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Hi everyone! I am asking everyone who reads this post to leave a comment. I am taking attendance. I just want to see how many people are checking the blog daily. If it's not being used I can possibly set up a blog through the websight if that's easier for everyone. I just want to take a head count. We are not seeing a lot of comments but that doesn't mean we don't have readers. So, if you don't mind please leave a quick comment so we can be sure we are using the most convenient form of communication for everyone.

Thank you,

Kelly

SNOW AND WIND AGAIN!

We are still planning on having Bible Study tonight, but not sure how the parking lot will be with all this drifting. I'd love to hear from all of you to know if you are planning to come. Will was asking about it last evening. If we are having it, I'll try to go up early and at least clean off the walks. Please post a comment on here or email me to let me know your thoughts.

Bible Study

We are all looking forward to having Bible Study tomorrow night. We sure missed not getting to go last week. I hope the weather holds out so we can meet. Heather tells me that she is planning to bring a chicken casserole, so that is a start! If anyone wants to add to that or let me know what you will be bringing, I'll post it for you. Man - I'm already hungry this morning! LOL!

Remember, we are starting in the book of Genesis and it should prove to be a very interesting study!

Church Family Prayers needed

I received a call from Laura Chambers requesting prayer for our little Victoria. She has suddenly become very sick and is carrying a high fever. They took her to the doctor and did a blood draw and have found that her white cell count is high and her little lymph glands are swollen in her neck. At this point, she is very listless. So let's all band together and lift Victoria to the Lord tonight and ask that He touch her. Laura is naturally concerned that whatever is wrong might be passed to Evan as well. I told her I would post it here so we could get busy praying. We love the children of our Church family and when one of them feel bad, it makes me feel bad for them. That's what we are all about as a family - to lift each other to the Lord in times of need.

Fellowship Breakfast/Monthly Meeting

On Sunday February 21st. we will have our fellowship breakfast at 9:30 AM
Please join us and bring a dish to share!
After Worship we will be having our Monthly Meeting.
Everyone is welcome to join.

Family Pictures

Please remember to run downstairs after Sunday Morning worship to have your picture taken for the new Church Directory's. Pictures will be taken on Sunday the 14th and the 21st.

Couples Dinner

Just a reminder:

Hinkle Creek Friends is hosting a dinner and movie night at church on Saturday Feb 27th. $20.00 a couple. Please see Heather Browning for details!

Church Family Fun Night

Hinkle Creek Friends is hosting another Church Family Fun Night!

February 19th at 6:00 at Hinkle Creek Friends

Bring a snack or a drink to share! (Finger Food)

Everyone is invited! Bring a friend!

Fun for all ages!

If you have any questions ask Will Bussell~

I did not know about this University, until just now.

George Fox University is a Christian university of the humanities, sciences and professional studies founded in 1891 by Quaker pioneers. We offer bachelor’s degrees in more than 40 majors, adult degree programs, five seminary degrees, and 11 master’s and doctoral degrees. George Fox University is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities and the 2009-10 Forbes college ranking made George Fox the highest-ranked Christian college in America.

In keeping with our mission of Christian higher education, all employees – faculty, administration and staff – are committed Christians. More than 3,300 students attend classes on the university’s residential campus in Newberg, at its Portland, Salem, and Boise centers, and at other teaching sites in Oregon.

Location

George Fox University
414 N. Meridian Street
Newberg, Oregon 97132
Phone: 503-538-8383
Directions to George Fox University

George Fox University is ideally situated in the heart of the beautiful Willamette Valley. We are just 23 miles south of Portland, Oregon’s largest city and cultural center. Discover museums, Saturday Market, the Waterfront, and don’t forget to catch a Trail Blazers game. Beyond the city limits are world-class recreational opportunities. You can enjoy the slopes of Mt. Hood one weekend and go clamming on the scenic Oregon Coast the next. The state of Oregon features 96,981 square miles of diverse terrain such as the Columbia River Gorge, the Cascade Mountain Range and high-desert country.

Hello Friends!

I just love being able to keep in touch with what's happening at Hinkle, even from so far away in Sunny Phoenix! Sorry, I dont mean to pick on you hoosiers with all the snow and cold. :)

We are all doing very well here. Cassie and Carlye have adjusted very quick to their new schools and friends. Carlye is on her school cheer squad and Cassie is in Heaven on earth here in North Scottsdale where there is a horse facility about every quarter mile. Cindy and I are very proud of our girls as this should have been a tough age for them to relocate but amazingly, they have adapted very well! Cindy and I are also very happy and blessed, with a great job and living in a wonderful area.

We sold our beloved farm on Flippins road kind of by accident. We were planning on leasing it and then a friend mentioned to a friend and the next thing you know, it was done. Of course our house is still for sale and I really appreciate being on the prayer list for that! SO THANK YOU!

We miss you all very much and Bob said he will send me some of the sermons which I really look forward to. I do have a CD in my car that has his piano preludes which makes me smile!

Take care and I will see you when I am back that way. In the mean time, stay warm! (by the way, it will be 72 on Saturday here) Sorry.... :)

Rusty Robertson

Please Pray

Hamilton County - A Hamilton County teen has died after an apparent accidental shooting Tuesday afternoon at his home. It happened in rural Hamilton County near Cicero.
The 16-year-old boy underwent emergency surgery at Methodist Hospital, but doctors were unable to save his life. He was pronounced dead around later Tuesday afternoon.
The victim suffered a single gunshot wound to the abdomen. Investigators are calling it a tragic accident.

The above is from WTHR.com

Please everyone Pray for this family. His name is Carson Wallace and he attended Noblesville Methodist Church, I believe.

Please pray.

We are going to Pennsylvania in the Spring and I would love to see this place

Arch Street Friends Meeting House

"Let there be sacred silence" (Horace 23 B.C.)

Upon entering this Meeting House for the first time, a visitor unfamiliar with Quaker practices beholds a room with no pulpit; sunbeams rolling in but not through stained-glass windows; no religious icons hanging from the walls; no shrines are to be found at all. Instead, one steps into a great, square room filled with row after row of wooden pews, from all sides facing the center. A balcony supported by Doric columns spans three sides of the room. Plain are the windows and shutters; the floor is of unvarnished wood.

Dominant colors: brown, white. Simple. Silent.

QUAKERS AND PRAYER

Quakers, also known as the Society of Friends, have no written creed or fixed tenets of belief and no defined program of prayer. Music and sermonizing are absent during Worship Meetings. Further, Worship Meetings do not have a person in charge. Rather, Friends believe that God resides in each individual. Congregants enter the Meeting Room and settle down in silent waiting. Any Friend who feels the "light" may share a message or prayer with others. In this room one is reminded of the words of the poet Marianne Moore, "The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence."

THE BUILDING

This is the oldest Friends Meeting House still in use in Philadelphia and the largest in the world. It was built in 1804 and enlarged in 1811. The Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends living in Philadelphia, the southern half of New Jersey, Delaware and parts of Maryland is held here every spring. Monthly business meetings are also conducted here — as they have since the 19th century.
The Meeting House has an entrance hall and three distinct sections. The West Wing, added in 1811 to accommodate the women's Monthly Meeting, is today the room used for worship as described above. Notice the two staircases leading to the balcony. Once upon a time young Quaker boys would use one set of stairs and young Quaker girls the other set. A "modesty board," a long piece of wood about four inches in height, runs the length of the staircase on the girl's side. This discouraged precocious Quaker lasses from showing too much leg to the curious eyes of the Quaker lads climbing on the other side. (Note that modesty boards were used in many 19th-century churches, by all denominations.)
The Meeting House's middle section serves as the site of Monthly Meetings and special events. In the East Wing of the building there are dioramas depicting the main events in the life of illustrious Quaker William Penn. Emphasized are seminal events in Penn's life, showing that the legacy of Philadelphia's founder belongs not only to Quaker City residents, but to the world. Depicted are Penn the Peacemaker laying down his sword (1668); Penn the Defender of Liberties in prison (1670); Penn the Builder of Democracy writing his "Frame of Government" (1682); Penn the Friend of the Indians completing a treaty with a tribe (1682); Penn the City Planner with his surveyor Thomas Holme, studying Holme's map (1683); and Penn the Founder of Schools (1699).
Also on display is a dollhouse representing the home of noted Quaker journal-keeper Elizabeth Drinker and her husband Henry. When reading Drinker's diary (kept from 1759-1807), one feels like a dinner guest in the home of an elite Quaker family. All manner of affairs are discussed from the scarcity of good servants to the transgressions Friends suffered during the Revolutionary War. If you are interested in more, see Elizabeth Drinker and her Diary. Special shows are also held in the East Wing.
The ground around the Meeting House was first used for burial purposes under a patent issued by William Penn in 1701 and many victims of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 are buried here. Burials continued until 1803, and the Meeting House was erected the following year. Certain burial exceptions were made for dignitaries such as Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810), the first American novelist (Wieland), who rests here. Quaker Samuel Nicholas, the founder of the Marine Corps, is also buried here, which is curious considering the pacific stance of Friends. James Logan (1674-1751), secretary to William Penn, and along with Penn and Benjamin Franklin one of the three most important men in Philadelphia's Colonial period, lies here in an unmarked grave (see the James Logan page).
In front of the entrance to the Meeting House on Arch Street, is a memento to an equine time. A horse trough, fabricated by the Philadelphia Fountain Society, Instituted A.D. 1869, and "Presented by a Lady," expresses a horse's thirsty petition, "Give Us Water That We May Drink." This particular trough once stood in front of Independence Hall. During Independence Park's refurbishing, the trough on Arch Street was deemed superior and traded for the one which stood in front of the Hall.
This Quaker meeting house is the oldest in Philadelphia and the largest in the world.
The Meeting House's land was donated by William Penn.
Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810), the first American novelist is buried here.
The noted abolitionist Lucretia Mott was a member of this meeting for a time.
Edward Hicks, painter of The Peaceable Kingdom, attended the Yearly Meeting here. His cousin, Elias Hicks, lent his name to the Hicksites during the Quaker "Great Separation" of 1827.
Location: 320 Arch Street between 3rd and 4th (map of Historic Philadelphia) (Map)
Built: 1804
Architect: Owen Biddle
Tourism information: Mo-Sa 10am-4pm. Worship meetings are held twice weekly and visitors are always welcome. Call 215-627-2667 for times and visitor information. Donation requested.

Bible Study

After chatting with Will this morning, we have decided that it is best to CANCEL Bible Study this evening for the safety of everyone. Conditions are only going to worsen and the parking lot at the Church will get bad with winds picking up. Please call anyone you know who might try to come that wouldn't be looking at the Blog. I'm looking forward to getting together again on Sunday. Just feels like it's been too long since we have all been together! Try to stay in if you can, stay warm, and be safe!

Prayers

Good morning Friends. I received a call last evening from Thelma Beauchamp (Walter Beauchamp's wife) that her son (my age), died suddenly. She has asked me to have his funeral on Friday. His name is Rick Trautvetter and was one of my classmates in school. I feel so bad for Thelma and ask that all of you remember her in your prayers.