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Last Update - April 30, 2024 No Ladies' Meeting in May or June
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 be available by next Sunday 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 There will be a sign-up sheet in the foyer for items you can volunteer to provide for VBS.
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 28, 2024 Water to Wine I think it is important for us to remember that John is writing this letter to us with a purpose. He is not trying to tell the entire story of Jesus' ministry, he tells us there is much more to it, but he is hand picking events that will build our faith that Jesus is the Son of God. As we enter into chapter two this morning, we will read of Jesus' first public miracle which moved His ministry into action. This is the first of seven John shares with us in his gospel. "This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him. After this He went down to Capernaum, He, His mother, His brothers, and His disciples; and they did not stay there many days. Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem." This event is important because it was the first and from here there is no turning back. Notice Jesus did not call everyone at the wedding to witness the miracle, but only the few servants who would tell others about it setting a pattern that He follows never taking the attitude of "look at Me" drawing the attention of everyone. He is seeking those, again, who will "diligently seek Him" in Spirit and Truth as "many are called but few are chosen." (Matt. 22:14) John next tells of Jesus' visit to the Temple during a Passover celebration. Heavenly Father, thank You for loving us and being a God who is close to us, not far away. Help us to learn from these scriptures to seek and trust You in all things.
~Spiritual Gifts~ 1Co 12:4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. I Corinthians 12:5 "And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord." I Corinthians 12:6 "And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all." I Corinthians 12:7 "But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal." I Corinthians 12:11 "But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will." All spiritual gifts are given by the Holy Spirit. ~One Body with Many Members~ I Corinthians 12:11-12 "For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit."
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