WEB SITE FIGURES FOR LAST WEEK – 29 October to 4 November

The EA web site had 4,547 visitors last week or 650 per day (671 last week). The total for the lifetime of the site is 4,221,908 or 993 a day for the 4,251 days of the site. Last report’s total was 4,694.

We had 5,187 visitors at the Church Site. 
1,257 visitors checked into the Gateway site.

FEAST 2009 REPORTING

We need reports from the Feast.  Please check in with your Feast Coordinator and see if he would like you to submit a report.  We are contacting the Feast Coordinator to designate one or more to submit a report assuming the Feast Coordinator is not writing the report himself.

Send the report to chriscumming@icgchurches.org  

FEAST 2009 PHOTOS NEEDED

The Web Site Office is looking for high quality, digital photos from the Feast.  We wish to have these in specific groups of photos:

1] Location shots—landscapes of the general Feast location---no brethren in these shots.

2] Meeting hall shots—photos of the meeting hall and of services—before, during and after services.

3] Speaker shots---photos of the individuals who spoke, led music, did special music, played piano or organ.

4] Event shots:  Send in groups:  the picnic, the family night, the raffle, the Bible bowl, etc.

Send one grouping of shots per e-mail.  Example of Subject line of e-mail.

“Feast Photos – Panama City Beach – Location shots”

Best to give titles to the photos rather than the default number the camera gives the shot.  Rather than “IMG_3408.JPG” make it “Feast09_Kimberling_picnic-008.”  Then using these titles send captions for each shot:

Example:  For “Feast09_Kimberling_picnic_007” –Mr. Smith barbequing hamburgers.”

Send the captions in the body of the e-mail in which you send the digital photos as attachments.  Keep captions very short.  No full names on anyone but ministers and Mr. Armstrong.

Understand that we may not use all photos you send.  Contact me if you have questions.  Lots of photos to send?  Contact me about putting them on our Dump Site on the Internet.

MINISTERS AND SPEAKERS ON THE ROAD
A number of ministers and speakers are on the road in coming weeks and months. Get all the details at Special Announcements at the Church site:

http://www.intercontinentalcog.org/specialannouncements.shtml                                  

Fayetteville, NC - 14 Nov - Services - Chris Cumming

2010 Speaking Engagements
Woodbury, PA - 9 Jan - Services - Robert Nunnery

To have an announcement posted for guest speakers to your local area, fill out the posted form:

http://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/Forms/ministerspeakingengagement.htm    

WEEKLY BIBLE QUESTIONS – LAST WEEK’S QUESTIONS

From the Mountains 1-3

1] On what mountain did Elijah challenge the priests of Baal?
Hints:
– looking for the name of a mountain.
–  “and thou hast followed Baalim.”
– the prophets of Baal were four hundred and fifty.
– the prophets of the groves four hundred.
– look in chapters 17-19 of 1 Kings.
 

2] What mountain did Balaam plan to curse Israel from?
Hints:
– looking for the name of a mountain.
– begins with a “P.”
– read Numbers 22-24
– actual name found in two verses—chapter 21 and 23
– the top of this mountain looketh toward Jeshimon.
– in one of the key verses that mentions this mountain it mentions the field of Zophim.
 

3] What mountain did Moses see the Promised Land from?
Hints:
– looking for the name of a mountain.
– in the key verse we find the name of this mountain AND the “P” mountain of question 2
– this mountain is over against Jericho.
– the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead unto Dan
– mountain begins with letter “N.”
– chapters 32-34 of Deuteronomy.

4] What mountain did Deborah and Barak descent to defeat Sisera?
Hints:
– looking for the name of a mountain.
– begins with letter “T.”
– read verses 6-15.
– in one key verse that mentions the mountain they are asked whether God commanded them to take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and Zebulun.
– look in Judges chapters 4 and 5.

5] Where did Noah’s ark land?
Hints:
– looking for the name of a mountain.
– too easy.
– landed there in the seventh month on the seventeenth day of the month.
– waters decreased continually until the tenth month.
– read Genesis chapters 6-8.

6] Where did Moses see the burning bush?
Hints:
– looking for the name of a mountain.
– Moses kept the flock of Jethro when he came to this mountain
– on the backside of the desert
– the flame of fire out of the midst of a bush he did see
– early chapters of Exodus.

Answers to From the Mountains 1 of 3

1] Carmel (1 Kings 18:19)
2] Pisgah (Numbers 22-24)—21:20 and 23:14 name used
3] Nebo (Deuteronomy 34:1-4)
4] Tabor (Judges 4:6-15)
5] Ararat (Genesis 8:4)
6] Horeb (Exodus 3:1)

Those who answered correctly “Mountains Part 1 of 3”—Mary L. – Paul P. – Emmette M. – Maxine & Terri W. – John M. – Frederick T. – Larry & Mary Ruth B. – Milford & Mary H. – Bob M. – Paul B. – Lenore M. – Carolyn M. – Trish G. – Lee & Joan C. – Joy S. – Lois C [what?] and Linda P.

This Week’s Questions –From the Mountains Part 2 of 3

1] On what mountain did Solomon build the temple?
Hints:
– looking for the name of a mountain.
– same mountain where the LORD appeared unto David his father.
– same place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan
– says in the next key verse that he began to build in the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign
– look in 2nd Chronicles chapters 1-3.

2] Where did Jesus weep over Jerusalem?
Hints:
– looking for a name of a mountain
–  some mountains in Bible referred to as “mount” so and so.
– Jesus came nigh t the descent of the mount.
– in these verses we see the Pharisees asking Jesus to rebuke the disciples
– Luke, chapters 18-20
 

3] What mountain range did the wood for Solomon’s temple come from?
Hints:
– looking for the name of a mountain range.
–  same name as the country.
– this story essentially covers a whole chapter and the word “mountains” is used in a separate verse from the country in which these mountains sit.
– Solomon says that he had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens and fourscore thousand hewers that worked in these mountains getting the wood.
– a key word under the heading of types of wood would be “cedar”.  So cedar trees were in the mountains of this country.  Fir is also mentioned in the chapter.
–1 Kings and chapters 5-7.
 

4] Where were Saul and Jonathan killed by the Philistines?
Hints:
– looking for the name of a mount or mountain.
–  the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell down on this mountain.
– Saul wounded by archers here.
– lots of people falling on swords in these scriptures.
– 1 Samuel in the last three chapters.
 

5] Where did Elijah go when he fled from Jezebel?
Hints:
– looking for the name of a mount or mountain.
– this one referred to in the key scripture as “the mount of God.”
– an angel tells Elijah to eat for the journey would be long [too great].
– Elijah, it says did eat and drink and went in the strength of that meat forty days and nights.
–1 Kings and chapters 17-19
 

6] Where did Jacob and Laban make their covenant?
Hints:
– looking for the name of a mount or mountain.
– Jacob passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount.
– Jacob pitched his tent in the mount and so did Laban.
–Genesis, chapters 30-32.

Have the answers? Drop me an e-mail: chriscumming@icgchurches.org    

Next time: From the Mountains Part 3 of 3

POINTS TO PONDER
*Sometimes God uses us to answer the prayer of others.

*We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

*The faith to move mountains is the reward of those who have moved little hills.

*A candle loses nothing of its light by lighting another candle.

*You will never face a problem that’s not charged with opportunity.

*One of God’s greatest miracles is to enable ordinary people to do extraordinary things.

*We cannot go where God is not, and where God is, all is well.

*No one is guaranteed happiness. Life just gives each person time and space. It’s up to us to fill it with joy.