Congregational Meeting May 27
There will be a Congregational Meeting on Sunday, May 27, 2012 immediately following worship for the presentation of the 2011-12 Annual Report. Please plan to attend.
We're Hosting a Community Garden!
What’s a Community Garden? We prepare our sunny fertile field for our neighbors to come and plant their own little plot of ground. They can grow nutritious vegetables or beautiful flowers for the summer. What can we do? As a church member, we can plant a plot too. As a gardener we can encourage growth: planting the seeds, watering the vine or harvesting the crop. Community? YES! We can become neighbors; demonstrating how much we care for them. By this all the world will know Jesus’ love and glorify God. We can work along side of them, listening and encouraging them to call upon God for his help, just as we ask him to send the rain to water the plants. Contact Dave Smith to reserve a spot! Volunteer to help prepare the soil. Pray!!
Summer is Here! It's Time for Church Camp!
Summer is here! It’s time for camp! (among other things). Last year, our church bought Bibles for the kids that show up to Church Camp without having their own copy of God’s word. At the end of last summer, we received a thank you letter from one of the campers who received a Bible of her own. This summer hundreds of kids will be attending camps. Hundreds more will not be able to without your support. Can you help? How? I’m glad you asked.
What's Wrong With Gossip?
By Dr. Dale A. Robbins
Romans 1:28-32 (NIV)
28 Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31 they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
Toledo Area American Baptist Association Spring Rally Recap
Sue Coburn attended this event held at Haskins Community Church. (She remembers her high school BYF—Baptist Youth Fellowship—days, when area youth groups would get together, and Haskins had an active BYF.) The rally included a catered dinner, a business meeting, and a worship service. There were 7 churches with members present. Ashland donates $50 per year from the Missions budget to support TAABA. We’re looking for an individual or a couple to attend TAABA meetings and represent Ashland, to change our status from “inactive” to “active”. Planned events that we are invited to include the Annual Picnic at Sidecut Park on Sunday, June 10 from 2-5 p.m. and a Toledo Mud Hens game on Monday, July 23. TAABA is working with the Local Park Board of Walbridge Park to arrange a school supplies giveaway to those in need. The full list of TAABA churches and details on these events and more are available on their website, www.taaba.org If you are interested in serving as Ashland’s representative(s) to TAABA, please contact Pastor Ed or Jim Detwiler, Executive Council Chairman.
Youth News
The youth group would like to thank everyone who attended our Mexican fiesta. We made about $1000. It will go a long way toward our trip to the Alive Christian Music festival in June. Our April bake sale and pie sale earned us about $480. Thanks for your generous support! Be watching the bulletin and upcoming newsletters for more information.
Chancel Choir Banquet June 6
The end of year Chancel Choir banquet will be Wednesday, June 6, 6:00 p.m. at Cousino’s Steakhouse, 1842 Woodville Rd., Oregon, OH. We have reserved the Inside Patio Room, will be able to order from the regular menu, and pay individually. As the time gets closer, please let Charlie DuShane (phone: 419.843.6462 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) whether or not you plan to attend and if you will have a guest with you.