Mennonite Youth Convention will be held in Columbus OH, from June 30 until July 5. Our  youth and some delegates will be attending. There is a possibility of trips being planned to go down to hear the speakers (Jim Wallis, Shane Claiborne). If you are interested please let the Pastor or church secretary know. www.mennoniteusa.org/Home/Convention/tabid/258/Default.aspx

REDUCE POVERTY IN OUR TIME

On Tues April 28, over 1000 Christians, your brothers and sisters, went to Capitol Hill to knock on the doors of our Senators and Representatives, to ask them to remember the poor. Fourteen members of Lee Heights were among them. Our commission as we left Washington DC was to go back to our communities and work for justice because NOW IS THE TIME.
The church is living water. It can choose to be a reservoir-- where people can come to a safe place to drink the living water and sustain it can flow like a river. Where the river flows, there will always be life.
The reservoir starts full, but people drink from it without replenishing, they confine themselves to the walls of the reservoir. There are boundaries. It is safe.
But the river flows. Where it goes new life begins. The power of the river goes outward. Its strength is not controllable. It takes you to new places, not where you want to go but where it needs you to go.
There are 40 million children living below the poverty line. 26,000 children under 5 die every day. 200,000 children are homeless on any given night in the U.S. That is one in 4 of all of our homeless. In 2001 when Evangelicals were asked the question are you willing to help an AIDS orphan, only 3% said yes. they were less likely to answer yes than atheists or people from other religions.
Only 2-!/2% of American churchgoers tithe. That tithe is 75% less than in Blblical time. The highest level of tithing in American history was in 1933, the height of the depression. 98% of our tithe is spent in the U.S. That leaves 2% for the rest of the world. That amounts to 6 pennies per Christian per day. If the missing 7.5 % tithe was given by every Christian, it would dwarf most country's budgets and poverty could easily be eliminated by the church. NOW IS THE TIME.
The reservoir is evaporating. Its starting to stink. There is algae growing on top.
But the river flows. It pounds against the rock of poverty until it becomes a stone, It pounds against the stone of injustice until it becomes a pebble. It pounds against the pebble of indifference until it becomes sand. It pounds against the sand of our greed until it becomes silt and then the river carries the silt away.
Poverty is everywhere, in every community. There is so much of God's work to be done.
NOW IS THE TIME.
There is a movement afoot. People are starting community gardens. People are teaching Green jobs to high school dropouts and former inmates.
NOW IS THE TIME
People who once thought poverty was someone else's problem are now one mortgage And the work is the work of the church.payment away from losing their homes and people are pitching in.
NOW IS THE TIME
People are advocating for the poor in Washington and at home.
NOW IS THE TIME.

And the work is the work of the church. The river of the church can flow in places its never been. It can bring new life to communities. It can be about God's work.

3 ^RD SUNDAY ( 6 / 2 1 /0 9 )
8:30 Senior Choir
11:00 Gospel Choir

4 ^TH SUNDAY ( 6 / 2 8 /0 9 )
8:30 Anointed Voices of Joy
11:00 Men's Choir




JULY 200 9 CHOIR SCHEDULE

1 ^ST SUNDAY ( 7 / 5 /0 9 )
8:30 Gospel Choir
11:00 TBA

2 ^ND SUNDAY ( 7 / 12 /0 9 )
8:30 Anointed Voices of Joy
11:00 Anointed Voices of Joy

3 ^RD SUNDAY ( 7 / 1 9 /0 9 )
8:30 TBA
11:00 Gospel Choir

4 ^TH SUNDAY ( 7 / 2 6 /0 9 )
8:30 Men's Choir
11:00 Men's Choir

Lee Heights Community Church- A Christ-centered church family welcomes all without exception to join us in worship, in fellowship and service; to be peacemakers and share the love of Jesus and the Holy Word of God in our communities.

The upcoming events for Lee Heights;

Softball - Wed. June 24 @ 6:30pm and 7:30pm; Mon. June 29 @ 7:30pm and 8:30pm

Men's Day is June 28 - Sports Attire (Join God's Team)

Womens Day is July 12 - Ladies in RED

Family Day is August 16 - All Families (dress in alike colors or schemes)

Church Picnic is August 16 @ Forest Hills Park

Keep your attention HERE; Upcoming information about the Poverty Summit our members attended this past week