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The Church atHorseshoe Bay

600 Hi Ridge, PO Box 8295, Horseshoe Bay, TX 78657

The Churchat Horseshoe Bay

StaffPeter K. Christy Senior PastorJohnny P. White PastorLarry Sherwood Minister of MusicKena Richert Admin. ManagerMartha Logan Church Secretary

Daniel Zamora Organist

2011 Board of TrusteesJerry Gray ChairmanScott Matthews Vice-ChairmanA.W. Bishop TreasurerKen Lindgren Asst. TreasurerPeggy Jordan Corp. Secretary

Dale Amstutz Larry AndersonBeverly Brascom Larry CanterJeff Robinson Charlie SuggCarolyn Thornton Jo Ann WarrenP.T. Williams Sandra Williams

June 1, 2011

As the warmer weather descends upon us, many ofour members have begun their annual exodus to coolerclimates. We will soon bid farewell to the choir and wish

them well until they return in the fall.

Thinking about the choir’s summer break has caused

me to reflect on the outstanding contributions it makes toour Sunday worship services. Church members and visi-

tors alike constantly tell me how much they appreciate the choir and all

it adds to our service. I know we all appreciate the hours of hard workthey put forward to make each service so special. A special thank yougoes out to each of them along with their director, Larry Sherwood and

our organist, Dr. Daniel Zamora.

I would be remiss if I did not also thank all the other wonderful peo-

ple who do so much to make this church the great place that it is.Johnny, Larry and I regularly talk about how fortunate we are to be apart of this superb church. It goes without saying that we have a super

church staff. We are also constantly amazed at the amount of time peo-ple volunteer behind the scenes to make this church operate so smoothly.Without our volunteers, the ministry of this church would be greatly im-

paired. Because of the hard work of so many of our members, the pas-toral staff is free to tend to its ministerial responsibilities. We are theenvy of our pastor friends who find themselves overwhelmed with thekind of details we do not encounter. We especially appreciate the mem-bers of the board of trustees shouldering such a heavy load in the mana-

gerial functions of the church. Their talent, experience, and willingnessto tackle the hard tasks make our job so much easier.

But the power of our volunteers is felt far beyond the board of trus-

tees. It is present in every aspect of the church’s life. Whenever there isa need, someone always seems to step up to the plate ready to enter the

game. And more, so many of you reach out to lovingly touch othermembers of this church in their hours of need. Your spirit is to be ad-mired and praised. On behalf of Johnny and Larry, let me offer a hearty

thank you for being the church you are.

Blessings,Pete

We extend our Christian sympa-thies to:

Stephen and Shirley Spenceon the death of his mother, NellSpence.

Don and Anita Cruver on thedeath of his father, Donald Cruver.

Art and Carol Hawkinson onthe death of his sister, Marilyn Dill-man. A memorial service will beheld in Illinois.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PrayerMinistry

The Prayer MinistryTeam considers it aprivilege to be able topray for your requests.

Every member of the team honorseach request with the urgency indi-cated and with the utmost respectfor the confidential nature of theinformation we receive. We meetevery Monday morning to pray as ateam and we all continue with ourprayers individually during theweek.

Prayer may be requested bycompleting a Prayer Card in thepew pocket and depositing it in thecollection plate or in the box pro-vided in the narthex or in thechurch’s Prayer Room. Urgent re-quests are best handled by callingthe church office or one of the pas-tors who will relay the request tothe team.

(Notes of Thanks continued)The WOW Committee expresses

their sincere thanks for generouslydonating all of the baby items tothis year’s Diaper Drive and formaking it a complete success! Ourgroup collected 55 large boxes ofdiapers, 68 boxes of baby wipes,formula, cereal, baby food, lotion,shampoo and blankets. Thanksagain for your continued support.

Booksand

SconesBooks and Scones is a

book review club that meets regu-larly at the church to discuss Chris-tian or inspirational books. Thegroup will meet on Tuesday, June 28at 3:30 p.m. in the library. The bookof discussion is The Reason for Godby Timothy Keller and will be avail-able in the church office for $8. Formore information, please contactAnnette Christy, 596-0072, or Bev-erly Brascom, 598-5724.

GriefSupport

The Grief SupportGroup will meet onThursday, June 9 in the administra-tive office. The group will be takinga break for the summer and fall andplan to meet again in January. Ifthere is a need for individual griefsupport our facilitators can bereached. For more information,please call the church office.

Singles of the HillsThe mission of Singles of the

Hills group is to provide a Christianenvironment for all singles of thechurch and community to come to-gether for support, fellowship,friendship, and community service,encouraging spiritual growth withinourselves and our community.

The group meets regularly on the4th Wednesday of the month. Thismonth they will meet on Wednes-day, June 29, at 6:00 p.m. in thechurch fellowship hall for potluckand table games. For more informa-tion, please call the church office.

Summer Bible StudyHave you ever wondered how all

of those Bible stories you read andhave heard about fit together? Doesthe Bible seem like an unrelated col-lection of stories? Come to the Bi-ble Study Class for a “Visual Surveyof the Bible” that ties it all together.The study begins on June 12 andeveryone is welcome to join us!

♫Notes of Thanks♫Dear Friends,

Our daughter, Kerri, has nowcompleted surgery, radiation and thefirst round of chemo in her fightwith brain cancer. Our graciousLord along with your prayer supporthas enabled Kerri and all our familyto walk with courage, hope and faithd u r i n g t h e s e p a s t f o u rmonths. Countless prayers havebeen answered on her behalf alreadyand we thank all of you for yourprayers, cards, postings to Kerri onCaringbridge and all those manyhugs.

In His Love,Gail and Scott Matthews

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Thank you for your kindness,

comforting words, cards, visits andprayers in our time of sorrow on theloss of our loved one, Lloyd parker.May God bless each of you and yourfamilies.

Julie Parker and Family~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Dear church friends,I would like to thank you all for

your cards, calls, prayers and variousgestures of kindness. I especiallywant to thank Congregational Careand the Freezer Friends for the pre-prepared food. Being a member ofthis church is such a blessing!

Barbara Burks~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~On behalf of the Benevolence

Committee, we would like to thankyou for supporting our recent paper-goods drive for the Cherokee Chil-dren’s Home. If you are ever in thevicinity of Cherokee, stop and take atour of their campus--you will bequite impressed. They are a veryChristian oriented organization dedi-cated to these foster children.

Thank you again,Sally Stromgren

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I sincerely want to thank every-

one for their comfort, food, prayers,love, visits and caring. I offerprayers and love for you all as Owenand I go through this difficult time.

Bobbie Walker

Camp PenielThe Church at Horseshoe Bay, through the Benevolence Committee Fund, supports the

work at Camp Peniel with camperships, and most recently with mission work performedon-site, helping with grounds and buildings preparation and upkeep. Also, mission dollars

were donated toward the purchase of a badly needed food cooler. See the camp’s informative website atwww.camppeniel.org for more donation opportunities or to book a spot for your group or camper.

Here is a little information about the organization. Camp Peniel began in 1946 as a vision by the founders,Gordon & Alice Whitelock. During the 40's, Gordon worked on the full-time staff of Young Life, pastored achurch, and began taking kids camping in the Piney Woods near Houston, Texas. In 1945 land was leased forthe camp at Double Lake in East Texas. In 1959, the Camp found its new and current location, east of MarbleFalls on Hwy. 1431. Brian Anderson currently serves as Executive Director.

Retreats at Camp Peniel are an adventure on 310 acres of the beautiful hill country. The Camp is a non-denominational ministry with the sole purpose of reaching today’s youth for Jesus Christ. Each week is fun-packed with swimming in the spring-fed lake, hiking, riding horses, and trying the challenging zip line. Life-changing experiences occur because of the extreme fun and the rock solid Bible training received. The mis-sion is for campers to strengthen their personal relationship with Christ, while experiencing an adventure witha purpose. A variety of camps will follow with a greater emphasis on adult involvement than in the summer,ending with a Thanksgiving family camp. Thank you for your continued support!

Fourth of July inHorseshoe Bay

Our very own Pastor, Rev. PeteChristy has agreed to serve as theGrand Marshal of this year’s July 4th

Land Parade! The day’s celebration honors America’sMilitary Men and Women. Rev. Pete is joined by a hostof others from our church who will help to make thisevent a success including Special Events Chair BobbieWalker and Celebration Chair Linda Neeley. Co-chairsof the Land Parade are Sherry and Bruce Anderson. TheBoat Parade Marshal will be Fred Owen. Presenting thePatriotic Program will be Billy Williams with Don Eckel-barger and Sharon Penny participating. Mary Danielswill entertain us with the help of the Wildflower DanceTroope, made up mostly of our church members. RuthNewman will direct the “Wounded Warriors” program, aproject of Brooke Army Medical Center. LouraineRobertson will be selling Horseshoe Bay POA Directo-ries, overseeing the welcoming hosts and helping EddieBaird with the publicity. Patti Carr will be painting thekids’ faces and Ann Wright will keep a secret of who the“mystery guest” is. You can also count on Rev. Johnnyand Larry Sherwood to be involved, as well as the manyvolunteers who work behind the scenes.

This article does not list all participants or a completeschedule of events for the day, but plans need to be madeearly this year. The Beacon will publish a complete sched-ule of events soon so that you and your families can planaccordingly.

We hope you will all make an effort to attend theevents to salute and honor our soldiers, our country andour freedoms. God has blessed America, our troops, andour church!

The WOW Committee ispraising God for the successof their spring luncheon heldin April. We hope that all ofladies will mark their calen-dars and plan to attend ourFall Coffee scheduled forThursday, September 29. The actual time anddetails will be announced as we get closer to thedate of the event. Please mark your calendars andplan to attend on that day. There will not be tick-ets or reservations.

Also, mark your calendars for the WOW FallRetreat scheduled to take place at Camp Buckneron November 1 and 2. Information will be pub-lished both in the church newsletter and the Sun-day worship bulletins on reservations, prices androoms. Mark your calendars now!

Last but definitely not least, the WOW Com-mittee would like to invite all women (not justwomen of the church) to attend a one-daywomen’s retreat which will be brought to ourcommunity LIVE via Simulcast Technology likethe simulcast that was held in February. Thisevent will feature Beth Moore as part of the“Living Proof Live” series. The event will takeplace at Hill Country Fellowship Church, 200Houston Clinton Drive, Burnet, from 9:00 a.m. to5:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 10. Ticketsare available for $20 with lunch and refreshmentsincluded. Tickets may be purchased from anyWOW Committee member, at FUMC in MarbleFalls and at Calvary’s Road Bookstore on 281.

SUNDAYMORNING

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READ ABOUT “OTHER HAPPENINGS ON SUNDAY MORNING” IN THIS ISSUEAnd visit our website at www.church-hsb.org

Sunday MorningHappenings

The Church at Horseshoe Bay offers three Christian Educa-tion Classes that meet on Sunday morning at 9:45 a.m. TheSeekers Class, led by Pete Christy, Jim Jorden, and StanSmith is a one-half hour class that meets in classroom #4(formerly the financial office). This class seeks to increaseunderstanding through a wide range of study of a broad rangeof topics relevant to Christian scholarship and life applicationsin today’s world. They would welcome your attendance anddiscussion.

The Bible Study Class meets in classroom #2 and is ledby Art Hawkinson and Larry Canter with many guest teacherswho are members of the church. They conduct an in-depthstudy of the Bible book by book. This class supports a churchin Mongolia by sending clothing and food. Perhaps this is theclass for you.

The Women’s Bible Study meets in classroom #1 and isled by Linda Rusk and assisted by Gail Davalos. The Bible isthe fundamental basis of study and seeks to enrich the lives ofthe women of the Church. The vision of this class is to growtogether in the Lord, to be prayer partners and to provide en-couragement, comfort and hope to each other. This class spon-sors a child from Compassion International each month. If youare looking for a women’s bible study, this may be the perfectclass for you.

Coffee Fellowship is hosted each Sunday by members ofthe church and is held after both the 8:30 and 11:00 services.The coffee and cookies are furnished by the church. It is awonderful time to become better acquainted with members ofthe church as well as visit with your friends. All members,visitors and guests are invited to attend and participate in thisfellowship. There is a sign-up board in the fellowship hall forserving as a host. Be sure and come next Sunday!

The Chancel Choir adds much to the service of the church.These members enjoy singing and the fellowship and fun thataccompany it. The Chancel Choir is under the direction of ourMinister of Music, Larry Sherwood, and rehearses eachWednesday at 2:30 p.m. September through June and providesmusic for the 11:00 a.m. service and for special services. Fel-lowship and learning activities are also a part of the choir'syear. Larry says if you like to sing, give him a call!

The Handbell Choir is under the direction of director We-nona Burks and rehearsal is held each Monday from 1:00 to2:30 p.m. in the Music Building. Endearingly referred to asthe “ting-a-lings” the group requires 12 to 15 ringers to coverthe many octaves of bells. If you are interested in ringing withthem, please call the church office. Both the chancel choir andthe handbell choir take a break from July to September, but ourMinister of Music makes sure that the excellent quality of mu-sic continues throughout the year.

HabitatNeeds HelpersHighland Lakes Habitat

for Humanity has beenblessed with many who

wield a hammer or paintbrush, although wecould always use more volunteers, but thereis more to Habitat than that. We screen andsupport “partner families” and we meet inplanning sessions monthly to discuss land,financial stewardship, safety, short andlong-range goals and many other relatedtopics.

A very faithful group of volunteers serveon our board or in our committees, but theywant some new faces, new ideas, and ulti-mately, new leadership. If you share in ourbelief that God’s children deserve the op-portunity to work for clean, safe, affordablehousing, we would like to talk with you.For more information, call Jon Bergstrom at512-755-1848 or jcb@hughes.net orTheron Brooks at 830-693-2656 or

teb3md@gmail.com.

Sanctuary LightsHave you noticed a difference in the

sanctuary lighting? You may not have no-ticed, but all of the hanging lights in theSanctuary have been completely reworked,including new stronger chain, new wiresand new sockets. There is no longer a dan-ger of the lights “falling”. They may swaybut they will not fall.

Additionally, we replaced all of the bulbsand changed them to energy saving compactfluorescent lights, which use 42 watts toproduce 150 watts of light. This will helpsave on our monthly electric bill! The elec-trician added extra rods to lower the lightsover the chancel choir area so that they cansee their music more clearly.

JUNE 12O God, who on this daytaught the hearts ofyour faithful people bysending to them thelight of your HolySpirit: Grant us by thesame Spirit to have a

right judgment in all things, and evermore torejoice in his holy comfort. Amen.

RECORDINGTO BE

AVAILABLEReserve your CD of Daniel play-ing his arrangements of well-known hymns. The cost will be$20 per CD. Fill out the formbelow and drop it in the offeringplate or turn it in to the churchoffice. You may pay upon deliv-ery of the CD. A limited numberof CD’s will be available. Theywill be excellent Christmas gifts.

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Clip and return this portionto the church office and acopy of Daniel’s CD will bereserved in your name.

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In Concert

Sunday, June 19

3:00 p.m.

Church Sanctuary

A variety of musical selections.

No admission charge.

No offering.

EVERYONEis invited!

Bring your friendsand neighbors

June 5“Share with Concern” James 5

Led by Art Hawkinson

June 12Overview: Genesis to Malachi

Led by Art Hawkinson

June 19Overview: Matthew to Revelation

Teacher TBA

June 26“The Promise to Adam”

Teacher TBA

June 5“Neo-Orthodoxy - From Kierke-

gaard to Barth” Led by Pete Christy

June 12“Evangelicalism and Fundamen-

talism” Led by Stan Smith

June 19“Protestantism After Modernity”

Led by Jim Jorden

June 26“Catholic Theologies of Grace”

Led by Pete Christy

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Christian Education ScheduleWomen’s Bible Study

MatthewSeekers Class

History of Christian TheologyBible Study Class

A Visual Survey of the Bible

June 5Matthew 9 and 10

“Jesus Calls His Disciples”

June 12Matthew 11 and 12

“Jesus Continues His Ministry”

June 19Matthew 13 and 14

“Parables and the Bread of Life”

June 26Matthew 15 and 16

“Lessons on Legalism”