’s where prayer begins. His need was probably, “Oh, how I need to rely on God more. Oh, how I need to trust God for deliverance from all my adversaries more.” So what does he do? He sends out a line of prayer, “Help me,” horizontally to the Corinthians. “Help me by prayer.” And that’s stage one in the line of prayer.
Then the line of prayer curves up through the heart of the Corinthians as they hear the plea, and they look up to God and pray that God will, in fact, answer their prayers for Paul’s deliverance and for his faith. That’s stage two: the prayers of the Corinthians heading up to God.
Then the line of prayer enters the heart of God, who is there listening, waiting for the prayers of his people. And in response to the prayers of the many Corinthians, God sends down a gift — or a “blessing,” as the text says — to Paul. What blessing? Greater faith in God, greater dependence on him alone, and deliverance from his adversaries. That’s stage three in the line of prayer.
Now, just as many people heard the plea of Paul to help through prayer, so many people now see the answer to the prayers as they look. “Look: Paul got out. He got out of the Philippian jail. He got away from Ephesus. He made it all the way through Berea and Thessalonica. He’s coming down here to us. He’s going to make it all the way to Jerusalem with that money. He may make it to Rome, to the ends of the earth, and preach to the emperor. Praise God!” And that’s line four.
They see the answer to prayer, and that curves up through their heart in praises and thanksgiving, through many people, back to God. And that’s stage five in the line of prayer. And that’s where the text stops.
Spiraling Delight
But I think there is something implied in the text that’s not explicit, that is just a choice truth that I don’t want to leave out. Namely, if Paul chose to motivate the Corinthians to pray for him by pointing out that it would abound in many thanksgivings to God, then it must be a great delight to Paul to think about God getting so many thanks. And if it’s a great delight to Paul to see God being thanked, then that little dotted line that comes down from God is joy coming back into the heart of Paul as he sees God being thanked in response to the answer to many prayers. So that’s stage six that I’ve added.
In fact, I could go on adding stage seven, because God gets delight in Paul’s delight, and Paul gets delight in God’s delight in his delight. It’s just a great spiral on up into infinite joy someday, when there’s no more sin to clutter up that spiral. That’s the line of prayer.
Let me sum it up just briefly. Paul has a great need, and he feels it. He knows he’s coming into adversity. He said in Acts 20:23, “The Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonments and afflictions await me.” He needs help. “Help me, Corinthians.”
They hear the word, responding, “God, help Paul.” God looks down, “I hear the prayer. Here’s the help, Paul.” Paul is helped. He’s delivered. He’s free. He’s preaching. He’s full of faith. Who sees it? Lots of people see it. What do they do? Praise God. God has responded to our prayers, and the thanks go back to God, and he’s glorified. That’s the line of prayer. That’s what ought to be happening in this church again and again and again.
Many Prayers, Many Thanks
There are more lessons in this than I can begin to say this morning, but I want to mention two — two lessons from the line of prayer. The first is this. If you’re like me, you’ve probably asked yourself why it is that corporate prayer is important. Why pray in groups? Why pray publicly? Why not just close the door, like Jesus said — we should many times — and pray alone?
Why does Paul not simply pray, “God, save me from the enemies; God, fill me with faith” — and not write letters and tell other people to pray for him? Doesn’t he think God can answer his prayer? Is he lacking in faith? Are we weak in faith when we ask many people to pray for something?
That’s the kind of question I came to this text with, and I think the text gives a tremendous answer to why corporate and public prayer is so important. Why might God be more inclined to answer the prayers of many rather than the prayers of one? That’s my question.
And I think the answer begins like this: according to our text, the thing that’s different when many people pray — notice “the prayers of many” — is that the stage is being set for lots and lots and lots of thanks. The more people that are earnestly praying for some blessing from God, the more thanksgiving will ascend to God when that blessing comes.
Paul’s argument is very simply this: “You must help me by prayer so that many will give thanks when the prayers of many are answered.” The reason for praying at all is so God might be thanked when blessings come, and God loves to be thanked. God loves to be thanked. That’s the basic premise here for why this prayer becomes so effective. He loves to be acknowledged and praised as the giver of all good gifts.
Therefore, when we urge, when I urge you to pray for some need — four hundred people, say — I’m creating a situation in which the provision of that need will result in many, many, many thanksgivings, more than if each of us was praying privately.
“God loves to be thanked by many, and therefore, there is a power in church-wide prayer.”
And therefore, we tap into a tremendous incentive on God’s part, because God loves to glorify himself by doing what he must do to get as many thanks as possible, and that means answering the prayers of many people. God loves to be thanked by many, and therefore, there is a power in church-wide prayer because the more people there are praying for the spiritual life of our church, the more thanksgiving will ascend when God gives it.
Seeking Blessing Together
Now, the same reasoning that comes straight out of 2 Corinthians 1:11 also shows that we should not only pray in large numbers, but that we should get together in groups to pray. I’ll try to show you how that follows.
Picture two possibilities. One would be a dozen people, privately in their homes, praying for the release of Paul, say, from jail in Philippi. They pray. God answers and delivers Paul. They get word of it. They give thanks. God is honored. Great!
But suppose that those dozen or so people met together in a group, in a room, in a living room there in Philippi, just like the saints did in Acts 12 to pray for Peter’s release when he was in jail. Suppose they got together and prayed, and the fervor of each other’s prayer kindled each other’s fervor up to God. God released Paul miraculously through this earthquake, and they hear about it.
“When you and I experience a blessing that we’ve asked for together, your thanksgiving deepens and heightens mine.”
Then what would happen? The praises and the thanks would ascend, and is it not human nature — see if this isn’t true to your own experience — to feel gratitude more intensely when somebody you love is sharing the experience with you? Is that not human nature to feel the joy of gratitude more intensely when someone you love is feeling it together with you?
When you and I experience a blessing that we’ve asked for together, your thanksgiving deepens and heightens my thanksgiving, because it works like this: When the answer comes, I see the blessing coming from God. I see it, and I’m glad. I rejoice. But then I look down, and I see it reflected and magnified in all your faces, and my joy, therefore, is compounded, and my thanksgiving is greater. And God loves heightened and deepened thanksgiving, and therefore, he wants us to meet in groups to pray.
Therefore, we are setting ourselves up for tremendous spiritual blessing in this church when we gather in groups to seek God’s blessing on our church.
John Piper (@JohnPiper) is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is author of more than 50 books, including Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist and most recently Providence.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT - DRAW NEAR TO GOD IN PRAYER
Come join in prayer on Wednesdays at 7pm in the FBC Fellowship Hall.
Sabina Movie
FBC partnered with the Frontier Cinema to host the movie Sabina. This movie was provided free of cost by the Voice of the Martyrs (VOM). Approximately 185 attended the two shows and $426.75 in donations was collected for VOM. A collection was also taken for the Ukraine Crisis which resulted in $476!
The Sabina Movie has an inspiring, real life illustration of forgiving your enemy! If you did not get to see the movie, or want to see it again, FBC does have a DVD of it that can be shared. Contact Lance or the church office if you would like to borrow it.
IF
And walked along with Him.
When came the day that he must give
His life for all man's sin -
Could I have looked on Him?
Could I have watched them drive the nails
Into His hands and feet?
Or would I have had to run and hide
Until it was complete?
Could I have looked upon the Cross
Where Christ, my Lord, was hung?
Could I have bathed His wounded side,
Or would I again have run?
But even now the nails are driven
Into His hands anew,
Each time we see His work to do
And fail to see it through.
Each time we hear a cry for help
And turn our ears away,
I wonder if we're not the ones
That are driving nails today.
So, let us start anew this day
And strive to help each one,
That Jesus sends along our way
So when our life on earth is done
Our precious Lord can truly say,
"Come Home, my child, Well done!"
APRIL 23 & 24, 2022 - BOISE HARVEST With Greg Laurie
WHAT IS HARVEST?
YOU ARE ON THIS EARTH FOR A REASON!
Have you ever questioned your purpose, how to find real happiness, or wondered if there is life after death? Boise Harvest is FREE for everyone! Join people from across the Valley for two wonderful nights full of musical performances by top Christian artists, special guest interviews, and a message of hope from Pastor Greg Laurie that could change your life.
Find more information at Boise Harvest 2022.
The Daily Necessity of Forgiveness
by Greg Laurie (click on picture for more)
Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. —Ephesians 4:32
We need forgiveness every day because we sin every day. Maybe you’re thinking, “I don’t know that I really sinned today.”
Well, can you think of a single impure thought you had? Did you lose your temper even once? The Bible tells us, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us” (1 John 1:8 NKJV).
The passage goes on to say, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (verse 9 NKJV).
In what we often call the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus taught us to pray, “Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us” (Luke 11:3–4 NKJV).
Jesus was saying that we not only should pray for our daily bread, but we should be praying for and extending forgiveness every day. God wants us to forgive others.
Maybe someone has bullied you on social media or insulted you. Maybe someone has hurt you, and you’re thinking, “This person did something so horrible that I can’t forgive them. Ever.”
I like what C. S. Lewis said about this: “Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea until they have something to forgive.” It’s a great concept until it’s time for us to forgive someone who we think doesn’t deserve it.
So, let’s just concede that point and say they don’t deserve it. But hold on. Do you deserve forgiveness?
You don’t, yet God gave it to you. So why would you not extend it to another person as well? The Bible says, “Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you” (Ephesians 4:32 NLT).
God wants us to ask for forgiveness—and extend it to others as well.
FAITH EITHER REMOVES MOUNTAINS OR TUNNELS THROUGH
National Day of Prayer - May 5
National Day of Prayer is May 5, 2022 at 6:30 pm at the City Park Bandshell.
If poor weather, we will meet at Heritage Christian Church, 115 N. Hayes Ave.
Little Things
May think itself too small;
Yet, somewhere, a thirsty flower
Awaits its fall.
One little word, unspoken,
May seem too small to say;
But somewhere, for that one word,
A heart may pray.
~Helen Thomas Allison
Thank you!
Jim Foster, Phil Bearry, Dave Goff and Wayne Rexford have been busy around the church. Motion lights were donated and the men worked together to install and fine tune them!
Jim and Wayne have worked on some fixes with the sprinkler system to make sure the sprinklers were ready to go. Jim F. installed new sprinkler heads and fine-tuned them to ensure adequate coverage. And of course we can't leave Lance out as well who has not qualms about climbing on the roof to check on/fix drainage issues, help clean gutters or whatever needs to be done.
This is just an example of the many things these men do for our church building and grounds maintenance. Their skills, talents and time is truly appreciated!!!
Francis Granger
Frances Granger, a long time Emmett resident and member of the First Baptist Church (FBC) of Emmett passed away on March 14, 2022. Frances was born 92 years earlier to the day on March 14 of 1930. Leave it to Frances to time it so specifically!
Unfortunately, I was unable to get her to do an interview with me. However, thanks to Jim Foster, I got my hands on a video recording where Frances shared a lot of her story. I am going to try to capture some of what she shared on the video, in addition to tidbits from those at our church who knew and loved her.
Frances and her husband, Harry, became members of FBC in 1962. Then re-entered membership in 2013 after their retirement in 1999. As with most Pastor’s wives, Frances may not have been writing or giving the sermons, but from what was shared at her services, she was very supportive and served as a sounding board for her husband, Harry. Frances was very involved in the Baptist Womens’ ministries, locally and globally. She served on many committees, boards and sang in the choir at FBC. Whether as a Pastor’s wife or a general parishioner, friend or role model, Frances touched many lives at FBC.
While I did not attend FBC when Frances and Harry were here initially, seeing them in the pew beside me on Sundays after they re-entered membership was always special as I had heard so much about them. However, it was an unplanned occurrence that enabled me to get to know Frances. I just happened to take my dad to the Sr. Center for lunch one day and we were invited to sit at the table with Harry, Frances and Coleen (their caretaker). It was then that I had an opportunity to talk with Frances. Because she was my dad’s age, it enabled us to relate on some level and our conversation evolved. And of course, since I was the church secretary it created another topic of discussion. This was the first time I had the opportunity to talk with Frances, and while she struck me as a straight-shooter, I could tell she had a heart of gold and humorous side as well. From that point on, whenever she called or came by the church, I felt honored when she would ask for me, or share with me how she was doing. She always wanted to make sure I was going to get her a newsletter. She was so easy to talk to and would listen when I shared memories about my mom … I could relate to her due to health issues my mom went through. Although not knowing her long, or near as well as most, I felt an immediate bond to her.
Mae Blaylock described Frances as always being a good friend. Mae attended Bible studies with Frances and Harry. A favorite study Mae remembers doing with Frances and Harry was going through the Bible in a year. The Blaylock and Granger boys grew up together and Mae recalled when they would go pick cherries every year to earn money for schoolbooks. She commented that the ones at the top were always the best but sometimes the birds would get to them first. Mae commented that Frances was a good partner for Harry. Frances had a dry sense of humor. One time Mae was talking to Frances about being a preacher’s wife and Mae joking, said “you don’t act like a preacher’s wife”. When Mae recently attended Frances’ last birthday celebration, Frances brought that statement up and they laughed again about it. Mae was surprised that she still remembered the comment.
Dorothy Pearce, another of Frances’ close friends remembers that Frances never seemed to miss a meeting. Frances regularly went to Dorothy’s house to get her hair permed. Frances, Freida Knepper and Pat Scott would help Dorothy stuff bulletins. Dorothy commented that although it is hard to lose Frances, she knows she wouldn’t want to be without Harry.
Jim Foster described both Frances and Harry as very good people and very down to earth. He remembers Frances being heavily involved in all things with the church; always wanting to know what needed to be done and help. She was often working at the church with Harry - it was the two of them doing the job. Jim remembers a conversation he was having with Frances and Harry where they were discussing some road construction by the Black Canyon Dam. He and Frances were going back and forth about which “dam road” was being worked on, and having a great laugh with the conversation until Harry finally said “that's enough you two”.
After Harry passed away, Jim would often stop in and see Frances; taking her a flower for special occasions. Jim was invited to an early birthday celebration in which after being there awhile realized he was only one of two guests. Frances often referred to him as her extra son which made him feel special.
Based on the video Frances did, she was raised on a farm as a middle child, with 3 siblings. She tells of when she was about 3 years old and wanted to pick cotton. Cotton balls are sharp and will poke your fingers. She didn’t think she picked very much. When she about 5, they moved to a big house that was told to be haunted.
They moved to a small little “playhouse” and her dad went to CA to find work. When he returned, he had a job with GM and was ready to take family to CA. Frances and her brother were excited and ready to go but her mom was a little hesitant. They did move to Southgate, CA in 1937 when was 7 years old. New experience, lots of people.
After about 2 years in CA, her parents went through a divorce. Dad sent her and her brother and younger sister back to Arkansas for summer to stay with his parents. Frances was able to read several letters from her dad to his parents June through Oct. Her dad really wanted the kids, and the court awarded all 4 kids to him. They went back to CA on a train and her dad had found a family that took in boarders, and they lived there. The family they lived with had 3 girls, so altogether that made 5 little girls. Their mother treated them just like they were part of the family, doing chores and all. For Christmas, each of the 5 girls had a doll and their mother had made doll clothes for each of the dolls. Frances remembered a suitcase full of doll clothes. As she thought about it, Frances said she felt that was really something that that lady took care of 5 little girls and sewed for them, etc.
Frances admitted that she was a little embarrassed to have her parents be divorced because in those days it wasn’t that common. In CA at that time, you had to be divorced 1 year before getting remarried. Frances was not sure how long it had been when her dad remarried, but she was glad that she liked her new stepmother, Alma. She was good to them, and Frances liked her, and stated, “she just became my mother”.
In school, Frances was always younger than most the kids in the class, yet in 4th grade, they moved her up to 5th grade. Then someone decided she was too young to be in 5th grade and moved her back to 4th grade… which she got all A’s.
Frances remembered that in 7th grade they announced over the P.A. system in school that President Roosevelt had declared war. Being in southern California at the time it was very scary. She remembered hearing guns fire in what might have been the Long Beach area. There were black out nights and things were rationed. Although food was rationed, they still seemed to have enough. Her dad lost everything during the depression, including his business trucking cattle from St. Louis to Arkansas, so they moved.
They moved to Lynwood and her folks started going to church at the 2nd Brethren church in LA. That was a time when gas was rationed so they didn’t always have enough gas to go to LA, so they were able to ride a bus. The whole family went to church when they could. At 11 years old Frances accepted Christ and was baptized. At that time the whole family was baptized. At the Brethren Church they baptized forward 3 times and was dunked instead of baptized.
When Frances was in Jr. High, since they didn’t own their home, an army officer wanted to buy their house, so they had to move. They had a house built in Bellflower and while it was being built, they lived in a store building for 2 months and had to share a bathroom with a family renting a house behind them. She rode a train to Lynwood to finish through 10th grade with her class. She appreciated her daddy for providing money to buy tickets to ride the train and finish with her class. She finished 11th & 12th grades at a Excelcior Union High school in 1947.
After graduating High School, she thought she would spend her time sleeping and doing nothing, but a friend helped her get a job at Pacific Mutual Insurance Company in L.A. doing filing, so she went to work at her first job. In the fall, she started school at the Bible Institute in LA where she had lots of friends and met a lot of people. And of course, that is where she met Harry. She explained that the only place they could go on a Saturday night was the Youth for Christ meeting and as they were outside visiting, Harry asked one of her girlfriends to go on a ride on his motorcycle. The girl had eyes for someone else, so she suggested Harry take Frances. So when he asked her, although she wasn’t supposed to go, she said “sure!”. They snuck around the building where they couldn’t be spotted and he told her to hold on tight, without telling her there were handles to hold onto. They had a nice ride, around a lake, and returned about the time they were supposed to get out of the Youth for Christ meeting, and she just melded in with them. Since then she teased him about telling her to hang on and she would say she had been hanging on tight for the rest of her life.
This was not the only time Frances didn’t always do what she was supposed to do. There were rules at Bible college. For example the girls had to sign out when they left their room. Frances admitted that once in a while she didn’t do it just because she was supposed to. Another rule was that boys and girls were not allowed to hold hands and had to sit 18” apart from each other. One couple had been expelled for holding hands! One day Frances and Harry were sitting on the couch and the Assistant Dean came by and warned them about sitting too close. Harry told her that if she measured from his shoulder to Frances’ outside shoulder, it would be 18”.
Since they didn’t have money to go anywhere, so they took a lot of walks. In January of 1948 Harry proposed. Since he was not 21, he had to get his parent’s consent. When he asked for their permission, they said no. So just before graduation, the parents were coming down for graduation and Harry got sick and was in the infirmary. Frances had to call them and tell them. The next day, Frances and Harry’s parents ended up on elevator together and while intimidated due to them saying no, she introduced herself to them. Although Harry couldn’t attend the graduation, Frances and his parents went. His name was not called which made his dad angry. Frances was called to the office and asked to try to calm Harry’s dad down and she refused stating she was angry about it also. After that, Harry’s parents did sign to let them get married.
On July 25, 1948, they were married and the next day they left for Idaho and ultimately transferred to Bend, Oregon. In 1954, Frances and Harry were in a terrible car accident, which Harry was not expected to survive, but by the Lord’s grace he did survive. However, he couldn’t go back to work, so they moved back to CA where Harry finished college and became an ordained minister and Frances became a Pastor’s wife. She accepted that a Preacher’s wife is what she was supposed to be. They had 2 sons, 2 Daughters-in-laws, grandkids and great-grandkids and lived happily ever after.
Frances explained that she had a wonderful life, but that she intended to live until she was 93. Maybe because she wanted to live longer than her dad did. (Frances’ grandson relayed a wonderful story for her memorial service about his discussions with her about this magical age and how she later changed it.)
Frances obituary tells more about Frances and can be viewed at the Potter’s Funeral home website (https://www.potterchapel.com/obituary/Frances-Granger)
Summer Camp
CATHEDRAL PINES CAMP
May 28-30 - Spring ACTS Weekend
Spring service weekend for all ages
June 10-12 - ABW Women's Spring Gathering
Ladies annual fellowship gathering
July 24-29 - Teen Camp
Summer program for 6-12th graders
July 31-Aug 4 - Kids Camp
Summer program for 3-6th graders
https://www.cathedralpines.org/events
SHILOH BIBLE CAMP
June 14 - June 17 - Timothy Training
Each year, Shiloh hosts a Timothy training and retreat for those Timothy's who have completed the Timothy program. The Timothy program is designed for those between 12 and 18. Register HERE for this camp.
June 21 - 25, 2021 - Explorers Camp #1
Our Explorers Camp is designed for those campers between 10 and 12 years old. Come join us for some outdoor adventure, team building activities, traditional and non traditional sports, indoor crafts, and of course, some awesome worship and chapels.
Register HERE for this camp.
June 28 - July 2, 2021 - Adventure Camp
Our Adventure Camp is designed for campers between 8 and 10 years old. Come join us for some outdoor adventure, team building activities, traditional and non traditional sports, indoor crafts, and of course, some awesome worship and chapels.
Register HERE for this camp.
July 12 - 17, 2021 - Pathfinder Camp
Our Pathfinder Camp is designed for those campers between 12 and 14 years old. Come join us for some outdoor adventure, team building activities, traditional and non traditional sports, indoor crafts, and of course, some awesome worship and chapels.
Register HERE for this camp.
July 19 - 24, 2021 - Trailblazer Camp
Our Trailblazer Camp is designed for campers between 14 and 18 years old. Come join us for some outdoor adventure, team building activities, traditional and non traditional sports, indoor crafts, and of course, some awesome worship and chapels.
Register HERE for this camp.
July 26 - 30, 2021 - Explorers Camp #2
Our Explorers Camp is designed for campers between 10 and 12 years old. Come join us for some outdoor adventure, team building activities, traditional and non traditional sports, indoor crafts, and of course, some awesome worship and chapels.
Register HERE for this camp.
More information can be found HERE.
3 Ingredient Easter Cookies
Total: 20 mins
Active: 5 mins
Yield: Makes 18 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 (15.25-oz.) box cake mix with candy bits (such as Funfetti)
- 2 large eggs
- ⅓ cup canola oil
Directions
- Step 1 - Preheat oven to 350°F (325°F if using dark or coated pans). Stir all ingredients together in a medium bowl. Scoop 1 1/2 tablespoons portions of dough, spaced 2 inches apart, onto 2 baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
- Step 2 - Bake in preheated oven until cookies are lightly golden around bottom, 10 to 12 minutes. Let stand on baking sheets 3 minutes before removing to cool, or to enjoy warm.
Chuckles
Maria came home from Sunday School on Palm Sunday and told her mother that she had learned a new song about a cross-eyed bear named Gladly.
It took her mother a while before she realized that the hymn Maria had been singing was really: "Gladly The Cross I'd Bear."