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Last Update - December 17, 2024 Adult Bible Study in the Kitchen on December 18th
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.
NO Evening Services on December 22nd or December 25th Also, there will NOT be a Wednesday Night Bible Study or Youth Bible Study on Christmas Day, Wednesday, December 25th.
Baptism Planned for January
Winter Jam is in February!
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."
Finished Our Study of II Corinthians Sunday Evening This is a wonderful time of digging into God's Word. Also, we are usually blessed with a couple of Bluegrass gospel songs from Dick and Rita on Sunday evenings. Come join us!
Studying the Book of Acts on Wednesday Evenings
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December 15, 2024 Mary and Joseph Joseph's decision on what do to with (what he thought was) his unfaithful bride who had sinned against him mirrors the same one God has with us. We are the church and Christ's bride. We truly have been unfaithful and sinned against our Groom to be. Rather than cast us away and let us die the death we deserve or just cut all ties with us by divorcing us, He chose another path. A path that man finds very hard to understand. He chose to become a man born in a stable, live a perfect life, and then take the penalty for His Bride's sins upon Himself. He chose to love us with a love that none of us deserve. "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." What do you do with a love like that? His love is unconditional towards us as He died for us not after we got ourselves straightened up and walking faithful; no! He died for us while we were in the midst of our sin rebelling against Him and uncaring. He was there waiting patiently for us to call on Him and accept His offer of salvation and a changed, transformed life. Some of us came to faith early in our lives, but with others it took a while to get there, but today we are here together in unity celebrating the love our God has for each of us in this Christmas season. We need to follow in Mary and Joseph's steps and totally turn our lives over to the Lord to "let it be to me according to your word." This was not the easiest path to have chosen, but it was the right one. We must be just as willing as Mary and Joseph to say; "I don't understand, but I will follow anyway." It is a matter of trusting God for who He says He is. Stand upon His Word, knowing that He will work out all things for good. Celebrate Christmas this year for it is the beginning of hope, and hope never disappoints. Celebrate that hope and the love that delivered it!
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (17) For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved." Paul called the coming of Jesus, the giver of life, "the gift of God" in Romans. "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Jesus is our gift given from the very heart of a God who loves us enough to give us His best and most treasured belonging. The angel told the shepherds that "there is born to you this day a Savior Christ the Lord;" it is a gift given for you. When you accept this gift, you to then in turn become a giver desiring to share this gift with others. May you be given the opportunity to share this wonderful gift God has given to you with those around you this Christmas. Love, hope, and peace all given to us through this wonderful love story and we each play a part in it. Let sharing the love of Jesus with others around you be your focus in this season of giving and receiving; as you share the "good tidings of great joy given to all people."
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