July Fun

Hello, Friends.

Do you want to see something very interesting? The park on Carey Road has a swarm of large, shiny green beetles hovering over the clover patches. I was lucky enough to see one of the Carmel Parks Employee who told me that they are a type of June Bug. We usually think of the smaller brown beetles as June Bugs, but these particular beetles are large and impressive. If you have moles in your yard, you can be sure that you have the larvae of these or other beetles. These grubs eat the roots of your plants. The moles love these tasty insects. If you walk in the field, the beetles will come to observe you which can be a little disconcerting since you are there to observe them!

International Bible Study: Tuesdays, 9:30-10:30, room 100.
We met to finish talking about 1 John. Chapter 5 provides some opportunities for interesting philosophical and practical discussion.

• God is three gods in one: Father, Jesus (God's only begotten son) and the Holy Spirit (who testifies and resides in all believers). 
• It isn't hard to follow God's commands (mainly love God and love each other) because Jesus has overcome the world (1 John 5:3-5). 
• We can confidently approach God and ask anything knowing that God hears everything we ask. 
• John advises about praying for others when they sin (1 John 5: 16-17) realizing that we can not save anyone else from their sins but also realizing that God wants all people to be saved and know the truth (1 Timothy 2:4).

Since the Bible is the library of God, we can find answers through cross references.  The Bible Hub website includes a variety of translations, references and commentaries (people's opinion and explanations or critical discussion about a particular writing).

July 10: Join us as we talk about 2 John.

Summer Games
Thank you Jonathan for a great month of Summer Games. It was fun to get together and play games that can be enjoyed any time.

Meet Up at Inlow Park.
What an exciting Meet Up. We started with blistering heat and ended with a spectacular thunder storm. With that rain came cooler and dryer weather.

July 19 Meet Up: Holliday Park, 6363 Springmill Road, 11:00-

swarm: many insects in one area
hovering: flying in one space
patch: space that contains one particular kind of plant (I have a raspberry patch in my back yard)
grubs: worm-like larvae of some insects
disconcerting: disturbing, confusingly unexpected
begotten: (male) generate offspring, result of
testifies: bears witness; makes a solemn declaration especially under oath in a court of law
cross references: a mention in another part of a book for answers