Hosanna Cyberline - May 2, 2008

"Summon your power, O God; show us your strength, O God, as you have done before.” (Psalm 68)

For parents with children age 5 and under: Biserka “Bisi” Tsenkova will be in the nursey every Sunday during all worship service times.

This Sunday, May 4 (Seventh Sunday of Easter)...

• Rev. Don Carlson, formerly at Zion in the Heights, now at the Synod office, preaches and presides.
• Council Meeting @ 12:30 PM

Looking further into the future...

• Saturday, May 10—Hosanna Book Discussion @ 6 PM in the Hosanna Conference Room, featuring a discussion of books on the subject of polio.
• Sunday, May 11—Pentecost (Happy Birthday to the Church!) WEAR RED!
• Mother's Day Car Wash by the Confirmands. Free will offering.
• Matt Moore will discuss his mission trip to Sierra Leone during Sunday school hour.
• No CREW that evening.
• Save a Life – Donate Blood; 8am - Noon (look for the donor coach during worship times). Sign up in the Narthex to reserve your time slot.
  May is “Diamonds for Donors” month. Receive a scratch off ticket to win prizes, just by attempting to donate. Questions? See Curtis Haight or Debbie Rohla.
• Tuesday, May 13—Senior's Outing: History lessons from two local museums is the theme, with visits to the Spring Historical Museum and the Tomball Museum. Lunch is at Les Gourmet Bistro in Tomball. Cost: $5 per person + cost of lunch. Meet at church @ 9:15 AM; leave @ 9:30; return to Hosanna by 2:30 PM. Give money to either Nancy Wunsche or Dorothy Petersen.
• May 18—Sunday School ends; Summer Sunday school begins June 1 (Volunteers are needed. Contact Amber Walker.)
• May 18—Mulkey Scoloraship Fundraiser @ 5-7 PM, with dinner from the Outback Steakhouse. Reservation forms available at: http://www.welcometohosanna.com/mulkey_fundraiser_08.pdf Fill out with your meal selection and place in the box in the workroom.
• May 25—Youth Sunday. Wrapping of High School Seniors.
• June 1—Summer CREW begins. All incoming members are welcome!
• June 8-12 @ 6-8:15 PM—Summer VBS, with dinner included. (Volunteers are needed. Contact Amber Walker.)

Other Items...

• Link to This Week at Hosanna for May 4: http://www.welcometohosanna.com/weekly_news.pdf
• Link to May Hotline: http://www.welcometohosanna.com/monthly_news.pdf
  Your weekly reading is Matthew 23: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2023&version=31
• Wanted… Summer Staff at Lutherhill Do you know of someone who would make a great staff member at Lutherhill? We are looking for people who want to be part of our summer ministry team. Choice positions are available. An application and information are available online: http://www.lutherhill.org (click jobs.)

Something to consider...

I received this from old friend and former member Bob Arnold:

Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was: A four-year-old child, whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman, who had recently lost his wife.

Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard,

climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy just said, 'Nothing, I just helped him cry.'

A Little Humor… (from Gary Hellner)

For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way computers have enhanced our lives:

At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry, stating: 'If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.' In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release:

If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:

1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash........Twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only five percent of the roads.
6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single 'This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation' warning light.
7. The airbag system would ask 'Are you sure?' before deploying.
8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
10. You'd have to press the 'Start' button to turn the engine off.

Dale Bargmann, Hosanna Communications