Update On Clarence Barker

Clarence underwent his colonoscopy yesterday and while in there, they found a tumor the size of a football, so he underwent surgery to remove a portion of his colon along with the tumor. They discovered a small amount had reached his liver, but felt like they could treat it with Chemo. They were able to reattach his colon before closing. He is in ICU at Riverview and has a long road ahead of him for recovery. The doctors sounded hopeful that they got it in time and he will eventually recover. Please continue to pray for him and the family as they gather around and support him. Pray for Leota so she doesn't get herself down during this time of watching over him. Thank you all for your prayers.

One good man, one man who does not put on his religion once a week with his Sunday coat, but wears it for his working dress, and lets the thought of God grow into him, and through and through him, till everything he says and does becomes religious, that man is worth a thousand sermons -- he is a living Gospel -- he comes in the spirit and power of Elias -- he is the image of God. And men see his good works, and admire them in spite of themselves, and see that they are God-like, and that God's grace is no dream, but that the Holy Spirit is still among men, and that all nobleness and manliness is His gift, His stamp, His picture: and so they get a glimpse of God again in His saints and heroes, and glorify their Father who is in heaven.

Charles Kingsley

No man - I don't care how colossal his intellect - No man is greater than his prayer life.

Leonard Ravenhill

The desire of love is to give. The desire of lust is to get.

Ed Cole

Take heed of driving so hard after this world, as to hinder thyself and family from those duties towards God, which thou art by grace obliged to; as private prayer, reading the scriptures, and Christian conference. It is a base thing for men so to spend themselves and families after this world, as that they disengage their heart to God's worship.

John Bunyan

A father and his young daughter were great friends and much in each other's company. Then the father noted a change in his daughter. If he went for a walk, she excused herself from going. He grieved about it, but could not understand. When his birthday came, she presented him with a pair of exquisitely worked slippers, saying, I have made them for you. " Then he understood what had been the matter for the past three months, and he said. "My darling, like these slippers very much, but next time buy the slippers and let me have you all the days. I would rather have my child than anything she can make for me. " Some of us are so busy for the Lord that He cannot get much of us. To us He would say, "I know your works, your labor, your patience, but I miss the first Love."

G. Campbell Morgan

There is a false self-distrust which denies the worth of its own talent. It is not humility - it is petty pride, withholding its simple gifts from the hands of Christ because they are not more pretentious. There are men who would endow colleges, they say, if they were millionaires. They would help in the work of Bible study if they were as gifted as Henry Drummond. They would strive to lead their associates into the Christian life if they had the gifts of Dwight L. Moody. But they are not ready to give what they have and do what they can and be as it has pleased God to make them, in His service - and that is their condemnation.

Charles Reynolds Brown

Life was a lot simpler when what we honored was father and mother rather than all major credit cards.
- Robert Orben

Prayer Requests

Please pray for Mike Haemmerle as he goes to the doctor this morning to see what's wrong with his foot. It has gotten progressively worse and he needs help. Pray the doctor will know exactly what to do to relieve his pain and get things back to normal. Also, pray for Clarence Barker. He is in Riverview Hospital undergoing tests as they are concerned he could have colon cancer. I went up to pray with him last evening before he undergoes further proceedures today. The family is quite worried about him. I told him that our Church family would be in prayer for him - he is a bit scared about it all.

CHURCH YARD SALE - COME ONE COME ALL!!!!

The Youth of Hinkle are doing a huge yard sale on the grounds of Hinkle to raise funds for their summer youth camp at Quaker Haven. The sale is going on NOW, Saturday and they would love for you to come and help support their efforts! Many items to choose from. Won't you come and support this great benefit for them? They really need your help! Bring a friend and pass the word!

Prayers for Kelsey

My friend Kelsey Stewart needs your prayers. Kelsey has brain cancer. He and his wife Kelly are in Texas looking into options for treatment. He was diagnosed over a year ago and has been doing very well but the cancer has come back and they need to treat it again. He has had two surgeries and chemotherapy and radiation. Kelsey's brother Kendal is a surgeon and a neurologist in Austin, Texas.

They will have to make a choice about what kind of treatment will work best for Kelsey. These are hard decisions to make and they are already exhausted and scared from all they have been through. The Stewarts have five children. Their oldest daughter, Haley just graduated from college and is getting married in the fall. Their other children Noah, Elijah, Chloe and Brianna are all still in school. Kelly's brother Chris also lives in Austin so they have support there.

Please help me pray for this beautiful family. Kelly and her Mom and Dad were the first people to teach me about Jesus when I was just a young girl. Kelly and I have been friends for over thirty years. I know I have asked for prayers for Kelsey many, many times over the past year and I am now asking you again to please help me pray for this family in their time of need.

You may recall me telling you how when Kelsey was in the hospital the first time, before and after surgery he was walking around to patients in the other rooms asking them if they knew Jesus. And Kelly prayed for me for years when I was living a life that was not pleasing to God. I didn't know that until she called me after years of not being in touch and I told her I had just been baptised. That's when she told me she never stopped praying for me and I was so humbled by her love for me.
Please help me pray for my friends.

Thank you,
Kelly

I can only imagine

"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world."

C.S. Lewis

What an awesome sermon we enjoyed at church yesterday!

     When I woke up Sunday morning I didn't feel all that great, I was tired and just feeling irritable. And I didn't want to feel that way at all! I was longing to feel the joy I knew was there waiting for me. All of Gods blessings were around me. I needed a breakthrough and I didn't want to wait until half way through church to get it.

     Sometimes when I come to church it takes about thirty minutes before I can really get calm and ready for worship. Conner's Lacross coach said something the other day that really intrigued me. He said that if the boys would just come into the season in shape he could teach them so much more. But he has to spend half of the season getting them up to speed physically. I was like, that's me at church! I need to come to church prepared spiritually so I can get the most of what God has for me! 

     So, on Sunday morning we got to church early and I walked in a big circle around the cemetary praying my heart out, telling God everything I had on my heart, giving it all to him so that when I entered church I was ready, my heart was prepared for Him. As I was rounding the bend up by the Ma & Pa trees by the road, it hit me. I felt the now familiar peace that comes when I know my prayers have been heard. I just knew I had been blessed and I could now feel Gods love for me because I took some time to get out of my own way. Praise Jesus! Oh that he cares! Oh that he listens! When I walked into the sanctuary I was calm, I felt ready and I felt glad. I knew I was where I wanted to be. My heart was prepared to receive his blessings, and it made all the difference.

     There was a sweet spirit at church on Sunday. I could absolutely feel it moving. A few times I could feel it like a breeze. The sermon Bob gave was definatly stirring hearts. He asked us to change our hearts by practicing forgiveness. I, for one could not wait to start. I was amazed by the sheer number of people who's names and faces popped up when I looked back over my life. I laid down that evening and began sifting through my memories and they came to me one by one in chronoloigcal order and I said my peace and the next one popped right up like they were all there just waiting to be reconciled. I actually fell asleep and when I woke up my mind went right back to work and picked up where it had left off when I'd fallen asleep. It was very important, I felt, that while I was bringing up all of these circumstances and the emotional pain connected with it that I was thorough in my spiritual work of releasing it. So, I  began the process of forgiving myself and reminding myself that the reason for recalling it was to end it's hold over me by giving it to God. He's already forgiven me but I needed to do my part and empty my storehouse of mistakes, regrets and bitterness so I can recieve his forgiveness, fully and completely. I want the freedom Bob said would follow. I am very much looking forward to that!

     We are praying to God for revival here at Hinkle. We have claimed it! We are saying to God, "Revive and refresh our hearts! Make us ready! Open our eyes and ears to your love for us!" Pour your spirit on us! We want to go further, we want to do more, we want to expand our territory! We want to make a difference here in his holy name. Not just because we want an amazing experience and to feel good! Although I have no doubt that will be part of it, it certainly isn't our goal. We want to grow as christians, we want to see fruits of the spirit become real in our lives. 

     When I was at the retreat last month I was sitting in the chapel and it was late. Most everyone had left but a few had stayed behind. I just felt I wasn't ready to leave yet, so, there I sat, enjoying my time with God, not wanting it to be over. Four of the women who had been some of the leaders that weekend came in together and headed up to the alter, one of them sat on the steps and the other three stood around her, they laid their hands on her shoulders. One stood in front and one to each side. they all bowed their heads and each one prayed softly. Her back was to the alter and I couldn't even see the woman. She was covered on all sides by the women praying for her. One of the women began weeping and then sobbing and one lifted her hands upward and begain to exclaim halelujiah over and over again. I just sat there watching. It was so quiet, so still and so intense. Finally, after some time they all collapsed down to their knees and held each other then they helped the woman who was being prayed for to her feet. She seemed a little overwhelmed herself. I don't know why they were praying for her in that way. But whatever the result, it hit all of those women at the same time. They all reacted seperatly but equally. It looked to me that they had gotten a response when they cried out earnestly for their sister in need. I imagined they felt some kind of mighty holy wind, sort of like the breeze I felt in church on Sunday. These women didn't just walk up there and hope that God would be happening by when they prayed. No, they had done their spiritial work and knew that when they needed to access Gods amazing power in hopes of healing he would come.

     As I've mentioned before, the most important thing I learned at the retreat is how much God loves us. So great! So mighty! So incredibly awesome! He loves us! He loves us so abundantly it's hard to imagine. Like the woman in the bible who was seeking healing, when you but touch the hem of his garment in faith you get a glimmer of what he has in store for you. His pure love heals our broken spirits. He can use us in circumstances we, ourselves, could never manage on our own. We are then living in Gods power. What a privilege. What an honor.

Oops! Mistake about breakfast

I'm sorry we didn't get the information out about Monthly Meeting Sunday Breakfast. We will NOT be having breakfast tomorrow nor any of the Monthly Meeting Sundays for now. We don't want to interrupt our schedule with our Sunday School Program we are trying to grow. We are discussing this change and updates will be forthcoming concerning any food for Monthly Meeting Sundays. Look for notices about that in coming bulletins and here on the blog. Sorry about the confusion.

This sunday is Monthly Meeting!
Breakfast at 9:30 Worship at 10:30 and the meeting begins immediatly after Worship. Everyone is invited!

On Sunday Sharon will be putting out a sign up sheet for people who would like to bring cookies to the Rachel West Kramer concert on Friday, June 15 to welcome our guests with a dessert reception after the concert!

Bailee Madison - I Am Second

Bailee Madison - I Am Second

Prayer

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit - Ephesians 6:18

Remember to pray often. Paul here says we are to be praying always. He admonished the church at Thessalonica to "pray without ceasing" (1 Thessalonians 5:17). This indicates that our whole life is to be constantly bathed in prayer.

There should be thanksgiving, confession and supplication in every part of our day. Every decision should be made prayerfully. Every undertaking in God's service should be approached with prayer. We all know the importance of prayer; but so often we are not as concerned as we should be that our prayer life is not what it should be - we need the reminder, "Don't forget to pray."

Remember, also, that you are being heard. Sometimes the complaint is made that, "I just don't feel my prayers go anywhere, I don't feel they are being heard." But Jesus promised that when we knock it shall be opened. The answer comes in God's own way and on His timetable but we are encouraged to keep asking and knocking.

Remember how to pray. Prayers are to be in the Spirit. Selfish prayers will not be heard. Requests that are not in harmony with God's will, as revealed in His Word, will not be heard. But the prayer offered up in the Spirit will be heard.

The very thought that your feeble cry can actually be heard in the throne room of Heaven should be adequate incentive to keep you regularly coming to the throne of grace to find mercy and help in time of need.

Not quite so sure

I've updated the Blog to have access to all of the new features. Problem is I'm not so sure how to use everything yet. I think there's a little pencil in the upper right hand corner you can click on to write a post. Usually I check on what upgrades they have available and if I don't like them I switch back. But it's not letting me switch back. So, please be patient while I try to figure out what's so great about this new layout and how to make it pretty let alone functional. We will prevail! Thank you for your patience

~Kelly

Wayne Huizenga - I Am Second

Wayne Huizenga - I Am Second

Bible Study tonight - Food info

Just a reminder that we are having a "breakfast type meal" tonight at Bible Study.  So far, I know that Trish is bringing blueberry muffins and sausage links, Paulette is bringing a breakfast casserole, and I believe I heard there will be boxes of cereal.  As always, I'll be sure to have coffee made!  Come and enjoy the food, fellowship, and study of the last in the series on the Resurrection.

Guy Penrod--"He Hideth My Soul" from the CD "Hymns"

What Your Pastor Wants You To Know

Written by Lysa TerKeurst

Originally, I planned on titling this message, “5 Ways to Bless Your Pastor.” But as I started interviewing Pastors and their wives about this article, I realized blessing our pastor isn’t just about doing something for him. Sometimes the biggest blessing can come from what we don’t do.

So, I retitled this blog hoping to truly give insight into what our Pastors want us to know but can’t really announce from the pulpit.
I’m passionate about understanding how to love and support those who lead my church. But I have to admit, I’m not a heroine in this article. I’m still learning how to apply the Biblical principle of 1 Timothy 5:17-18.
“Elders who are leading well should be admired and valued. Double up on the honor shown them; care for them well—especially those constantly and consistently teaching the word and preaching. For the Scripture agrees, “Don’t muzzle the ox while it is treading out your grain,” and, “The worker deserves his wages.” ”
Paul knew that blessing the Pastor was remarkably important when he said these words to Timothy and now to us all.
A wise, incredibly humble Texan Pastor I interviewed yesterday said, “Some would think double honor sounds excessive, but the reality is no one fully understands the pressures on your Pastor at any given time as they carry with them the burdens of many in the congregation quietly and confidentially… This is not work that you can leave at the office, it weighs on you. I believe it is for this reason Paul calls us to double honor.”
So, how do we apply this? Here are some insights shared with me from Pastors and their wives all over the country:
1. Do the basics consistently.
The greatest way to bless your pastor is to be one of those faithful people who attends, serves and gives consistently. This gives such assurance to a Pastor and their staff.
One of the most well studied Pastors I know on church leadership said, “When people do the regular basics and never make a big deal about it, the other stuff you do for your Pastor is so much more meaningful. Some people try to bless their Pastor on their terms and they are loud about it. They don’t tithe… but hey Pastor-you can use our lakehouse with strings attached.”
Let’s bless our Pastor and his staff with the basics. Give gifts without strings. And don’t toot our horn about doing so.
2. Let go of the unrealistic expectations.
Almost every Pastor I talked to addressed the issue of inviting he and his family over for dinner. While it seems like something we’re doing for the Pastor, it usually isn’t the gift they need. More than spending time with my family, they need to spend time with theirs. Bless them with gift certificates. Or schedule to take them a meal and just drop it off- especially during those busy times of Easter and Christmas.
Of course, they will have friends who are close enough where a dinner with that family is completely comfortable and refreshing. But let the Pastor and his wife initiate this. Give them the freedom to have close friends and not feel guilty or exclusive in doing so. One Pastor’s wife said to me, “I think the thing that discourages me the most is people commenting on my friendships. Using the word clique to describe my friendships rather than just being happy I have a community is hurtful.”
Let’s bless our Pastor and his family with freedom. They need friends. And it’s okay if we’re not dinner buddies.
3. Love the Pastor’s wife.
One Pastor wrote and said, “Please give my wife face to face affirmation.” Another said, “When my wife hears negative things about the church or me-it crushes her.”
Another Pastor’s wife gave some interesting insight into how to greet her so she doesn’t feel like a heel for not remembering everyone personally. She said, “It’s hard when people say-Do you remember me? Instead just introduce yourself and remind me where we’ve met before.”
Let’s commit to our Pastor’s wife the gift of kind words. I know as a female leader, when someone commits to me that they will only say kind and affirming things about me, my ministry, and my family-it makes me feel so safe.
4. Don’t assume other people are encouraging your Pastor.
Send those notes of encouragement. Write the email where you tell him what a difference that sermon made in your life. Don’t assume they get plenty of positive feedback-because usually they aren’t.
Let’s commit to not just be someone who appreciates our Pastor in our hearts-but let’s let them know over and over.
5. Keep studying how to bless your Pastor.
Become aware of how your Pastor best needs to be blessed and step into that role. Make it a family mission to be one of those foundational families at church who stays out of the drama, seeks to give not take, and stays for the long haul honoring him all the way.
And don’t forget the other Pastoral staff who serve so faithfully as well.
It’s Biblical. It’s good. And while I’ve got a long way to go, I’m committed to honoring my Pastors with much more intentionality. What about you?
Tell us how you plan to bless your Pastor this week. Pass a link to this article on to others in your church so the love can spread. Also, if you want more practical ideas, hundreds were posted on my facebook page yesterday.

http://lysaterkeurst.com/2012/05/what-your-pastor-wants-you-to-know/

Piano Recital

On Saturday evening at 7:00 p.m., there will be a piano recital at the Noblesville High School Auditorium with our own Michaela Haemmerle playing!  I plan to go and support Michaela and just wanted to let everyone know she will be performing.  Is she our upcoming pianist at Hinkle?  I always want to support our young people in their musical endeavors.  The recital/concert is free.

God sees beyond the apparent

RANK DOESN’T MATTER - JUDGES 6: 11-­16

Judges 6:15b
“…and I am the least in my father’s house.”
KEY THOUGHT: GOD LOOKS BEYOND THE APPARENT
On the surface, Gideon appears to be one of the least likely superheroes in the entire Bible. The circumstances in which he found himself didn’t improve his likelihood for greatness. When first introduced in the Bible, he is threshing wheat in a hidden place so the Midianites wouldn’t find him. He had a poor self-image, as he referred to himself as “the least in my father’s home.” God, however, hailed Gideon as He saw him, “The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valor.”
When God calls you, remember that He sees you as you are, not as you think you are. The task for which God chose Gideon was far beyond anything that Gideon thought he could do, but God knew better. That is what you need to remember when God calls you – He is not concerned with what you think you can do, but what He knows you can do! The person God chooses when He calls you is not the one you see in the mirror, but the one He sees through the eyes of His omniscience!


http://www.fh.org/day-14?utm_campaign=FH_SocMed&utm_medium=Media%2BConnect%2BPartners&utm_source=facebook&utm_term=2012-05-02-13-31-00

OPEN HOUSE RECEPTION

There will be an open house reception for Walter Beauchamp's 90th birthday this coming Sunday from 1-4 p.m. at the home of Jean Robey, 750 Birch St., Westfield.  The family asks that there be no gifts, only cards.  Walter has been a member of Hinkle from birth and I know he would be so happy to see some of you on Sunday if you can come.  If you can't come, you can send a card to the Jean's house so he will have them for Sunday.  Her address is 750 Birch St., Westfield, In.  46074.  I apologize that I didn't get this in the bulletin last Sunday and I realize many of our newer people do not know him, but for those of you who do, I'm sure it would make his day to have a visit from you!