A baby shower for Norma and Tony Jordan will be held on Saturday, March 24, at 3:00 p.m.  This event will take place at the Fellowship Hall.  This will be their firstborn.

All are invited. 

Pastor Hansel continues to conduct a mixed martial arts class in one of the classrooms at the modular building.  This usually takes place on Sunday afternoons.  Several children, youth and young adults are involved in learning and teaching. It is fun to watch knowing that those who come (some of whom are not Christians) learn a sport as well as get exposed to Kingdom values as a bonus. 

 

The school is called the "Burning Eagle." 

The men  met on Saturday morning, March 10, for the third meeting of the men's breakfast group. Several of them were young adult males and a teenage boy.

After a sumptuous breakfast, they had a few minutes of introductory remarks from Pastor Conrad before splitting into groups to discuss  a few items listed on a sheet of paper given to each one. This gave each attendee an opportunity to interact with each other discussing what motivated them to join the men's breakfast meeting. Also, by sharing their experiences they were able to convey something personal with members of their group.

The guest who was to speak to the group had to make an emergency trip to Taiwan, so he asked to be excused from the task a few days before the meeting.  The second Saturday in May, the 12th, is to be the next date for the Men's Breakfast Meeting.

The next monthly fund-raising fellowship dinner will be held at Maxim's Cafe on Tuesday evening, March 20.  Please make your reservations with Johnny or Nellie Chua (909-228-2162).

Let's have another great turnout for this occasion!

 

  

  

 

 

"I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection...." - Philippians 3:10

 

If I asked you the purpose for which God made you, what might you say? You might give a lot of answers that required some action on your part. However, the simplest answer to that question relates to one primary thing: fellowship. The most important thing God desires from us today is to have a deep and intimate fellowship with each of us.

 

The apostle Paul said he wanted to know Christ, and by knowing Christ he could experience the power of His resurrection. I find this to be the hardest thing for many of us workplace believers to do. So often it is much easier to be busy with the urgent (or even Christian) activity than spending quiet moments before the Lord. Before we realize it, days have passed since our last quiet time with Jesus.

 

Jesus understood how important quiet moments were with the Father. "After He had dismissed them, He went up on a mountainside by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone" (Mt. 14:23). The more mature I become in my relationship with the Lord, the more precious this time becomes to me. It is a time I look forward to almost daily. It offers me a time to reflect, to share my concerns with my Lord, and to hear Him speak. In the last few years I have begun prayer walks, which accomplish three things: fellowship, prayer, and exercise. It has changed my prayer life.

 

I have come to understand that Jesus views us as His friend and He wants to spend time with us. We are depriving Him of His time when we put Him aside for the urgent. An interesting thing happens when we make prayer a priority: Urgent things seem to wane as we focus on Him. He makes all these other things fall into place.

Are you taking the time to get to know Him today? 
 

(Today God Is First (TGIF) devotional message, Copyright by Os Hillman, Marketplace Leaders.)

....to invite family, friends and neighbors, as well as members of your bible study group, to come to our Easter Sunday Service on April 8, at 10 a.m.  We will have a program worth coming to. Encourage especially those who do not have a home church to come. They will be blessed!

....to tell Pastor L J that you will join his group who plan to go to the Jesus Culture event at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles.  He will buy tickets for the group so all can be seated together. The ticket cost is $85 for the three day event on August 2-4.

....to plan for the Youth Retreat in Lake Arrowhead sometime in January, 2013. Talk to Pastor L J about it.