The Choir

Westview's Dynamic Singsations (show choir) was with us in both services today. They had a great presentation of spiritual songs, to worship and solo songs. A couple kids shared brief testimonies. They did a wonderful job and were a great blessing!

Biblical Foundations Class

We just finished up our 9 weeks Biblical Foundations Class last night. Thanks again to all the people who came all those Wednesdays in a row, and a BIG thanks to Jason for putting all that material together!

We really believe that a real understanding of God's Word and how to apply it to our lives is something sadly lacking in the modern church today. All too often we hear of pastors, churches and even whole denominations who arbitrarily decide, "times have changed" or "that's not really what the Bible means" and they excuse and embrace the new pop culture sin-of -the-week.

Without really knowing what God has said in His Word, we are left to decide for ourselves what is right or wrong ... by the way, that is what Adam and Eve did in the garden, and what got us into this mess to start with.

So, if you missed the class and you just can't wait until the next time we have it, you can get online right now and start downloading the audio and study guide for yourself! Drop it on your ipod and begin filling your mind with the foundations of what we believe to be true (based on God's Word!)

EWC Financial Update

I wanted to write a quick note and update everyone on the financial meeting last night.
As many of you already know I was ineligible for unemployment, so that plan to cut the budget didn't really work.
But, what it did do was force us to take a very detailed look at a few other areas ...

One of the very exciting areas was the furnace / air conditioner updates we have done in the past 2 years, plus the diligence of people like Dave and Wilma at making sure it only runs when it needs to, has meant we are $5600 ahead of where we were last year in heating and electric costs! PRAISE GOD!

In the end we have reduced all staff salaries including a reduction to Andrea's pay and moving her from a salaried employee to a 1099 contract to do the book keeping (which cut over $8000!) [ps. that was Andrea's creative idea ... good job Andrea Dawn!]

So everyone still has their job (including me ;) and we are by God's grace going to not only survive the storm, but grow in our ability to make educated financial decisions!

Please continue to pray for God's guiding and provision! Without his blessing even the best of our plans fall apart! Based on the average offerings for the past several months, we can make it until the summer reevaluation on this budget, but our hope is not in the average offering, or current economy (thank God for that!) HE is our hope! He is our provider!