Everyone is welcome at Cherry Log Christian Church (DOC). 

Our Prayer for the week of Sept 5-11, 2010 
Almighty God, we come to you in prayer, revealing our fears and hopes, our joys and sorrows.  Some of our prayers are new to you.  Some of those who pray have been absent for a while; some of those who pray are praying the same prayers.  At times our prayers have been a scheme to get what we want; some use prayer as a refuge to resort to now and then.  We confess that now and then prayers, prayers only in the midst of pain and fear, do not give us an understanding of prayer.

Eternal God, we want to establish a more familiar relationship with you and you to us. All things have a home: the bird has a nest, the fox has a hole, the bee has a hive. A soul without prayer is a soul without a home.  Our praying and our prayers are the way our souls find a home in your kingdom.  We want a want home in you ever-present kingdom.

We seek to find a home where we are free, not free of obligations and responsibilities, but free to love without reserve and free to be generous knowing that giving regenerates itself.

We seek to find a home where it is easier to risk than to be safe, where silence is more nurturing than noise, and where the heart is of more value than the mind.

We seek to find a home where mission is our vision, where community envelops selfishness, and where institution becomes a means for service.  

Almighty God, we are restless; our rest and our home are found in you and you alone.  In the name of the Living Christ we pray. Amen.

Hear Us O Lord - J. Wyndham

Dr. Anil Henry to speak at CLCC

Dr. Anil Henry, director of our Disciples’ Christian Hospital in Mungeli, India, will be at Cherry Log for lunch on Wednesday, September 8, from 11:30-1:00.  We are all invited to hear him, but need to make reservations by calling the church office or signing a sheet on the Outreach bulletin board near the Fellowship Hall.
 
Dr. Henry is a Global Ministries partner.  After completing his education and while he was a surgeon at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Dr.  Henry asked Global Ministries for a  challenge.  He sent his Dad, an Indian doctor, to check out the hospital in Mungeli, and was told, “You want a challenge; you’ve got it.” 

This hospital was founded by the Disciples in the late 1800’s, and by the mid 1900’s was a leading provider of treatment for eye problems.  “Eye camps” were established throughout that region.  However, from 1955 until 2000 the hospital suffered from lack of leadership and funding and no longer resembled the hospital of its “glory days.”  Dr. Henry and his family accepted the challenge.

Under Dr. Henry’s leadership, the hospital now has new buildings, new equipment and a vision that is bringing vibrancy back to the hospital.  Two groups of Disciples from Georgia recently visited the hospital.  They were told, “Don’t send money; send people.  Come and see.”  While we may not be able to go to India, Dr. Henry’s visit on September 8 will be our opportunity to “Come and See.”

A Stephen Minister will walk beside you through the disequilibrium you are experiencing.

How do I get a Stephen Minister?

 

For Myself:

Contact: Bobbie Cherry 706-636-5627

              bobbiecherry@etcmail.com           

              Peggy Cleveland 706-633-9068

              hencle@yahoo.com

 

For someone else:

Talk with the person for whom you have a concern. Ask that person for permission to contact the Stephen Ministry Leaders to give them information about the situation. Contact leaders, information above.

QUILT AND NEEDLEWORK EXHIBITION
The Cherry Log Christian Church Arts Guild is sponsoring an exhibit of member’s quilting and needlework.  Work will be exhibited on Sunday, October 10, 2010.  We encourage all members who have quilts or needlework they have made to bring them for exhibit on the 10th of October.  The work will be displayed only on Sunday the 10th.  Click here to read more....


CLCC All Church Picnic
When:  September 4th 11:00-3:00
Where:  Horseshoe Bend Park, McCaysville, GA
View Photo Slide Show

BRING-A-FRIEND ICE CREAM SOCIAL
SUNDAY – August 15th!!
It was our annual SUNDAE SUNDAY!  The day you got to eat dessert FIRST!  But mainly the day you got to bring visitors…LOTS of visitors…to Cherry Log Christian Church to see what we’re so excited about!!   Many brought their best homemade ice cream.   

Click here to view the photo slideshow of this fun day.