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who throughout history havefound the testimony of Peter and James to be indeed truesavingly true!

Summer has finally arrived (wellalmost)! This is a time whenpeople will busy themselves withmuch-needed vacations and timewith family and friends. Letsmake sure that our much-neededrest also includes being refreshedand renewed in Gods Wordduring the summer months!

The same Apostle Peterwho wrote the abovewords, also wrote thesewords:

Therefore, putting aside allmalice and all deceit andhypocrisy and envy and allslander, like newborn babies,long for the pure milk ofthe Word, so by it youmay grow in respect tosalvation , if you have tasted

the kindness of the Lord. (1 Peter2:1-3 NASB)

While you cannot grow intosalvation, you can certainly growin your salvation! My prayer isthat this summer will be a time of

not only physical and emotionalrefreshment, but also a time ofspiritual growth in the Word ofGod! Remember, the Bible is theONLY book that is ancient, andyet it will ALWAYS be contempo-raryin leading you into becomingthe person God wants you to be!

Have a GREAT Summer!

Pastor Rob

More than one hundred yearsago, Mark Twain penned thesewords about the Bible: It is fullof interest. It has noble poetry in it:and some clever fables; and some

blood-drenched history; and some good morals; and a wealth of ob-scenity; and upwards of a thousandlies.

To Mark Twain, the Bible wasnothing more than an ancientbook that could not possibly betaken serious by the modernminds of his dayincluding hisown! In all honesty, I ques-tion whether Mark Twainever actually read the Biblebeyond a few verses andstories. He simply seems to

have repeated (in his ownway!) what many liberalexperts were saying aboutthe Bible in his own day.

At the same time that MarkTwain wrote the abovewords, the great Britishpreacher, Charles Spurgeonwrote these words concerningthe Bible: Many books in my li-brary are now behind and beneathme. They were good in their wayonce, and so were the clothes I worewhen I was ten years old; but I have

outgrown them. Nobody ever out- grows Scripture; the book widensand deepens with our years.

For Mark Twain, the Bible wasnothing more than an ancientbook with a few inspirationalthoughts and stories here andthere. For Charles Spurgeon, theBible was indeed an ancientbook, but because it was (and is!)the Word of the living God, itwas also a book that will always

speak to the modern mind. Thatis, the Bible will ALWAYS becontemporary to the humancondition.

The Apostle Peter saw the Scrip-tures as more than a collection ofquaint stories only appropriatefor Sunday-School children. Pe-ter saw that it was the veryScriptures that the Holy Spirituses to bring about our regener-ation (bringing spiritual life to thespiritually dead!):

Since you have been born again,not of perishable seed but of imper-ishable, through the living andabiding Word of God ; for Allflesh is like grass and its glory likethe flower of grass. The grass with-ers, and the flower falls, but the

Word of the Lord remains forev-er. (1 Peter 1:23-25 ESV)

James states: Therefore put awayall filthiness and rampant wicked-ness and receive with meekness theimplanted Word, which is able

to save your souls.(James 1:21ESV)

For Mark Twain, the Bible was asilly book; for Peter and James,the Bible is a saving Book! Ichoose to stand with the millions

ANCIENT WORDS AND THE MODERN MINDI N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

From Pastor Bri-

ans Desk

2

Starlight

And Time

3

Wednesday Pray-

er Meeting

3

From the Church

Library

4

Prayer for

Husbands

5

Birthdays/

Anniversaries

5

Church Lockup

Schedule

5

Quizzing

News

6

AWM Summer

Renew

7

Spotlight on

Leadership

8

Summer Worship

Schedule

8

Bulletin Board 9

Shipment to

GabonJuly 2010

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The LamplighterJ U N E 2 0 1 0V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 6


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The theme for

LIFE 2010 is

COLLIDE . . .

what happens

when your

world meets

Gods world?

From Pastor Brians DeskLIFE

Our Alliance Youth Confer-

ence, Collide, is July 6-10 in

Louisville, Kentucky. We are

continuing to raise the funds

for our group. Since would like

to work for our support,

please let us know if you have

any odd jobs (raking, weeding,

painting, clean-up, etc.) we

could do. Thanks to all who

have given us the opportunity

so far to earn our way. Our

next planned fundraiser will be

a Pizza Drive sometime in

June.

What is LIFE?

Imagine thousands of students

authentically experiencing God

and being inspired to expand

His Kingdom. Imagine worship-

ping and growing closer to

Christ. Imagine connecting

with new friends, serving to-

gether and helping church

plants. Imagine tons of semi-

nars and workshops, awesome

concerts and incredible experi-

ences. Thats what LIFE is all

about.

The theme for LIFE 2010 is

COLLIDE . . . what hap-

pens when your world

meets Gods world? I am

personally excited with the

LIFE 2010 theme and am look-

ing forward to God meeting

each of as we collide from all

over the USA and from around

the world in Louisville to hearfrom Him!

Jason Ostrander

National Alliance Youth Direc-

tor

Our LIFE team consists of

Tina and Jeremy Culver,

Nathan Roberts, Nate

Phipps, Jesse Blum, April

Aungier, Maggie Titus,

Julia Martin, Patricia Mar-

tin, Amber Vanderwerff,

and Brittany Wentworth.

LIFE financial update

So far in 2010 we have we

have received over $2100

toward our goal of around

$7500. We also have some

previous fund-raising funds that

will be available for LIFE. Our

need at this time is about

$2400.

Thank you for supporting us!

T H E L A M P L I G H T E R - J U N E 2 0 1 0


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P A G E 3V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 6

our children. Here are some Scriptureprayer suggestions to pray for your

kids:

I pray that my children may grow inthe grace and knowledge of our Lord

and Savior Jesus Christ (2 Pet 3:18).

Lord, help my children not to be likemany others around them, but let

them be alert and self-controlled in allthey do (I Thes 5:6).

Father, please help my children devel-op servants' hearts, that they mayserve wholeheartedly, as if they were

serving the Lord, not men (Eph 6:7).

God, please help my children to devel-op a desire to see Your glory declaredamong the nations, Your marvelous

deeds among all peoples (Ps 96:3).

The Wednesday Night Pray-erswould consider it a blessing if youwould like us to join you in prayingfor your children - younger and old-er. You can put your request(s) on aWelcome card, or send a note to thechurch office. If you don't want it toappear on the Prayer Sheet, just

make a note of that.

And, as always, we invite you to joinus Wednesdays at 7 pm in the But-ternut Room as we pray for the

church and the needs of its members.

Prayerfully Yours,

Larry Petry

"Then some children were brought toHim so that He might lay His hands on

them and pray..." Matt 19:13

June is one of those times of transi-tion - from the end of school to thestart of summer. Our young adultsare home from college, hopefullyfinding jobs, and we are challenged

adjusting to a new schedule.

Our youth are finishing school andlooking forward to being "off" for a

couple of months and not working.

Soon there will be opportunities forvacations, having fun at camp and

VBS, and just "hanging out."

In all the activities of family life,there's always the need to pray for

Wednesday Prayer Meeting

June is one of

those times of

transition -

from the end

of school to

the start of

summer.

Starlight and Time by Todd Carstenunique realm of outer space, it's an entirely

different matter. Bottom line, clocks located

in various corners of the universe (so tospeak) are no longer in synch with earth-

time, nor even in synch with one another! In

other words, earth-time is readily knowable

but universe time is unknowable.

Regarding the subject of space, none other

than Job, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Zechariah, and the

Psalmist all proclaimed the Creator stretched

out space. Such stretching language indicates

deep space was once in closer proximity to

our planet which essentially shortens the

distance starlight must transit. In the end,simply recall the transit time for starlight is

variable since time can be warped, and space

can be stretched. Neither time nor space are

the sacred cows we always assumed them to

be.

(continued on page 4)

Everyone readily comprehends history pro-

ceeds in one direction only, that being for-

ward. But a surprising and previously un-known aspect of time progression surfaced

during the 20th century. We discovered time

in the universe can progress either faster or

slower. In other words, time can warp! This

is not some weird sci-fi dogma propagated by

Spock, rather it is both a mathematically and

an experimentally supported fact of modern

science. Excuse this author briefly Hey

Spock, kindly twist the time warp knob in the

direction of postponing my birthday.

To better explain time warps, equations for-mulated 75 years ago by Professor Einstein

predicted time progression can be altered

when a clock experiences a gravitational field,

or is exposed to a hypervelocity. Following

the invention of ultra-accurate, cesium atomic

clocks, modern day physicists obtained exper-

imental proof that under special conditions,

time warps are for real. In our daily lives we

are not aware of such time warps, but in the

Following the three part series entitled, Why

Believe Moses?, some readers may still won-

der whether Moses' six day creation scenarioallows adequate time for distant starlight to

reach Planet Earth. Admittedly, the issue of

starlight is the least understood aspect of

Moses' record. However, in the same breath

all questioners should admit nearly every

aspect of the starry heavens is thoroughly

perplexing for everyone, astronomers and

laymen alike.

Although the behavior of starlight passing

through gravitational fields of adjacent stars

may serve as an astrophysicist's bread andbutter, it hardly serves as most folk's cup of

tea. So let's simply gain a better understand-

ing of the related entities known as space

and time. Theoretical physicists prefer com-

bining them into one entity known as space-

time. It's a valid combo since time is a fourth

dimension accurately describing an objects

location since everything is always moving.

Space and time are simple, no?


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The deadline for

the July issue of

the Lamplighter is

Sunday, June 20th.

Please submit your

articles to the

church office.

My personal favorite is M

Cowmans Streams in the

sert [242 Cow] which is a de

tional classic with upda

wording. Peter Jeffery comp

Enjoying God Always [242

in order to point us to our n

of the Lord Jesus in everyth

we do. This book is reco

mended for younger Christ

or for use in family worship.

Good reading!

Jean Palmer

\

SpingtimeWe evaluate our

roles as moms and dads as we

observe Mothers Day and

Fathers Day. Books to help

our reflection include Charles

Swindolls Man to Man His

Most Significant Writings for

Men [call number 248.7 Swi].

His subjects include integrity,

commitment, stress, anger, and

prayer.

Greg Lewis wrote The Power

of a Promise Kept: Life Stories

[248.7 Lew]. The theme is

ordinary men with an extraor-

dinary God.

The library has an ever-

growing collection of devotion-

a l c a l en da r st h ou gh t -

provoking readings for each

day of the year. Women Who

Loved God, by Elizabeth

George [242 Geo] has a daily

reading on women of the Bible.


From the Church Library

(continued from page 3)

There is one more crucial aspect to God's

creation that fully settles the matter. Theopening verses of Genesis plainly state the

physical continuum of time, space, matter, and

light were all literally spoken into existence

out of nothing. The Psalmist also confirms this

fact: "By the word of the Lord were the heav-

ens made, and all the host of them by the

breath of his mouth." (Psa 33:6) Therefore, it

is paramount for Bible believers to deduce

that Our Creator does not experience space-

time constraints. In other words, the Eternally

Existent One is not a slave to created space;

nor is He a slave to created time. Instead,

these created entities are His servants. Onlywe earthlings habitually possess insufficient

amounts of matter, space and time.

Bible believers may now cease insisting creat-

ed starlight requires more earth-time. In reali-

ty, starlight possesses plenty of Creator-time.

There is a far more profound question for an

earthling to pose when viewing the starry

night sky "When I consider thy heavens,

the work of thy fingers, the moon and the

stars which thou hast ordained; What is man

that thou art mindful of him?" (Psa 8:3-4)


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His Head - That he will look to You asLord of his life. (1 Corinthians 11:13)

June 2010

2(Brian & Stephanie Ness)

3Jerry Patterson

4 Alysia Johnson, (Greg & Linda Brown)

5Barb Compton, Ben Doolittle, Audrey Hubbell, Barb Olcott, Nathan Roberts,

(Jerry & Beve McNeill)

6Tom DiStefano, Norm Shaver, Rick Sullivan, (Tim & Sherry Negley),

(Clayt & Janneke Roberts)

7Samuel Adams

9Ashley Brown, (Bob & Ruby Loomis)

10Anne Carrano

11Marty Andrews, (Jim & Joyce Phillips)

13Nathanael Phipps

14Anna Dow, (Lyle & Lee Bodah)

15Nancy Avery, Lynn Vanderwerff, Jonathan Woodford, (Doug & Sarah Doolittle)

16Kelsey Gates

20 (Don & Nancy Donath)

22Greg Brown, Shirley Wood

24(Ken & Audrey Hubbell), (Clayt & Betty Roberts), (Bob & Marylou Standford)

25Samuel Johnson, (Tom & Espie DiStefano)

26Brian Mandigo

27Hannah Blum (Bob & Carolyn Downs)

28Jeremy Culver, (Dick & Shaun Standford)

29Nick Standford, (Joe & Kathy Grabowski)

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Church Lock Up

ScheduleThis is a reminder for church officers who are onthe lock up schedule for the month of June:

June 6 Matt Walker June 13 Bruce Stowe June 20 Mike Gettman June 27 Larry Petry

If you are unable to be at church on the day you arescheduled for lock up, please arrange to change with

someone on the schedule.

His Mind - That he will have themind of Christ and think as the Holy

Spirit would lead him and not flesh.(1 Corinthians 2:16)

His Eyes - That you would keep hiseyes from temptation and that he willturn his eyes from sin. (Matthew 6:13,Mark 9:47)

His Ears - That he will hear Yourstill small voice instructing him. (1 Kings19:12, Psalm 32:8)

His Mouth - That his words will bepleasing to You. (Proverbs 19:14)

His Neck- That he will humble himselfbefore You and be strong, courageous,and careful to do everything written in

Your Word so that he will be prosperousand successful. (James 4:10, Joshua 1:8,9)

His Heart - That he will love and trustYou with his whole heart. (Deuteronomy6:5, Proverbs 3:5)

His Arms - That you will be hisstrength. (Psalm 73:26)

His Hands - That he will enjoy the workof his hands and see it as a gift from You.(Ecclesiastes 3:1)

His Feet - That You will order his stepsand that he will walk in Your truth.(Proverbs 4:25)

Dear Lord, I pray for my husband, from head to toe,


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Unbelievably, we

are sending three

of the five quizzers

from our District

to Calgary,

Canada for this

years

Internationals!

QuizzingSenior NewsDistricts

Seniors had six rounds of preliminary quizzing. Atthe end of preliminaries one of our teams finished

in second place. Following the preliminaries, thetop 15 quizzed against each other three times todetermine who will go to Internationals to repre-sent our district. At that point Sam Benedict wasin second place, Nick Murgia in fourth and CalebBenedict in sixth. Also making the top fifteen fromLaFayette were Noah Schadt, and Aaron and Tay-lor Fleming.

During the first top 15 quiz, quizzers from West-field jumped to an early lead. It wasnt lookinggood for our quizzers. Once the second top 15quiz was underway, Nick Murgia and Sam Benedictstarted to make a move. Sometime in the begin-ning of the final quiz Nick made his move and cata-

pulted himself into first place. Sam was just be-hind, but still in jeopardy of being passed. It is hardto describe, but all six of our quizzers workedtogether to help keep Sam in position, by gettingthe jump on questions, so that others couldnt getit and pass Sam. It was exciting to see.

Going down to the last few questions, TaylorFleming and Caleb Benedict also had a chance tomake the team. Taylor fought for a jump and gotit, but unfortunately got an error and was out ofthe running. Caleb was the only one left with achance to make it, but hed have to get the last

jump and get it right. He somehow got the lastjump and then had to figure out what the question

and answer were after just hearing undiv. Hecame to the microphone, stopped and thought,using some of his 30 seconds to answer and thensaid undivided devotion to the Lord. Everyoneheld their breath waiting for the quiz mastersruling and when he said correct, the place wentwild. Everyone swarmed around Caleb, huggingand high fiving him. Then everyone was going toNick and Sam to congratulate them. This is the

second year in a rowthat one of our quiz-zers made it on thevery last question.What is even more

amazing is that Calebis just a 7th grader andits his first year quiz-zing! (See his testimo-ny about why he quiz-zes under testimonieson our quizzing minis-

try page.) FYI: Sam and Caleb are Jessica Esteysyounger brothers.


In the end, Nick finished in first place, Sam in third,and Caleb was in a tie for fourth place! Unbelieva-bly, we are sending three of the five quizzers fromour District to Calgary, Canada for this years In-t e r n a t i o n a l s !

Now the hard part comes as they have months ofstudying to prepare for the July 20th-24th competi-tion. Also each quizzer needs to raise about$700.00 to go. Please be in prayer for them.

Georgia Phipps

Junior NewsDistricts

To start off with this month we want to thankeveryone for praying for our quizzers. Our team(Joel Fleming, Beca Lloyd, Chris Lloyd and AmandaNegley) was well prepared and did an awesome

job at Districts.

District weekend started Friday evening April 30th,at Westfield Baptist Church in Westfield, NY,where those of us not held up by crawling trafficon the Thruway were directed to the beach for acookout on Lake Erie. After some games and abrief coaches meeting we left for hotel or guesthomes for the night.

Saturday, May 1st started early with worship at8:30 a.m. The juniors first quiz was at 10:10 a.m.which left them some time to review. They wast-ed no time in taking the lead winning the first quiz.They continued their lead in the second and thirdquizzes, making them the first place team and earn-ing them a trophy to display in the church. JoelFleming had an outstanding day, quizzing out ineach quiz, taking the first place trophy. Beca Lloydalso did well, bringing home the 4th place prize.Amanda and Chris both answered a question tohelp win the team trophy. Each of the quizzersworked hard as team players and their effortsshowed.

What a great way to end the season. Please con-tinue to keep this program and the people in it inprayer over the summer. We will be studying theGospel of John next season, so anyone interestedin joining us can review that material in prepara-tion.

Marie Murgia


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Beginning in July,

each month we

will focus on 1-2

families in our

church as a way

for everyone to

become more

familiar with

each other.

Spotlight on Leadership Boards


The Elders work with the Pastors in providing spiritual vision and direction, for the growth of all people and theministries of LaFayette Alliance Church. Assisting with visitation, praying for the sick, and serving communion arejust a few of their additional responsibilities.

(top row) Mike Maloney, Ralph Maloney, Carl Olcott (bottom row) Jim Phillips, Clayt Roberts Sr., Marty Andrews

Elders


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2010 Church Directory

Baby Bottle Boomerang YARD SALECome help support Alliance Womens Min-

istries on SATURDAY, JUNE 12th from8:00 am2:00 pm at Joday Gates house.

You can pick up a donation kit in the blackmailbox outside the2s & 3s room if you

are ready to clean outyour attic or garage!

Remember to be filling your babybottles with coins, bills, or a check- and return it on Father's Day-Sunday, June 20th.

Senior Ministry Luncheon

Attention all SeniorsMark your calendars forour annual chicken barbeque luncheon thisThursday, June 3rd at noon. Plan to join us forthis special event and enjoy the fellowship.Please bring either a side dish or a dessert to

pass.

The new directories are availableon the back table in the foyer.Please take only one per family.You can also view the directory ono u r w e b s i t ewww.lafayettealliance.org. (Theusername and password are thesame as the for the prayer sheet.)

ReminderPlease Note:

Submissions to the Lamplighterneed to be in file format; eitheremail or on a CD. Email would be

the preference. Thank you!

VBSJuly 26th-July 30th6pm-8:30pm

Come and joinus for our Dec-orating Day onSaturday, June12th from 9

amnoon


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Our mission is to know Jesus Christ; exalt Him as Savior, Sanctifier, Healer, Coming King,and complete His Great Commission.

LaFayette Christian & MissionaryAlliance Church

P.O. Box 1506069 Cherry Valley TurnpikeLaFayette, New York 13084Phone: (315) 677-9810

Rev. Robert Gates, Senior [email protected]

Brian Mandigo, Associate Pastor [email protected]

Ellen Coulter, Office [email protected]

SHIPMENT TO GABON - JULY 2010 INSTRUCTIONSThere will be a shipment going out from Middleburg Heights, Ohio in July. It will be able to accommodate your packages for the Hospital in Ga-bon, Africa, where Dr. David Thompson and his wife Becki work along with Dr. Renee Valach--our newest Northeastern District international

worker. Renee will be speaking about the work in Gabon at Delta Lake Family camp in early July.

I am not sure the exact dates the shipment will go out, so if you have packages, send them as soon as possible.

First of all I want to thank you all so much for your participation in getting needed items to the Bongolo Hospital !

I e-mailed the Bongolo staff to ask what they needed at this time and this is what they replied :Centrum-like multivitamins for adults and children Antacids like Tums or Rolaids (with calcium)Cold, flu and cough medicine Masking tape (they have NONE)Medium sized Playtex heavy-duty cleaning gloves Cotton ballsRolled sheet bandages are especially needed

(The shipment which was sent in January just arrived at Bongolo a couple of weeks ago. Because of the very muddy, slippery roads, a large truckdelivering the shipment overturned a few miles from the Hospital. Fortunately, no one was hurt and nothing destroyed!)

The boxes should not be any larger than 24 in. x 24 in. x 24 (or a total of 72 in. with width+length+height) , unless you have special permission.Please try to limit different types of items to 3-4 things per box. If possible, put each type of item in its own plastic bag for easier sorting at the

hospital. The boxes should be sent to :ARK Transportationc/o Gabon Shipment:: Bongolo Hospital17830 Englewood DriveMiddleburg Heights, OH 44130

**If you are sending a package for a certain missionary or department, add: Attn: and the name of the missionary or department.Please e-mail Gabon's shipment coordinator, Linda Chae ([email protected]) and a copy to me, Coleen Lofgren (colie mark @northlc.com ) withthe following information:Your Name and church Detailed list of contents of EACH boxContact Phone Number Monetary value of Each item in each boxContact e-mail address Total amount for each box.Number of boxes being sent Size of each box in inches (length x height x width). Please pack items as compactly as possible since we

are charged per cubic foot.

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