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| Newsletter Monday Edition January 31, 2011 |
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Greetings!
We are grateful to our God for allowing us to draw closer to Jesus, an intimacy brought about through his death and resurrection, resulting in our ability to claim kinship and brotherhood. Let us ask the Lord to let us grow in understanding His love for us.
The Church Staff |
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| Spiritual Gifts Activation Session |  | |
Course Extended one more week
An extra session of the Spiritual Gifts seminar is scheduled for this coming Sunday. Four previous sessions have already been conducted. The next meeting will be an activation session. Practical application of things learned in the seminar will be done by the participants. |
| | Baptism | | |
First Sunday Event
There will be baptisms this coming Sunday, February 6. If there are others who wish to be baptized, please let Pastor John know, so that preparations can be made for all the baptismal candidates.
Baptism is a public declaration of one's belief in and acceptance of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ as essential in receiving God's free gift of salvation. |
| | Marriage Enrichment | | |
Couples to Dine Out
This event is announced early enough to give couples ample time to prepare for the Marriage Enrichment Seminar to be held on Sunday, February 13, after the Fellowship Lunch.
The plan is for the group to go out afterwards for a sit down dining experience in one of the local restaurants. |
| | Marketplace Ministry | | |
Marketplace Ministry
The Proper Foundation
Imagine spending years building an expensive home with the finest materials and craftsmanship. It is a work of art, and the project is almost complete. As the day arrives to move in, a building inspector arrives and hands you a notice that condemns your beautiful home because it doesn't meet code.
Many Christian workplace believers who invest years in their businesses will one day stand before the Lord and realize they were building the house, not the Lord. God is very picky about motives behind the actions. Before we act, we must ask why? Why are we doing what we are doing? Has God called us to this task? Or is the real motive purely financial? Or control. Or prestige.
If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work (1 Corinthians 3:12-13).
Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. - Psalm 127:1a
David learned this principle by the end of his life. Throughout his life he had learned that God always tested him to find out what was in his heart, and what his motive was in his actions. David instructed his son to "...acknowledge the God of your father, and serve Him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts" (1 Chron. 28:9a).
(Today God Is First (TGIF) devotional message, Copyright by Os Hillman, Marketplace Leaders) |
| Coming Up | | |
February 6, First Sunday - Baptism, Core Group Meeting,
Spiritual Gifts Activation Session
February 12, Saturday, 9:30 a.m. - Ministry Class (Soteriology)
February 13, Sunday, 2:00 p.m. - Marriage Enrichment Seminar,
Restaurant Dining to Follow
February 20, Sunday, 2:00 p.m. - Family Spiritual Growth Workshop
February 26, Saturday, 9:30 a.m. - Ministry Class (Soteriology)
February 27, Sunday, 2:00 p.m. - Parenting Workshop |
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| A Blessing from the Apostle Paul | | |
"I ask the Father in his great glory to give you the power to be strong inwardly through his Spirit. I pray that Christ will live in your hearts by faith and that your life will be strong in love and be built on love. And I pray that you and all God's holy people will have the power to understand the greatness of Christ's love -- how wide and how long and how high and how deep that love is. Christ's love is greater than anyone can ever know, but I pray that you will be able to know that love. Then you can be filled with the fullness of God." Ephesians 2: 16-19 (NCV) |
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