"BLESSING OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES"

My heart has been blessed as more and more people are finding, developing, and using their spiritual gifts to help and bless others in very tangible ways. We have been doing "homework" the past several weeks, looking for people that we can be "neighbors" to and bless and help. Last week, Bill & Candy Brummer were helping some Megiddo Dream Station people distribute sack lunches to the homeless in the Bath community. One of the ladies helping to pass out food was a graduate from the Megiddo program in 2018, where she learned how to find and keep a job. Many people from Midland Valley Community have helped and supported the Megiddo Non-Profit Ministry through the years. Now, this lady was bubbling over with excitement as she was helping others. She testified to Bill & Candy about how God had provided for her and that she would graduate from Aiken Tech this Spring with a Medical Tech skill that will enable her to get a permanent job. She has been cleaning houses while going to school, and she very joyfully said "I now have money to buy my dream vehicle...a F-150 pickup truck!" Bill and Candy said her enthusiasm was contagious as she continually told others that what God had done for her, He could do for them!

Isn't that exciting! It feels so good to help someone else. Yes, it will probably inconvenience you, and it may cost you, but I promise the reward we get from blessing others is something you cannot put a price tag on. This Sunday we will continue this theme by talking about you and I having "Skin in the Game." Let's keep inviting people to church, let's keep blessing our community, and I promise we will be blessed ourselves beyond measure!

Love & Prayers,

Pastor David A. Gallimore

Opportunities Tonight @ Midland Valley Community Nazarene

5:15-6:15 PM

Wednesday Night Dinner in the FMC

6:30 PM

Nursery (Birth - 2 years)

Pre-School Pals (3 years)

Bible Buddies (4 & 5 Years)

Caravans (1st - 6th grade)

FUSE Student Ministries @ The Youth Chapel on the Hill (7th - 12th grade)

Choir Practice In The Sanctuary

Wednesday Night Wisdom in the FMC

Men's Bible Discussion in room #313 in the FMC

Please pick up your precious little ones by 7:45 PM. Thank you!!!

Care Connection Team Meeting

Care Connection ministry will meet Thursday April 25 @ 6:00pm in Kidsway.  All Care Team Leaders and others interested in volunteering for the Care Connection Ministry are welcome.  Care Connection provides volunteers to connect our members with the applicable community, church, or individual resources needed to provide assistance, prayer, and encouragement to those who are suffering.

Annual Church Elections

Sundays April 28 & May 5

Please vote on one of these days

Members 15 years old & up

Your vote counts!

Couples in Christ Small Group Meeting

Tonight, April 24 @ 6:30 PM

in the FMC Cafeteria

Baby Day

Sunday, May 5th

We will celebrate our babies in the church who have not celebrated their 3rd birthday yet on Sunday, May 5th at the beginning of both services! If you have a little one who is 2 and under who will be participating, please meet Pastor Jillian in the nursery 10 minutes prior to the start of the service you are attending. You will walk in together at the start of service for your child/children to be recognized and honored! Thank you so much for allowing your family to be a part of MVC; we can promise you that your children are very loved!

FUSE NEWS

Know of a Senior that’s Graduating?

If you are graduating from high school or college & would like to be recognized at our graduation service on Sunday morning, May 19, please let Pastor

Mike O’Hair or Church office know ASAP. Info sheets are being mailed out. Extra copies are available in the youth house

& next to the glass cases in hallway off sanctuary foyer.

FUSE Midweek:

Join us for midweek FUSE on Wednesday Nights from 6:30-7:45 pm.

Doors open at 6:00 pm. Bring a friend!

LOOKING AHEAD:

Grad Sunday, May 19, 2024

Youth Camp June 17-21, 2024

IMPACT Tour July 7-14, 2024

"CLEAN & FREE"

Thursday Nights @ 6:00 PM Chapel On The Hil

Do you struggle with any kind of addiction? "Clean & Free" is a biblical understanding of addictive behaviors & how we can identify them & overcome them. "Clean & Free" will take us from the altars of ourselves & our addictions to the cross of Jesus Christ, in order to live a clean and free life. For more information,

contact Kenny Monks @ (803) 226-2415.

Bible Babes’ Class meets on Tuesday Morning at 10:00 in the Chapel

(on the hill). 

Currently we are studying ‘The Life You Long For’ by Christy Nockels. Study is with videos, no homework but lots of discussion. Study the Bible with a very interactive and friendship building group.   Contact: Janey Rule 706 951-4886 

Jesus' Girls

Hey ladies! Join us Monday nights from 6:30-8:00 at Midland Valley Community in room 316 of the FMC. We will be starting a new study on April 29th, 2024. This one will be: Get Out of Your Head by JENNIE ALLEN

Are your thoughts holding you captive? Jennie Allen knows what it’s like to swirl in a spiral of destructive thoughts, such as I’ll never be good enough. Other people have better lives than I do. God couldn’t really love me. But Jennie also knows we don’t have to stay stuck in toxic thinking patterns. As she discovered, God built a way for us to escape that downward spiral. Freedom comes when we refuse to be victims to our thoughts and realize we have already been equipped with power from God to fight and win the war for our minds.

In Get Out of Your Head, Jennie takes groups on a study in Philippians, inspiring and equipping us to transform our emotions, our outlook, and even our circumstances by taking control of our thoughts. When we submit our minds to Christ, the promises and goodness of God flood our lives in remarkable ways. It starts in your head. And from there, the possibilities are endless.

Ladies Spring Event

Saturday, May 4 @ 11:00 AM in the FMC. Includes Lunch, and our Speaker is Linda Merritt & door prizes. Tickets can be purchased in the foyer on Sunday. Pre-sold tickets are $15/Adult & $10/Child. $5 more for each at the door. Doors will be open @ 10:30 am.

Men's Ministry News

Man Up Meets Tuesday Mornings

@ 6:00 AM

In The Chapel On The Hill

Man-Up is providing a car care event for single moms and widows on May 18th. You must register by May 11 ... there are only a few slots still available! Sign-up is on the MVC Facebook page. It will be a free oil change and check of fluids, etc. If you are a man who would like to help at the event,

contact Jay Earles or Chris Ward.

Wednesday Night Dinner

Menu For April 24, 2024

Bacon Chicken Casserole

Russian Cabbage Soup

Bread

Garden Salad

Dessert

Suggested Donations are: $4-$5 / Adult

and $3-$4 / Child

For more info on church ministries and events, please go to mvnazarene.org or call the Church Office at (803) 593-3114.