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Spare Change - June 2019

Summer is here!!  School's out!! It's time to party!! Here are a few things I'm excited about this summer:

Zoo Day:
Everyone is invited to participate in this fun event on June 14th.  

• Sign up at the Welcome Desk or call the church office.
• Pay for however many in your family via check or PushPay app.  The group rate is $7.50 per adult (13 &up), $6.50 per child (3-12), and Free for children 2 and under.  Zoo members do not pay.
• Meet at the front gate of the Mesker Park Zoo at 9:30 am on June 14th.  We must enter together to get the group rate. If you have a season pass for the zoo we still need you to  sign-up at the Welcome Desk and get a copy of your membership card.

In the Wild VBS 2019:

• Sunday, June 23rd - Thursday, June 27th from 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm.  Register your child today! www.oakhillbc.org/ministries/kids.
• VBS is a week long activity for all children ages 4 yrs thru 5th grade (completed grades). They will have so much fun learning about Jesus, doing crafts, playing games, and much more!
• This years theme is really "WILD". Throw on your camera strap and buckle your seat belt for Amazing Encounters with Jesus. VBS 2019 takes you on a wild adventure—with elephants and egrets, polar bears and penguins, cockatoos and crocodiles. As you seek out exotic animals, you’ll also find snapshots of real-life encounters with Jesus in Scripture. Kids go from bewildered to believing as they get In The Wild at this summer’s VBS.

Crossings Kids Camp:

• Wednesday, July 24 - Saturday, July 27.
• Crossings Camp is a fun, high energy overnight camp for kids that have graduated 2nd - 5th grade.  Kids will have a blast at this all out camp experience.
• Located at Camp Cedarmore in Bagdad, KY (near Shelbyville).  Cost is $250 (includes lodging, transportation, and food).
• Register your child today! www.oakhillbc.org/ministries/kids/

I hope your family will be a part of these events and activities. They are all designed to spiritually encourage your children and draw our families closer together.

Women on Mission - June 2019

Make Holes in Their Darkness
By: Dianne Swaim

A story is told of British author Robert Louis Stevenson when he was five years old.  According to the story, his nanny was putting him to bed, but he slipped over to the window when he knew it was time for the lamplighter.  As he watched the lamplighter light each street light individually, he excitedly called, “Come quick, Nanny! That man is making holes in the  darkness.”

That story has impacted me for years as I have traveled to several third world countries and viewed hunger and poverty for myself.  In Zimbabwe, I held a 10 trillion dollar bill in my hands, worth only 50 cents in the United States.  Meanwhile, there was no food on the grocery store shelves, hospitals and schools were shut down, and there was a cholera outbreak.

The darkness of hunger hovers over almost 1 billion people in the world.  As they always have, Southern Baptist keep a global eye on hurting people and develop programs, raise funds, and send people to meet their physical and spiritual needs.

Organized to Serve

Global Hunger Relief seeks to put structure to the vast resources possible when God’s people give.  Seven Southern Baptist entities collaborate to observe Global Hunger Sunday.  These partners include WMU, the International Mission Board, and the North American Mission Board.

Every dollar goes directly toward meeting hunger needs.  The Cooperative Program covers all administrative costs.  Eighty percent of funds are directed toward International causes and 20 percent focus on North America.  In 2017, 14 million meals were provided in North America, and nearly $4.5 million helped feed more than 600,000 people across the world.

These numbers certainly indicate the work has been successful.  However, until every person across the world has enough food, we dare not claim success.  Our church’s involvement will make a hole in someone's darkness of hunger.  Hunger banks will be provided June 2nd at the Welcome Desk.

Women on Mission will meet Monday, June 10th at 6:00 pm at the church.  All our ladies are invited to join us.