8/15/2012 Cancun Christian Fellowship Newsletter

Cancun Christian Fellowship

Your Community of Faith in Cancun

713 529 8078 Cancun - Riviera Maya 998 121 1316

Misiones Cristianas y Servicios de la Iglesia en Inglés

Bienhechor de Orfanato Casa Hogar para Niños Esperanza

Our Mission: We are servants of God by serving others. We share a responsibility to bring God's love to hurting people. We are a Christian Mission Outreach dedicated to showing people, through our teaching, actions and love, the life changing power of Jesus Christ.

8/15/2012

The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. Billy Graham (a personal favorite)

If you are considering a commodity contribution to Casa Hogar para Ninos Esperanza, here are items that are currently needed:
1. Children’s summer clothes and shoes (any size-any gender)
2. Clothes specifically for young ladies ages 6-11
3. Games and crafts in Spanish

I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help Him. I ended up by asking Him to do His work through me. Hudson Taylor

If you are in the Riviera Maya and have clothing or commodity contributions for our children, please contact Cherilyn Martin … all items must be sorted and sized before Wednesday delivery. Please strive to make sure all items offered are clean and serviceable.

Stop asking God to bless what you're doing. Get involved in what God is doing -- because it's already blessed. Bono

We have been blessed with gifts to benefit our children at Casa Hogar para Ninos Esperanza. We are always grateful for the assistance we receive from our members and our worldwide mission partners. Recent gifts include:
Dwight and Sandra Hennessy, Mission Partners, Canada: Children’s Food Fund
CCF Member, QR: Children´s Food Fund
CCF Member, QR: Children´s Food Fund

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. Albert Schweitzer

With the financial help of our members and worldwide Mission Partners, Henry and Tom we were able to purchase and provide a week’s supply of chicken, molida especial, pork, salchicha, chorizo, crema, and cheese to our Christian home. With your financial assistance, Cancun Christian Fellowship purchases and delivers groceries to Casa Hogar para Ninos Esperanza every Wednesday.

Christian living moves from what God has freely done for us in Christ to what we should freely do for others. John Piper

We have a Baptism planned for August 26th in Puerto Morelos. If you have never been Baptized and are ready to offer your life to the service of our heavenly Father, we would love for you to join us. If you would like to rededicate your life to our Lord, we would also love to have you. Please join us at 3:00 PM at Pelicano’s Restaurant in Puerto Morelos. All church members are invited to attend to show your encourage and support for your family in Christ.

It's not important how many people you lead, but how many you serve. Woodrow Kroll

This week’s lesson will be delivered by Mark Shook (Time Management `vs` Time Revolution). We have previewed the lesson and we know you will enjoy it. We invite you to join us at 10:00 AM.

The only way you can serve God is by serving other people. Rick Warren

Due to scheduling difficulties, we did not get started on our Casa Hogar renovation project as planned. We hope next week will be better for all involved.

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can. Charles Wesley

This week’s pre-church entertainment will again feature Flip Pallot, host of Walker’s Cay Chronicles, back in the Florida Everglades for nonstop fly fishing action. Flip’s videos offer enough excitement for even the seasoned angler. Please join us at 9:20 AM, sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

Length of life should be measured not by the number of years but by the number of right actions. Desiderius Erasmus

Good news…we are receiving numerous emails from travelers and vacationers headed for Cancun and expressing the desire to worship with us. We love visitors in our Sunday service and our Christian Mission Outreach and the emails are inspiring as well as refreshing.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned. Peter Marshall (another personal favorite)

The purpose of tithing, found in Deuteronomy 14:22-23 (NLT), is made clear: to “teach you always to love the Lord your God.” By practicing good tithing habits, scripture tells us we are showing God our desire to put him first in our lives.

There's a difference between knowing God and knowing about God. When you truly know God, you have energy to serve him, boldness to share him, and contentment in him. J.I. Packer

Laurie Lipp offers a Children’s Bible Study Class each Sunday for children ten and under. The class is held in the showroom at the front of Plaza Tokal (our fabulous new church facility). For additional details, please contact Laurie before or after the service. She will be excited to talk to you.

The church is made up of individuals. It can do nothing except as its members work, and work together. James H. Aughey

We are currently seeking someone to lead our Wednesday Men’s Group. Please contact Tom Martin at tommartinmx@gmail.com  / 998-121-1316 for additional information.

Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God. William Carey

A Wednesday Morning and a Thursday Evening Christian Women’s Study Group is also offered by Cancun Christian Fellowship. The Wednesday Group meets at the Malecon Americas Starbucks at 10:00 AM and the Thursday Evening Business Ladies Group meets at the Malecon Americas California Kitchen Pizza at 6:30 PM. For more information please contact Cherilyn Martin. 998-121-1315 / cherilynmartin@gmail.com         www.cancunchristianwomen.com

Remember Cancun Christian Fellowship always meets at 10:00 AM SHARP.

That’s it for today neighbors…WE HOPE TO SEE YOU IN OUR BEAUTIFUL CHURCH FACILITY THIS SUNDAY!

Today’s quotes from: christian-quotes@ochristian.com/

“The English Speaking Christian Church in Cancun”

Sunday Service and CCF Mission Outreach: Cherilyn and Tom Martin
Music Ministry: Katherine Phillips
Children’s Ministry: Laurie Lipp
Usher: Henry Shirk

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8/8/2012 Cancun Christian Fellowship Newsletter

Cancun Christian Fellowship

Your Community of Faith in Cancun

713 529 8078 Cancun - Riviera Maya 998 121 1316

Misiones Cristianas y Servicios de la Iglesia en Inglés

Bienhechor de Orfanato Casa Hogar para Niños Esperanza

Our Mission: We are servants of God by serving others. We share a responsibility to bring God's love to hurting people. We are a Christian Mission Outreach dedicated to showing people, through our teaching, actions and love, the life changing power of Jesus Christ.

8/8/2012

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right use of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own. Henry Ward Beecher

If you are considering a commodity contribution to Casa Hogar para Ninos Esperanza, here are items that are currently needed:
1. Children’s summer clothes and shoes (any size-any gender)
2. Clothes specifically for young ladies ages 6-11
3. Games and crafts in Spanish

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost. Billy Graham

If you are in the Riviera Maya and have clothing or commodity contributions for our children, please contact Cherilyn Martin … all items must be sorted and sized before Wednesday delivery. Please strive to make sure all items offered are clean and serviceable.

The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colors and textures that come alive in others. Albert Schweitzer

We have been blessed with gifts to benefit our children at Casa Hogar para Ninos Esperanza. We are always grateful for the assistance we receive from our members and our worldwide mission partners. Recent gifts include:
Wayne, Ruth and David, *Gold Star Mission Partners, KS: Children´s Food Fund
Craig and Valarie, New Mission Partners, OR: Children´s Food Fund
CCF Member, QR: Children´s Food Fund
CCF Member, QR: Children´s Food Fund
CCF Member, QR: Children´s Food Fund
CCF Member, QR: Children´s Games

One great power of sin is that it blinds men so that they do not recognize its true character. Andrew Murray

With the financial help of our members and worldwide Mission Partners, Henry and Tom we were able to purchase and provide a week’s supply of chicken, molida especial, pork, salchicha, chorizo, eggs, and cheese to our Christian home. With your financial assistance, Cancun Christian Fellowship purchases and delivers groceries to Casa Hogar para Ninos Esperanza every Wednesday.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is. Unknown

One of our generous benefactors has supplied all funds needed to completely renovate the 3rd of 4 community bathrooms at Casa Hogar para Ninos Esperanza, our Cancun Christian home. We will start work during the 2nd week of August and will post updates so you can follow our progress.

A man should be like tea; his real strength appearing when he gets in hot water. Unknown

Sunday was Jerimy’s last day in Cancun. All will agree that his contagious smile has been a bright spot in our Sunday service. It never gets any easier saying goodbye to friends and family. Jerimy, we wish you well and hope that your new life in Texas will be all that you want it to be. Please never forget your Cancun family and remember you are always welcome in our Sunday home.

If you take care of your character, your reputation will take care of you. D.L. Moody

Last Sunday’s Pizza Luncheon was a great success and we truly appreciate all that attended. It is great when our Cancun Christian family can gather around a table, enjoy a good meal and share fellowship other family members…one of the many things that helps make our church such a wonderful place to worship.

What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what kind of a person you are. C.S. Lewis

This week’s lesson will be delivered by Laura Shook (The Value of Today) and it is fantastic. We invite you to join us at 10:00 AM. We know you will enjoy the lesson.

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has. Henry Ward Beecher

Laurie Lipp will return this Sunday to head up our Children’s Bible Study class. Please welcome Laurie back when you see her in church. To all the ladies that filled in for Laurie in her absence, WE THANK YOU! This is a great example of family pulling together to help family.

If we are honest with ourselves, we will be honest with each other. George Macdonald

This week’s pre-church entertainment will again feature Flip Pallot, host of Walker’s Cay Chronicles, heading back to the Florida Everglades for nonstop fly fishing action. Flip’s videos offer enough excitement for even the seasoned angler. Please join us at 9:30 AM, sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. Henry Ward Beecher

We had seven guests in church last Sunday and several of them joined us for food and fellowship after church. As always, it is wonderful having travelers take time out of their vacation schedule to attend our church and worship with our family.

Nothing is as strong as gentleness, nothing as gentle as real strength. Francis de Sales

The purpose of tithing, found in Deuteronomy 14:22-23 (NLT), is made clear: to “teach you always to love the Lord your God.” By practicing good tithing habits, scripture tells us we are showing God our desire to put him first place in our lives.

As the excellence of steel is strength, and the excellence of art is beauty, so the excellence of mankind is moral character. A.W. Tozer

Laurie Lipp offers a Children’s Bible Study Class each Sunday for children ten and under. The class is held in the showroom at the front of Plaza Tokal (our fabulous new church facility). For additional details, please contact Laurie before or after the service. She will be excited to talk to you.

If lips and life do not agree, the testimony will not amount to much. Harry Ironside

We are currently seeking someone to lead our Wednesday Men’s Group. Please contact Tom Martin at tommartinmx@gmail.com  / 998-121-1316 for additional information.

God never alters the robe of righteousness to fit the man. Rather He alters the man to fit the robe. John Hagee

A Wednesday Morning and a Thursday Evening Christian Women’s Study Group is also offered by Cancun Christian Fellowship. The Wednesday Group meets at the Malecon Americas Starbucks at 10:00 AM and the Thursday Evening Business Ladies Group meets at the Malecon Americas California Kitchen Pizza at 6:30 PM. For more information please contact Cherilyn Martin. 998-121-1315 / cherilynmartin@gmail.com  www.cancunchristianwomen.com

Remember Cancun Christian Fellowship always meets at 10:00 AM SHARP.

That’s it for today neighbors…WE HOPE TO SEE YOU IN OUR BEAUTIFUL CHURCH FACILITY THIS SUNDAY!

Today’s quotes from: christian-quotes@ochristian.com/

Sunday Service and CCF Mission Outreach: Cherilyn and Tom Martin
Music Ministry: Katherine Phillips
Children’s Ministry: Laurie Lipp
Usher: Henry Shirk

8/1/2012 Cancun Christian Fellowship Newsletter

Cancun Christian Fellowship

Your Community of Faith in Cancun

713 529 8078 Cancun - Riviera Maya 998 121 1316

Misiones Cristianas y Servicios de la Iglesia en Inglés

Bienhechor de Orfanato Casa Hogar para Niños Esperanza

Our Mission: We are servants of God by serving others. We share a responsibility to bring God's love to hurting people. We are a Christian Mission Outreach dedicated to showing people, through our teaching, actions and love, the life changing power of Jesus Christ.

8/1/2012

“It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” Mother Teresa

If you are considering a commodity contribution to Casa Hogar para Ninos Esperanza, here are items that are currently needed:
1. Children’s summer clothes and shoes (any size-any gender)
2. Clothes specifically for young ladies ages 6-11
3. Games and crafts in Spanish

“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” Charles Dickens

If you are in the Riviera Maya and have clothing or commodity contributions for our children, please contact Cherilyn Martin … all items must be sorted and sized before Wednesday delivery. Please strive to make sure all items offered are clean and serviceable.

“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” Winston Churchill

We have been blessed with gifts to benefit our children at Casa Hogar para Ninos Esperanza. We are always grateful for the assistance we receive from our worldwide mission partners. Recent gifts include:
CCF Member, QR: Children’s Food Fund
CCF Member, QR: Children’s Food fund

“Give yourself entirely to those around you. Be generous with your blessings. A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.” Steve Maraboli

With the financial help of our worldwide Mission Partners we were able to provide chicken, molida especial, pork, salchicha, eggs, and cheese to our Colonia Alfredo Bonfil Christian home. With your financial assistance, Cancun Christian Fellowship purchases and delivers groceries to our Christian home every Wednesday.

“You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.” Amy Wilson-Carmichael

July was not a banner month for our church. Expenses exceeded income and we ended the month in the red. There were no extraordinary expenses that caused the balance sheet to go astray…simply not enough money. As the old saying goes ¨we ran out of money before we ran out of month¨.

“Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give.” Ben Carson

This Sunday is our summer Pizza Luncheon? We hope to see you at California Kitchen Pizza, 12:30 PM on the 5th. The luncheon is open to all church members and mission partners.

“As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way.” Mary Anne Radmacher

This week´s lesson will be delivered by Mark Shook. It is from Mark´s series on Time from God´s Perspective and concerns Cumulative Value of time. We know you will enjoy the lesson.

“Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others.” Brian Tracy

Katherine and Cherilyn will be in charge of the Children’s Bible Study this week. Thanks are extended to Juliette, Diana and Nancy for their help over the past month. Ladies, the help is greatly appreciated.

“Even the smallest act of caring for another person is like a drop of water - it will make ripples throughout the entire pond...” Jessy and Bryan Matteo

This week’s pre-church entertainment will depart from our normal fishing video and we will feature a selection of songs from ZZ Top, Texas’ premier band. If you are old enough to remember their great 70’s and 80’s R&R sound, why not join us at 9:30.

“Don't wait for other people to be loving, giving, compassionate, grateful, forgiving, generous, or friendly... lead the way!” Steve Maraboli

We are again excited about Sunday service guests. It is great to have locals as well as vacationing travelers visit our service and worship with our family. Last Sunday we had four visitors, two from Cancun and two from the US. It is also nice when guests turn in to members.

“It's easier to take than to give. It's nobler to give than to take. The thrill of taking lasts a day. The thrill of giving lasts a lifetime.” Joan Marques

Laurie Lipp offers a Children’s Bible Study Class each Sunday for children ten and under. The class is held in the showroom at the front of Plaza Tokal (our fabulous new church facility). For additional details, please contact Laurie before or after the service. She will be excited to talk to you.

“There is a very real relationship, both quantitatively and qualitatively, between what you contribute and what you get out of this world.” Oscar Hammerstein II

We are currently seeking someone to lead our Wednesday Men’s Group. Please contact Tom Martin at tommartinmx@gmail.com / 998-121-1316 for additional information.

A Wednesday Morning and a Thursday Evening Christian Women’s Study Group is also offered by Cancun Christian Fellowship. The Wednesday Group meets at the Malecon Americas Starbucks at 10:00 AM and the Thursday Evening Business Ladies Group meets at the Malecon Americas California Kitchen Pizza at 6:30 PM. For more information please contact Cherilyn Martin. 998-121-1315 / cherilynmartin@gmail.com

Remember, Cancun Christian Fellowship always meets at 10:00 AM SHARP.

That’s it for today neighbors…WE HOPE TO SEE YOU IN OUR BEAUTIFUL CHURCH FACILITY THIS SUNDAY!

Today’s quotes from: goodreads.com

Sunday Service and CCF Mission Outreach: Cherilyn and Tom Martin
Music Ministry: Katherine Phillips
Children’s Ministry: Laurie Lipp
Usher: Henry Shirk