We finally had a beautiful and sunny weekend here in northwest Washington. It was a great day to celebrate and honor fathers.

Our attendance was down to 73 -- mainly because more than a dozen of our young people left Sunday morning to travel to eastern Washington for Music Camp at Colville. Several other families were also away . . . everyone was missed, but we had a great opportunity to meet together, worship, and study.

Our adult Bible classes have now combined (men and women meeting together again). We began a study Sunday that will take us through August studying the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew chapters 5-7), comparing it with the epistle of James. Next Sunday, we will study about "Influence" using Matthew 5:13-16 and James 3:13-18 as our texts. Why not make a point to get here by 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning and take part in this class?

Patti Hill is completing writing the curriculum for our Vacation Bible School. The dates for VBS are August 25-29, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday evenings. You'll be hearing a lot more about VBS as the time gets closer.

In response to our call Sunday for people to volunteer to help with Children's Bible Hour during the sermon time on Sunday morning -- not to suggest, of course, that sermons actually last an hour -- Nancy Salazar stepped up and offered to teach every other Sunday. Now, we still need one or more people who will take the remaining Sundays. The goal is to provide age-appropriate Bible learning activities activities for our preschoolers and provide a better worshiping atmosphere for parents of young children. Nancy's approach will permit her to still hear 50% of the Sunday morning sermons. Nancy will carry on CBH next Sunday. Whether we have that program on June 29 depends on whether or not volunteers step forward.


Most of you probably remember the attention given to the killing of Tennessee preacher Matthew Winkler by his wife. That case has been written about by Seattle true-crime writer Ann Rule. Wayne Jackson reviews Ms. Rule's treatment of the Winkler case in an article on the Christian Courier website. Here is the link if you're interested in reading more.