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Last Update - November 19, 2024 Christmas Play Practice Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m.
Need Recipient Names for Christmas Baskets ASAP Names and information for the recipients of this year's Christmas Baskets need to be submitted to Pastor Greg Isom by the end of November. Please submit names for recipients of the baskets ASAP with the age and gender of any child, so that age appropriate gifts can be chosen for the kids. Please use the forms available, as we are also finding out what type of gift each child might like or need. We are nearly done collecting items for this year's Christmas Baskets. There will be copies of the list of items to bring in the back of the church and it is in the Church Bulletin. Each week there is a different item(s) to bring. More large boxes are still needed for packing up the items for each family. Volunteers are also needed to cover the boxes with Christmas wrap.
Decorate the Church Day is November 30th This is a good time for making memories. Bring your children and let them pitch in as well!
Kids' Christmas Party Wednesday Evening, Dec. 4th
Christmas Program Sunday Morning, December 22nd There will be a pitch-in meal of soup and sandwiches in the fellowship area after the Christmas Program.
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. Kristi L. and Taylor F. are the teachers for November. Children's Church is for grades K-7.
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 II Corinthians on Sunday Evenings
Studying the Book of Acts on Wednesday Evenings
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Guidelines for Church Service Cancellations In addition, we will attempt to get them posted to this web page and the Bride of Christ Ladies Facebook page.
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November 17, 2024 The Passion Week Begins "If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor. Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save Me from this hour'? But for this purpose I came to this hour. Father, glorify Your name." Then a voice came from heaven, saying, "I have both glorified it and will glorify it again." To follow means to choose to walk the path that we are led down. To commit to follow is a denying of my will and the accepting of the will of Who I am following. Today Jesus stated that He stands at a crossroads saying; "do I ask My Father to save Me from the suffering that lies ahead or choose to follow His Will and fulfill my purpose for this time." He chooses to follow God, and His Father confirms the choice as the correct one proclaiming "I have both glorified it and will glorify it again!" We all find ourselves daily at that same crossroads; do I choose my own path and do life my way or do I follow Jesus and allow Him to lead Me where He chooses? It is in that daily choice that I prove where my treasures lie whether in the things of this world or in the things of God. What do you treasure more? Who owns your heart? Are you investing in this life to be your heaven and seeking your happiness in the things of this world? OR are you "all in" like Jesus and choose to follow Him even if the road is dark and difficult looking to the eternal over the temporal. Heavenly Father, awaken us from our spiritual slumber and call each one of us to a time of repentance, renewal and revival. Grant to us the vision that the eternal far outweighs the temporal and that our commitment to follow now will be greatly rewarded in heaven.
"For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled. Do you look at things according to the outward appearance? If anyone is convinced in himself that he is Christ's, let him again consider this in himself, that just as he is Christ's, even so we are Christ's." Paul reminds the church that we are not fighting a physical battle using swords, guns, or military tactics nor do we use carnal powers such as wealth, power or influence to gain victory. We fight with spiritual weapons such as faith, prayer, and obedience to the Word of God to win our battles. It is those spiritual weapons that are able to "pull down strongholds." Paul sees himself as a soldier warring against proud arguments which oppose the truth. We often allow ourselves to "overthinking" things justifying them in our mind using man's reasoning, not God's. Paul warns us to not go there. He challenges us to "bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ." Wow, I have some work to go with that one. We must train ourselves to look at everything through the spiritual realm, not the physical or "outward appearance" as Paul puts it. It is too easy for us to judge a book by its cover rather than take the time and effort to look through the eyes of Jesus at others. Heavenly Father, help us to imitate Paul in deferring all glory to You who has called us to follow, and empowers us to do all that we do. Help us to be able to see everything through our spiritual eyes and to bring every though into captivity to the obedience of Christ.
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