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Last Update - April 23, 2024 Next Ladies' Meeting is May 4th
Mother Daughter Tea is Saturday, May 11th A sign-up sheet is in the foyer, to give an idea of how many plan to attend. A sign-up list will soon be provided for food, as this will be a pitch-in.
No Evening Service on Mother's Day, May 12th
Secret Sisters
VBS is June 7th and 8th
Children's Church On the remaining Sundays the children will be dismissed to Children's Church at "Hug & Howdy" time, which is right after prayer. Children's Church is for grades 1-5. A class for the older youth may be available in the future.
Youth Bible Study
Studying the Gospel of John on Sunday Mornings John's gospel is written intimatley from the perspective of one who considered himself to be Jesus’ best friend as you could argue no one knew Him better. He lived a long life following Jesus from perhaps his teens into his 90s. It was a long life, but sometime difficult one often being persecuted for his faith. He was exiled to the island of Patmos later in his life where he was given wonderful visions of heaven and future events which he wrote about in the Book of Revelations. He is the only apostle to die of natural causes. His Gospel differs from the other three in that rather than telling a story in order, he hand picks events to prove a certain point. The point he emphasizes is that Jesus is the Son of God. His close relationship with Jesus empowers his words to have extra special meaning as an insider rather than one observing from the outside. He actually states the purpose for writing this account near the end in chapter 20. "And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples,
which are not written in this book; but these are written that you
may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing
you may have life in His name."
Studying I Corinthians Sunday Evenings Come join us for this valuable study, and also enjoy some good Bluegrass Gospel, as Dick M. and Rita N. are nearly always there with a couple of great songs to share. The service starts at 6:00 p.m.
Studying the Book of Acts on Wednesday Evenings This is a very informal time, with plenty of opportunity for testimonies, questions, comments, and discussion. Bible Study begins at 6:00 p.m.
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April 21, 2024 Follow Me Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!" Nathanael said to Him, "How do You know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." Nathanael answered and said to Him, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these." Here we see Philip do the very same thing when he is called, he goes to tell his friend Nathanael. He simply invites him to "Come and See." This is a great way to invite people to church by simply asking them to come and experience a service; come and see. Words can't always express the love that is felt in a service or the moving of the very presence of God; "Come and See" is a great way to invite someone to experience all of that. Nathanael is not so quick to believe at first as he even questions if there can be "anything good coming out of Nazareth." However, upon meeting Jesus and a short conversation there, he believes and proclaims his testimony. "You are the Son of God!" Jesus then assures him that he will see much, much more along his journey to follow Him that has just began. Heavenly Father, thank You for loving us. Thank You for revealing unto us Your perfect plan of redemption, forgiveness, and salvation. Grant us opportunities this week to share our story with someone and invite them to "Come and See."
"Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ." It takes confidence that you are doing something right for you to challenge those around you to "imitate me." Paul however states it in such a way that he too does not have it all done pat, he also has to walk in the steps of our Savior who did do it all right as he adds; "as I imitate Christ." As a leader, it is expected of you to "walk the talk" and do the things you instruct others to do. Each of us as a professed Jesus follower should be diligent in our efforts to do just that imitating Jesus whom we follow. If we say one thing and do the opposite the impact of our words lose their power. If we strive to live the way we believe, then that multiplies the impact of our words or even removes the need for them (nothing is more powerful than the life of a true, sincere believer who lives out Jesus' commands being salt and light!) Paul may have made this challenge to them to prepare them for again addressing issues that were not being handled well in the Corinthian Church. She was in the midst of a very worldly culture one that encouraged sin rather than to forbid it. He first exhorts them for "keeping the traditions just as I delivered them to you." Meaning many of the things he set in place for them to follow within the church were being done well, but he then goes in to remind them of how God has set up the line of authority within the church. This can be very confusing, but we will walk through this and make some sense of it, the Lord willing! Heavenly Father, thank You for loving us and setting in order these things within the church for us. Help us to rightly divide the Word and walk according to Your guidance for us as a church and as individual followers of Jesus.
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