Archive July 31, 2022

Do you feel invisible sometimes? Does anyone see me? Most people have people in their lives who make them feel special. As much as we relish that feeling, someone loves us even more than that. God loves us in ways that we can’t always understand. If you don’t know God’s love in your life, join us today, because we’ll talk about how to strengthen your knowledge of God at work in your world and build that relationship. Someone sees and understands you. Join us to find out more. 

We’ll be live on Facebook at 11:00, or you can watch at any time on Facebook or Youtube.  

Here is some information to help you participate if you’re joining us online:

• The response to our interactive opening prayer is, “Let us praise God who is with us always.”
• Today’s songs are “This is the Day” and “Glorify Thy Name” Look up the words online, and you can sing along.
•  The Bible readings are Galatians 4:1-7 and Matthew 12:46-50. 
• Please let us know how God is moving in your life. You can leave a celebration and/or prayer request in the comment section so that we can celebrate God’s kindness and discern God’s will with you.
• Share an offering in our app in Givelify or send a check to the church.

We’re looking forward to worshipping with you. Have a blessed Lord’s day, everyone!

Announcements for July 17 – 24:

Joys and Concerns for Prayer: 

• Recovery and Healing for our city after the mass shooting
• Bill, Melissa, and their family as they grieve the loss of their son/brother William
• Medical Healing in our church family: 
  • • •  Dick – recovering from a medical procedure
      • • Corey R. – ongoing health problems
        • Paul S. – (Birney’s son) recovering from an accident
• The War in Ukraine 
• The political and social divisions we face as a nation
• That God will keep using us to help those who are struggling to meet their needs during these times of soaring prices and high stress

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Food Pantry: God continues to bless others because of your generosity! 
  • Needs this week: fresh produce, cereal, milk, and eggs. 
  •  Consider driving for deliveries. We need more people to share this work. Please consider whether you might be able to give 15-20 minutes after service or any time that’s convenient for you. 

Our church Street Team will be launching soon. The charge of the Street Team is to walk the neighborhood and meet our neighbors. They will listen to our neighbors’ hopes and concerns, share information about our church and events, and pray with and for the community. The team will do walks at least twice a month, but they can go whenever members can go. We are planning our first walk this Saturday, July 23. If you can give us one hour of your time between 11:00 and 1:00, it will be a blessing. If you are interested in being a part of this effort to get to know our neighbors, see Pastor Scott or Melissa. 

Please help with our ongoing work to paint the Fellowship Hall. There is a lot of trim work and second coats to apply to different spots. If you can give some time on a Wednesday evening or Saturday morning to help, see Dick or Pastor Scott. 

Worship on the Lawn/ Church picnic is in TWO WEEKS! Please let us know what you’d like to contribute to this special Sunday in the life of our church family. The church will provide hamburgers and hot dogs. We need people to sign up for appetizers/snacks, side dishes, desserts, and drinks. Please let us know in the comments below what you might bring. 

Important Dates/Events Coming Up: 

• August 7 – Worship on the lawn and church picnic 
• August 28 – Back to School Sunday

Most people want to be people of their word. We work hard at saying what we mean and doing what we say. Everyone knows the disappointment of dealing with someone who does not keep their word. That’s why knowing that God promises us important things is transformational. God keeps promises. God never fails. Building your life on God’s promises changes things. Over the next few weeks, we will explore God’s promises and their impact on our lives. Join us and discover a new hope.

Click here to join us live on Facebook at 11:00, or you can watch at any time on Facebook or Youtube.  

Here is some information to help you participate if you’re joining us online:

• The response to our interactive opening prayer is, “Lord, in your mercy, hear our cries.”
• Today’s songs are “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” and “Standing on the Promises.” Look up the words online, and you can sing along.
•  The Bible readings are 2 Peter 1:3-11 and John 14:1-7.
• Please let us know how God is moving in your life. You can leave a celebration and/or prayer request in the comment section so that we can celebrate God’s kindness and discern God’s will with you.
• Share an offering in our app in Givelify or send a check to the church.

We’re looking forward to worshipping with you. Have a blessed Lord’s day, everyone!

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!

Everyone has standards. Things have to measure up for us to have some degree of satisfaction. Do you have a standard for how well you live your life or whether a certain decision is best? It seems strange, but many people claim Christ without thinking of any such standard. Fortunately, we serve a God of grace, but we know that our standard isn’t anything goes. How do we understand what it means to live striving toward a life like Jesus? Join us this week. 

We’ll be live on Facebook at 11:00, or you can watch at any time on Facebook or Youtube.  Click here to see the video.

Here is some information to help you participate if you’re joining us online:

• The response to our interactive opening prayer is, “We will love our neighbor as ourselves.”
• Today’s songs are “Be Thou My Vision” and “Open My Eyes That I May See.” Look up the words online, and you can sing along.
•  The Bible readings are Amos 7:7-17 and Luke 10:25-37.
• Please let us know how God is moving in your life. You can leave a celebration and/or prayer request in the comment section so that we can celebrate God’s kindness and discern God’s will with you.
• Share an offering in our app in Givelify or send a check to the church.

We’re looking forward to worshipping with you. Have a blessed Lord’s day, everyone!