On this day in 1924, iodized salt first went on sale in the U.S. at grocery stores in Michigan. Why? Not exactly a claim to fame but Michigan was then part of a region known as the “goitre belt,” referring to enlargement of the thyroid gland due to iodine deficiency. (Terrible bumper sticker.)

Our Wednesday services continue through May 22. Join us 6:30-8:00 p.m. each week for youth/children/nursery, prayer and worship in the sanctuary and for healing and prophetic rooms. NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO YOUTH TONIGHT.

I messed up the time on the training on Saturday. It’s 10-11 a.m. at MORE Church. This is open to the public for anyone who wants to learn how to recognize human trafficking, which is a growing problem in this country, even in our area. Joy Conner will be training us on what to look for and what to do in these situations. The training is free. There is no childcare. For more information, contact Joy at joy@actscommunity.org.

The May First Fruits Offering will benefit two ministries – Acts Community and Mission 2540. We know this school year is not over yet but we want to help them with a ministry for next school year. Between the two programs, they will pass out an estimated 225 backpacks full of school supplies. The children receiving these backpacks are very low income and about 30 percent are part of the refugee programs in Amarillo (Burmese, Afghans, Sudanese, etc.) Please feel free to donate above your tithe to this offering all during May. Just mark your donation FFO or backpack program.

We have scheduled our  next healing and prophetic Sunday for May 26. The service will begin at 10 a.m.

Thanks to each of you who support the church financially every month. We could not operate without you. For those who would like to give, there are several ways. In addition to checks, cash and money order, you can give by text (84321), use your credit card at the church or by going online to our website, www.ilovemore.org. The most efficient way for the church is for people to give by bank draft. If that interests you, please contact Pastor Wendy.

Community Groups:

• Ben and Caitlin Standish lead “Sabre in the Spirit,” a prayer meeting with live music and rooted in the Bible. They meet at 6 p.m. the second and fourth Saturday of every month at the Standish home, 5721 Andover Dr. For more information, contact Ben at 418-0692 or Caitlin at 670-5344.
• The MORE Recovery group meets at 5:30-6:30 p.m. each Monday at the church. This meeting is open to the public. Childcare is available for birth-3^rd grade.
• Pastor Lyndal leads the Crump Church service at 6:45-8:00 p.m. each Monday at the church. This is a smaller, more intimate gathering of worship and ministry for those who may not feel comfortable in a regular church setting. This is open to the public. Childcare is available for birth-3^rd grade.
• Pastor Kathryn Roach leads a young women’s group called Grow Together! The group will take a break for a few months for the birth of her new child. The group is open to women 18-35 and focuses on growth in relationship with the Lord and others. In a chill atmosphere, there is a short worship time, small devotional and discussion. For more information, contact Pastor Kathryn at 690-5144.
• Creator’s Space, hosted by Joy Conner at Acts Community-Downtown, 816 S. Van Buren, 3 p.m., the first Saturday of each month.  This group is for adults only. Bring projects, ideas and artistic/creative friends to make things you love. This is a place for you to make things and for creators to create. For more information, contact Joy Conner at joy.conner@yahoo.com or 806-683-5054.
• Women’s prayer and worship, led by Jennifer Martin, 9 a.m. each Tuesday at MORE. No childcare.
• Jennifer Martin and Debi Jeter lead a group that meets 8:45-9:45 a.m. each Sunday at the church. This is a time of praise, reflection and prayer before the main service. This is a time, open to all, who want to spend some intimate time with the Lord before the Sunday service. Childcare will be available.
• Going Up, a community group for people who have attained age 50 and above, meets once a month. The next fellowship will be 5-7 p.m., May 25, at the home of Brad/Crystal Chambers, 7203 Jameson. Contact Keith and Sherry Moore for more information. Keith can be reached at 382-3780 and Sherry at 382-6654.
• James and Paula Butler lead a service every Sunday afternoon at Acts Community Resource Center on 2^nd and Louisiana for the people in San Jacinto. Contact the Butlers if you would like to be a part of this.
• Mark Wolfe leads a men’s group. He is in the middle of reconfiguring when and where the group will meet. We will advertise the group again once it is settled. For more information, contact Mark at 806-674-1050.

Our Sunday morning sermon is available live each Sunday around 10:45-10:50 a.m. on our Facebook page or later it will be posted to our website and YouTube. For additional information on MORE, please check the calendar below or look us up at our website, www.ilovemore.org, our Facebook page or YouTube (MORE Church Amarillo).

May Schedule:

• May 4 – Human Trafficking awareness training at MORE, 10-11 a.m.
• May 5 – First Fruits Offering (the whole month)
• May 19 – Water baptism (Pastor Lyndal)
• May 22 – Final Wednesday services until August
• May 26 – Healing/Prophetic service, 10 a.m.
• May 27 – Memorial Day

June Schedule:

• June 2 – First Fruits Offering (the whole month)
• June 16 – Water baptism (Pastor Lyndal)
• June 18 – MORE Church to the Sod Poodles (more info later)
• June 29 – MORE golf tournament (more info later)

Weekly Schedule:

• Sunday: 8:45-9:45 a.m., Alpha Class
• Sunday: 8:45-9:45 a.m., Prayer/Praise/Reflection
• Sunday: 10:00 a.m., Sunday service
• Sunday: 10:00 a.m., Children’s church
• Monday: 5:30-6:30 p.m. – MORE Recovery group
• Monday: 6:45-8:00 p.m., Crump Church at MORE
• Tuesday: 9:00-10:30 a.m., Women’s prayer and worship
• Wednesday: 6:30-8:00 p.m. – Wednesday services (NO YOUTH TONIGHT)

Praises and Testimonies:

• Daysha Davis’s teenage daughter, who needs double eye surgery so she will not go blind but can’t afford it, was blessed by Children’s Miracle Network who covered the cost of both eyes. The first surgery was last week. She is in a lot of pain. Surgery on the second eye will be scheduled soon.
• We put Natausha Sample’s grandfather on the prayer list because of Covid that turned into pneumonia for two weeks. The family was worried and discouraged. He had an appointment the day after we put him on the prayer list and doctors said both were gone.

Prayer Requests:

• Pray for the Bigham family. Steven’s mother, Delilah Bigham, passed away unexpectedly on Monday. Her service will be at 10 a.m., Friday, at Lighthouse Funeral Home.
• Pray for T.J. Schuster who had back surgery last Friday after being moved up a week. Doctors repaired collapsed discs, inserted a cage and put in some titanium rods. The surgery went better than expected – less damage done during the surgery and no hip surgery needed now.
• Pray for Dottie Osborn’s grandson, Pharaoh, who has been in a Lubbock hospital since suffering a seizure and having a ruptured appendix last week. He was in ICU last weekend.
• Pray for Lonnie Flake who had a heart cath last Thursday.
• Pray for the Brad and Crystal Chambers family. Brad’s father has been moved to Amarillo for rehab closer to them. His mom will be living with them for a while.
• Pray for Barbara DeWitt, mother of Wendy Roach and grandmother of Trey Roach, who has transferred to a rehab facility. In addition to chemo treatments, she has had some lung/breathing trouble and may have had a mini-stroke.
• Pray for Sarah Luedecke who has contracted HMPV virus. Her partner’s daughter, Adrianna, also has the virus and had an allergic reaction over the weekend.
• Pray for Mike Adkins, father of Anna and Angela Adkins, who remains hospitalized. He first had an infection. Then, his heart stopped twice and he had an aneurysm rupture in his neck.
• Pray for Shelly Wood who had surgery on Tuesday to remove a cancerous tumor, reverse her colostomy and give her an ileostomy. She will be in BSA for a couple of days.
• Pray for Mary Sosa who attends MORE some. She has had kidney cancer that they froze but it came back and spread through her abdomen and into her ribs. Doctors have said two weeks to six months.
• Pray for those with long-term health ailments: Kerri Clemens (lesions on her liver and spine); Madeline Lane, wife of Scott Hensley, (stage 3 cirrhosis of the liver); Barbara DeWitt, mother of Wendy Roach, (chemo treatments, now in rehab); Elaine Standish (convalescent care); Shelly Wood (bowel surgery/chemotherapy); Eddie Gonzalez (internal issues); and Mike Miller (kidney dialysis, cancerous cyst in his mouth).
• Pray for family and friends in our congregation who are struggling with meth, alcohol and other addictions.
• In addition, please pray for all of our military personnel, leaders, president and cabinet members.

MORE Money:

Sunday offering for 04/28/24 was $18,172.09. Total giving so far this year is  $215,946.39. Attendance was 239.

Thought for the week:

Psalm 112:6-8: Surely the righteous will never be shaken; they will be remembered forever. They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord. Their hearts are secure, they will have no fear; in the end they will look in triumph on their foes.

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Brian invited his mother over for dinner. During the course of the meal, Brian’s mother couldn’t help but notice how beautiful Brian’s roommate, Jennifer, was. His mom had long been suspicious of a relationship between Brian and Jennifer and this had only made her more curious.

Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she started to wonder if there was more between Briand and Jennifer than met the eye. Reading his mom’s thoughts, Brian volunteered, “I know what you must be thinking but I assure you Jennifer and I are just roommates.”

About a week later, Jennifer came to Brian saying, “Ever since your mother came to dinner, I’ve been unable to find the beautiful silver gravy ladle. You don’t suppose she took it, do you?” Brian said, “Well, I doubt it but I’ll send her an email just to be sure.

So, Brian sat down and wrote his mom: “Dear mom: I’m not saying that you did take the gravy ladle from the house and I’m not saying that you did not take the gravy ladle. But the fact remains that one has been missing ever since you were here for dinner. Love, Brian.”

Several days later, Brian received an email back from his mother that read: “Dear Son, I’m not saying that you do sleep with Jennifer and I’m not saying that you do not sleep with Jennifer. But the fact remains that if Jennifer is sleeping in her own bed, she would have found the gravy ladle by now. Love, Mom.”

You might be Southern Baptist if…(easy, it’s okay)

• You can successfully name all the major missions offerings but can’t find Habakkuk.
• You complain that the Church of Christ people purposely have church earlier so they can have the seats closest to the buffet.
• You feel guilty about throwing bulletins away.
• You have never sung the third verse of any hymn.
• You met your spouse at camp.
• Your preacher has a fried chicken belly.
• You’ve been hit by someone’s cane because they thought you were getting their seat.
• You thought Lottie Moon was a Biblical figure.
• You ever wondered when Lottie Moon and Annie Armstrong would get paid off.
• You think someone who says “amen” while the preacher is preaching might be charismatic.

Great ways to deal with the burdens of life:

• Accept that some days you are the pigeon and some days you are the statue.
• Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
• If you can’t be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.
• If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
• Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.

That’s all, folks. Enjoy the rest of your week.

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