Great Time in the Nation’s Capital!

Five men made the trek down to Washington, DC on October 8th. It was a picture perfect day with not a cloud in the sky. We toured the Smithsonian American History Museum and walked the Mall viewing the Washington Memorial (from the outside only), the new WW II Memorial, the Vietnam Memorial Wall, and the Lincoln Memorial.

God protected us from the demonstration and police activity at the Air Space Museum. We were planning to eat lunch in the foodcourt in the Air Space Museum, but we all decided to eat at the cafeteria in the American History Museum and never went to the end of the Mall where the demonstration was taking place. We did not find out about the protest until we saw it that evening on the news after returning home. Praise the Lord; He protected us and our day was not destroyed by those activities. He also gave us a great time  of fellowship travelling to and from and a great meal at the Mountain View Family Restaraunt on the way home. The Lord watched over us and protected us as we travelled.

We are thinking of having another Men’s trip to Washington, DC in the Spring. Plan now to join us!

Mike Nordai

New ‘Urgent Message’ Widget

You may have noticed the message about communion on the front page. This is possible now that the kinks have been worked out of the Urgent Message part of the webpage theme. It allows us to easily display text that, while able to used for anything, would be perfect for time-sensitive information like cancellations due to inclimate weather or whatnot.

For now, only I am able to update the text, but I’ll be tinkering to try to provide this ability to editors as well. Be in thought about what else we can use this for!

Thanks!

Praying for Your Pastor

Hello everyone,

I am selfish in my note to you today.  I am going to ask you to pray specifically for your pastor. I am encouraged and blessed by all the wonderful things that the church family has done for me and is planning to do for me for Pastor’s Appreciation month. The excitement of what God is doing is amazing! I believe we could see revival in each one of our families and our church if we will let God do it.

The Prophet Habakkuk says “I will climb into my watchtower”  He is saying that he was going to get alone with God. I am so thankful for my prayer teams that pray throughout the week. On Friday, being able to pray specifically for the needs of many of you. We all need that watchtower, a place (anyplace) that you can get alone with God. You need a place that is quiet, a place where you will habitually go every time you meet with God. Make it special and make your prayers specific. The Bible says “Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.”

There is nothing more important to me than hearing from God about what He has for my life, my family, and the church that He has allowed me to pastor. If I am to lead this body of believers, I need to hear from God daily. Please keep me in your prayers daily as we seek God’s guidance for the church. Please find that quiet place to ask God what He has for each one of you, and while you are there, please lift up your pastor and the leaders that we might hear from Him and that He would guide us daily. God desires to meet with us, He wants to guide us and use for His honor and His glory. The focus must shift from us to God, and we will see Him do some amazing things! Wow! Would that be a 21st century Pentecost Church! Grant and hear our prayers. Amen.

What is Sweet and Individually-Wrapped?

Give up? It’s another way to reach out to the local community!

Trick-or-Treat is scheduled for October 27 in Middletown borough and the surrounding communities. The church would like to provide a sweet treat for children in the community. We will be accepting donations of individually-wrapped candies to make goody bags to hand out that night. We will also put a note in the bags indicating who the bags are from. Since Trick-or-Treat is before Fall Fest, a flyer about Fall Fest will be placed in the bags as well.

This year’s goal is at least 300 goody bags. To put five pieces of candy in each goody bag, we need to receive close to 50 bags of individually wrapped candies. The bin for donations is located in the foyer.

If you are interested in handing out goody bags at your house, helping to fill the bags, or if you have any questions, please contact Jess Nordai via phone, text or email.

An Afternoon with Something for Everyone!

This Sunday, October 16, we will be having a time of fellowship, but doing it a little differently.

First, the men will be going to see the new movie Courageous from the makers of Fireproof and Facing the Giants. Ben will have the showtime listed on Friday evening. The goal is to go to a matinee showing.

While the men are viewing this movie, the ladies (and children) are invited to Ben and Jess Nordai’s for a time of friendship, fun and fellowship. Following the movie and time of fellowship, we’ll have a time of FOOD! The Nordai’s will provide all the paper products. Please plan on bringing a dish and a drink to share. If you cannot bring something, that is fine. There is always a ton of food. Apparently, we all love to eat!!!

If you are planning on attending any of the events this weekend, please let me know via call, text or email. I look forward to seeing everyone on Sunday!

New Web Support Category

Greetings, all!

A few small changes to the website!

I have created a new Content Creators user group. This new Content Creators group now contains all users who post articles/pages on the website, no matter the content of what they post. This group includes the Church Board as well as a few others who have a need to post things for their ministries. Creating this user group enables me to set up resources that all ‘authors’ are able to access, like…

The new Web Support post category! All Content Creators have access to this protected category. Everyone who has access to this category (Church Board plus a few others) will be able to 1) access tutorials and other instructions that the general public or the congregation wouldn’t need because they don’t create content, and 2) post questions or concerns about how/if the website handles something as well as discussions for new features. Basically, think of this new category as general tech support for your ministry’s web presence. I have also since moved all existing posts that were really ‘tips’ or ‘tricks’ or general posting information into this new category.

Just please keep in mind that this is a proected category. This means:

1. If you are marking your post as Web Support, do not choose any other categories as well. Selecting more than one category when one or more of them are protected will cause the post not to be accessible properly.
2. Be mindful that anything you post here can be seen by the entire Church Board, Pastor, and other ministry leaders. (In other words,  keep all Board conversations in the Church Board category).
3. Before publishing, check the Force SSL checkbox before clicking on the Publish button.

Thanks and please let me know if you have any questions!

Front Page Change: Recently-Updated Posts!

We are pleased to annouce that we’ve made a small–but incredibly useful–change to rosedalenazarene.org!

You may have noticed the ‘widget’ at the bottom of the front page that listed recently-published posts. Unfortunately, this listing of posts was generated by sorting posts by publish date. This means that if an author updated an older post with new information, it would stay buried at the bottom–or off– of the list.

However, the logic has been updated so that the list is sorted by the date that it is modified. This means that posts updated with new information will appear at the top of the list so you don’t miss a thing!

Happy websurfing!

Men’s Ministry Trip to Washington D.C. October 8th

Men of the Church!

We are going to Washington this Saturday morning. We will be leaving the church at 7 am and we plan to be back around 7-8pm. The sites to see in the city are free, but we plan to take the Metro into the city and an all-day pass is about $7.00. You will need money for lunch at the food court (McDonald’s), and on the way home, we will be eating at a Smorgasboard in Maryland. If you have any questions, please talk to Mike Nordai or Pastor. Hope to see you there!

Bountiful Blessings Product Drive

Good morning, church family.

Please remember to bring your nonfood items for Bountiful Blessing sessions. We have containers set up in the foyer area as you come in. We had great success at our last session as we helped 27 families, some from the flooded areas of Middletown and Highspire, and those in need. If you need  a list of items needed, please look at previous posts. If you would like to be a part of this vital ministry, please see Betty Porter or Betty Krieger.