VOICE JUNE 2008
Virginia Groman Memorial
Greetings from Tom Groman
As you can imagine with the loss of my constant source of encouragement, best friend, the love of my life, my wife of 52 years and mother of our children these have been the hardest two months of our family's lives and we are still grieving. However, God has shown me what He wants me to do in the near future. Thus I have some information I would like you to pass on to the Missions Commission And the Church body as a whole. As you may remember Virginia and I had been raising money to help the Church in Huauchinango, Puebla buy land for a church building and to see the Church built. They are a 10 year old, mostly poor congregation of 70 believers who are meeting in a 15x20 foot small two care garage. They have raised $7000.00 and we, with the help of others, have given another $7,000.00 or so. Praise the Lord.
They have found an excellent lot 52' wide by 65' deep, but they need another $15,000.00 which I am giving them, to buy the land. The land is in a housing area of school teachers & there is no other church in the whole area. A great location. During the next two months I need to raise at least $50,000.00 to build the church. I plan to leave about the middle of July & I will stay there overseeing the construction until the building is completed. In the past week God has raised up over $13,000.00 which only leaves $37,000.00 or so to go. The building is going to be dedicated to the memory of Virginia. During the funeral for her, over $1000.00 dollars came in with cards saying in memory of Virginia & I thought, as did the Church family, what better memorial could be built for her than the church we wanted so much to see built in Huauchinango, the town of 17,000 people where we started out working in 1967. Which has now grown to over 100,000 people. Anything the Church & individual church families can do would be greatly appreciated individuals and the church could send their checks to :
Dayton First Baptist Church
300 Flower Lane
Dayton, OR 97114-9740
In the "FOR" area on the check write: Virginia Memorial Building Fund.
At the end on the year they will send you a tax deductible receipt.
May God richly bless you all, in His love,
Tom Groman
THANK YOU
Thank you for keeping is in your prayers and for supporting us in our ministry at Springdale. Keep praying for our church! (and us too, of course)
Love,
The Madsen Family
QUILTS DELIVERED
Last Wednesday a group of us went to Taulity to deliver our quilts. Becky and Amy were most gracious and very excited about the 17 quilts that we spread out on the tables. While enjoying ocffee and treats with Amy and Becky they told us a few stories of the ladies who receive these. One story was about one quilt that was larger than all of the others and it was given to a mom who had two young girls. The quil was large enough to wrap around all three of them as they would snuggle together while mom was recuperating from treatments. And one young lady returned after about a eyar and a half for a cancer that returned, and with her she had brought the quilt she received her first time in the hospital.
It's with great contenment that we deliver these gifts as we know they bring a measure of comfort to those who are either going through very tough cancer treatments, or for babies who might otherwise go home with nothing at allo wrapped around their little bodiews. We are so blessed to be able to provide this comfort to others.
Thank you for your encouragment and support.
The "Quilted Sisters"
Mary, Merlene, Jean, Susan, Patti, Elsie, Ruby, Mary Helen, Marilyn and others
COMMUNICATION
Please let us know if you would like to be added to our distribution list by sending your email address to hfbcwm@comcast.net.
Secret Sisters Kickoff
There are (at the time of this writing) thirty four Secret Sisters. Seventeen were able to join us
for the kickoff. It was a great time. There was giggling, fellowship, games and refreshments. Most of the fun came when we were able to reveal who has whom as their Secret Sister.
It is never too late to get in on the fun. If you are interested in being a Secret Sister, fill out the form in the foyer and give it to Torah Wiser or Janice Connell. We’ll get your sister assigned as soon as possible.
The Secret Sister table is located In the foyer near the loveseat. You may place cards and items for your secret sister on the table. Be sure to watch for items your sister may have left for
you. We don't want to leave them on the table too long.
Tyler Grace Tappert Shower
There were 25 women in attendance. The decorations were very nice and the cake was adorable. We played a couple of games and enjoyed the fellowship. Tyler was her usual
cute self. She loved the attention and the beautiful new clothes and gifts. Ws not too early to tell that Tyler was born to shop.
Greetings from Tom Groman
As you can imagine with the loss of my constant source of encouragement, best friend, the love of my life, my wife of 52 years and mother of our children these have been the hardest two months of our family's lives and we are still grieving. However, God has shown me what He wants me to do in the near future. Thus I have some information I would like you to pass on to the Missions Commission And the Church body as a whole. As you may remember Virginia and I had been raising money to help the Church in Huauchinango, Puebla buy land for a church building and to see the Church built. They are a 10 year old, mostly poor congregation of 70 believers who are meeting in a 15x20 foot small two care garage. They have raised $7000.00 and we, with the help of others, have given another $7,000.00 or so. Praise the Lord.
They have found an excellent lot 52' wide by 65' deep, but they need another $15,000.00 which I am giving them, to buy the land. The land is in a housing area of school teachers & there is no other church in the whole area. A great location. During the next two months I need to raise at least $50,000.00 to build the church. I plan to leave about the middle of July & I will stay there overseeing the construction until the building is completed. In the past week God has raised up over $13,000.00 which only leaves $37,000.00 or so to go. The building is going to be dedicated to the memory of Virginia. During the funeral for her, over $1000.00 dollars came in with cards saying in memory of Virginia & I thought, as did the Church family, what better memorial could be built for her than the church we wanted so much to see built in Huauchinango, the town of 17,000 people where we started out working in 1967. Which has now grown to over 100,000 people. Anything the Church & individual church families can do would be greatly appreciated individuals and the church could send their checks to :
Dayton First Baptist Church
300 Flower Lane
Dayton, OR 97114-9740
In the "FOR" area on the check write: Virginia Memorial Building Fund.
At the end on the year they will send you a tax deductible receipt.
May God richly bless you all, in His love,
Tom Groman
THANK YOU
Thank you for keeping is in your prayers and for supporting us in our ministry at Springdale. Keep praying for our church! (and us too, of course)
Love,
The Madsen Family
QUILTS DELIVERED
Last Wednesday a group of us went to Taulity to deliver our quilts. Becky and Amy were most gracious and very excited about the 17 quilts that we spread out on the tables. While enjoying ocffee and treats with Amy and Becky they told us a few stories of the ladies who receive these. One story was about one quilt that was larger than all of the others and it was given to a mom who had two young girls. The quil was large enough to wrap around all three of them as they would snuggle together while mom was recuperating from treatments. And one young lady returned after about a eyar and a half for a cancer that returned, and with her she had brought the quilt she received her first time in the hospital.
It's with great contenment that we deliver these gifts as we know they bring a measure of comfort to those who are either going through very tough cancer treatments, or for babies who might otherwise go home with nothing at allo wrapped around their little bodiews. We are so blessed to be able to provide this comfort to others.
Thank you for your encouragment and support.
The "Quilted Sisters"
Mary, Merlene, Jean, Susan, Patti, Elsie, Ruby, Mary Helen, Marilyn and others
A FATHER'S DAY POEM
When Father Was a Kid
I wish I'd been livin' when my father was a kid.
I wish I'd been livin' when my father was a kid.
The kids I knew in my day couldn't do the stunts he did.
We kids were sort of useless and were always gettin' sick,
And father said that none of us was worth a blooming lick.
One day we had measels and the next day had the hives,
And we always had skinned ankles for unlucky ducks and dives,
But father, he had nothin', why he never caught a cold,
But father, he had nothin', why he never caught a cold,
And worked twice as hard as we did, when he wasn't half as old.
He had not fruit nor candy, and he had no Sunday clothes,
He had one shirt and overalls, and big shoes with copper toes.
He jumped up in the mornin' with no time to stop for prayers,
And he buttoned up his spenders, as he scampered down the stairs.
He had the chickens watered, and he had the horses fed,
When kids like those he fathered, were still snoozin in the bed.
Now that's the way my Dad told it, and he told it every day;
So I s'pose was true as gospel, as the preachers like to say.
Now that's the way my Dad told it, and he told it every day;
So I s'pose was true as gospel, as the preachers like to say.
Yet what sort of made me wonder, and what kind'a puzzled me,
Was he never seemed the hustler, that he said he used to be,
When I knew him why for sleepin' he was just as bad as us,
When I knew him why for sleepin' he was just as bad as us,
And when mother called him early, he made just as bad a fuss.
But it tells us in the Bible how the old Apostle Paul,
But it tells us in the Bible how the old Apostle Paul,
Says things he used to love to do he don't do now at all.
So, now since good apostles found the changing right,
Perhaps Dad changed his method when he got his second sight.
Perhaps it seemed religious when my Dad became a man,
To put away those kiddish trifles and try a better plan.
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Dear friends at First Baptist,
I thank you for your generous gift sent for Christmas. I used your money toward the purchase of an easel that is multifunctional. It is a whiteboard background that is also magnetized which will help a lot with my teaching and other meetings.
Since most of my students are younger it always helps to work out things together or have plenty of review. I truly think this board will help us do this better than just working things out on my small lap chalkboard. (Also, not nearly as messy as the chalk, "dustless" really
doesn't exist here.
With the beginning of a new, school year starting this week for the Argentines, it seems things
are starting to get into more of a routine. Even though many of my students study according to the US schedule (with some necessary adjustment) it is a bit easier for them when their friends are also studying. Otherwise their friends are wanting to play in the afternoon and stay up really late. That can be hard on my students who want to join their friends.
I look forward to using my new board with my students this next week. It fits right into my back seat! Thank you for all you do to allow me to be here.
I thank you for your generous gift sent for Christmas. I used your money toward the purchase of an easel that is multifunctional. It is a whiteboard background that is also magnetized which will help a lot with my teaching and other meetings.
Since most of my students are younger it always helps to work out things together or have plenty of review. I truly think this board will help us do this better than just working things out on my small lap chalkboard. (Also, not nearly as messy as the chalk, "dustless" really
doesn't exist here.
With the beginning of a new, school year starting this week for the Argentines, it seems things
are starting to get into more of a routine. Even though many of my students study according to the US schedule (with some necessary adjustment) it is a bit easier for them when their friends are also studying. Otherwise their friends are wanting to play in the afternoon and stay up really late. That can be hard on my students who want to join their friends.
I look forward to using my new board with my students this next week. It fits right into my back seat! Thank you for all you do to allow me to be here.
In Him
Barbara Bentley
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Many thanks to whom ever puts together "The Voice" for us each month. It is informative and very interesting!
Bessie Hodson
Bessie Hodson
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WOMEN'S MINISTRIES
COMMUNICATION
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Secret Sisters Kickoff
There are (at the time of this writing) thirty four Secret Sisters. Seventeen were able to join us
for the kickoff. It was a great time. There was giggling, fellowship, games and refreshments. Most of the fun came when we were able to reveal who has whom as their Secret Sister.
It is never too late to get in on the fun. If you are interested in being a Secret Sister, fill out the form in the foyer and give it to Torah Wiser or Janice Connell. We’ll get your sister assigned as soon as possible.
The Secret Sister table is located In the foyer near the loveseat. You may place cards and items for your secret sister on the table. Be sure to watch for items your sister may have left for
you. We don't want to leave them on the table too long.
Tyler Grace Tappert Shower
There were 25 women in attendance. The decorations were very nice and the cake was adorable. We played a couple of games and enjoyed the fellowship. Tyler was her usual
cute self. She loved the attention and the beautiful new clothes and gifts. Ws not too early to tell that Tyler was born to shop.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Timberlake Vacation Bible School
June 23-28th
Make it and take it craft fair
When: June 28th
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
There is sure to be a fun even for everyone. Think harvest party, but...instead of pumpkins and cold, summer and art. Mark your calendars, you want to miss it.
Mother/daughter bake-off
3rd-8th grade girls and their moms are invited to come to the church lounge on June 21st at 10 a.m. We will make cookies to share with the congregation.
Princess Dessert
All women and girls are invited. We are all Princesses of the King, Saturday, June 7th at 2:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. The cost is $3.00 for Princesses 12 & up and $2.00 for Princesses 11 & under. No childcare will be provided.
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Come Meet the New Couple
What: Open house/wedding reception
When: Sunday June 8th
Time: 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Where: Dave & Debby Anderson's home
49651 NW Clapshaw Hill Road
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All Church Family Camp
Family camp wll be July 11th through the 13th
Sign up by June 29th
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