Sunday and Beyond May 10th—May 17th 2015

Today: 10:00AM- Worship Service (Fellowship) Tuesday: 7:00PM- Admin Board Meetings Wednesday: 2:00PM- Sew & Go Group Thursday: 6:30PM- Covenant Bible Study Sunday: 10:00AM- Worship Service at the Beach (Exercise Class will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9:30am)

MAY PRAYER AND MISSION FOCUS. The mission focus this month is toilet paper and paper towels for the Hansen House. The prayer focus is our graduates and for a new Pastor.

COFFEE CONNECT. Personal conversations with the pastor. “It will be a delight to hear your story and to buy you a cup of cof- fee” (Pastor Ferdie).

CAMP SUNDAY. Camp Sunday will be May 17th at Halibut Point Recreation Center. Camp dates are July 12-17. Discovery Camp is for grades going into 3rd – 8th grade. This year’s theme is “Get Real.” For more information please contact Julia Smith or Justin Thomas

50TH ANNIVERSARY DVD AND BOOK. If are interested in ordering a DVD or a History Book from the 50th Anniversary please contact Justin Thomas or Sheryl Ginn. The DVD’s are $10.00 and the History Book is $54.00. We will also be sending around the clip board on Sunday.

MOTHER’S DAY. This Sunday is Mother’s Day and we will be celebrating with a special Lunch following the 10:00am service.

SPECIAL MUSIC OR OTHER PRESENTATION. We are inviting anyone who wants to give a special number during the worship service. It can be a song, interpretative dance, musical piece, or a poem that is related to the gospel or our faith-life. Please talk to pastor if you are interested.

Mary Whitcomb Jennifer Robinson Janice Michael’s Mother Jay-Scott Johnstone Bob Ginn Mike Downes Ted Michael Roger Hames Jr. Eva Eliason

Sally Sharette Donna Winnop Nadya Prosser

Natividad Manaois Chris Long Chris Marino Read Family Gloria Hagerman Chris, Jennie and Everly Dave Hardy Woods Family The Payton Family Bakkes Family Kirk Vanwinkle Fondell Family Natalie Calloway Hayes Family Chuck and Edie Bovee Foy Nevers Jim Drury Jerry Christner Chaz Estes

Birthdays and Volunteers

May 2nd Jolene Bakkes Elementary: Carol Potruzski May 3rd Nik Calhoun May 8th Betty Joe Whitcomb Pre-School: Marcia Hirai May 9th Hunter Lewin May 13th Gloria Hagerman First Grade: Maggie White May 13th Nancy Young May 13th Dave Allen Altar Flowers: Potrzuski Family May 15th Anna Herring Youth Disciples: Justin Thomas May 18th Dorothy Orbison May 19th Karina Sibayn Scripture Reader: Vicki Keele May 19th Kai Hirai May 19th Sheryl Ginn Greeter: Pat Walsh May 22nd Noah White May 24th Emily Rogers May 27th Karin Cummings May 27th Koen Hirai May 27th Jane Seesz May 30th Jessie Charlton

Devastating Earthquake Impacts 8 Million People

Nepal was hit by its deadliest natural disaster in more than 80 years when an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter Scale shook the Himalayan republic just before noon local time on Saturday, April 25. The epicenter was located about 50 miles northwest of the capital city of Kathmandu. United Nations official Jamie McGoldrick said that 8 million people, or one in four residents of Nepal, are impacted, with 1 million children in urgent need. By Tuesday, more than 5,000 were confirmed dead and over 9,000 injured, with casualties ex- pected to rise. Prime Minister Sushil Koirala announced three days of national mourning, warning that the death toll could reach 10,000. He said the nation is "on a war footing" with 90 percent of Nepal's troops con- ducting rescue and relief work. Rugged terrain and poor weather in the impoverished Asian country are hinder- ing damage assessment and relief efforts, especially in remote villages located more than a day's hike from the nearest road. To make matters worse, many routes between isolated villages are now impassable due to multi- ple landslides caused by the earthquake. Delivery of emergency supplies is also hindered by the limited capac- ity of Kathmandu's international airport, which has only one runway and limited parking space for planes. In some villages, 70-100 percent of the buildings collapsed. Many traumatized residents refuse to enter whatever unstable structures remain, fearful that powerful aftershocks might topple them and claim even more lives. High-quality tents and tarpaulins to shelter survivors sleeping outdoors are desperately needed as the monsoon season begins in a month's time. Many communities lack adequate food, safe drinking water, electricity, com- munication, access to medical facilities, supplies and treatment. Many of the ruined buildings were old and of poor quality and construction, though the earthquake also destroyed a new house built by a couple who took out a 200,000 rupee ($2,000) loan for the project. But the pain of the material and financial loss pales in com- parison to their grief over the loss of their daughter, Muna Puri, 4, whose body lies buried somewhere beneath the debris. "Now I don't have a house. I don't have a daughter," her father mourned. "This is what the world has become." The pastor of one TWW team member has a family friend, a woman who is a convert from Hin- duism, who has served as a church planter in Nepal. She reported to him that one of the congregations was in worship when the earthquake hit, and the church building collapsed, killing about 100 people. Others also lost property, yet escaped with their lives. The house of farmer Nar Bahadur Nepali, 37, collapsed, as did most of the other structures in his village, but he and 60 or 70 other residents who were attending a wedding in an open area survived. At least 18 mountain climbers died and at least 60 were injured when an avalanche triggered by the earthquake thundered into camp at the base of . Nine more climbers might well have been among the dead, were it not for the sherpa guide who absconded with their money, forcing them to abort their planned ascent and return to their native Greece the day before the avalanche. One of the Greeks, Nerit Sopho- clis Paitis, said, "In the end we were lucky, but we have friends at the [Everest] camps who are living through very difficult moments." Dominic Bowen, the global emergency and security advisor for Medical Teams Inter- national (MTI), reported from Kathmandu Monday: "People are at the end of their tether. You can only imag- ine what it's like for the locals who can't get on a plane and leave." Among the climbers who died at the base camp was executive Dan Fredinburg, who was attempting the summit to raise money for two Nepali orphanages. His ex-girlfriend, actress Sophia Bush, posted this message on Instagram: "I was so looking for- ward to our planned download of 'all the things' when he got home. I am crushed that I will never hear that story. I am crushed knowing that there are over 1,000 people in Nepal suffering this exact feeling, knowing that they too will never hear another tale about an adventure lived from someone that they love. Disasters like this are often unquantifiable, the enormity is too much to understand. Please remember that each person who is now gone was someone's Dan. Please remember that our time on this Earth is not guaranteed. Please tell those you love that you do. Right now. This very minute."