In this Issue
October 19, 2011
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Worship With Us
October 23, 2011
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Traditional Services
(8:30 & 11:00)
“The iGeneration:
My Neighbor and i”
I Thessalonians 2:1-8,
Matthew 22:34-40
Sermon by Jim Whedbee
Contemporary Service
(11:00)
“Transformed” Sermon Series
Life of Joseph
Sermon by Melissa Smith
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October 11-17 |
$26,113 |
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YTD Receipts
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$1,064,796
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YTD Expenses
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$1,063,358
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Difference
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$1,438
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Follow Us
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Pastor's Message
It was my first sermon in about a month. I thought I was doing pretty well proclaiming the Good News until I noticed a few “nodders” at the 8:30 service. They were not nodding in agreement with what I was saying. Rather, they were evidently nodding in agreement with their dreams. I kept preaching, however, to those who were able to stay awake. Then, all of a sudden, the Lord came through.
For those of you who were not at the 8:30 service, this is what happened. I was talking about the difference between calling oneself a Christian and being an actual follower of Christ. I said something (and I can’t find it in my manuscript so it was, obviously, off the cuff) about Christ calling us. I had not anymore gotten it out of my mouth until someone’s cellphone rang. It was the old-fashioned phone ring that could be heard throughout the sanctuary. It could not have come at a better time, and the Lord quickly gave me the words to make it fit into my sermon. If the ring didn’t wake up folks, the laughter did. I was saved (not literally) by the bell. I have been accused of planting that, but I did not.
Once again, the Lord rescued a sermon of mine with perfect timing and the words to respond. It did not happen at 11:00. It seems that, by then, folks were awake. A similar thing happened when I was at Signal Crest. I had just said something about “a choir of angels” when the choir from the Baptist church just down the road came through on the speaker system.
Thank you, Lord, for the many ways you intervene in our lives to help us out!
-- Jim
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For the Entire Church Family
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Children's News
Upcoming Events
October 21, 9:30 a.m. – Early Childhood Ministry
Pumpkin Patch Playdate
October 21, 6:00 p.m. - Third Grade Fun Night
October 28, 6:00 p.m. – Family Fallfest
Operation Christmas Child
GPS4kids will be selling decorated plastic shoeboxes Sunday, October 23, and Sunday, October 30.
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Youth News
Youth Calendar
Upcoming Events:
October 19: Fall Retreat Registration Deposit Due ($35)
November 2: High School Fall Retreat Balance Due
November 4-6: High School Fall Retreat
November 9: Middle School Fall Retreat Balance Due
November 11-13: Middle School Fall Retreat
December 18, 6:00 p.m.: Youth Group Christmas Party
Resurrection 2012 Deposit Due ($35)
January 8: Parent Meeting
Resurrection 2012 Balance Due
January 13-15: High School Resurrection
January 20-22: Middle School Resurrection
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