Tonight

I am thankful for life.
I am thankful for a cat who wants to sit in my lap.
I am thankful for friends who are there when I need them.
I am thankful for my church family.
I am thankful for the larger faith community in Cleveland County.
What are you thankful for?
Send me your thoughts - a short note or a story idea. I'd love to hear from you.

1+2+3= infinity

How can you liken a faith event to a scientific principle?
Ever heard “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts?”
That’s what organizers are saying about The Awakening.
It’s more than a big event, more than a revival, more than a crusade…
Like the power of prayer, the cumulative effect will not be quantifiable.

Here’s the schedule for this happening at Polkville Baptist Church:
Friday night – Teens from all over invited to 5th Quarter after local football games – 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Food, music and find out what else…
Saturday morning – Free Big Tent Carnival – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sunday morning worship – 10:50 a.m. — casual dress — South Carolina evangelist Adrian Despres starts his series (he’ll speak at all services) and music by Betty Jean Spangler
Sunday night at 7 — Music leaders Mike and Kim Blackwood and the Youth Choir from Palmer Grove Baptist Church
Monday night at 7 — More of the Blackwoods and Burns grad Hillary Vaughn
Breakfast Tuesday at 6 — Brotherhood men are cooking and you’ll be out by 6:50 so you can get to work on time.
Tuesday night at 7 — Craig Ledford of Mooresboro adds to the music
Wednesday night at 7 — Burns grad A.J. Moses and Burns student Kristen Lovelace

Sorry this info didn’t get in Wednesday night – I’m having to say prayers over my home computer.

The Awakening
Sept. 16-19, 7 p.m.
Mintz Arena – under the big tent
Polkville Baptist Church
N.C. 226
Questions? Call (704) 538-7464 or e-mail rick@polkvillebaptist.com
Learn more: http://www.adriandespres.com

Watch the tent go up at shelbystar.com. Click under Local Video.
Remember to send me your prayer lists - let's spread them around.

Not much went down Tuesday night but a 900-seat tent is rising in Polkville. Cassie Tarpley

And the list goes on...

Toss a stone in a pond and the ripples go on and on. Sharing prayer requests with the community has the same effect. The circle of prayer grows and grows.

This week's prayer list comes from Resurrection Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kings Mountain
Questions? Call the church office at (704) 739-5580.

From the Sept. 1 newsletter:
We remember in prayer:
Maxine and Dorus Bennett
Larry Birt
Deborah Bumgardner
Jason Burrows
Regina Caveny
Sharon and John Connor
Jackie Cooper
Myron Deal
Marie Devenney
Betty Falls
Dean Falls
James Forrest
Don Gladden
Gene Gladden
Jeff Goode
Dina Jo Hanna
Doris and Roy Huffstetler
Kenneth Hyatt, friend of the DeVanes
Reba Jolley
Olivia LaJoie
Faye Lawson
John D. Mauney
Frances McDaniel
Mrs. R. E. Moulthrop Sr.
R.E. Moulthrop
Kristi and John Nugent, friends of Jason Burrows
Joann and Lonnie Peeler
Ruth Plonk
Kevin Pruitt, Joan Filter’s son
Wanda Rowell
Dale Russell
Dennis Sessom
Dean Short, Dena Blalock’s relative
Howard Smith
Peggy Wingo
Betty Willis, Tammy Yarbrough’s sister
Pauline Whitlock
Our condolences to the following: The Esther Plonk family and the Dana Smith Rogers family.

Send me your prayer lists.