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Mother's Day
Sunday, May 11th
Bring your mom, or anyone else's to church for a wqrm and wonderful experience.
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Youth Relay for Life
@ Eureka High
Friday May 16th at 3 p.m. to Saturday May 17th at 3 p.m.
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Disaster Relief Preparedness Workshop
@ Grace Good Sheoherd Church
Saturday, May 31st from 12 noon - 4 p.m.
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Welcome to
Church of the Joyful Healer,
recovering spiritual joy and healing within the greater Humboldt Bay area. We hope you will join us for inspiring music of many styles and traditions, for inspiring talk about God, for quiet prayer and for the companionship of a diverse group. You will be changed. We take our faith in a loving God seriously and joyfully. Together we pursue our faith in our city, our county, our country, and in our world. With open hearts, open minds, and open doors we seek to be a community of faith that welcomes people of all ages, races, cultures, and all social and economic conditions.
Celebration Services
Sunday ~ 9:30 & 11:00 a.m.
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Immersed in Life
What is it that makes a life fully content? How is it some people live in that 'sweet spot'? And when we find that zone, how do we stay in it?
This month Pastor Rod will be sharing a 'summing up' of the faith journey in practical terms. Be immeresed in life together with your fellow pilgrim family.
The series will look like this:
Sunday May 4
Immeresed in 'Smart'
Exodus 22:25-29a & I Timothy 6:17-19
Sunday April 11
Immersed in 'Family'
Matthew 9:18-25;
15:21-28
Sunday May 18
No Longer a Partial Self
I Corinthians 12:14-27
Sunday May 25
Immersed: Deepening Our Connection
Deuteronomy 5:12-15
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Pulpit Ponderings |
How smart was the donkey?
One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a
well. The animal cried piteously for hours as
the farmer tried to figure out what to do.
Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the
well needed to be covered up anyway;
it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.
He invited all his neighbors to come over and
help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began
to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the
donkey realized what was happening and cried
horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he
quieted down.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally
looked down the well He was astonished at what
he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his
back, the donkey was doing something amazing.
He would shake it off and take a step up.
As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel
dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it
off and take a step up.
Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey
stepped up over the edge of the well and
happily trotted off!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds
of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well
is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of
our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out
of the deepest wells just by not stopping,
never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.
Author unknown
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Mark Your Calendars!!
Joyful Healer Yard Sale
Saturday, June 14th
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Church Campout
Patrick's Point State Park
Friday, August 15th - Sunday August 17th
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