Coast News and Reminders

Quote of the Week: “Judge not Christ's love by providences, but by promises.” (Puritan Thomas Wilcox, Honey Out of the Rock)

Promise for the Week: The LORD is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed. (Deuteronomy 31:8)

Tomorrow night, Friday, March 19, all three home fellowship groups are meeting. These home fellowships are based on geographical region and meet once a month. If you don't know which one is closest to you or if you are not very close to any of the present home fellowships and would like one to be started closer to you, please let us know (Dan or myself).

This Sunday is the sign-up for the food distribution on Saturday, March 27. The suggested donation is $30 (checks are to made out to Coast Community Church and to be given to the deacons - Mike Hodson, Greg Southwick, and Scott Johnson).

There is a ministry need in our Sunday School. If you have an interest in teaching in the 8-12s Sunday School and would like more information, please contact Earl or Dan.

There is also a ministry need for workers in our Nursery/2&3s ministry. If you could help to meet this need and would like more information, please contact our coordinator, Carolyn Sainz.

This Sunday during the 9 AM Pastor's class, we will look again at Psalm 20 - "God Save the King!" (Part 3). At 10:30, we will look at Romans 3:27 - "I’m Saved! Three Cheers for …?!”.

You can access excerpts from last week’s sermon or teaching on another blog called “Look and Live!”: http://wwwlookandlive.blogspot.com/ (see sidebar on right)

From last week:

Please be in prayer for Moe Khakbaz as he will be gone for a month to visit his family in another country and to share the gospel. Pray for wisdom and boldness and opportunity and fruit in his witness to his family and others, as well as God’s protection and provision for him and his family during this time.

We are searching more aggressively now for another facility. Please be on the lookout for possible church facility opportunities or industrial space opportunities in Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Garden Grove, Westminster or Midway City, and in a zone along the 405 freeway extending approximately two miles on either side of the freeway and ranging between Bolsa Chica Rd. on the west end and the 55 freeway on the east end. If you have any information or suggestions, please contact Ben Urbina and the facility search team.

We want to say thank you to Aaron Hodson for working with our 4-7s Sunday School. “Thank you Aaron!” Jan Miles is going to be the coordinator/teacher for this age group each week. Joy Rupprecht will also teach and be working with the children each week, with others helping in various ways.

Please remember that we need to be out of the school auditorium by 12:30 after our worship service. Sometimes our service goes long and this makes it more difficult to do in terms of getting the chairs picked up and the sound equipment out. But try to be sensitive to the time if you are just talking with others and try to move your conversation outside by 12:30 for the janitor’s sake and for the sake of our agreement with the school district.

If you would like to add songs to the Coast Anchor blog or add your blog to the Coast Anchor blog list, email me and let me know. Obviously, we will try to manage this as seems wise and good.

Remember you can access many things on the Coast website at www.coastcommunitychurch.com. (sermon and teaching audio, notes, birthdays, prayer requests, and contact information for Coast families, etc). If you need login information for the members only section, contact Chris Johnson at cjohnson@silentorb.com.

Don't forget your coffee cups for Sunday morning. We would like to leave the "purchased" cups primarily for visitors and newcomers to Coast. Let us come to worship with empty cups ready to be filled!

Check your bulletins on Sunday for other upcoming meetings and events.

Pray for one another "without ceasing," especially those in need of jobs and business growth as well as for those with babies on the way.

Keep trusting His promises, He's never failed us yet and He never will!