Ms. Sally's garden

The bumble bees love the Cosmos.

International Spiritual Life Conference Agenda

 Friday October 18^th

10:30 AM – 12:00 – Ordination Council for Gary Laird

                                  (Location The Sycamores Chapel)

                                 The council will be made up of the following men:

                                  Senior Chaplain Bob Ruesh, Chaplain Jerry

                                  Donahoo, Senior Chaplain Dennis Maloney,

                                  Senior Chaplain Richard McCool, Chaplain Don

                                  Baker, Senior Chaplain Jack Gregory, and Senior

                                  Chaplain Fred Campbell.  Dr. Dan Griffin will

                                  act as moderator of the council.

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM – Check In  

                                     (The Sycamores Chapel Fellowship Hall)

2:00 PM – 4:30 PM - Training (International will be storying training;

                                    Life Borders Int’l training to be determined. 

                                    International training will be at Sycamores

                                    Chapel.  Life Borders training will be held at

                                    North Fork Baptist Church.    

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM – Clean up – Q&A

5:30 – 7:00 PM – Dinner on your own

Saturday October 19^th

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM -Morning devotions - Dr. Dan Griffin (Sycamores

                                                                     Sanctuary)

10:00 AM – 12:00 AM – Training – International training will be Dr.

                                                           Dan Griffin on interpersonal

                                                           relations.  Life Borders Int’l is

                                                           to be determined.         

12:00 – 1:30 PM – Lunch on own

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM – Ordination service for Dr. Bill Artherholt and

                                     Chaplain Gary Laird.  (Dr. Dan Griffin and

                                     others)  Location – Northfork Baptist Church

                                      sanctuary. Dress is business casual.

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM – Reception Northfork Baptist Church Fellowship

                                    Hall.

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM – Dinner on your own.

6:30PM – 7:30 PM – Dr. Les Unruh, SIM/USA Church Relations

                                   Director.  Dr. Unruh will speak of joint ministry

                                   opportunities in Liberia, West Africa.                 

                              

                                   Dress is business casual. Location is The

                                   Sycamores Chapel sanctuary.

Q&A to follow.

Sunday October 20^th, 2013

10 AM – Sunday Morning Worship – Dr. Dan Griffin – Worship music

                                                              leader tbd.

11:00 AM – Dedication of The Sycamores Community Church – Dr.

                     Dan Griffin – Sanctuary Outpost International Mission

                     Pastor.

12:00 PM – 2 PM – Lunch on your own.

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Communion and Season of Prayer (Dr. Dan

                                    Griffin will lead communion and Senior Chaplain

                                     Richard McCool will lead time of prayer for

                                     CRM Int’l, Sanctuary Outpost, Life Borders Int’l,

                                     and the ministry of “The Sycamores Chapel”.             

4:00PM – 5:00PM – Dr. Les Unruh – Open time to discuss Liberia

5:00PM  – 6:30PM – Dinner on the grounds.

6:30PM – 7:30 PM – Bible study with Dr. Dan Griffin

MONDAY CLEAN-UP

9:00 – 10:30 - Devotion time with Dr. Dan, Praise time and Prayer

                        Requests.  (For those who can be there)

The Sycamores Chapel

Rt. 2 Box 2131

Checotah, OK 74426

It's Back-to-Church Sunday

Good friend, musician, songwriter and preacher, Ron Jarman, joined us this morning to lead us in worship and bless us with special music.

Ron, thank you so much for driving over from Purcell, Oklahoma to minister to us.

We were also blessed with visitors Kim and Becky, who are friends of Ron's.  It was a joy to meet them and share a fellowship meal together here at the chapel.

You are invited...

This is the flyer that Don and Dennis will be distributing door to door in the community.

Update letter from Chaplain Dennis Maloney

Hi everyone.

Just a quick note to tell you of our Labor Day weekend at The Sycamores Community Church and how we spent it.  Don and LaVon Baker, Jack and Karen Gregory and Sally and myself felt the need for a prayer and fasting time prior to the kick-off of Sunday services here at the Sycamores.  We began this discipline on Friday and ended today, Sunday, September 1st.  

On Friday morning at 9 AM Clay Turner, associate pastor at Lindsey Chapel here in Eufaula, led us in a time of devotion concerning the Lord leading us on narrow pathways and the fact that we are to be meek and gentle in our personal walk.  (Matthew 5:5).  This was followed by a time of corporate prayer where we sought God's PERFECT will for such a time as this as we move forward.  The remainder of the day was spent in individual prayer as we sought to re-ignite our walk with Jesus.  

Saturday morning Pastor Tim Turner, senior pastor at Lindsey Chapel, brought us a devotion on doing the right thing in the right way.  The scripture he used was found in 1 Samuel 13:8 where Saul offered sacrifices to the Lord.  It was a good thing done in the wrong way.  Pastor Tim reminded us that as we seek to serve Him we should do those things that honor God and do those things in the prescribed manner found in God's Word. Following this we met for corporate prayer and then dismissed into the remainder of the day seeking God in individual prayer.  

Sunday we each went to our respective church services (we have scattered out among local partner churches for Sunday worship until such time as we begin here at "The Sycamores") We each heard powerful messages on the Holy Spirit and on The Great Shepherd.  We broke our fasts with Sunday noon meal as we fellowshipped around the noon meal at the fellowship hall at "The Sycamores".  

We gathered back at 5:30 PM for Chaplain Don's message from Matthew 9:36-38.  The Harvest is plentiful and we are to ask the Lord of the Harvest to send out workers.

God has been good to speak to each of us during this time.  Our devotion times, our prayer times and our individual seeking of the Lord has indicated our direction to us.  We are to begin, here at The Sycamores Chapel, a community garden.  We will teach life skills and lessons through parables from the garden.  At the same time, we will feed the hungry and teach them to fish.  Please pray for our kick off here on September the 15th.  God is going to do a great work.

Blessings

Senior Chaplain Dennis Maloney

International Director

CRM Int'l

Clay Turner

Riding lawn mower..

Praise the LORD!  We have a riding lawn mower.  We are so amazed by His provision and faithfulness to meet the needs here.

To our ministry partners, THANK YOU!

The carpet is down...

We are rejoicing that the funds have come in to install the new carpet in the fellowship hall. This gentleman and his helper, his granddaughter, did a great job and even installed the linoleum in the new foyer and one of the bathrooms.

  The dark spot is on the camera lens, not on the new carpet.