Mission Statement

We exist to welcome all people into a relationship

with Jesus Christ, equip people with a faith that

works in real life; and sends us in service

into the world in Jesus’ name.

Posted Office Hours

Tuesday—Thursday

9:00 am — 1:30 pm

A Publication of LHCC

1255 E. E. Williamson Road

Longwood, Florida 32750

407-332-8253

office@longwoodhillschurch.org

www.longwoodhillschurch.org

www.facebook.com/longwoodhillschurch

2018 LHCC LEADERSHIP

James Mory — Pastor

Jim Wagoner — President

Jerry Ross — Vice President

Christina Nancarrow — Treasurer

Shari Cornish — Secretary

MINISTRY LEADERS

Chris McMahon — Bldgs. & Grounds

Elaine Skindzier — Community Outreach

Linda Wagoner — Faith Formation

Sharon Desany — Evangelism

Sue McMahon — Shepherd

Allan Campbell — Stewardship

Gail Bartell — Worship

STAFF

Scott Kinkead — Music Director

Judy Mory — Volunteer Adm. Assistant

Where Diversity is Celebrated!

PASTOR’S DESK

We have just completed a very busy and fruitful Lent/Easter season! It is important to connect the two words, busy and fruitful. We didn’t just have events and programs that make us look busy and give an impression that we are accomplishing things. The focus of our time was “Following Jesus”. We took steps to move beyond beliefs and doctrine to discover what it means to follow Jesus in our daily living. This is an ongoing task that challenges us to keep growing in our understanding of Jesus’ invitation to “follow Him” and ways to fulfill that in our daily living. No matter how busy we are as a church our actions are given purpose and meaning by our motivation to follow Jesus and share God’s love in all we do. I celebrate with you four events in April where we extended the “Good News” of God’s love with our neighbors. The first Saturday in April we were present at the Lake Mary Family Fun Day as we had a booth providing children’s crafts and information about our church. The crafts drew people to our booth and gave us an opportunity to share information about our church. In addition, we were given stage time to have the cast of “Shrek Jr. The Musical” presented a few of their songs. I want to thank those who participated in sharing the good news of our church at this event with our neighbors. Next, we had a very successful Eggstravaganza on the Saturday before Easter Sunday. Again, we had over 300 children and 600 people total on our property for a day filled with food, fun and activities. It takes many people to put on this event and I want to thank Jim Ware for organizing this day, the committee that helped him and the many volunteers that made this happen. It is almost unimaginable to think that a church our size could present an event like this, but it also demonstrates what is possible when we work together! Thanks goes to our Evangelism Ministry Chair, Sharon Desany (who also headed up our Lake Mary Family Fun Day) and the many volunteers who worked with Jim Ware to make this event a success! Also, a special thanks to Terry and Carol Grove for donating 600 hot dogs, buns and condiments! The purpose of this event is to share the love of God that we experience in the Resurrection of Jesus with the people in our community! Thanks to all who made this happen!

PASTOR’S DESK continued

On Easter Sunday morning 216 people attended our worship celebrations! This is the larges Easter attendance in the five years I have been here. On April 26, 27 and 28 Shrek Jr. The Musical was presented at our church by some children in our church and community to a little over 300 people. The children did such an amazing job presenting this wonderful story about accepting differences in people and working together to accomplish great things. Gail Bartell and Linda Wagoner worked with this talented cast for over 2 months, holding two rehearsals a week and we express our appreciation for their dedication and work on this wonderful project. As I stated before, this was a very busy time! It was also a fruitful time because it was motivated by our focus on following Jesus and our desire to share the wonderful love we have discovered in him with others in our community. Thanks to all who helped make this time fruitful and let’s keep moving together in following Jesus! Peace, Pastor Jim

IFTAR

We have also been invited by the wonderful folks at the American Muslim Community Center at 811 Wilma Street in Longwood to join them in an Iftar (which is a meal for breaking a fast) as they observe Ramadan on Thursday, May 9th. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. and dinner is served at 8:30 p.m. This will be for fourth Iftar we have been invited to and each one has been attended by members of our church and other churches in our area. They are wonderful hosts and provide an opportunity to better understand this holy season of fasting they observe. Please contact Pastor Jim if you plan to attend as RSVP is required.

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Worship Services

“Shattered: The Promise of New Life”

Sunday, May 5: The Solution 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Sunday, May 12: Shattered by Tragedy Mother’s Day Job 2:1-9 Sunday, May 19: Shattered by Violence Genesis 4:1-10 Sunday, May 26: Shattered by War 2 Samuel 1:17-27 Sunday, June 2: Shattered by Illness John 9:1-12

Daily Bible Readings for: To have the passage read to you go to: biblegateway.com type in the passage, when the passage is displayed click on the speaker icon and listen as you read along. May 1 1 Chronicles 14-15; Psalm 132; Matthew 18 2 1 Chronicles 16; Psalm 106; Matthew 19 3 2 Samuel 7; 1 Chronicles 17; Psalm 2; Matthew 20 4 2 Samuel 8-9; 1 Chronicles 18-19; Matthew 21 5 2 Samuel 10; 1 Chronicles 20; Psalm 20; Matthew 22 6 2 Samuel 11-12; Psalm 51; Matthew 23 7 2 Samuel 13-14; Matthew 24 8 2 Samuel 15-16; Psalm 32; Matthew 25 9 2 Samuel 17; Psalm 71; Matthew 26 10 2 Samuel 18; Psalm 56; Matthew 27 11 2 Samuel 19-20; Psalm 55; Matthew 28 12 2 Samuel 21-23; 1 Thessalonians 1 13 2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 21; Psalm 30; 1 Thessalonians 2 14 1 Chronicles 22-24; 1 Thessalonians 3 15 1 Chronicles 25-27; 1 Thessalonians 4 16 1 Kings 1; 1 Chronicles 28; Psalm 91; 1 Thessalonians 5 17 1 Kings 2; 1 Chronicles 29; Psalm 95; 2 Thessalonians 1 18 1 Kings 3; 2 Chronicles 1; Psalm 78; 2 Thessalonians 2 19 1 Kings 4-5; 2 Chronicles 2; Psalm 101; 2 Thessalonians 3 20 1 Kings 6; 2 Chronicles 3; Psalm 97; Romans 1 21 1 Kings 7; 2 Chronicles 4; Psalm 98; Romans 2 22 1 Kings 8; 2 Chronicles 5; Psalm 99; Romans 3 23 2 Chronicles 6-7; Psalm 135; Romans 4 24 1 Kings 9; 2 Chronicles 8; Psalm 136; Romans 5 25 1 Kings 10-11; 2 Chronicles 9; Romans 6 26 Proverbs 1-3; Romans 7 27 Proverbs 4-6; Romans 8 28 Proverbs 7-9; Romans 9 29 Proverbs 10-12; Romans 10 30 Proverbs 13-15; Romans 11 31 Proverbs 16-18; Romans 12

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SUMMER CAMPS

The Wagoner family would like to thank you for the outpouring of love and support in the recent loss of Jade’s sister, Emily Roberson. Your comforting care and kindness was so greatly appreciated. We treasure our Longwood Hills Church family - God bless you!

Thank You

LHCC Pantry Angels

The month of April we have assisted in

109 patrons with 1,091 items. We have

helped 334 family members.

Graduate Recognition will be observed on Sunday, May 19th

during the 10am Worship Service. If you or someone in your

family is a graduate please contact the office 407-332-8253

(Judy Mory) to provide information for the service. This

information must be received by Tuesday, May 14th.

Procedure for Altar Flowers

We would like to give you the opportunity to do altar flowers for a family

member, graduation, anniversary, a special celebration or just saying

Thanks Be to God! Notice an ALTAR FLOWERS sign up sheet in Narthex.

HOW IT WORKS:

1. SIGN YOUR NAME ON YOUR CHOSEN DATE LINE

2. ADVISE THE OFFICE WHO THE FLOWERS ARE FOR AND IF IT IS MEMORY OR

HONOR

3. ADVISING THE OFFICE ENSURES THAT IT IS IN THE BULLETIN

4. WE WOULD PREFER NO MORE THAN TWO ALTAR FLOWERS ON ANY GIVEN

DATE

5. YOU BRING YOUR ARRANGEMENT ON THE DATE SCHEDULED

T HANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION!

As you see we have a procedure in ordering flower but there is

something if you want in ordering flowers.

Country Club Florist

820 W Lake Mary Blvd, Ste 101

Sanford, FL 32773 phone 407-328-9899

has agreed that you can call them, order flowers and pay for them

by phone. Sallie Harris has agreed to pick them up and bring them

to the church on the specific Sunday and place on the altar for you.

HOWEVER, you must still sign the flower chart to let the office

know the specifics for it to be entered into the bulletin. ALSO a call

to Sallie Harris 407-302-6306 and/or an email to her at

shlakemary@aol.com

Evangelism

Corner

Faith Sharing

A Nine Month Series (reprint)

Christianity calls on its followers to share the good news about Jesus Christ (Mark 16:15).

Sharing our faith can plant the seeds of hope in other people’s lives and can also deepen

our own relationship with God. But for many of us, the thought of talking about religion is

intimidating and awkward. We may be afraid of not saying the right words, being labeled a

religious nut, or being viewed as judgmental. Fortunately, evangelism doesn’t have to

mean standing on a street corner with a sign and bullhorn. There are many simple ways

that we can share our faith in our daily lives. Visit us here each month as we list new ways

for demonstrating our faith and letting our light shine before others (Matthew 5:16).

He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” Mark 16:15

Part 2: Tips for Creative Faith Sharing

In Daily Life

Share a smile and personal greeting with a stranger.

Offer a "God word" in conversations about current public events

(e.g. "this situation war, natural disaster, famine sure makes me thankful

for God and the way God's people are working to make this world a

better place")

Ask someone you may have hurt for forgiveness.

Model Christian behavior when you coach or attend your child's sport

events.

Speak up against injustice, evil and verbal insult.

Be clear that your perspective is informed by your faith and belief in a

loving, forgiving God.

In talking about the weather or scenery, marvel at the intricate beauty of

God's creation.

For this is what the Lord has commanded us: “I have made you a light for

the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.” Acts 13:47

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