Pray List March 30, 2007 Pastor Toms - 2/28 Weaker. Cannot walk and confined to wheel chair. Left side failing. Mind is sharp.

Bruce Coulter -3/28 Manor Care. Rehab for another 1 ½ weeks.

Naomi Johnston - 3/24 - Sunbridge/Brittany for rehab.

Elen Hintz - 3/26 started cancer treatment - doing better.

Mary Kugelman - 3/27 had tracheotomy. Hope to remove breathing tube soon.

Hershel Bartshe - Kaiser/Morse - recovering from colon section removal.

Joyce Bridges - Surgery on arm 4/2 - Kaiser Roseville

Dale .


Linda Lane
Administrative Assistant
Arcade Church
lindal@arcadechurchonline.com  ¶ 1:46 PM 0 Comments

  Pastoral Team Prayer Requests

Gentlemen (and ladies reading this too)

Thank you for your continuing prayer support for our pastors and Arcade Church.

There are a few prayer opportunities most of you are not taking advantage of that we would like to remind you of:

Sunday morning at 6:15AM – Worship based prayer time for Jake, the morning services, the people attending, and all ministries that will be happening on campus that morning.

During each service, in the staff lunch room – Worship based prayer time to pray for the speaker of the morning, usually Jake, and all that is happening in and during the service.

There are many other opportunities for corporate prayer at Arcade. Please join in with one of these prayer times if you are not currently meeting with others for prayer on a regular basis.

Thanks,
Vic and Guenther
(the ice cream boys)

And now for this weeks requests:

PASTORAL STAFF PRAYER REQUESTS

Jeremy Johnson – Praise God for continued healing in my foot. Pray that the gout would not be a long term problem and pray for wisdom in sorting priorities.

Jake Larson – Pray for continued development of shared vision, growth through BWGI (Becoming What God Intended) series and our annual golf fundraiser.

Igor Dronov – Please pray for my family, my friends and me as we are going to make some changes in our life group ministry. Pray that all God has on His heart we would accept and implement.

Rod Fendall – Pray for Diane and I as we drive to Seattle for a 10 day vacation.

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  Pray for Elder Retreat Please pray for the Elder Retreat - it starts this evening and continues through Saturday. The Elders will be meeting locally and together with the pastoral staff are seeking to know God's heart and further direction in His work at Arcade. So thank you very much for praying.
Arcade Elder ~ Joe Walsh  ¶ 11:51 AM 0 Comments

  PRAYER LIST - March 23, 2007 Pastor Toms - 2/28 Weaker. Cannot walk and confined to wheel chair. Left side failing. Mind is sharp.

Monkey Record - Kaiser/Roseville. Surgery - colon cancer. Doing better. May be home 3/20 or 21.

Bruce Coulter - 3/13 Manor Care for rehab. 3/16 Infection is gone.

Naomi Johnston - Mercy General, Rm. 448. Gall bladder operation 3/21 (moved).

Elen Hintz - Rare blood cancer, shingles, neuropathy - In a lot of pain.

Mary Kugelman - 3/21 Tube inserted in lung to remove fluid.


Linda Lane
Administrative Assistant
Arcade Church
lindal@arcadechurchonline.com  ¶ 11:46 AM 0 Comments

  Getting into Routine of Physical Therapy... Nancy came home as expected and is getting into a routine of doing her physical therapy three times a day. Her therapist will come to the house Monday, Wednesday and Friday for a few weeks. She is very pleased with her progress. She said her right knee is stiff (I'm still experiencing stiffness in my left knee after my last surgery 8 months ago) so this is pretty normal.

Continue to remember us in your prayers as we wait on Him for his leading and direction
The Koinonia Adult Fellowship is supplying evening meals for a couple of weeks so this is very helpful and appreciated. I haven't burned anything down yet and no food poisoning as of yet.

Pray that Nancy will get her rest during the day; also her back is still borrowing her. We're hoping this improves with more time and therapy. The surgeon actually made one of Nancy's legs longer so we're praying that this will help her back.

Thanks again for your prayers and concern...............Ric  ¶ 2:29 PM 0 Comments

  Pray for God to expand our appetite for Him Pray for God to expand our appetite for Him. Pray that for yourself, your spouse, children, our congregation, and in other congregations across our city.

God is no respecter of persons. He did not respect the Azusa Mission any more than the finest cathedral in the world. It is not the place that impresses Him, but the heart of those who come. Is there a hunger for the Lord?  ¶ 11:54 PM 0 Comments

  Pray for tdhe Singles Ministry All Singles are welcome to come celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a corned beef and cabbage dinner at Laura Luce's home, Saturday, March 17th, at 6:00 pm.  ¶ 11:48 PM 0 Comments

  Pray for the College Ministry Everything God ordains He orchestrates. Pray for the college students as theylLearn more on Sunday nights at 7:30 pm at the Arcade College Gathering in Shoeless Mo's.  ¶ 11:32 PM 0 Comments

  Pray for the High School Ministry Media Fast: pray for the students as they participate in the Media Fast for 30 Days. The media fast is part of a fundraiser to help students raise money for their upcoming trips, including the mission trip and summer camp.  ¶ 11:25 PM 0 Comments

  Pray for Junior High Ministry Please be praying for the Junior High mission trip to San Francisco, April 2nd-6th. Mission training is every Sunday in March. Pray for unity, and that God will begin to work in the lives of the people they will be ministering to.  ¶ 11:18 PM 0 Comments

  Pray for Women's Ministry
Women's Ministry has several new spring Life Tools classes coming up. Stop by the Women's Ministry table in the lobby for details.  ¶ 11:03 PM 0 Comments

  Pray for the Up-Coming Sunday Elective Discovering God's Way of Handling Money. This 8-week video serious begins next Sunday morning, March 18th, at 8:30 in RM 601. Workbooks for this series are available from the church office. Learn God's practical and profound financial principles that will change the way you handle the money God has entrusted to you.  ¶ 10:57 PM 0 Comments

  Senior Member Services A 53 year-old son of one of our deceased members is in need of a share rental situation. Be a handyman, and working swing shift, he might be a great fit for a single elderly man who needs someone to help care for his home. If interested, please call Pastor Rod Fendall at the church office. 972-1617. Please pray this need will be met.  ¶ 10:53 PM 0 Comments

  Pray for our People Naomi Johnston: Mercy General with very serious complications from diabetes.

Bruce Coulter: Mercy Jan Juan with serious leg infection.

Monkey Record: Kaiser Roseville- had cancer surgery.

Nancy Fiol: Sutter Oaks recovering from double knee surgery.

MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR BOB KUNCE will be this Saturday, the 17th at 1:00 pm in the Worship Center.  ¶ 10:48 PM 0 Comments

  VBS 2007 -- pray for it now... June 25th - 29th is VBS week. This year's theme is "Holy Land Adventure --Galilee by the Sea." Please pray for the sign-up process over these next weeks. Sign-up in the Lobby to help!  ¶ 10:41 PM 0 Comments

  We've Ignored Him Enough . . . . . . Let's invite God back into our city of Sacramento. Pray for the youth to have the courage to lead the rest of us in that invitation to God . . . !  ¶ 10:37 PM 0 Comments

  Humility - What's Inside? - March 14, 2007 If pride is a common and dangerous vice, then humility is the remedy or corresponding virtue. How does one practice the virtue of humility? And can one practice it without committing the opposite vice and become prideful about it?

Sometimes we think that humility requires poverty or a low station in life--cleaning bathrooms or a trash collector. Lest you think I'm knocking those jobs, both my mother and I have both been cleaning women--she for many more years than my summer or student jobs. My husband is a blue collar worker. But humility really has little to do with one's job or social class or wealth or lack of it. A humble person has no hint of condemning others in their life or spirit. That probably knocks most of us out of the line up for a "humble prize." (Although, most of us have eaten humble pie often enough that we could line up for that prize.)

It is almost impossible to judge humility from the outside. Only as individuals do we know what goes on in our minds as we relate to and meet other people. Another way of putting it is, a humble person puts the needs of others first. Unfortunately, this is difficult for most of us. We have been around the block and know that no one, ultimately, will look out for us. We have to be prepared to work for what we get. Neither is it good to be a doormat--used by others, never standing up for ourselves. So how can we balance that with also putting the needs of others first? There are lots of fine lines here.

Perhaps St. Paul puts it in good perspective as he writes in his book in the New Testament to his friends at Philippi, "Do nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others better than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests but also to the interests of others" (Philippians 2:3). Even Paul recognizes this dual need: to look out for your own interests, but also for the interests of others.

I'm always bemused by people who like to be last for dinner at a buffet or potluck meal where one has to stand in line. At first glance it appears to be a very humble move--but it too can be a source of pride! As the men at the back of the potluck shuffle around trying to be last, they actually draw more attention to themselves then if they'd just go ahead and get in line. Not to pick on anyone!

And what about the front of the line? No one wants to be first in line for the food, maybe because of false humility. Not wanting to look like a pig. (Children of course have no qualms about lining up first.) And so people hem and haw about not getting in line first, holding up the whole process, when it would expedite things if someone just quietly went ahead and got in line.

So humility, as we have seen, is not easy to determine. It is a matter of the heart, not what appears on the outside. Since I already confessed in my last column that pride is a problem for me, obviously I'm not standing in line for the humility prize.

In wrapping up this special series on Vices and Virtues, perhaps you'll also appreciate this "Humility Prayer," which I found through a link at the website of blues singer Michael Powers, but I assume with an unknown author:

God, I am far too often influenced by what others think of me. I am always pretending to be either richer or smarter or nicer than I really am. Please prevent me from trying to attract attention. Don't let me gloat over praise on one hand or be discouraged by criticism on the other. Nor let me waste time weaving imaginary situations in which the most heroic, charming, witty person present is myself. Show me how to be humble of heart, like you. Amen.

Contributed by Melodie Davis: MelodieD@MennoMedia.org Melodie is the author of eight books and writes a syndicated newspaper column, Another Way - Daily Wisdom  ¶ 10:33 PM 0 Comments

  Nancy is being discharged from Sutter Oaks - TODAY Today (Tuesday 3/13) Nancy is being discharged from Sutter Oaks. She has progressed very well. She was able to bend both of her knees to 94 degrees yesterday. She had to be at least 90 to be discharged. Continue to pray for us as now Nancy will have to do her physical therapy at home for a few weeks a Visiting Nurse will come to the house 2-3 times a week for several weeks. Then Nancy will have to go downtown for physical therapy for several weeks 2-3 times a week. Pray that she'll be faithful to do her exercises and that I'll be an encouragement to her as well as a helpler when needed.

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  Thank you for your Prayers for those here. Pastor Toms – 2/28 Weaker. Cannot walk and confined to wheel chair. Left side failing. Mind is sharp.

Nancy Fiol – Sutter Oaks, Rm. 223, Tel. #552-2284. Healing very quickly.

Bob Kunce – Home with the Lord. Memorial service on March 17 at 1:00 PM.

Monkey Record – Kaiser/Roseville. Surgery – colon cancer on Friday, March 2. 3/5 Still recovering. No report yet.

Bruce Coulter – 3/5 Mercy San Juan, Rm. 5236, North. Leg infection, fever, low blood pressure.

Jeremy Johnson – Emergency. Home now. Broken and dislocated toe (ouch!)

Naomi Johnston – Mercy General. Medical – Intensive Care. Pneomonia, very serious.

Elen Hintz – Rare blood cancer, shingles, neuropathy – In a lot of pain.  ¶ 7:50 PM 0 Comments

  Nancy Fiol needs our Prayers
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  PASTORAL STAFF PRAYER REQUESTS Jeremy Johnson – Please pray for encouragement and God’s perspective. Please pray Colossians 3:1-2 for me. “Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.”

Igor Dronov – Please pray for the Slavic Children’s Ministry of Arcade Church. For Sunday School teachers that God calls for this ministry as well as for families and children for their cooperation with what God leads in church programs.

Rod – Pray for the leadership of my LifeGroup.

Tim Skillman – Praise God for His continued encouragement and evidence of His will in the life of me and my family. We lift God up in Praise today.  ¶ 11:14 PM 0 Comments

  Notes: A Visit with Pastor Lee Toms I went today with Rod Fendal over to visit Pastor Toms in St. Helena. It was good to see him again . . . it may very well have been my last time. He doesn't have long, say the doctors. He has outlived their expectations. That's because Lee is in the Hands of his Savior, not the surgent. His mind though was sharp!! And we had a very stimulating conversation! What a precious brother and friend he is!! What a jewel we have had in our midst ... shining in his own special and spiritually empowered way!

Pastor Toms made these statements:

Concerning Terrorism, he said:
"Terrorist are invisible. They are the unseen presence. Who is better able to deal with the unseen world than . . . the Church. It needs to mobilize itself against the unseen enemy of our souls."

"The Church needs to be mobilized to confront the unseen enemy (2Cor10:-4-5). Pray God will root out the enemy at the source. We must understand and become proactive in assailing the Gates of Hell . . . to set the captives free!"

Concerning his health, he said:
"The cancer is definitely going to kill me. But, The spiritual experiences have been absolutely transforming . . ."

In response to the question, "why haven't You taken me home?, the Lord told him: 'I have established a course for you, and when you have finished it, I will take you home.'"

The grace of God is mighty in Pastor Tom's life. In his spirit, he is remarkably strong, resolute and clear thinking! It was a joy to be in his presence and talk about things, listening to the grace and wisdom of God in his life.

You may know that Pastor Toms has written and now has published two books. And they are PRECIOUS!! Please order a copy for yourself and others. They are: Letters from Lillian, and the other is The Mantle of Ministry. Both were published by Pascoe Publishing, Karen Pascoe, publisher. You can go to www.pascoepublishing.com/ or go to Berean Bookstore and order it.

A prayer request about the books... pray for the distributing process. These are two outstanding books: one that has to do with the "practical and pastoral theology" of life between a husband and wife in ministry, and the other with the Mantle of Ministry itself. You will see that it was truly a shared calling that Lee and Lillian had together. Let's do everything we can to get the information out to as many people and distributors of Christian books that you know. ...Christian schools, Bible Colleges, Seminaries, Bible Institutes. Anywhere in English.

I believe, having seen the books, that they would be excellent tools for anyone preparing for ministry and dealing with the challenges that it presents in the grace and workings of God for such lives. And the next time you seek Karen Pascoe and the Pascoe family, thank you for their loving ministry and support through this long and personal project that will benefit the lives and ministries of thousands of brothers and sisters IN Christ! ~ Joe Walsh  ¶ 6:34 AM 0 Comments