The Church at Horseshoe Bay

600 HI RIDGE RD., P.O. BOX 8295, HORSESHOE BAY, TEXAS 78657

We Have a Plan

I mentioned in a sermon recently about the death of my dear friend and ministry mentor, Bro. Dan McLendon. Bro. Dan lived to be 98 and was sharp and men-tally clear until just a few months before his promotion to Glory. Back in the 1980s Dan selected a team of young ministers in which I was privileged to be included. Dan was of a generation with a whole different set of anecdotes and stories and sayings.

One of Dan’s favorite lines when one of us young ministers would get upset about something was: “Don’t get your tail over the dashboard!” Now... I as-sumed that I knew what a dashboard was; and I was fairly certain I knew what part of the human anatomy was the tail; but my imagination had enormous diffi-culty envisioning one’s tail over the car dashboard!? Sooo... I inquired what he meant.

The dashboard he envisioned was on a horse-drawn wagon, and the tail was lit-erally the horse's tail. If the horse’s tail should happen to get over the dashboard - it was both a great nuisance to the driver and an irritation to the horse. Dan’s explanation gave my imagination great relief!

Another of Bro. Dan’s favorite sayings was: “To fail to plan is to plan to fail.” Well... we have a plan for this summer. Garry Kesler has planned several spe-cial musical guests and presentations that will be both inspirational and different. Malcolm and I have planned our preaching. Malcolm has been very gracious in allowing me some Sundays away this year, and he is about to take some time as well. I will begin a series of sermons about Question That Jesus Asks; ques-tions that have implications that continue to live until this day. In August Mal-colm will begin a series of sermons based on Psalm 23.

The point is that our summer worship will be planned to challenge, bless, and enrich your life and your walk with God in relationship with his Son our LORD and Savior. We plan to be a little more relaxed during the hot summer months. Dress comfortably. So shall we.

Make a plan to join us in worship every Sunday you are in town. Make a plan to be in worship while away and bring back a bulletin to share about your summer worship experience. And remember Bro. Dan’s sage advice.

Your Pastor and friend,

Johnny White

JULY 2015

JULY 5

“Weaklings Wanted”

II Corinthians 12:2-10

Harlan Hodges, Pianist

SERIES:

Questions That Jesus

Is Still Asking Us!

JULY 12

Luke 2

Gospel Singing with Strings

JULY 19

John 1

Camp Peniel Sunday

JULY 26

Mark 2

Keenan Fletcher-Violinist

ASCRIBE PRAISE! (an occasional article on why we do what we do on Sunday morning)

How do our pastors decide what to preach on? As one might expect, many considerations go into prepar-

ing a preaching plan such as the context of the congregation, special days in the congregation's life, the

seasons of the year and addressing particular/pertinent interests in the life of a congregation.

One popular method is “series” preaching: taking a certain Biblical theme (like grace or prayer or forgive-

ness) and spending a few weeks focusing more deeply on the topic. Another popular method is taking sev-

eral weeks preaching through a book of the Bible (say, Luke) or taking three-six weeks preaching on a cer-

tain section within a book of the Bible (say, the Sermon on the Mount). Another popular method is preach-

ing the lectionary.

A lectionary is a list of scriptural texts (called “lections”) recommended for use in worship or study on a par-

ticular Sunday usually structured around the Church Year (Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Holy Week,

Easter, Pentecost, Ordinary Time). For each Sunday, the lectionary includes a reading from the Old Testa-

ment, a Psalm, a reading from the Epistles, and a Gospel reading. In the mid-1960's, representatives from

sixteen Christian denominations came together to discuss worship renewal and a by-product of this con-

versation was the creation of the Revised Common Lectionary. The idea is that over a three year period, a

congregation would hear scripture/sermons covering a majority of the Bible.

What about The Church at Horseshoe Bay? Over the years, pastors have usually “preached the lection-

ary” though “series” preaching has also taken place. Throughout the year, Pastors Johnny and Malcolm

along with Minister of Music Garry Kesler, plan worship and preaching seeking to bring the richness and

depth of God's Word to our congregation.

If you would like to help

with a long-range plan re-

garding our church land-

scape, please contact Nor-

man Homburg, Grounds

Chairperson. (979) 255-

5024

Going away sometime this summer? On the Sun-

days that you are away from our church, worship

God at the place you are visiting! Make sure you

get the worship bulletin and bring it back home

with you. Then bring it to church. We will display

the bulletins after the summer and enjoy under-

standing how other Christians worship. They can

be dropped off at the church office.

Join the Men of Faith as

they host their monthly

Prayer Breakfast on Satur-

day, July 25 at 8:30 a.m. in

the Fellowship Hall. All

men are invited and en-

couraged to attend!

WHEN YOU ARE

AWAY FROM THE

CHURCH AT HSB

THIS SUMMER

SEEKERS CLASS

The Book of Genesis

7/5 Abraham Put to the Test

(ch.21-22)

Led by Johnny White

7/12 Women in the Bible-Sarah and Hagar

Led by Stan Smith

7/19 A Bride for Isaac (ch.24)

Led by Linda Wilson

7/26 The Barren Women and the

Younger Son

Led by Jim Jorden

FAITH BRIDGE

40 Days of Community

by Rick Warren

7/5 No Class

7/12 Growing Together

Led by Jane Boisvert

7/19 Serving Together

Led by Gail Mathews

7/26 Worshiping Together

Led by Dwight King

WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY

Battlefield of the Mind, Winning the Battle in Your Mind

Based on the Joyce Meyer book and study series

7/5 A Passive Mind & The Mind of Christ (ch.12 &13)

7/12 Video- What Would Jesus Think

7/19 My Future is Determined by My Past and

My Present & I Don’t Want the Responsibility (ch.16 &17)

7/26 I Can’t Take It if Things Are Too Bad! and I Can’t Help

It-I’m Just Addicted (ch.18 &19)

BIBLE ALIVE

The Book of Ephesians

7/5 Clarification of Christian Doctrines

(ch.4:1-31) Led by Larry Canter

7/12 Balance in the Christian Life

(ch.5:1-26) Led by Art Hawkinson

7/19 Responsibilities Within the Christian Life

(ch.6:1-18) Led by Art Hawkinson

Kisses From Katie by Ka-tie J. Davis. Katie is an 18 year old high school president of her class and homecoming queen from Nashville who decided to disappoint her par-ents by forgoing college to move to Uganda. In Uganda

she knows only one person and does not even speak the language. After a short mission trip to Uganda during her senior year, Katie knew her calling and an-swered with a passion the needs she saw in Uganda. Read Katie's story as she serves the people and loves the chil-dren from Uganda.

Books & Scones will meet on

Tuesday, July 28, at 3:30 p.m. in the Li-

brary. Our book this month is The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom. This is a well known book written about survival during World War II. The family of Corrie Ten Boom hid Jews in their small watch shop home and later were placed in a concentra-tion camp. The author's survival is a testi-mony of Christ's Spirit and strength through this time.

Books are avail-able in the church office for $6.00.

SUNDAYS at 9:45 a.m.

RECURRING WEEKLY EVENTS

Mondays- Prayer Ministry Group 9:00 a.m.

Wednesdays- Prayer Ministry Group 4:30 p.m.

SUMMER WORSHIP AT CHSB

Starting Sunday, July 5, and continuing through Sunday, Sep-

tember 6, you will notice something different when you come to

worship: the pastors won't be wearing their pulpit robes while

leading worship. Instead, they will be in less formal wear (shirt

and tie but no coat, or shirt with coat but no tie, etc.) Why? For

two reasons. First, as a way to make guests more comfortable,

especially those who are visiting/vacationing at the Resort and

might come to Sunday worship. We expect such guests would

not likely come in coat, tie or dress. Guests who come to wor-

ship and see the pastors a bit less formal will feel a bit more at

ease. Second, we usually dress less formally during the summer

months because of the heat. This includes dressing less formally

for church. In addition, the bank of lights in the sanctuary that

point and focus on the chancel, pulpit and lectern produce extra

heat in those areas and there are no air conditioning vents spe-

cific to those areas. The

result for those leading

worship is experiencing

extra warmth. So, the

Board of Trustees approved

this eight-week change for

summer. On Communion

Sundays, however, the pas-

tors will wear a stole.

Did you know that you can support The Church at Horse-

shoe Bay when you shop on Amazon at no cost to you? Sim-

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On Wednesday, February 25, 2015, Senior Pastor Johnny White called a meeting of selected church

members and laid out his vision for first ever Stations of the Cross at The Church at Horseshoe Bay.

He indicated that he had just finished the draft of the booklet that will be the guide for those who visit

our Remembrance Garden during Passion Week to take themselves on a self-guided spiritual journey

through the Stations. The dream picture is that this will become a Highland Lakes tradition shared by

hundreds of pilgrims every year during Passion Week.

With that introduction, Steve and Karen Jarrard stepped forward with their ideas for the project. Karen

Jarrard worked out a design for the project and Steve, who constructed the crosses, drilled over 14

holes in tough, rocky territory and helped Karen complete her mission to its final, awesome conclusion.

Karen and Steve were two Christian missionaries, serving the Lord and our Church, toiling with loving

vigor and boundless energy to complete Johnny’s dream in time for Passion Week.

A wrap up summary of the Passion Week activities indicated that the beautiful Stations of the Cross

walkway drew over 400 worshipers. Over 300 favorable comments were recorded in the sign-out log

book that was available at the exit of the “Stations” walking path.

At the Board of Trustees June 16, 1015 regular meeting, they invited Steve and Karen to be present so

the Board members could thank them in person for their remarkable initiative of researching, designing

and constructing Stations of the Cross.

Don Eckelbarger, Chairman, Worship and Music Committee presented a Certificate of Appreciation to

Karen and Steve for their hard work and Carolyn Thornton, Chairman, Board of Trustees personally

thanked them on behalf of the Board and the Church members for their remarkable achievement.

Karen and Steve Jarrard Thanked for the Stations of the Cross

Jim & Sonia Wylie 7/1

Mark & Kena Richert 7/2

Fred & Elsie Thurman 7/6

Bob & Linda Lambert 7/8

Donald & Ann Eckelbarger 7/8

John & Rosie Redden 7/10

Kirk & Mary Robison 7/12

Tom & Dianne Jones 7/13

Dale & Linda Amstutz 7/15

Mike & Caira Franz 7/16

Jack & Cathy Harris 7/17

Julie Parker 7/1 Sue Maine 7/18

John McGrew 7/1 Carolyn Hennessee 7/18

Steven Smith 7/1 Patsy Barnes 7/18

Karen Idom 7/3 Bill Boisvert 7/19

Carol Fraley 7/3 Morris Chambless 7/19

Pam Carrothers 7/4 D. J. Yows 7/19

Tom Butler 7/5 Lala Jackson 7/20

Charlie Woodruff 7/5 Steve Stevens 7/20

Carol Clarke 7/7 John Moseley 7/20

Marion Weyrauch 7/8 Peter Potts 7/20

Joan Strong 7/8 Karen Wines 7/22

Jessie Bochat 7/9 Joyce Nussbaum 7/23

Bill Smyrl 7/10 Sandy Smith 7/23

Carolyn Lee 7/11 Malcolm McQueen 7/23

Ora Dell McMahon 7/11 Mike Pickering 7/24

Jerry Shackelford 7/11 Stan Barnes 7/24

Deby Mason 7/11 Beverly (Dot) Bailey 7/24

Reagan Lambert 7/11 Dolores Guinn 7/26

Ellen Mitchell 7/11 Fay Ferguson 7/26

Winnie Woodruff 7/12 Frank Byrd 7/27

Greg Kepner 7/13 Billy Cardwell 7/28

Jesse Randle 7/14 Johnnie Heck 7/29

Virginia Wolfe 7/14 Ed West 7/29

Mike Kimball 7/14 Deane Grubbs 7/29

JoAnn Chambless 7/15 Steve Jordan 7/29

Ben Lancashire 7/16 Cynthia Fair 7/29

Sally Kuhn 7/16 Vic Shackelford 7/30

Tommie Sue Davis 7/16 Betty Cruikshank 7/31

Barbara Racz 7/17 Judy Stephens 7/31

Eleanor Taylor 7/17 Carole Keiffer 7/31

Dee Erickson 7/18 Dianne Jones 7/31

Evan & Virginia Roberts

Chuck & Lois Strasburg

Paul & Carol Brushwood

Charlie & Donna Sugg

Russell & Mary York

Frank & Gwen Ligon

P.T. & Jill Williams

T. & Phyllis Jones

Morris & JoAnn Chambless

Will & Marilyn Howard

John & Maryellen Richardson

Bill & Donna Wheeler

7/17

7/19

7/21

7/22

7/22

7/23

7/23

7/24

7/25

7/27

7/29

7/30

Good times were had by all on June 3 at the

first annual Summer Celebration at the

church fellowship hall. The special events

committee hosted a celebration to welcome

new members with hot dogs and ice cream

sundaes.

Everyone had a great time with

special guests the “Gospel Group-

ies” and Elvis.

SUMMER CELEBRATION

TRW – Speaking Hope to the World

One of the important charities that the Benevolence Committee supports

is the large media organization called TWR, headquarters in Cary, North

Carolina. Trans World Radio operations includes video broadcasts,

movies, mobile phone signals, digital channels, MP3 recordings and

other forms of communications.

The company builds and owns broadcasting stations in key parts of the world and then blankets huge areas with signals that can

be heard in both cities and hard to reach rural areas. Speaking fluently in more than 230 languages and dialects, TWR strives to

reach the world for Jesus Christ. Their global media outreach engages millions of listeners in 200 countries with biblical truth.

For over 60 years, God has enabled TWR to help lead people from doubt to discipleship. Together with international partners,

local churches and other ministries, TWR provides relevant programming, discipleship resources and dedicated workers to

spread hope to individuals and communities around the globe. Whether using high-powered AM, shortwave or FM radio, mo-

bile phone technology, streaming content to Internet users or visiting face-to-face with listeners, TWR leaves a lasting spiritual

footprint.

TWR builds programs to reach out to certain groups. One of their special projects is in China where TWR missionaries distrib-

uted Radio Church Kits which contain a radio, a Bible and study materials that a small group of seekers or believers can use to

listen to TWR’s Bible-teaching programs. Another program called Project Hannah is a prayer movement to pray for women

around the world who live with neglect, abuse, poverty and many other challenges. The Women of Hope radio program en-

courages women in 64 languages with messages of God’s love.

Lauren Libby, President and CEO wrote recently that TWR is moving forward in its calling of “proclaiming the gospel of Jesus

Christ to the whole world by mass media so that lasting fruit is produced!” In 2013 they brought on line TWR360, a new digi-

tal channel that ministers to people globally reaching over 200 countries. On March 24, 2014 their newest transmitter began

broadcasting into Pakistan, Afghanistan, and North India – an area as large as two-thirds of the United States – and in the first

month alone TWR received 1,200 responses from listeners in the region. On that day, God opened a tremendous door to the

gospel in one of the most socially and spiritually troubled regions of our world with more than 230 million potential listeners.

Reaching a nation like Afghanistan is important. Out of 32 million people, Christians number only in the thousands. There are

some 48,000 places of worship in the country and not a single church. These people have struggled to survive amid violence,

oppression, and hopelessness for generations. TWR’s goal is to help overcome decades of prejudice against Christianity and

simply help the Afghan people discover the love of Jesus and the healing that He brings.

In India, TWR broadcasts in 65 languages and dialects over radio, Internet and other platforms. On average, TWR India re-

ceives 20,000 radio listener responses each month. Ministry staffs are located in 65 call centers spread across the country to

respond to the needs of listeners. Callers can talk to a counselor or leave a response.

TWR is recruiting and build constantly to carry the message of Jesus to Asia, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and

Europe. God is still calling individuals to engage in His Great Commission.

BENEVOLENCE

GROUP

Our music for this summer is going to be exciting and different!

We want the summer worship services to have a wide genre of

musical styles and musicians.

Beginning on July 5, we are happy to have Harlan Hodges. Yes,

you know that name. He is the son of Mark and Jennie Lynn

Hodges.

Harlan Hodges is a pianist and composer from West Texas who

has been actively performing and collaborating within a wide

range of musical styles and performance mediums over the past

decade. Specializing in both the Jazz and Classical forms of Composition and Improvisation, he has been recognized as one of

the up-and-coming leaders in the performance and production of new music. He has produced award winning works that reach

from Big Band, Orchestra, Chamber Music, and Electronics, to large-scale Art Installations, short films, Rock music, and mul-

timedia works. He was a finalist in the 2011 BMI Student Composer Awards for his solo piano work “Six Poems”, and the

recipient of the 2011 Cactus Pear Xtreme Composer award for his Piano Quintet “Visions of a Mockingbird.” Harlan is about

to move to Los Angeles to continue to follow his dream as a composer for movies, television, and other medias.

July 12 This should be a really exciting day. It will be the first GSS, ”Gospel Singing with Strings.” I have invited musi-

cians who attend our church and play stringed instruments such as guitar, mandolin, banjo, dulcimer, bass, etc. to join together

that day. We are going to accompany all the hymns and do a couple of specials. This will be a little in the Blue Grass style.

Should be a hoot (and a holler’ or two).

July 19 This will be Camp Peniel Sunday and the young adults from camp will bring our music and participate in the ser-

vice.

July 26 Keenan Fletcher will be back with us to play solo violin. She played on Psalm Sunday this year. To best describe

Keenan’s musical philosophy, she is a classically trained violinist turned Jazz and Texas Fiddler. Keenan grew up dreaming

she would someday play alongside Itzak Perlman at Juilliard, but she also was a California girl who wanted to train whales.

She attended The University of Texas and completed her degree at the Butler School of Music in Violin Studies. After college,

Keenan performed professionally in Dallas with the Texas Chamber Orchestra. She taught orchestra for DISD, as well as

maintained a private studio. In 2011, Keenan created a one-of-a-kind music studio, “The Agape Haus” in Llano, Texas. The

“mission-minded” studio has gardens, butterflies, chickens that donate eggs, a community garden and a community bible

study. She believes that music impacts more than just the student, but the whole community. Her students are passionate learn-

ers, and many have gone on to have careers in music. Keenan teaches all styles to promote diversity and uniqueness. Keenan

continues to perform jazz, classical and Texas Fiddle; and teaches violin, viola, cello, fiddle, rhythm guitar, piano and theory.

She enjoys the simple life with her husband, children, chickens, pigeons and dogs.

A glimpse of what’s to come in August

(Watch for more information in next

months newsletter and the weekly bulletins!)

August 2 String Ensemble

August 9 George Clayton, classical guitarist

August 16 YPH, or “You Pick the Hymns”

August 23 “Southrn’ Sangin’”

August 30 Men’s Ensemble

September 6 Women’s Ensemble

By Garry Kesler, Minister of Music

At the June 16 Board of Trustees

meeting, Kena Richert, Business

Administrator, was honored with a

cake for her recent accomplish-

ment of C.C.A. This certification

is for Certified Church Adminis-

trator and Kena had worked hard

for this certification for several

years. As part of her project for

certification, Kena did the church

a great service by writing our cur-

rent Volunteer Leadership Hand-

book. Congrats Kena!

The Church at Horseshoe Bay www.church-hsb.org

(830)598-8390, fax (830)598-4822 info@church-hsb.org

The Church at Horseshoe Bay

Staff

Johnny P. White Senior Pastor

Malcolm McQueen Pastor

Garry Kesler Minister of Music

Kena Richert Bus. Administrator

Jennie Lynn Hodges Organist/Pianist

DeDe Hodge Church Secretary

2015 Board of Trustees

Carolyn Thornton - Chairperson

Fred Klingensmith -Vice-Chairperson

Elsie Thurman - Treasurer

Kent Graham - Asst.Treasurer

Geneva Dalton - Corp. Secretary

Claudia Bird Don Eckelbarger

Bill Edwards Mike Maine

Pat McMurtrie Norm Homburg

Kay Tyler Ken Lindgren

Wayne Ratisseau Linda Wilson

The Church at Horseshoe Bay

600 Hi Ridge Rd.

PO Box 8295

Horseshoe Bay, Tx. 78657

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. Postage Paid Marble Falls, TX

78654 Permit # 51

Average 8:30 Attendance 93Average 11:00 Attendance 217

Average Sunday School Total Attendance 110

YTD Budget YTD Actual Last YTD ActualContributions 523,971$ 502,852$ 464,319$

Miscellaneous Income 9,420$ 9,731$ 14,447$ Operating Expenses (339,685)$ (341,479)$ (370,008)$

Building Fund Transfers (13,000)$ (13,000)$ (8,667)$ Benevolence Giving (194,100)$ (194,100)$ (197,586)$

Net Excess/(Shortfall) (13,394)$ (35,997)$ (97,495)$

Financial Report and Attendance as of June 30, 2015

Remaining steadfast in our vision to become a dollar-for-dollar congregation

Church Office Hours:

Monday-Friday

8:30- 4:30 p.m.

Office closed Friday, July 3

in observance of the federal

holiday

Church Library Hours:

Monday -Friday

8:30-4:30 p.m.

Sunday

8:30-12:30 p.m.