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The Bible And SOAP

In 1837 Samuel Morse invented a code that

eventually made possible the worldwide

development of electric telegraphs. Using a

series of dots and dashes to represent different

letters, a sender encodes his message and taps

it out on a Morse key. The receiving operator is

trained to use the Morse Code to translate the

dots and dashes into letters and thus to decode

the message.

One of the most wonderful uses of this system

was told to me by a classmate in Seminary.

Jerry Singleton was a US airman who was shot

down over North Vietnam and imprisoned in the

prison known as the Hanoi Hilton. He spent

seven years as a prisoner of war, most of that

time cut off from contact with other US

prisoners. The prisoners found a way to

communicate with one another, however, using

Morse Code to tap out messages to one

another on walls and water pipes. Over the

years the prisoners tapped out passages of the

Bible they remembered, and Jerry and other

inmates wrote their own copies of the Bible on

scraps of paper.

In this wonderful way God’s message was

encoded and decoded and hungrily read by

men who knew they needed to hear from God.

MAY 2015

The Bible And SOAP continued…

In this wonderful way God’s message was

encoded and decoded and hungrily read by

men who knew they needed to hear from

God. And this is a wonderful illustration of

the process God has used to communicate

Himself to us. God created three primary

ways to communicate with us: through

nature, through the Scriptures, and in the

Person of Christ Jesus. God gave us the

Bible by encoding His Word to us, and by

providing a way for us to decode the

message through the inspiration of the Holy

Spirit.

Many of our members have learned a

simple system for reading the Bible in a way

that it sticks in our minds. It follows an

acronym SOAP. S = Scripture. O =

Observation (What does the passage say?).

A = Application (What does it say to me?).

P = Prayer (What is my response to God?).

Here’s how to start: Begin reading the Bible

at the Gospel of Matthew. Read a chapter a

day and write down the verse or verses that

speak to you. Then follow the SOAP

process. You will experience the joy of

hearing directly from God!

Raymond

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Mission News

TUNGSETH REPORT

In 2005 to 2010, we shared the role of Directors of

Operations for Africa, Central Asia and the Middle

East. In 2010, we finished the operations training and

turned it over to the national staff. We joined Global

Media Outreach for 2 years, sharing the Gospel and

discipling people over the internet throughout English

speaking countries. Joan is still involved in this ministry

as a Community Leader, mentoring online

missionaries, sharing her faith and encouraging new

believers in their new walk with the Lord.

We currently are assigned to the Great Commission

Global Prayer Movement at our International

Headquarters in Orlando, Fl., which is part of the CCC

Global Leadership Office. Our assignment covers a

wide range of opportunities to serve both our US and

Global staff. Our focus is on helping our African staff

share and implement the prayer training they have

received from our team, gather prayer needs from each

of their countries, and pray for the prayer champions

throughout the continent. We also are part of the

intercessor prayer team, praying on-site at Global

Leadership meetings and conferences. We attended a

Prayer Congress in the Ivory Coast, French-speaking

West Africa in October 2013. We prayed for several

days with 777 attending from 13 countries. We also

visited several orphanages, bringing in medical items,

toys and Gospel Bracelets.

In July, of this year, we traveled to Kenya where we

visited ZOE orphans, learning to care for themselves.

We had an opportunity to share the Gospel, prayer

skills, and observe how they were making their

community a better place to live. We met with a staff

couple and shared what we were learning on prayer,

visited our new Team Leader in the area and held a

training for Maasai Pastors. On Sunday we both spoke

at a Maasai Church. The pastor and his wife are dear

friends, who we have known since 2003. We thank you

for your faithful support and your friendship.

Respectively submitted, Dorothy Kuster

Family & Children Ministries

PTL!!! (Praise the Lord) Easter was a huge blessing with over 60+ children and youth attending our Easter service and 300 adults total attended Easter services! Let us pray that the Lord will continue to bless our church!

It’s that time of year again!!! Time to plan for summer and Vacation Bible School! This year’s theme will be Big Apple Adventure; Where Faith and Life Connect! VBS will be July 20-24 9am-12:30pm for $45.per child with and extended day option until 3pm for $90.per child. Children will have a great time learning about Faith and how Jesus can change their lives though Bible stories, theme and scripture based songs and crafts, snacks and fun games. Register now at Meadowlarkchurch.com VBS counts on volunteers like you to make it all happen! We need volunteers for all aspects of VBS. Bible story tellers, craft leaders and helpers, music, games, snack preparation, registration and check-in, dismissal guides, youth group leaders, decoration and set up crew, and lots and lots of prayer warriors! This is great outreach opportunity. We expect between 70-80+ children to attend. Please join us for a VBS planning meeting on May 17th at 10:15am between services to sign up to be a volunteer and get more info about becoming part of the team!! Youth Crew Guide info.

To kick off summer, we will be having our annual Family Camp at Indian Hills May 29-31. This is a great opportunity to enjoy family bonding in a beautiful outdoor setting that is a family-friendly, Christian setting, and good for beginning campers. Yes, there are bathrooms and hot showers! This is an outdoor tent camp experience complete with outdoor cooking and activities like hiking, biking, swimming, campfire time, and even extra activities like archery and zip line, plus more! The cost is $24. Per person. Bring and set up your own tent. We do Co-Op meals, where each family is partnered with one or two other families and are responsible to plan, purchase, and cook one meal for the whole group, then just show up for the rest! Sign up at Meadowlarkchurch.com As always, thank you for your support and prayers for Children and Youth Ministries!!

Blessings,

Cathrine Osthimer

Director of Children’s Ministry

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San Diego Blood Bank

Meadowlark Member Group “MLCC”

Thank you for your support of the San Diego

Blood Bank blood drive on Sunday March 15,

2015. Lives depend on it.

Your commitment to this vital community service

is much appreciated. All types of donations

make a blood drive successful and you continue

to play a pivotal role in that success. Groups

like Meadowlark Community Church ensure that

we are able to keep up with our communities

need for blood. Please remember that you can

check your wellness profile to access your blood

pressure, cholesterol and total pints you have

donated by going to www.mysdbb.org . You will

need your donor ID number and date of birth to

gain access. Our blood drive results on March

15 are as follows:

Collection Goal – 25 pints Scheduled donors –5 Registered donors – 28 Pints collected – 25 Percentage of goal 100% Through our donations we have given them the potential to save 75 lives. Thank you for caring enough to step and give the GIFT OF LIFE to someone in need. Our next drive is on Aug. 30, 2015 - so remember if you donate between now and then leave at least 8 weeks if you donate whole blood and 16 weeks if you are a double red donor prior to our drive date. Take care and God Bless. Bill Troop

THE GOOD NEWS CORNER

With Pastor Jake

THE FLOWERS CALL OUT, THE OCEAN ROARS, THE HILLS ROLL OUT THAT THEY ARE GIFTS TO US FROM OUR LORD, AND THEY GIVE US THE GOOD NEWS FOR MAY - OUR GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD, AND HE LOVES YOU WITH ALL HIS HEART! HALLELUJAH AND AMEN!!!

By His Grace Homeless Outreach

‘INC’

In the Name of Christ By Bill Baker, Founder & Chair

wtbaker@roadrunner.com – 760-438-2482.

By His Grace “BHG” is also a founder and

member of “ARS” Alliance for Regional

Solutions with the 35 other Charities and 9

Cities of North San Diego County Developing a

Program to Provide Shelter for all the

Homeless in the Nine Cities of North County

with all the San Diego County Services and

Community Services and Faith Centers in

North County.

There are 250+ homeless in Oceanside –

Escondido region that are opportunities to

serve. We have a history of getting 10-12

into recovery programs such as Interfaith

where I serve on the Board. I lead Bible

Study in the Winter Shelters from

December through March. Emphasis is

focused on “Physical Health”, “Financial

Career”, Mental & Education”, “Family &

Home”.

Please contact me for more information at

wtbaker@roadrunner.com – 760-438-2482.

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THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH:

Mother's Day... a time for warm thoughts

and fond memories, for expressing

the feelings and words that often go unspoken,

for letting those special people

in our lives know that they are loved and appreciated -

always.

It is always good to remember our Mothers – especially on this day.

CONNECTION GROUPS

Continuing

Monday

Mary Carothers has discontinued this group

Tuesday

Pastor Dave’s Study 1pm the Ministry Center and 7pm at the Shaw’s 1827 Redwing St. San Marcos CA 92078

Women’s Study at Paula Molta’s Tuesday nights at 7pm 7037 Crane Ct., Carlsbad, CA 92009

Couples Connection Group at the Kelly’s home 7pm

Wednesday

Reign Men (Men’s Group) 2nd and 4th Wednesdays. 8:30am in the Ministry Center.

Pastor Jake’s Study 3pm in the Ministry Center. 1 Corinthians

Sermon Based Study at David and Paula Molta’s Wednesday nights 7pm 7037 Crane Ct. Carlsbad, VS 92009

Youth Group – Salt & Light Night – meets Wednesday nights in the Youth Lounge. For Youth 6 – 12 grades from 7 - 8:30pm

Thursday

Daniel & Revelation Bible Study at Al Zimmerman’s

house 1pm

Saturday

Ironmen…Men join us every Saturday 8am in the Ministry Center

The best and most beautiful things in the world

cannot be seen or even touched - they must be

felt with the heart.

Helen Keller

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House of Children Missions

By God’s grace we at HOC have seen in the last 2 years a concerted effort from our missions’ family to achieve a solid foundation to grow in their faith and spread the good news by reaching out into nearby communities and beyond. In this article I hope to share their dedication in achieving this goal.

• In March I accepted an invitation to accompany Pastor Hector, his brother Henry and 4 young men from his rehab center; Guillermo nickname (Mamo) Louis, Zack and Erin on a 9 day missions trip to San Jose del Cabo.

• 3:30 AM on April 1, after prayer and a quick cup of Coffee we were off. 615 miles later we reached our first layover. It was great to see Pastor Carlos who’s part of our Missions family in El Porvenir [Northern Baja] now setting up a men’s rehab near San Bruno [Southern Baja]. It’s 7:30 PM and Carlos and his wife have dinner waiting. What a great first day and blessing to have an opportunity to spend time with members of our Missions family outside the normal confines of a rehab center. We spend the night in a travel trailer provided by Carlos and prepared for a 6:00 AM departure. Thank You Lord for your loving kindness today we have been most richly blessed.

• 4:30 PM on April 2, with a grand total of 1,105 miles logged we reach our destination. I was prepared to take a quick shower and get a little rest. A quick shower yes, a little rest No, our first event is at 7:00 this evening and Pastor Hector is Preaching. I’m thinking we’re in for a full schedule and I’m not sure my purpose on this trip. A review of Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your Heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your path straight.”

• During the rest of our stay Pastor Hector would speak six more times, youth Pastor Louis once and the Praise team consisting of Zack, Louis and Zuriel twice. I was thankful to witness such commitment. The congregation was always fully engaged with Pastor Hector

House of Children Missions con’t…

congregation that touched me as the word of God spoken through Hector enthusiastically entertaining the congregation while getting his point across vary effectively. Later after he had completed his sermon series I complimented him on a job well done. He just said with the biggest smile “I love to preach”

• Even with a full schedule at the church we did manage to get out to do a little site seeing in town, went to the beach one day for two hours, and took a tour boat out of Cabo San Lucas Marina and snorkeling for those who wanted. Donated by the boat rental owner and Pastor of the Church Hector gave his sermons [Freedom in Christ]. All the people from the church were friendly and provided us with meals on six different occasions.

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• 3:30 AM on April 9, we started back and on April 10, in the evening I was home in San Marcos. Oh I all most forgot we did have an unscheduled stop. Our van’s fan belt broke, the good news Henry is a mechanic and had a spare belt, the bad news, the cam roller on the tension arm had a bad bearing, we’re not close to any town and it’s too early for a parts store to be open. Long story short got a ride bought the part, 5 hours later on the road again. Praise God

• God doesn’t always show us the impact we have on others. Stand strong in the Lord and open your heart, allow the Holy Spirit to direct your path. Become a good example of Christ, share the Word, give glory to our Heavenly Father in all things, that is my purpose. My prayer is that if it’s not yours right now that it will soon be.

” To our God and Father be the glory forever and ever. Amen” (Phil. 4:20)ESV

Dave Zorger…House of Children Missions

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May Ushers

Ushers and greeters Bob & Judy Wigand

David and Paula Molta Communion Bob & Judy Wigand 5/3 Lyle Birkley

Steve Allen Marty McDougall Ed Griffith

Communion Helpers Janice Birkley

Don Lovitt Frank Woods 5/10 Larry Hale Gordon Olson Joan Anderson Shyrline Somers 5/17 Ken Kreutz Noni Kreutz Don Lovitt Bill Troop 5/27 Ruben Escovedo Need Usher Audrey Hillier Daisy McKennett 5/31 Larry Hall Gordon Olson Joan Anderson Shyrline Somers

Please arrive ½ hour before the service when you serve.

May Greeters 2nd Service

May 3 Fran Bowman Marlene Rogers

May 10 John Mark

Dorothy Mark May 17 Dale Nanninga

Ginny Nanninga May 24 Shyrline Somers

Gloria Esser May 31 Bill Troop

Peggy Troop

First Service Contemporary Service

“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit”

(Romans 15:13).

10:30 Service Traditional Service

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Dorothy Davis May 1 Jessica Chatfield May 2 Tony San Nicolas May 2 Summer Mitchell May 16 Julia Farwell May 19 Dorothy Leyton May 21 Georgette Little May 21

Bill Hopper May 26

Liam Gallagher May 27

Clarence Werth May 29

A BIG Happy Birthday to these

people celebrating their May Birthdays!