5K Run/Walk For Orphans - May 12th

Saturday - May 12 - Thomas M. McKee Building on the grounds of the Ranch - Larimer County Fairgrounds and Events Complex.


Kids Fun Run - 8:30
5K Run/Walk - 9:00


Family Fun activities and booths following the race.


It's not too late to register for this 5K Run/Walk.  Your participation will directly impact the lives of children here in our community and around the world.  :)


Register now at:  
http://www.runfororphansrace.org/

May - National Foster Care Month

Across the United States there are 408,000 children and youth currently in foster care.  While that number seems overwhelming there are a couple of things that you can do that will make a significant impact:


- Pray - prayer guide to praying for those in foster care:
http://lovereaches.org/images/files/foster-care-prayer-guide.pdf


- A Backpack of My Own - Welcome Child is committed to partnering with organizations that make an impact in the lives of foster and adoptive families to help them to be successful as they start school in the fall.  When a child enters foster care they often come with few personal items.  Sign up during the month of May to fill a backpack for students in Elementary, Middle or High School.  
Fort Collins Campus is partnering with Foster and Adoptive Families of Larimer County and Matthews House.  Windsor Campus is partnering with Weld County and Windsor School District to meet the needs of foster youth in their communities.  


Drop off dates for filled backpacks at both campuses will be August 4/5 and August 11/12.  For more information and a complete list of items needed in each backpack contact:


Fort Collins Campus - Erin at erinbeth21@hotmail.com or Kari at Karalot9@gmail.com


Windsor Campus - Lynn at LPETERSON6876@msn.com


A simple act of kindness such as a filled backpack can be such a huge blessing!! :)

Backyard Child Size Playhouse needed!!! :)

***Child Size Backyard Playhouse needed***

Building Hope is a new ministry being launched in Northern Colorado to offer home restorative care for foster and adoptive families. Building Hope will assist its first family within the next month.

Timberline Men's Ministry annual Golf Tournament scheduled for August 13th will go to Building Hope.

It would be a lot of fun to have a child size backyard playhouse not only to auction off, but to introduce the community to Building Hope.

If you know of a builder that would be willing to build one or someone willing to donate one.

Please have them contact me: Karalot9@gmail.com

Christ is Risen - Matt Maher

Broken and Poured Out

Today's reading from You Version reading plan for the 21 day fast was so appropriate as we celebrate Jesus' resurrection.

Reading from Mark 14 this really spoke to my heart today:

During supper, a woman came in with a beautiful jar of expensive perfume. She broke the seal and poured the perfume over his head. Some of those at the table were indignant. "Why was this expensive perfume wasted?" they asked, "She could have sold it for a small fortune and given the money to the poor!" And they scolded her harshly.

But Jesus replied, "Leave her alone. Why berate her for doing such a good thing to me? You will always have the poor among you, and you can help them whenever you want to. But I will not be here with you much longer. She has done what she could and has anointed my body for burial ahead of time. I assure you, wherever the Good News is preached throughout the world, this woman's deed will be talked about in her memory.

This woman was bold! I admire the strength and courage that it took for her to walk into a run full of men where she knew she would not be welcomed. What made her walk in to where Jesus was with such confident obedience?

What makes us respond to the promptings on our heart to be bold like this unnamed woman? Do we spend to much time trying to figure out in our minds if it is God's speaking those prompting to our hearts?

I know I do. How many times have I missed blessing someone by not being obedient to what God spoke to my heart (no matter how silly)? It can be simple tasks to help someone in a store or restaurant, paying for someones meal sitting at another table or larger ones like paying a debt that you do not owe or using our time and talent to help someone.

Whatever it is be quick to respond to what God has spoke to your heart, these type of promptings need our immediate obedient response.

As we are obedient to the small things that God puts on our hearts, He will breathe bigger promptings that will have significant impact in the kingdom of God.

I am determined to be more like Mary in my response to the promptings that God puts on my heart when she responded with:

"I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said."

Luke 1:38

Have a great Easter weekend celebrating Jesus' resurrection! May the hope of this amazing free gift rise within us in such a way that we are willing to be broken and poured out for His Glory! :)

21 Day Daniel Fast - Beginning April 1 - Please join us!

http://www.lovereaches.org/index.php/news-events/the-daniel-fast

Dear Timberline Missions Leaders and Volunteers,

As you know, we are approaching our 2012 annual Missions Celebration Weekend. We have so much to be thankful for and at the same time so much to trust God for. We are "blessed to be a blessing." We have truly seen God challenge us with new vision to be used by Him to reach others. Whether it is House of Hope in Kolkata, or fighting for the kids at Son of God Orphanage, or One Day to Feed the World, or Rich's Ride, or the thousands of individual sacrifices in giving, going, serving, or praying..... God continues to show up in big ways when His people step out in faith.

The theme of this year's celebration is "What Can Faith Do"? God showing up in big ways has inspired even greater vision in the hearts of his people at Timberline. Even to the degree that three families and three single adults in our congregation are answering the call and moving full-time to serve in missions overseas! It often feels overwhelming to me that God keeps stretching us beyond our current resource and beyond what we can manage. As we have planned and prayed for this upcoming Missions Celebration, I am mindful that we need God to go before us in greater ways than ever to fulfill the visions that He has placed in our hearts collectively. For that reason I want to challenge you to consider participating with us in a fast for the 21 days of April that precede our Missions Celebration weekend. A fast is a very personal thing between an individual and God, but it is also an opportunity for us to sacrifice, seek Him, and believe together for God's leading and provision going into another year of participating in His Great Commission.

Please prayerfully consider in these last days of March whether God is leading you to participate with us. As I said, a fast is a very personal covenant between you and God. For that reason, I would say surrender whatever it is He impresses on your heart for 21 days. This can be food or certain kinds of food. It can be activities or habits that are part of our daily routine daily... like television, or lattes, or whatever. Fasting is a scriptural discipline in many instances including in the life of Jesus. Because

our term happens to be 21 days, I will refer you to a "Daniel Fast" as a reference. Daniel in the Old Testament fasted for 21 days. It was a partial fast where he ate only fruits and vegetables and drank only water. Please read the book of Daniel as a reference if you'd like. You may also use this daily reading guide to follow for 21 days (select "Start This Plan").

I hope that a number of you will participate with us in eager anticipation of what God has in store for us in this coming year. Please fill the time that you vacated by the activities you are sacrificing with prayer and reading God's Word. In addition to growing in faith for what God can do through our efforts in missions, focus on some areas where you are trusting God to break through for you and your family as you delight in His presence.

In Christ,

Mark Orphan
Timberline Missions & Outreach
-Love Reaches-

“He has showed you, O man, what is good.
And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.″ - Micah 6:8

Finally Home Foundation March Newsletter

Faith E. Free in Fort Collins, CO hosted an event a couple weeks ago. These Family Wellness Events fill up quickly!! Foster and Adoptive Families need this kind of support. :)

Please watch their website for the next upcoming Event in Colorado: http://www.finallyhomefoundation.net/

FHF

March, 2012

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Rescue Arts Team Rebecca Shultz from Project Rescue joined CO's childcare team to lead art therapy for kids at FHF's Family Wellness Events. She is looking forward to reconnecting with these special kids again.

Rebecca, Danielle and Beth You can Sponsor a Family to attend the next "Surviving & Thriving" Family Wellness Event,on May 5th @ Newport Mesa Church, Costa Mesa, CA. $250/family Click to give online Send checks to: FHF PO Box 2110 Orange, CA 92859 Thank you Foster Care Aux Orange County!! for the generous donation of children's equipment at the January 28th Family Wellness Event. Please consider donating your gently used goods to this wonderful organization! 333 South Brookhurst St. Anaheim, CA 92804 www.FosterCareAux.com Join the team @ FHFVolunteer!

January & March Events A Big Success! Picture what happens when 28 volunteers give their time to serve 39 foster & adoptive families..... Families welcomed with a smile. New friends made. Smiles shared. Games played. Faces painted. Lunch served. Parents refreshed!

Extraordinary Volunteers Adoptive mom, Kari Stewart and daughter Abby served together at the March 3rd Colorado event. They know personally that families like theirs need the kind of practical support and encouragement that FHF offers. "As a volunteer, Abby enjoyed that day so much! She loved every minute of being there with the kids and families. We know that families really need a day like this." Kari

Please visit our website at www.finallyhomefoundation.net. Donate to our cause at FHFDonate.