WHC is the place to be for your entire family on Wednesday nights - Kid Harvest is available for newborns through 5th grade, and Royal Rangers and MPact Girls meet in B Wing beginning at 7 p.m. If you haven’t checked out these great programs for children in grades kindergarten through 12, I invite you to do so. Next Harvest will meet at 7 p.m. in the MAC Café.

If you can’t join us in person, the service will be streamed live online from the tabernacle via World Harvest Live, starting at 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 12 - You are cordially invited to join the students, faculty and staff of Valor Christian College in honoring our graduates at this year’s commencement ceremonies. It starts at 1 p.m. in the tabernacle. Come support our graduates and their families!

Sunday, May 13 - Join me and Joni in a special celebration of Mother’s Day at the 10 a.m. worship service. We’ll have a special recognition of all moms in attendance, and prizes including a dinner for two at Hyde Park restaurant and a Charles Penzone spa package for two.

Begin your day with pre-service prayer at 9 a.m. in the A-Wing Hospitality Room (former Breakthrough studio, north of the tabernacle).

If it’s absolutely impossible for you to join us for worship, log on to World Harvest Live to watch the services as they happen.

Tuesday, May 15 - Our chapters of MOPS and MOMSnext meet at 7 p.m. in the MAC Conference Room. Child care is available for $1/child with reservations in advance to mops@rodparsley.com.

Wednesday, May 16 - Our midweek service begins at 7 p.m. in the tabernacle. Next Harvest, Royal Rangers and MPact Girls will meet as usual. If you’re can’t be here in person, log on to World Harvest Live to see it. There’s something here on Wednesday nights for the whole family!

And to stay connected:

• We’re preparing two great events for your children next month: Youth Camp, June 10-14, and Vacation Bible School (VBS), June 17-20. VBS will be an evening event this year, featuring fun for children 3 years old through 5th grade from 7-9:15 p.m.. Mark your calendars and plan now to join us!
• Celebrate Recovery, an innovative curriculum designed to heal people suffering from hurts, hang-ups and habits of all types, is coming soon to WHC. A class beginning Tuesday, June 5, is now full, so we’ve added a second class to start Thursday, June 7. Celebrate Recovery is similar to 12-step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous, but emphasizes faith in Jesus Christ as our source of strength and healing. If you or someone you love (whether or not they are members of WHC) would benefit from this class, call the Pastoral Care office at (614) 837-1990, ext. 312 or email your contact information to us to register for the June 7 class.
• Are you keeping up with our commitment to read through the Bible in a year? There are four ways to get the day’s assigned readings:
• If you haven’t already done so, go here to sign up for my daily Prayer Directives email. Each email links to the day’s readings.
• Get a printed copy of the reading plan at a worship service, or download it here.
• Download the YouVersion mobile app for your smartphone, and subscribe to the One Year Bible reading plan.
• Go here to be linked to the day’s assignments.
• Be part of my prayer army! There are two ways to participate:
• If you haven’t already completed a prayer ministry sign-up card during a service, click here to complete an online version of the form. This will give us permission to send you my daily e-mail of prayer directives. If you’ve already completed a card but have yet to receive the e-mails, check your spam folder. We’ve had some reports of these e-mails getting caught in spam filters. Then, make sure to allow the e-mails in the future.
• You can also text “WHC” to 292929 to receive urgent, time-sensitive prayer requests on your wireless device. I’m very appreciative of your prayers last week, for example, when we texted from the road that we had mechanical issues with the buses for our tour. They were resolved and we made it to the church on time!
• Our emergency medical services (EMS) ministry is in need of qualified servants. If you are a registered nurse, nurse’s assistant, physician’s assistant, EMT or paramedic and can support any of our services, we need you! If you’re interested, stop by the EMS section near the south entrance to the tabernacle before the service or call the Pastoral Care office at (614) 837-1990, ext. 312. And, if you can donate a wheelchair to the ministry, call the Pastoral Care office. We’ll gladly put it to use!
• If you’re active with social media, be sure to follow this great local church on Facebook and Twitter. You can also become one of my followers on Twitter and join my Facebook fan page. You can also follow Joni on Twitter here.
• If you or a family member are hospitalized, please send us an e-mail with the details or call the Pastoral Care office at (614) 837-1990, ext. 312, so we can minister to you.