There are lots of things coming up in the near future at Caledonia Open Door!
August 5
was officially our 4th year anniversary; can you believe everything
we’ve accomplished in that short span of time?
And it is all because we keep our focus where it supposed to be – on
Jesus! Because of the heat, we will hold our Homecoming on Sunday, September
30. If you have ideas for the Homecoming Service, please post them here,
mention them to one of our pastors, or send an email to
calodwc@gmail.com. Also, if you have pictures that you would like to go
in our annual slideshow, please get those to Lisa Ivey; they'll be scanned and
returned to you if you submit an actual photo, but you can also email them or
save them on a disk or flash drive.
Our
computer in the sanctuary had a crash recently and we had to replace it. The new one is up and running now, but if you
had music that was saved on the old computer, please bring your CD’s back to
Geoff to reload them. The files on the
old computer were all lost, so we need to rebuild our music library on the new
one.
The next
Men’s Prayer Breakfast will be 7:30 am on Saturday, September 8 at Ryan’s. There are no age or membership requirements
for our Men’s Group get-togethers. The
September meeting will be a little different than usual; the men have invited
the ladies of the church to join them at Ryan’s and share in their time of
devotion, prayer, and fellowship. From
all the ladies, we appreciate the invitation!
For all
the ladies out there, Lysa TerKeurst will be speaking at Fairview Baptist
Church in Columbus on Thursday, October 18. She will be speaking from her
newest book, "Unglued", and it is sure to be an evening of fun and
fellowship! Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door, and can be
purchased at Fairview Baptist Church, Monograms Plus, and New Life Christian
Bookstore in Columbus. Doors open at 6:00 pm; Praise & Worship begins
at 6:30 pm; and Lysa speaks at 7:00 pm.
Caledonia Day is also coming up before we know it. It will be on
Saturday, October 20. CODWC has volunteered to work the Welcome /
Information Booth, so anybody who wants to help in that area is more than
welcome to join in. Our Youth Praise Band, "By The Blood", will be
performing as well.
Our ministry at Windsor is growing all the time! If you would like to be
a part of this ministry, we visit on the 3rd Saturday of each month. It
is a great time of laughing, singing, sharing, and playing Bingo with some of
the residents there. They always look
forward to these visits; some of these ladies and gentlemen have no one else
who visits them or takes up special time with them, and the ministry team has a
great time.
Also, we are in need of more Bingo prizes for the male residents, so if you
would like to donate to this ministry, you can contact the blog, our email, or
Rice Glover for more information.
On Sunday night, August 12, we held a short business meeting after evening
services. The Church Board brought three
items before the congregation and all three were approved. They are:
- We will begin working towards
having enough money to build a new Fellowship Hall; this will be a 2-story
metal building that can house the Fellowship Hall downstairs and classrooms
upstairs. Our existing Fellowship
Hall would also be turned into classrooms.
- We will keep a cap of $15,000
in the Church general fund, and anything above this can be earmarked for a
Building Fund.
- A 5-member committee (our three
Board members and two ladies) will be charged with making all final
decisions associated with the construction of this new building. They may occasionally need to come before
the congregation for issues that come up and ask for votes.
This is a
major milestone for our church; in just 4 short years, we have met every goal that
has been set, and as long as we keep our focus that this new construction is to
help us do what God needs us to do, we will meet this goal as well!
Birthdays, anniversaries, and other special events coming up for the rest of
this month:
Kenny
McDaniel’s birthday – Wednesday August 15
Lauren
Dalton’s birthday – Saturday August 18
Danyel
Baker’s birthday – Sunday August 19
Myranda
Lindsey’s birthday – Thursday August 23
Valerie
(Jobo) & Richard Riley’s anniversary – Friday August 24
Alyssa
Parker’s birthday – Sunday August 26
Geoff
Lytle’s birthday – Monday August 27
Again, if you have announcements, events, or anything else that you'd like
posted on our blog, please let Lisa Ivey know, and she will get it added for
you.
Have a Blessed Day in the Lord!
