A Short Course On Brain Surgery

A short but poignant independent film on government sponsored healthcare systems.
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This Weeks Prayer

This week seek God through prayer regardless of how you "feel" and encourage yourself in His Word. Thank Him that He has promised to "never leave or forsake you" and that you can trust Him to be true to His Word. Continue to pray for the nation and its leaders, our military, schools, churches, and upcoming elections. Pray that our nation would turn back to righteousness and establish godly leaders in all branches of government. Pray that God would pour out His Spirit across our land, the Middle East and all over the world. Heb. 13:5; I Tim. 2:1-8; Psalm 91

Camp Boothe 2008 Calendar

Mens Retreat May 2 - 3
Cost: $50.00 Pre-Reg. $40.00
Age 16 & up
Director:Tony Burns Phone: (205) 373-3202

Ladies Retreat May 16 - 17
Cost: $50.00 Pre-Reg. $40.00
Age 16 & up
Director:Donna Howard Phone (205) 629-6392

Big Shots Camp May 31
Cost: $25.00
Age 3 - 5
Directors: Neal & Priscilla Pate Phone (205) 910-9904

Collegiate Camp June 1 - 7
Cost: $150.00 Pre-Reg. $175.00
Age: 15 - 22
Directors: Scott & Cheryl Williams Phone:256-381-2137

Senior Camp June 8 – 14
Cost: $150.00 Pre-Reg. $175.00
Age: 12 - 14
Directors: Floyd & Maria West Phone: 256-828-9579

Discovery Camp June 15 - 21
Cost: $150.00 Pre-Reg. $175.00
Age: 9 - 11
Directors: Terry & Patsy Gann Phone: 256-412-1360

Pee Wee Camp June 22 - 25
Cost: $90.00 Pre-Reg. $75.00
Age: 6 - 8
Directors: Amy Christmas and Chris Tucker Phone: 256-828-0709 or 256-479-1264

Outreach Camp June 30 –July
Cost: $85.00Age: 7 - 12
Directors: Matt & Corinne Denard Phone: 205-680-2979

Seniors Retreat Oct. 10 - 11
Cost: $40.00
Age: 55 & up
Directors: Emmett & Doris Reese Phone: 205-956-1190

This Weeks Prayer

This week ask the Lord to help you curb your natural desires and bring every thought captive to Christ and His will for you. Pray that the body of Christ would unite in one accord and purpose to see God's kingdom come on Earth. Pray that revival would sweep across our churches, our nation and around the world. Pray for the upcoming generation and ask for more laborers for His harvest. Pray that righteousness would be established in every area of our government. Eph. 5:17

Thank You

Thanks to all who prayed for me. I'm feeling much better.

STRENGTHENED BY OUR WOUNDS

Po Bronson, in his book WHY DO I LOVE THESE PEOPLE?(Random House, 2005), tells a true story about a magnificent elm tree.The tree was planted in the first half of the 20th Century on a farm near Beulah, Michigan (USA). It grew to be a magnificent tree. In the 1950s, the family that owned the farm kept a bull chained tothe elm. The bull paced around the tree, dragging a heavy iron chain with him, which scraped a trench in the bark about three feet offground. The trench deepened over the years, though for what ever reason, did not kill the tree. After some years, the family sold the farm and took their bull. They cut the chain, leaving the loop around the tree and one link hanging down. Over the years, bark slowly covered the rusting chain.Then one year, agricultural catastrophe struck Michigan in the form of Dutch Elm Disease. It left a path of death across vast areas. All ofthe elms lining the road leading to the farm became infected and died.Everyone figured that old, stately elm would be next. There was no way the tree could last, between the encroaching fungus and its chain beltstrangling its trunk.The farm's owners considered doing the safe thing: pulling it out and chopping it up into firewood before it died and blew over onto the barn in a windstorm. But they simply could not bring themselves to do it. It was as if the old tree had become a family friend. So they decided to let nature take its course. Amazingly, the tree did not die. Year after year it thrived. Nobody could understand why it was the only elm still standing in the county! Plant pathologists from Michigan State University came out to observe the tree. They observed the scar left by the iron chain, now almost completely covered by bark and badly corroded.The plant experts decided that it was the chain that saved the elm'slife. They reasoned that the tree must have absorbed so much iron fromt he rusting chain, that it became immune to the fungus. It's said that what doesn't kill you will make you stronger. Or, as Ernest Hemingway put it, "Life breaks us all, but afterwards, many ofus are strongest at the broken places."The next time you're in Beulah, Michigan, look for that beautiful elm.It spans 60 feet across its lush, green crown. The trunk is about 12 feet in circumference. Look for the wound made by the chain. It serves as a reminder that because of our wounds, we can have hope! Our wounds can give us resources we need to cope and survive. They can truly make us strong.-- Steve Goodier

This Weeks Prayer

This week thank the Lord that He loves you unconditionally and because of that love you can love others without expecting anything in return. Thank Him that His love sustains and satisfies your deepest need for acceptance and approval. Ask him to give you opportunities to share His love with others who desperately need it. Pray that God's love would permeate all of us so we could stand in unity against unrighteousness and work harmoniously toward bringing righteous change to our nation and the nations of the world. 1 Cor. 13; 2 Cor. 5:20

Death Announcement

Bill Noe Prespeter in the state of Alabama brother was found dead on the couch of his home Sunday evening. He had gone to church and then out to eat with friends. They had gone home to take a nap before church that night. His wife found him around 6:15 p.m. She woke up and went in to tell him he had let them sleep over and found him. We do not know the details yet. Nita

Please Pray for this Family

I lost my first cousin and her husband in the tornados that swept our country Tusesday night. They lived in Kentucky, pray for their family. Thanks....Gayle Lowery

Update on Family in Tornado

Buddy & Tammy & Davey asked me to send this to you. They performed surgery on Brandy (Buddy's daughter in law) last night and is stable this a.m...Baby Wes's vitals are still stable this a.m.... I will update you on any changes later today...Thank you all again so much.

LOOKING THROUGH THE WRONG END OF A TELESCOPE

On the way to preschool, the doctor had left her stethoscope on the car seat, and her little girl picked it up and began playing with it."Be still, my heart," thought the doctor, "my daughter wants to follow in my footsteps!"Then the child spoke into the instrument, "Welcome to McDonald's. May I take your order?"Among the many lessons we can learn from children is the lesson about how to have fun. And for most children, fun is spelled F-A-N-T-A-S-Y. Their worlds of make believe are places of excitement and joy.Writer Dr. Seuss said this about fantasy: "I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient inl iving; it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities."One man spoke for too many of us when he said, "The prospect of along day at the beach makes me panic. There is no harder work I can think of than taking myself off to somewhere pleasant, whereI am forced to stay for hours and 'have fun.'" Are fun and fantasy part of your life, or is having fun just another fantasy? What might happen if you decided to look at life through the wrong end of a telescope? What if you asked yourself "What if?"instead of "What now?" And how can you put more "fun" into your daily "functions"?Wake up those brain cells! They'll thank you years from now.-- Steve Goodier

Damage in the Pisgah Area

Ergent Prayer Request

Just a quick request for our internet prayer warriors to hit their knee's hard at this time for all our friends in Pisgah,AL. As you know, the tornado ripped thru the small rural towns of Pisgah & Rosalie,AL (about 20minutes NE of Scottsboro) destroying many homes w/one fatility so far...

Our friend & co-worker here at Applied, Buddy Arnold's young daughter in law & grandbaby (his son, Davey was at work) home was destroyed w/them possibly being ripped outside and both have multiple injuries and are being transported now to Huntsville,AL hospital via med flight..... we know Brandy (daughter in law) has multiple bone fractures and the baby (4months) has possible skull fractures w/bleeding....... I know these are just a couple of people in all this mess that has hit but we're asking everyone to please pray hard for Buddy & Davey's family at this time..... and also just remember the many other lives that have been destroyed by this disaster all thru Arkansas, Tenn, & AL......... Thanks again, J.M.

This Weeks Prayer

This week thank God for His unconditional love and forgiveness. Ask Him to show you if you are carrying a grudge against anyone, including yourself. Thank Him for the grace to forgive them, yourself and even God. Ask the Lord to richly bless those you had to forgive. Eph. 4:30-32

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