http://portagechurch.org/newsletter/weblog.php The Weblog of River of Life Church en-us http://www.portagechurch.org/images/River%20of%20Life%20Church%20Logo%20smallest%20clear.gif http://portagechurch.org/newsletter/weblog.php The Weblog of River of Life Church http://portagechurch.org/newsletter/weblog.php?id=P831 Some of you may be wondering about the devotional this week. Anne recently brought this to my attention - It quotes the KJV of Proverbs 30:28 where it talks of a "spider"... but almost every other translation (except the NKJV) says "lizard". Big difference... so why the confusion? Well i asked a friend of mine who is a seminary / Bible college professor. He posted on his blog about this question. Feel free to check it out: www.ThisLamp.com http://portagechurch.org/newsletter/weblog.php?id=P830 October 10-11 2008 there will be an Extraordinary Women's Conference in Rockford, Il at the First Evangelical Free Church. If we order before August 22nd our Conference tickets will be $49, after August 22nd $59 and at the door $69. Box lunch for Saturday is $10. If we have a group of 10 or more, they give us one free ticket, which I would raffle off! Please let me know if you are interested, I will have a sign up sheet Sunday. I would like to order before August 22nd if at... http://portagechurch.org/newsletter/weblog.php?id=P829 The Fall 08 Greeter/Usher list was handed out at church on Sunday. Their are a couple of corrections. Deb Kluge was added to the list. I will have an updated list on the bulletin board in the entryway on Sunday. If their are any other conflicts please let me know by Wednesday evening. See the "more" section for the updated online schedule. Thank you to all that volunteered. http://portagechurch.org/newsletter/weblog.php?id=P828 We are planning on having a baptism service on Sunday, September 14th. If you would like to be baptized as a believer, or have questions... contact me and I'll be glad to talk to you about this. Bob@PortageChurch.org http://portagechurch.org/newsletter/weblog.php?id=P827 Wow - What a day! We saw 3 people give their lives to Jesus yesterday + Adam got saved Friday night. Sunday morning we also saw MANY come down to the altar for prayer, to confess sin & repent. The altar was literally filled & packed all the way back to the front row of chairs. WOW! Praise the Lord!! I just wanted to say "THANK YOU" to all of you who helped out yesterday. Some of you prayed with people, some made coffee or treats, some watched babies in the... http://portagechurch.org/newsletter/weblog.php?id=P826 We are having a church picnic on Sunday, August 17th at 12:00 noon After our worship service we will head over to Pine Meadow Park on Hamilton Street. The church will provide brats, hotdogs and buns along with the fixings. There will also be assorted chips and chocolate chip cookies provided. Please bring a food dish to share and games or other fun outdoor activities. This will be an afternoon to get together with our church family and have fun. Any questions can be directed to... http://portagechurch.org/newsletter/weblog.php?id=P825 I'm sorry to inform you... We just received word that Win Oakes died this afternoon after a lengthy battle with cancer. Win was our trusted friend and fellow worker in the Kingdom; it was a blessing to know and work with him. Please pray for Martha and their family during this time of loss. Please watch for the September edition of the MWBC newspaper for an article featuring Win's life & ministry. Praise God for his life and everything he did for the Kingdom! http://portagechurch.org/newsletter/weblog.php?id=P823 Just want to give you all a head's up in case you haven't see the church calendar. This Thursday, there is a free conference being put on by our local association. It is about "Prayer and Spiritual Warfare" and will be at Gospel Baptist Church in Sparta. We would need to leave around 10 AM. After the conference, we have a CBA meeting and then we will be heading home. We are carpooling up there. If any of you are interested in going or have questions, please e-mail me... http://portagechurch.org/newsletter/weblog.php?id=P822 Hey Church - Got a call early this morning from a friend requesting some prayer. The request is for a man named Jason who attempted to take his life last night. He is hospitalized now and I'm sure has a long road ahead of him - please pray for him to come to know our Jesus and to surrender all to HIM. It is only then that Jason will experience true healing. Thanks :) Just a side note / Jason does not attend River of Life (didn't want him to get confused with... http://portagechurch.org/newsletter/weblog.php?id=P821 Please be in prayer for Becky. She has been dealing with some health problems during the last several weeks. She has had debilitating pain to the point she mostly works from home now. The pain meds are not helping her. She has several issues going on. Yesterday she found out that her appendix is slowly rupturing, today she found out she has an intestinal infection and they admitted her to Meriter. She is having surgery tomorrow. She already had a surgery scheduled for the 2nd week of August...