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Noelridge News

Phone:  319 393 9532

April 7, 2008

 

 

 

 

hours.  If you would like to help sort, hang clothes, mark, and/or sell, call Donna Lala, 362-1256.

 

We also need food to feed workers.  Please call Karen Howe, 378-9347 if you can donate food.

 

It would be helpful to have some fresh help for Friday, after the sale, to box

up leftovers and break down cardboard for recycling.

 

As you gather your items for sale, please make sure all items are clean.  Please DO NOT bring items

to the church yet.  People will be able to bring items for the sale as early as next Sunday (April 13)

and as late as Tuesday afternoon (April 15), at which time nothing more will be accepted.

 

Please ask at your grocery store for paper bags, as we will need lots of them for the bag day Friday.
Text Box: Do you know the fable of Plato’s Horse? In Ancient Greece, around the year 386BC - give or take - Plato had founded a school to train young people to think. It was an academy where young students could gather and discuss philosophy. The fable states that a certain group of Plato’s students were locked deeply in a conversation concerning teeth. The specific number of teeth in a horse’s mouth, to be precise. The question before the group was: What should be considered the correct number of teeth in the mouth of a healthy, adult, male horse? One student observed that since a horse’s mouth was so narrow, it was obvious it could not hold more than fifteen teeth. A second student countered with the observation that since a horse’s jaw was so long, it would be possible to have as many as forty-two teeth. It was at this point that Plato tried to bring some semblance of consensus to the discussion. But before Plato could offer a conclusion, a third student chimed in with his observation that since it took a horse 23 minutes to chew a bag of hay, it must therefore have twenty-three teeth. It is hard to imagine - unless you have been in a college dorm with some philosophy students - but this discussion stretched over several days - Text Box: resembling more of a political convention than a discussion. And the students were no more closer to consensus than the first postulation of their opinions. Socrates himself offered a solution. He suggested that the discussion adjourn to the nearest stable, find a horse, look into its mouth and count the number of teeth. Often I have heard good Christians expounding upon what non-Christians are seeking in a church. Too often, I have been a part of that discussion. If we really wanted an accurate answer, wouldn’t it make more sense to ask a non-Christian? But that would take all the fun out of the discussion, wouldn’t it? If you’d like more on that subject, let me offer a couple of books to read: Jim and Casper Go to Church by Jim Henderson and Matt Casper or Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry and Mary by Lee Strobel. Me? I’m going to be asking our visitors a lot of questions and listening closely to their answers. I think God may be speaking to us. Come and listen with me. May God bless us all. Text Box: PLATO’S HORSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The purpose of these meetings is to give people an opportunity to

learn more about the “Pastor to Program” process, to ask questions,

to share concerns, and to voice your opinion.  We sincerely hope you will

attend one of these gatherings and share the excitement with us.

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Rummage Sale Time!!!

 

With our Spring Rummage Sale coming up fast (April 17 and 18), we all need to pitch in and help, even if you can only give a few

PASTOR TO PROGRAM INFORMATION MEETINGS

 

 

Sunday, April 13th - 11:30 AM

Wednesday, April 16th - 6:30 PM

Sunday, April 20th - 9:30 AM