Calendar
June 27-Fire Dept. fire meeting, Fire Station, 7 p.m.; City Council, City Hall Community Room, 7 p.m.; July 2-Cemetery Board meeting, City Office, 7 p.m.
Little League
Tournaments are as follows: Boys: T-ball at Redfield; Coach Pitch, Pleasanton; Little League, Kincaid. Girls: T-ball, at Bronson; Coach Pitch, Blue Mound; Pigtail, at Colony.
Meal site
Friday-Pasta bake, Italian veggies, wheat bread, pineapple pudding; Monday-turkey sandwich, salad mix, potato salad, hamburger bun, pineapple; June 27-live band, Vision cards accepted; hamburger, stroganoff, pickled beets, carrots, roll, fruited yogurt. Phone 620-852-3457 for meal reservations.
Christian Church
Howard Reiter gave the Communion meditation on leading by example referencing Ephesians 6:1-11. These verses speak on children obeying their parents, and parents not provoking their children. Pastor Chase Riebel gave the sermon, Faith of our Fathers, reminding men they are not alone, they have their Christian brothers to lean on. They should remain steadfast in their faith, be bold in the face of intolerance and their accusers, stand bold and courageous (Joshua 1:1-11), and stand up to guard their faith, their family and the familys faith.
Mens Bible study is at 7 a.m. Tuesday; youth group meets at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, followed by a meal and prayer at 5:30 and adult Bible study at
7. The current study is on evangelism.
Everyone is welcome. The North American Christian Convention will be in Indianapolis June 26-28. Movie Night is at 6:30 p.m. June 30.
Cowboy Church
A nice crowd, including many fathers and four first-time guests, gathered for Fathers Day services at High Point Cowboy Church. Cindy Beckmon and the band led in praise and worship.
Pastor Jon Petty continued his message of Hope, confident expectation in the hope, Christ Jesus. Because of the promises in Gods word, believers can depend on those promises, therefore have hope that what He says is true.
UMC
Scripture presented on Fathers Day at the United Methodist Church was 1 Samuel 15: 34-35, 16: 1-3, 2 Corinthians 5: 6-16 and Mark 4: 26-34. Pastor Dorothy Welch presented the sermon, A Reality Check.
Story hour
The first session of Story Hour was June 12 at the City Hall Community Room with 14 children and seven youth helpers. The theme this year is Libraries Rock. Cathy Allen read a story and Debbie Wools, leader, read three books, Dooby Dooby Moo, Punk Farm and I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello. The youngsters made maracas for craft time.
Charlene Tinsley made the snack-cellos from Nutter Butter cookies and pretzels put together to look like a cello. The next story hour is Tuesday.
CEF
Officers for the Crest Education Foundation are: President Candace Powell, Vice President Chrissy Powell, Recording Secretary Laura Schmidt, Communications Secretary Casey Cook and Treasurer Denise King.
The next meeting is at 6 p.m. July 18 at the Colony City Hall Community Room.
They are busy planning activities and fundraisers for the upcoming school year. As always, all are welcome.
BOE
Crest USD 479 Board of Education members heard a number of updates.
Secured entrance doors will be installed in July and several summer projects are underway such as painting, waxing floors and general maintenance.
