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volume 4 • may 2012
THE
C O N N E C T. T H R I V E . B E A R F R U I T.
newsletter & ministry of the Calhoun Seventh-day Adventist Church
W h at S he D i d
PA S TOR G ARY RUS TAD
On April 30 I had the privilege of doing
something I have been putting off for 8 months.
I had a great reason to put it off, or so I thought,
I didn’t have a house yet! In our attempts to
move to Calhoun I have purposely neglected to
clean and pack our garage. Just the thought of
it made me sick as I saw the mountains of tools
and other items that was piled around my car.
With the great news that we finally have a house,
hopefully at the end of May, I knew it was time.
Now, up to this point, our spring weather has
been wonderful. The mornings have been cool
and the afternoons warm. Expecting this same
weather I woke up Sunday and went to work, by
about 10 a.m. I realized that I was dealing with
summer weather, not spring!
Not only did I recognize that I had
waited too long to clean my garage, as it
was now hot, I also came to understand
how the laborers in the parable Jesus told of
the workers in the vineyard must have felt.
Remember the story, it goes like this.
“For the kingdom of heaven is like
a landowner who went out early in
the morning to hire laborers for his
vineyard. Now when he had agreed
with the laborers for a denarius a day,
he sent them into his vineyard. And he
went out about the third hour and saw
others standing idle in the marketplace,
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and said to them, ‘You also go into
the vineyard, and whatever is right I
will give you.’ So they went. Again he
went out about the sixth and the ninth
hour, and did likewise. And about
the eleventh hour he went out and
found others standing idle, and said to
them, ‘Why have you been standing
here idle all day?’ They said to him,
‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to
them, ‘You also go into the vineyard,
and whatever is right you will receive.’
“So when evening had come, the owner
of the vineyard said to his steward, ‘Call
the laborers and give them their wages,
beginning with the last to the first.’ And
when those came who were hired about
the eleventh hour, they each received
a denarius. But when the first came,
they supposed that they would receive
more; and they likewise received each a
denarius.” Matthew 20:1-10
I started early in the morning working on my
garage and about 11 o’clock Ava came out and
said, “Daddy can I help you?” I of course said yes
and gave her a bunch of plastic buckets to place
into a box. She worked diligently doing that and
got them all in so that even the top would close.
We taped the box and she went back inside to
play! That evening after finishing up all that I
could do for the day I went inside and there was
Ava. Ava looked at me and said, “Daddy we did
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a good job cleaning the garage today didn’t we?”
What could I say? I could have said “What do
you mean we,” or I could have used the line “You
know that box would have only taken me one
minute to pack.” But I didn’t. I knelt down and
gave here and hug and said, “Yep we did a lot
and you were daddy’s big helper.”
You know, when it comes to our salvation
there are so many that have been serving the Lord
and remained faithful so long, and I admire you.
Then there are others who have just started the
journey, and we rejoice over you. The important
thing is not who did what but that we all arrive at
the destination! When Ava came and looked up
at me and said, “We did a good job,” all I could
think about what the great team we had made
and that it was done!
One day things on this earth will be over and
when we get together around the throne of God,
it won’t be to share what all we did, but instead
to celebrate what He did for us! Let’s remember
that as we end this school year and begin a long
awaited summer!
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PR AY ER FAMILIES
April 29 - May 5
May 6-12
1. Eric & Morgan Bailey and family
2. Johnny & Crystal Bunch and family
3. Tracy Crawford
4. Mandi Fehlenberg
5. Gordon & Glenda Hayward and family
6. Alex King
7. Brian & Deb McDaniel and family
8. Melissa O’Connell
9. Cory & Amanda Reeves and family
10. Dominic & Georgie Smith and family
11. George Van Dyke
1. Nathan & Stephanie Bailey
2. Charles & Jem Burke and family
3. Trae Crowder
4. Jerry & Donna Ferguson and family
5. Mary Hedrick
6. Ed & Iris King
7. Andrew & Krystal McDaniel and family
8. Deanne Offutt
9. Ken & Sue Riggs
10. Glenn & Roberta Smith
11. Mary Van Goosen
May 13-19
1. Lars & Sandi Bakland and family
2. Leonard & Phyllis Burnett
3. Amy Crowder and family
4. Tammy Fisher and family
5. Lyle & Karla Helm
6. Jerry & Edith King
7. Zack & Marci McKay and family
8. Adam Offutt
9. Delma Rigsbee
10. Johnny & Ann Smith
11. Ron & Trisha Van Goosen
May 20-26
1. Ila Ballard
2. Michael & Michelle Burnette and family
3. Floyd & Marcie Daniel and family
4. Florence Fleischmann
5. Ryan Helm
6. Jenessa King
7. Margaret McKewen
8. Ashley Offutt and family
9. Brittany Ringer
10. Christopher Green
11. Dorsey & Mary Ellen Van Horn
May 27 - June 2
1. Kim Ballard
2. Bobby Burnside
3. Eliel Cruz
4. Jere & Doris Darbo
5. Christina Hendrix
6. Terry & Elizabeth (Van Horn) Kearns
7. Keith King
8. Judy McKewen
9. Cameron & Alicia Ringer and family
10. Scott & Kristi Smith and family
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HIS
C AMP MEET I NG 2012
MISSION
*Presentations include Wednesday - Friday @ 7pm; Sabbath @ 9am, 11:30am & 7pm
Health
Prayer
CHARLES WHITE, pastor & great-grandson of James & Ellen White
DON HALL, founder, CEO & board chairman of Wellsource, Inc.
Thursday @ 10am, 2pm & 3:45pm; Friday @ 10am & 2pm
Thursday @ 10am, 2pm & 3:45pm; Friday @ 10am & 2pm
Another Look at Ellen White Through the Eyes of a Great Grandson
Prevention — The Key to a Healthy, Long Life
TrustServices
TrustServices
JEFFREY WILSON, (retired) GC planned giving & trust services director
BARRY BENTON, lawyer & former ADRA director in Haiti
Thursday @ 10am; Friday @ 10am & 2pm
Thursday @ 2pm & 3:45pm
1. Lessons From the Life of Oseola McCarty
2. The Key to God’s Will
3. What’s So Important About a Christian Will?
1. Retirement Issues Revisited: Time, Money & Lifestyle
2. Everything You Need to Know About Your Estate Plan
Earliteen
Youth
Bible teacher at Collegedale Academy
Pastor of the McDonald Road Church
Chris James
Treasury
Fred Fuller
Young Adult — GodEncounters
Zane Yi
PAULA HAYNES, GCC auditing director
Thursday @ 10am, 2pm & 3:45pm; Friday @ 10am & 2pm
Pastor of the Canton Church
Jewel Church Accounting System & Church Treasurers
visit www.gccsda.com or call 800-567-1844 for more information {ext. 340} or for room reservations {ext. 351}
V isit w w w.gccsda.com or cal l 800-567-18 4 4
for more infor mat ion {ex t . 3 40} or for
room reser vat ions {ex t . 351}.
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Southern Adventist University campus
Featured
*
John Bradshaw
speaker/director of It Is Written
HIS
Camp Meeting 2012
MISSION
*Presentations include Wednesday - Friday @ 7pm; Sabbath @ 9am, 11:30am & 7pm
Youn g A dul t
Ca mp Meet ing
GODencounters—Georgia-Cumberland Conference Young Adult Camp
Through a Glass D
Health
Prayer
Through a Glass
Darkly:
Deconstructing
“J
GODencounters—Georgia-Cumberland Conference Young Adult Camp Meeting
CHARLES WHITE, pastor & great-grandson of James & Ellen White
DON HALL, founder, CEO & board chairman of Wellsource, Inc.
Thursday @ 10am, 2pm & 3:45pm; Friday @ 10am & 2pm
Thursday @ 10am, 2pm & 3:45pm; Friday @ 10am & 2pm
Deconstructing “Jesus”
Another Look at Ellen White Through the Eyes of a Great Grandson
Prevention — The Key to a Healthy, Long Life
Speaker: Zane Yi When: May 23-26
Location: Collegedale Adventist Middle School
Speaker: Zane Yi When: May 23-26
For more information, visit the
Location: Collegedale Adventist Middle School
For more information, visit the
GCC website at www. gccsda.com
TrustServices
GCC website at www. gccsda.com
TrustServices
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5 BENTON, lawyer & former ADRA director in Haiti
JEFFREY WILSON, (retired) GC planned giving & trust services director
Thursday @ 10am; Friday @ 10am & 2pm
Thursday @ 2pm & 3:45pm
T HE CORK BOARD
COHUTTA SPRINGS YOUTH CAMP: Summer is
coming! It’s time to register your children for positive
faith-building experiences at camp. Valuegenesis
says that summer camp is one of the best ways to
anchor young people to Jesus! For more information
or to register, go to www.cs-yc.com or contact Alyse
at 1.800.567.1844, ext. 346 or [email protected].
PRAYER REQUEST FROM SONY & JAN HAMMAN:
Many of you know Sony and Jan Hamman (former
members of the Calhoun SDA church) who now live
in Washington state. They have been thrilled to have
the opportunity to care for a foster baby for nearly
5 months now. Circumstances are changing which
may make adoption impossible. Their hearts long
for a baby to adopt and care for as well as safety for
this child. They are requesting prayer that God will
lead and give them peace.
FOR SALE: Maytag clothes dryer in good condition.
$25. Call 770.608.1447.
HOUSE FOR SALE: 4 bedrooms, 1 bath on 1 acre.
770.608.1447.
DO YOU OWN A SLIDE PROJECTOR? Please call
Dorothy Sauder at 706.629.3965 as she needs to
borrow one.
THE VILLAS AT GCA: INDEPENDENT LIVING
HOMES on the campus of GCA for Senior’s 65+.
Experience the active lifestyle now available to Senior
Citizen’s on the campus of Georgia-Cumberland
Academy. Now leasing: 2BR/3BA – ADA compliant
single family villa home.
Amenities include
utilities, regular exterior and interior maintenance,
wireless internet, light housekeeping service, local
transportation (upon availability), one meal/day
Aug.-May at GCA cafeteria. For more information
call 406.925.0808.
CONDO FOR SALE: 2 bdr, 2 bath, garage, sunroom.
Kensington Place (across from outlet mall). Contact
Marc Dyke at 706.548.7935.
SABBATH, MAY 5, we will welcome our new
associate pastor, Jonathan Montes, and his family!
We will have one service only. Sabbath school will
begin at the regular time. The worship service will
begin at 11:10 a.m. and will feature inSpirit and a
message by our new associate pastor. There will be
a general potluck following the church service.
SABBATH, MAY 12, there will be a special program
by the children’s Sabbath School divisions along with
Sabbath School promotions. Everyone will meet in
the sanctuary at 10 a.m. There will be no regular
Sabbath School classes. Parents need to have your
children here early.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: Mark your calendars
for the week of June 25-29 for Vacation Bible School!
We still need several key area leaders as well as
volunteers for registration, refreshments, crafts, and
activities. If you are a teen, we would love to have
your help, as a crew leader or in whatever area
you would like to help. Please contact Melissa at
706.980.9765 or e-mail her at [email protected]
this week.
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P reaching Schedule
May 5
Jonathan Montes - 1 service
May 12 Gary Rustad - 2 services
May 19 Gary Rustad - 2 services
May 26 1 service
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GRADUATES: If you know of someone who is
graduating from high school or college, please
contact the church office.
MISSING MEMBERS: If you know where the
following members are or have contact information,
please call the church office: Kendra Dockery, Noe
Dominguez, Jerry & Donna Ferguson, Abel Gaona,
B.J. Hartsock, Sandy Hudspeth, Carlo Jean-Francois,
Nadine Jean-Francois, Leonell Jimenez-Reyes, Jodi
Kuhlman/Sutton.
GEORGIA-CUMBERLAND CAMP MEETING: May
23-26 at Southern Adventist University, Collegedale,
Tennessee. Theme is His Vision – Our Mission.
Featured speaker will be John Bradshaw, speaker/
director of It Is Written. Visit www.gccsda.com or
call 800.567.1844 for more information (ext. 304)
or for room reservations (ext. 351).
ADDRESS & PHONE UPDATES:
Dan & Colleen Hogan
100 Millers Lane
Calhoun, GA 30701
Melvin Huss
404 S. Roan St.
Elizabethton, TN 37643
706.218.0707
Ed & Iris King
706.263.6545
Erik Larsen
404.599.0522
Ester Locke
Fite Living Center
5 Fite St.
Cartersville, GA 30120
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Calhoun Seventh-day Adventist Church
1411 Rome Rd. SW
Calhoun, GA 30701
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May 2012
Calhoun Church Calendar
Sunday
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Tuesday
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10 11 12
17 18 19
24 25 26
F S
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7
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20 21
27 28
Wednesday
2
9:30 AM -12:00
PM Food Bank
Thursday
3
5:00 PM Sweet
Hour of Prayer
Friday
Saturday
4
9:30 AM -12:00
PM Food Bank
5
11:10 AM Worship
Service/
Jonathan Montes
8:26 PM Sunset
6:00 PM Potluck
Supper
1:00 PM
Fellowship
Potluck
6:15 PM
Adventurers
7:00 PM Prayer
& Study
6
7
8:30 AM
Strategic
Planning
Committee
8
9:30 AM -12:00
PM Food Bank
9
9:30 AM -12:00
PM Food Bank
7:30 PM CES
Board Meeting
10
5:00 PM Sweet
Hour of Prayer
6:00 PM Potluck
Supper
7:00 PM
Pathfinder
Investiture
7:00 PM Prayer &
Study
13
Mother's
Day
14
9:30 AM -12:00
PM Food Bank
15
9:30 AM -12:00
PM Food Bank
16
7:00 PM CES
Graduation
11
9:30 AM -12:00
PM Food Bank
12
9:00 AM -11:10 AM
Worship Services/
Gary Rustad
8:31 PM Sunset
7:00 PM CES
Spring Concert
10:00 AM
Children's
Promotion & SS
Presentation
7:00 PM
Finance
Committee
17
18
9:30 AM -12:00
PM Food Bank
19
9:00 AM -11:10 AM
Worship Services/
Gary Rustad
8:36 PM Sunset
7:00 PM
Church Board
Meeting
1:00 PM
Fellowship
Potluck
8:00 PM GCA
Graduation
20
21
9:30 AM -12:00
PM Food Bank
22
9:30 AM -12:00
PM Food Bank
23
5:00 PM Sweet
Hour of Prayer
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25
9:30 AM -12:00
PM Food Bank
26
11:10 AM Worship
Service
8:41 PM Sunset
6:00 PM Potluck
Supper
7:00 PM Prayer
& Study
Camp Meeting
27
28
9:30 AM -12:00
PM Food Bank
Memorial
Day
29
9:30 AM -12:00
PM Food Bank
30
5:00 PM Sweet
Hour of Prayer
6:00 PM Potluck
Supper
7:00 PM Prayer
& Study
31
9:30 AM -12:00
PM Food Bank
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