Weekly BulletinMay 13, 2012

Weekly Rewind...Plaster Rock: Mother & Daughter Banquet.Grand Falls: Pastor Nathaniel Urshan’s ministry.Plaster Rock: Sis. Lawhorn ministering to the ladies of FWC.

Try This!Psalms 34:8-9 says, O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 9 O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. One of the greatest pleasures in life is eating. Not too many by the age of a year or two are not skilled at putting our food away. God has given us assorted taste buds in our mouth to enable us to experi-ence a vast arrangement of tastes. From sweet, to sour, to bitter and even tart, our tasting mechanisms afford us the luxury of tremendous varieties of eating experiences. A good multicourse meal gives us a wide range of tasting experiences. From the mashed potatoes, to the fried chicken, the dill pickles, to the water and lemon, and the turnip. All these foods have a taste and flavor unique to them. What is a meal without topping it off with something scrumptiously sweet, like death by chocolate, or apple pie and ice cream? God knows we can relate to taste and food. We have to eat to live. What Bliss to have tasted of the heavenly things from God! Our souls cannot survive without a daily meal from Heaven’s kitchen. Friend, if you have not tasted to see that the Lord is Good, perhaps I have whet your appetite enough that you will take a morsel of this Heavenly food in

today. Nothing can compare to an experience with Jesus Christ! Nothing. Your definition of what is good may not be what I find is good, but everybody that tastes of this Heavenly experience gives the same response. The Lord is Good! How sweet is His mercy! How tender and satisfying is His kindness to all. He offers such a variety from Heaven’s kitchen; kindness, longsuffering, patience, goodness, mercy, temperance, to name a few on the menu, and let’s never forget the sweetest, Love. No matter what you receive from the Lord, you’ll find He is good. Try Him! You’ll love Him once you have tasted of Him! Only Jesus can satisfy your soul. The 5000 found out that the Lord does tastes good! Israel in the wilderness found that the Lord tastes good. David said that the Lord prepared a table before him in the presence of his enemies. God wants others to see that He will provide for you in the face of opposition. He is called the Good Shepherd for a reason. The Lord cares for His people. In fact, He cares for all. He even wants us to do likewise. If your enemy hunger....feed him... Give him a taste of grace! Freely we have received, so freely we offer this revelation to you. Oh, taste and see for yourself that the Lord is Good! Only He can satisfy your heart. There is no other want to those that fear Him.

Pastor NathaNiel UrshaN

Matthew 13 is a chapter full of parables which reveals the many dimensions of the Kingdom of God. To the Jews the oyster was an unclean animal. Oysters are put in dirty water to clean it up. As the water passes through the oyster, the dirt particles are filtered out. With God something beautiful can come out of something unclean. We may not be perfect or without problems, but God equips us to handle the difficulties. Naomi experienced heartache and disappointment with the deaths of her hus-band and her two grown sons. When this happens to you, don’t be an Orpha and turn back. Stay in “Naomi’s house” –the house of God. In despair, Naomi wanted Ruth to call her Mara (bitterness). She had to overcome the bitterness before she could send Ruth to glean in the fields of Boaz – the kinsman redeemer. Just like God made the bitter water of Mara drinkable, He can bring hope to an impossible situ-ation.

The secret is to deal with bitterness the way an oyster deals with a grain of sand. It constantly coats the grain of sand until there are no more rough edges. After many, many coats, a beautiful pearl is formed. Coat your problem with prayer, preaching and the Word of

God. You won’t have a revelation of prayer until you have a problem. At the end of your trial, your testimony is your pearl. God can take an unclean situation and make something beautiful out of it. The son that Tamar bore to Judah lived his life bearing the reproach of the circumstances of his birth. Yet six generations later Boaz married Ruth. Three genera-tions later, we have the birth of David, the giant killer. If you become bitter, you will never see the Davids that God wants to produce. We will enter Heaven through the Gates of Pearl – the material of overcomers. This will be our testi-mony that what once was unclean is now beautiful. Resist bitterness and keep coating your problem with prayer and worship.

Missionaries | Revival | Laborers

Sis. Lisa Munn | Bro. Arland Hunter

Hilary Eccleston | Hadley McLean

Pastor Wayne Cardwell | Sis. Jamie Pennington

Sis. Shirley Shaw | Blankenship Baby

Christine White (Mullins) | Jansen St. Amand

Sis. June Griffith | Gilles Rossignol

Sis. Krista-Lee Burgoyne

MondayParent/Teacher Meetings @ 7:00pm-9:00pm (Headquarters, Plaster Rock)

TuesdayPre-Service Prayer @ 7:00pmBible Study @ 7:30pm (Headquarters, Plaster Rock)

WednesdayLadies Prayer @ 8:30am (Headquarters - Plaster Rock)

Pre-Service Prayer @ 6:30pmOutreach Service @ 7:00pm(Presque Isle, Maine | EST)

ThursdayTLA Chapel Service @ 8:45am

Pre-Service Prayer @ 7:00pmOutreach Service @ 7:30pm(Grand Falls)

FridaySouldOut Singles Trip to Bangor

SaturdayPre-Service Prayer @ 7:00pmYouth Service @ 7:30pmJr. Church @ 7:30pm (Headquarters, Plaster Rock)Choir Practice following the evening service

SundayMissions Sunday

Men’s Prayer @ 8:00amPre-Service Prayer @ 9:30amWorship & Word @ 10:00 am (Headquarters, Plaster Rock)

Pre-Service Prayer @ 5:30pmPraise & Worship Service @ 6:00pm(Headquarters, Plaster Rock)

Pre-Service Prayer @ 5:30pmOutreach Service @ 6:00pm(Grand Falls)

Pre-Service Prayer @ 6:30pmOutreach Service @ 7:00pm(Presque Isle, Maine - EST)

...a couple of used sewing machines for Honduras.

A real big “thank you” to my church family for ALL the prayers, phone calls, visits, cards, flowers, delicious food, and words of encouragment given while I have been recovering from my surgery! I thank God for you all. I love each one of you!! Sis. Nancy Geneau

Thank you!! Thank you to all of those who contributed to a special evening for the Ladies at our banquet on Monday Evening. A special thank you to Bro. Derek Cassista and Bro. Kevin Pelletier and their crews for heading up the kitchen and dining hall so that the ladies could sit, relax and enjoy their meal. Many hands made light work. Ladies of Light Department

Wishing a Happy Mothers Day to the pre-cious ladies of Family Worship Center. Praying that God will bless your hearts and home in the coming year.

...her children arise up, and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.Proverbs 31:28

Try as we might, there is no human satisfaction in earthly things. No created thing can hope to f ill us, to complete us. For all things are ifinite in their very nature. Yet our longing for satisfac-tion is infinite and therefore can only be filled by One infinite in nature. The righteous are those who are filled by the Spirit of God - they are, therefore, satisfied.

Blessed [are] they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Matthew 5:6

You are invited to a Bridal Shower

in honor ofSis. Amanda Corbinon Friday, May 25th

@ 7:00pm

When: Wednesday, May 30th Time: 6:00 pmCost: $5.00 per person

Join us for an evening of fun and fellowship.

MENU: Pizza, Garlic Fingers, Caesar Salad & Dessert

Please sign the list at the back if you will be attending.

~ The dates for the Heritage Conference in Brewer, Me are May 17th-20th.

~ SouldOut Singles, if you are interested in going to the confer-ence, please contact Bro. Andrew Goodine @ 477-8735. There are 2 seats still available.