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Hume Lake 2015 by Pastor David Parents and campers, the time has come! If you’d like to attend Hume Camp this summer (June 7-13), now is the time to register. Camp can be a unique time of spiritual challenge and growth. It’s certainly a lot of fun and a great time and place for our kids to hang out together. More importantly, however, the concentrated amount of preaching and spiritual emphases can lead to lasting growth. Key dates Feb. 15: Grace Church registration begins March 1: Registration for families outside of our church begin April 19: Second deposit due ($150) May 17: Final deposit due June 7-13: Camp Finances Ponderosa total (High school): $520 Meadow Ranch total (Junior High): $520 Wagon Train total (3rd-6th grades): $450 $100 non-refundable deposit due at registration $150 non-refundable deposit due April 19 Final amount due May 17 You can register online at graceofthevalley.org/hume-lake You can also register through the Grace Church app at resources/forms list. If you would like registration help, please feel free to call Sarah at the office (897-8788). Also, we will have a table at the Hub Feb. 22 and March 1 to help answer any questions. humelake.org

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven… a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; (Ecclesiastes 3:1, 3 ESV)

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-2)

For good or ill, the past has changed our present. Whether we know it or not, the past has brought us to where we are today. And through it all, God has been in Heaven, doing whatever He pleases. June 22 1559 In England, Queen Elizabeth's Prayer Book was issued. During her 45-year reign, Elizabeth I rejected the Catholic faith, adopting instead the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Anglican Church.

For good or ill, the past has changed our present. Whether we know it or not, the past has brought us to where we are today. And through it all, God has been in Heaven, doing whatever He pleases. May 5 1925 High school biology teacher John T. Scopes, 24, was arrested for teaching the theory of evolution in his Dayton, Tennessee classroom.

Thou readest the heart, viewest principles and motives of actions, seest more defilement in my duties than I ever saw in any of my sins. The heavens are not clean in thy sight, and thou chargest the angels with folly; I am ready to flee from myself because of my abominations;