Thank you for your interest in Rush Hill Community Church.
Here you will find information on the history of the church,
upcoming events and community services.
Bob Stanford, Pastor
Worship Services
Please join us for worship, you’re always welcome!
Worship Service 9:00 AM
Sunday School 10:15 AM
Mission Statement
Being one united body led by the
power of the Holy Spirit, we as
Christ’s followers bring others into
His fellowship, spread His word,
strive for Christ-like maturity, and
love and serve others, all to
glorify God.
Rush Hill Community Church
143 Church Street
Rush Hill, MO 65280
Phone: 573-581-9837
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Pastor Corner June 2010
Everything Big and Small - Jordan Hagedorn, a young man in our church, just got a hive of bees last week. You get them through the
mail - isn't that something. He ordered them several months ago and had been anxiously waiting for their arrival, and they came! He
has been watching them everyday and is very excited seeing them with pollen on their feet and doing all the things they do. Ask him if
he has any honey for sale yet? He's doing a good job.
Honey bees are just another example of our awesome creator. The more I learn about bees the more I am just in awe of these little
creatures and I have all these questions. How do they know what job they have? How do they know when it is time to cap each little
cell of honey at just the right time, when it has the perfect amount of moisture in the honey so it will not spoil? How do they not get lost
as they travel a long way to get pollen? And how do they know when it is time to separate and swarm? When is it time to get a new
queen? It’s just amazing to me! When I hear someone say that they believe that the world and everything in it came about through a
series of accidents and chain reactions, I think, maybe they should just get a hive of bees and watch and study them for awhile and
then see if they think these little creatures are just an accident. Then, I realize that many of these people who believe in evolution are
also parents, and they have seen the miracle of life first hand. So, I guess studying a few little bees probably wouldn’t change their
minds either. I’m just glad that we Christians know that the world and everything in it was created by our heavenly Father and that we
can be amazed and humbled everyday in every little and big thing. Remember, Jordan that God created you and the bees and he
said, “It was very good”.
Genesis 1:31 “God saw all that He had made and it was very good.”
What’s going on in our Church
June is a very exciting time for our Church and especially for our Junior and Senior High kids and several adult leaders. For the
last several years we have been going on Mission trips to several places in the United States. They are called Work Camps. We go
through Group Work Camp, Incorporated.
They have numerous sites all over the United States set up for Junior High and Senior High kids and their adult leaders to go and
work for a week to help needy people. We have been to Kingston TN, Nashville, TN, and Bay City, Michigan. This year we have such
a large group that we are going to Racine, WS and Indianapolis, IN. The week is filled with worship and serving others. They get up at
7:00am for breakfast. After they eat, they fix themselves sandwiches and a sack lunch to eat for lunch at their work site followed by a
morning worship service. Then, they break up into small groups of 5-6 and go off to their work sites. They may be painting housing,
building houses through Habitat for Humanity, working at food pantries, building handicap ramps, or fixing housing or roofs. The list
goes on and on - all for people who can’t afford or able to do the work themselves. At noon the crew has devotion and they invite the
person they are helping to join them. That evening, it’s back to where they are staying for dinner. The even is filed with a worship
service, group devotions, and free time. The large group camps of 500 usually stay at a school, and the small group camp of 100 stay
at a church. They sleep on the floor and many times get to take cold showers made out of a garden hose, because most churches do
not have showers.
The experiences these trips have given our kids in the last few years have been unbelievable. The spiritual growth for the kids and
the adults has been huge. Just to be with 100 - 500 other kids from all over the United States all worshiping several times a day
together is unreal. For our kids to see how some people live and the needs that these people have has been a valuable lesson for us
all.
This year, 35 kids and adults are heading out for this great adventure on June 20th. They will come back with all their stories and
joys to share with us. Keep watch for the date and time for the ice cream social and mission trip slide show. And please pray for our
kids and leaders for a safe very rewarding trip.
Have a wonderful summer,
Pastor Bob
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