January 29

Prayer Requests --

"Praise God! Jim's eye has bealed and his vision is 20/20 with new glasses. Thanks for your prayers on his behalf."  Jim Wilkison

"Please pray for Judy's safe return Tuesday. Remember Jean."  Rentz Gullick

Please pray for:  1) Judy Hill's travel home Tuesday; 2) Jamie Brisky's cancer treatment; 3) New eldership; 4) Our elderly, including Elmer, Jean, Ted, Ruth Lake; 4) Our nation and our troops.

Remember our 50th Anniversary Building Celebration and the Area-Wide Gospel Singing here at Skagit Valley on February 12 ... two weeks from today.

Wednesday Night Prayer Requests - January 25, 2012

1.     Andy & Cathi Adams & Family

a.    Cati is struggling with moodswings and needs prayers for healing and that the new medicine will work quickly and effectively

b.    Cathi’s Mom is home from the hospital.  She’s on medicine to control her seizures.  Pray for a quick recovery

c.    Andrew fell and hit his head.  Prayers for no permanent damage and quick recovery

d.    Andy—prayers for strength

e.    Cathi—prayers for wisdom and discernment in dealing with Cati’s situation.  Also for strength and peace to deal with all that is going on.

2.    Prayers for Jean Gullick and all our shut-ins

3.    Praise that today was Rentz’s last treatment and prayers that he cancer treatment works completely

4.    Prayers for the Cook family with the passing of Joe

5.    Prayers for Jamie Briskey that the chemo will work completely

6.    Prayers for safe travel for Derek Barcalow as he leaves for Alaska this weekend

7.    Prayers from Faith Williamson for her Grandpa to have a happy birthday

8.    Prayers for Pat Wright for quick recovery from heart valve surgery

9.    Prayers for Tiffany Gaines to be feeling better and not get dehydrated and that the baby will be healthy

10. Prayers for Laurette English’s family at her passing

11. Prayers for Ted Thompson

12. Prayers for John Morelli who needs both a heart and liver transplant

13. Prayers for Karen Hasenoehrl for the March trial date for the divorce…that it will finally be settled.

14. Prayers for Joe and Becky Williamson as they travel this week

15. Prayers for the Pitners

16. Prayers for Alan and Becca Burke

17. Prayers for Jeanie Young as she’s away from us for the winter.

January 22, 2012 Notes and Prayer Requests

Prayers are requested for the family of Joe Cook and the entire Oak Harbor Church of Christ family as they mourn the sudden death of Joe, the Oak Harbor church's preacher on Friday.

Prayers are requested for Judy Hill's safe travel and for Jamie Brisky's health as he undergoes chemotherapy.

"Please lift up a young lady, Tehya, who has is sick. Please keep her in prayers; they do help so much." Craig Pitner

We don't usually do commercials here, but this one definitely merits an exception.  Our own Karee Blunt and her sister, Lisa, have started a business called BuildAMenu.com.  The "press release" below from Karee explains how it all works in detail. Two key points to remember, though:  1) BuildAMenu is a very powerful tool to help people stay within their grocery budgets and 2) A portion of the profits from this business go toward orphan care charities.

Be sure to read the information below, then go to the website if you need more information or to sign up to participate in BuildAMenu.

After almost two years of research, planning and finally development, my sister and I have finally launched our new business and we’re so excited to tell everyone about it! We’re thrilled with the initial response we’ve had, but since we’ve only been open a few weeks, we need all the help we can get spreading the word and would like to ask for your help. If you know anyone who would benefit from using our website, would you please tell them about us?

The business is called Build A Menu and you can see our website atwww.BuildAMenu.com. Be sure to read the About Us page, so you’ll know why in the world we decided to conjure up an online menu planning service. We’re fairly certain we’re crazy to be doing this, but our motivation is clear to us and we hope that you will be excited about it as well.

In a nutshell, here’s what Build A Menu (which we lovingly refer to as BAM) is:

• It’s an online menu planning service featuring weekly meal plans that we put together based on store sales. (We chose 6 stores to feature, plus an “Any Store” plan, with more stores to come in the future.) We search the sales each week, plan recipes around those sales and get them ready for our members to use.

 

• Each week, members get to choose recipes from any of our meal plans (Family Friendly, Low Fat, Sensible Portions (based on Points Plus system), Low Carb, Gluten Free, and Vegetarian), as well as any of our Side Dishes, Breakfast, Lunch and specialty recipes (Dessert of the Week and Cooking with Kids).

• After choosing meals for the week, just click Build A Menu to get a customized grocery shopping list, broken down by category (Produce, Meats, Frozen, etc). You’ll also get all your recipes ready to print for easy reference when you’re ready to cook that week.

• One super neat feature on the website is the Build A Menu calculator. It shows you approximately how much your groceries are going to cost as you add each recipe. (That way, you’ll know if you need to choose a few of our less expensive recipes to complete your weekly menu plan.) A very cool way to help you stay within your grocery budget!

• We offer meal plans that serve 4-6 people, as well as plans that serve 1-2 people. We even have a “Crowd Pleasers” menu that serves 8-10 – great for larger families, or for planning meals for company, potlucks, etc.

Our goal is for our website to be a blessing to people in three ways: by helping families easily stick to their grocery budget (we know this can be very difficult to do!), by encouraging families to bring mealtime back to the dinner table, and by donating part of our proceeds to the orphan care charities we’ve chosen (you’ll want to read the About Us page to know what that’s about). We think that will be a winning situation all the way around!

Thank you in advance for your time and for sharing this with your friends and family. We hope you enjoy visiting our website!

Wednesday Night Services Canceled Due to Snow

We will not meet Wednesday night, January 18, due to the snowstorm.  Please stay warm and safe. We'll expect to see everyone Sunday morning.

Lee & Mindy Singleton

Lee and Mindy Singleton informed the church of their desire to place membership with us and be a part of the Skagit Valley church family. We welcome the Singleton family into the congregation. They currently live in Ferndale. Their address and contact information will be published in an upcoming church bulletin.

No Sunday Night Assembly January 15

Due to the likelihood that melting snow will refreeze and make the roads especially slick tonight, the elders decided that we will not have services this evening.  Since more snow is in the forecast through Wednesday, we will have to wait and see what conditions are like on Wednesday before deciding about midweek services.

Sunday News and Prayer Requests - January 15

Anonymous:  "My aunt has stomach cancer and we hope that it doesn't get bad. One of my old teachers had stomach cancer and she passed away and I just want to pray my aunts gets past this cancer healthy and strong."

Andy & Cathi Adams:  "Prayer for our children: Cati is still struggling with medication issues and not feeling well. Andrew had a good week back at O.C. but is having trouble with memory and concentration due to his brain injury. It should improve with time. Melissa had an MRI this week to see if there was a tear in her shoulder socket. She is in a lot of pain. We should find out this week if they need to do a surgical repair.  Thank you!

Faith Williamson:  For Elmer Juntenen, Ted Thompson, Marge Easley, and for Andrew & Jenn Hill.

Jamie Brisky will be starting chemo tomorrow. Please be praying for him.  Gayle Brisky was home today sick.

Rentz Gullick:  Pray for safe journeys for all, especially for Judy & Allen's daughter, Rhonda, who is returning to Oregon.

Larissa Macomber:  I think we shoulde say thank you to Helen Brown for doing Bible Hour. She helps the kids.  Thank you.

Prayer Requests - January 11

Baby Hayden - (Judy's granddaughter) ... gaining weight and eating well
Rentz Gullick -- healing as he undergoes a weekly treatment to prevent recurrence of cancer
Judy -- asks prayers for family who care coming ... safe travel for all
Becky -- asks prayers for her mother, Alma, who has an endoscopy on Friday
Karla's Dad & Mom and Uncle Greg
Tiffany Gaines -- expecting and having a difficult time with morning sickness
Karla -- home sick tonight with a headache
All our children
Eli's mom
Karen - denied trial date for divorce ... prayers for comfort and wisdom
Pray for our country, its military, and its leaders

Recent Prayer Requests

Prayer for our friends we went to church with in Maple Valley -- Chad and Lori Morse. Chad died this week from cancer. Pray for Lori and their four kids. Their oldest son is serving in the Marines in Afghanistan and was not able to make it home ... Andy & Cathi Adams

Prayers for Kenny Pearson and his pending dialysis treatment

Prayers for: 1) my dad's health; 2) my sister as she is struggling in dealing with a severely handicapped stepson; 3) our homeschool.   ... Karla

Prayers for Jamie Briskey

Prayers for Elmer Juntenen, who was hospitalized for two days recently. He has been experiencing severe pain in his side. Medical tests did not reveal a cause; his doctor has diagnosed it as a pulled muscle which will have to be allowed to heal itself over time.

Prayers for Andrew Adams who is flying back to Oklahoma Saturday to return to school. Praise God that he has healed enough to return to school!  Prayers also for Melissa -- she is home, in a lot of pain -- doctors say that it may not get much better, but we must continue to pray for healing, as we believe God's healing powers is greater than the doctors'!

Prayers for growth and faithfulness for Hannah Newman, who put on her Lord in baptism Sunday, January 1.