Charge News and Events

1. Men's Invitational for Christ -- CANCELLED -- because of the double punch of Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley and uncertainity as to when/where they would come in, we decided it would be best to cancel our trip to Tallahassee for this event.

2. Wright's Chapel Men's Group Fund Raiser -- We will be having a spaghetti dinner fund raiser on 18 September from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Dinners cost $5, and we are asking all to pre-purchase tickets to help us plan the amount of spaghetti to cook. You can pick the dinners up at the church on that day, or we will deliver large orders.

3. Sermon topic for Sunday, 15 August -- We will be continuing our series on the basics of Christianity with a look at the importance of the Bible. The sermon title is, "What good is the Bible?" and the main sermon text is Luke 4:1-11.

4. CHARGE CONFERENCE! Charge conference is set for 12 September, and we are in the process of filling out the required annual reports. Please help us to get these reports completed as soon as possible in order to prepare for this meeting. One big change this year that I am wholeheartedly supporting is that each church has to prepare an "Action Plan" for 2005, based on items such as membership in 2004 compared to 2003, baptisms in 2004 compared to 2003, etc. These baseline benchmarks will give us a glimpse of where we are at, where God is wanting to take us, and will help us put into our "Action Plan" the steps God wants us to take to get to His goals. Please be thinking and praying about Charge Conference and the Action Plan for 2005.

5. Naylor UMC Homecoming and Revival -- Homecoming at Naylor is 19 September at 11:00 am, followed by a covered dish dinner on the grounds. Revival is the next three nights (Monday through Wednesday) at 7:00 pm each night. The speaker is to be determined. Please plan on coming out and supporting Naylor during these events.

6. Wright's Chapel Fifth Sunday Revival -- The next Fifth Sunday Revival is 29 August at 11:30 am. Rev. David Scott, the VSU Wesley Director, will be the speaker. There will be a covered dish dinner following the service.

PLEASE PASS THE WORD ON ALL OF THESE EVENTS!