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A friend called the other day all excited about the GreenComet coming by earth that night. The comet's green-glowing atmosphere is about the size of Jupiter--about300,000 miles wide. It has two tails, one facing the sun andthe other facing away. And this would be its only tripthrough our solar system, so we'd better not miss the 3:00a.m. spectacular! Pictures like the one above had me allexcited.

Turns out, though, that this fly-by was going to be38,000,000 miles away and, if visible at all, it'd only be afaint speck. All of a sudden this really big comet seemedreally far away and really unimportant.

In the late 60's I was growing up as a missionary kidamong the Duna People, a stone-age tribal group on theisland of Papua New Guinea. The Duna world was tryingvery hard to comprehend all this new and amazing stuff--medicine, radios, airplanes and so on. At one point, Dadand Mom were explaining to some of them that people hadactually gotten in one of these airplane-like vehicles andlanded on the moon! Their question was, "How could thatbig airplane and several people possibly fit on somethingthat small?" After all, isn't the moon about the size of yourthumb?

Distance makes things seem really small, doesn't it?

It's true for hearts, too. When a heart gets far away,devotion and love usually suffer. (Is that why they saydistance makes the heart go wander?) Distance justchanges things.

Listen toLast Sunday's

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February 22, 2009

News Fromthe Field

Click on the links belowto read the latestupdates from our fieldworkers:

Jim & Beth Almack -February 17, 2009

Gary & Vivian Michael -February 5 (postcard)and February 23, 2009

Ben & Mari Tuten -February 23, 2009

Check out their blogs:

John DeValveNancy DeValve

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God feels it, too. You can almost hear the frustration in Hisvoice: "These people honor Me with their lips but their

heart is far from Me." 1 Distance just takes the fun out oflove. I mean, who wants to be far from the one you love?

So here's a prayer for any of us with hearts prone towander:

Draw me close to You,Never let me go...

Help me find the way,

Bring me back to You! 2

Blessings,Paul

1 Matthew 15:8; Isaiah 29:132 Draw Me Close To You, by Kelly Carpenter ©1994 Mercy / VineyardPublishing

Announcements

Lord's SupperWe will be having an extended time of worship, reflectionand celebration of the Lord this Sunday, March 1. Tofacilitate this, the Lord's Supper will be served at the 9:45hour in the Fellowship Hall.

Prayer for MissionsThis is the confidence we have in approaching

God: that if we ask anything according to His will,He hears us.

- 1 John 5:14

Join us as we pray for our missionaries and our missionsinvolvement as a church. Meet in Paul's office this Sundayat 10:35 a.m.

Dinner on the GroundsIt's time for another potluck lunch! Families, please bring amain dish, salad or veggies, and dessert enough for yourfamily and a few more. Singles, please bring a dish toshare. And everyone remember to invite a friend or two.

Tutens

Serving ThisSunday

Welcome Desk Phyllis WilliamsonMarch HospitalityTeam Leader Melissa TutenSpeaker Larry DixonSingers Carolyn Lomas Carol Rhodes Reyner Azofeifa Paul CochraneGuitar Reyner AzofeifaPercussion Tim Tyler Shawn HisawSound Tore BostrupPowerPoint Lindsay Hislop

Nursery

March 19:45 Margit Giles11:00 Christine Scruggs Amy Swift Kristi McKay

March 89:45 Michele Frappier11:00 Caroline Hisaw Melissa Tuten

Small Groups


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Praise Team RetreatPlease note! We arere-scheduling our mini-retreat.Watch this spot for an alternatedate.

Raising Sexually HealthyChildrenA free conference session on how to lovingly guide yourchildren amidst the confusing messages of our culturetoday, and lead them to adopt God's design for them asboys and girls in a healthy manner. It will be held atLexington Baptist Church this Friday, February 27, from6:30 till 8 p.m. If you have any questions, contact MelissaTuten at (803) 206-1632.

Outreach to ChildrenJim and Karen Rhinehart invite you to serve and care forthe children and staff of the Nancy K. Perry Children'sShelter this Friday and Saturday, February 27-28. For moreinformation on how you can get involved or contributeresources, please email Jim and Karen or call them at (803)939-0805.

Couples' RetreatMark your calendars for aWoodland Hills couples' getaway!Friday and Saturday, March 13and 14, will be a great chance forfun, fellowship, relaxation, andstrengthening your marriage.Click here for more informationand to make a reservation.

Champions for LifePraying for a chance to direct someone to Christ? Bill GlassChampions for Life will be visiting Columbia areacorrectional facilities on the weekend of March 26-28, 2009with professional athletes and entertainers to share theGospel with inmates. Men and women are needed to share,interact, and pray with inmates who are processing ormaking decisions for Christ. Would you be willing to help?There's a training session on Thursday, March 26, and thenextended sessions with the inmates on Friday andSaturday. It's like a missions trip in our own back yard, andhas proven very effective in the fertile soil of the prison

Irmo/BallentineWe're starting anotherround of The TruthProject at theWayburns' (208Bonuck Road) on aweekday evening in afew weeks' time; ifyou're interested inparticipating, contactLew & Debe at210-5445.

NortheastEvery other Friday(6.45 p.m.) at theDixons'(117 Norse Way);Contact Larry & Lindaat 736-8482.

St. AndrewsCome & pray everyWednesday (7 p.m.) atthe Williamsons'(828 Tara Trail);Contact Ken & Phyllisat 772-1890.

West ColumbiaEvery Sunday (6 p.m.)at the Hislops' (215Autumnview Court);Contact Lindsay & Pamat 996-6046.

Birthdays


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population. Several of us from Woodland Hills will beattending. Click here for more information, or talk to PaulCochrane or Jim Rhinehart. The cost is only $25, whichincludes processsing your admittance into (and exit from!)the prisons, as well as the training.

Church Family News

Prayer Request from Melissa TutenPlease continue to pray for Melissa and her family as theygrieve the recent loss of Melissa's granddad. Pray also forher grandmother, Janeth, who is simultaneously having todeal with her own health issues.

Update on Joan WylongPraise the Lord for the good report that Joan received abouther CT scan. The spots on her lungs turned out to be scartissue and the doctors have asked her to return for acheck-up in a year's time.

Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS)We had a great time yesterday learning about God andourselves, and just being with one another. We've also hada few new moms join or visit us this semester. Please praythat God would continue to use this ministry to make animpact on the lives of mothers of preschoolers.

inFocus

Paul & Karan Davis...serve with TEAM in France.

Below are some ways we canpray for them this week:

Ask God for moreopportunities to get toknow more people in ourarea and to share the Gospel with them. None of themhas probably ever heard a clear presentation of the

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February23 - Daniel DeValve Ken Williamson26 - Henry Blackwell28 - Liz Stuart29 - Jeff DeRenzo

March 3 - Jonathan Cochrane 8 - Chrissy Brownell10 - Lew Wayburn14 - Gail Blackwell21 - Bebe Wilson22 - George Wilson26 - Sandy Cochrane

FebruaryAnniversaries

12 - Bob & Margaret Putnam25 - Eric & Amy Rodgers

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Gospel. Pray Karan's involvement at a Day Care Center inAlbertville (she's Chairman of the Board!) and aPatchwork Club near Faverges--that she will be able toshare her faith as people feel more open to share theirconcerns with her. Pray also for complete healing ofKaran's leg. She still lacks full mobility and hassignificant pain since her surgery in January 2008.

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Pray for our family: for us as we deal with the realityof living far away from children and grandchildren,and for our five children (three married with children,two in college), spread out from California, Georgia,Tennessee, and France.

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Pray for Paul's involvement as a Board member of theFrench language school in Albertville. Ask God to givehim wisdom as he helps the direction of the schooland ministers to missionaries who come to learnFrench to preach the Gospel in the French-speakingworld.

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Ask God to clearly direct TEAM France as it reviews itsstrategy to determine a vision & strategy for2010-2020.

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We want to determine in the near future how long weshould stay in Faverges and the greater Albertvillearea. Is it time to turn over leadership to the Frenchbelievers? If so, when? Pray for God's guidance on thisvital question

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The three believing families living in the Faverges areaare asking for God's guidance on how to best reachout to this area of 14,000 people with no other Gospelwitness. Please pray with them for God's direction andblessing.

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