Christ Covenant                  09.28.14
Community Church
Weekly Update
"Family Meeting" - This Sunday Following Worship
The Inviting Church

Every family needs to communicate about schedules, opportunities and needs. We'd like to have a brief "Family Meeting" following the Sept 28 Worship Service of about 10-15 minutes to bring folks up to date on a number of items:

  • Inviting and Welcoming Well
  • Finances
  • Resolving Every Day Conflict Kick off
  • Renovations at facility

Open to anyone interested!  

The Prayer Revival of 1857

America sure needed prayer. The United States was in spiritual, political, and economic decline. Many people were disillusioned with spiritual things because of preachers who had repeatedly predicted the end of the world in the 1840's. Agitation over slavery was breeding political unrest, and civil war seemed near. Just this year, financial panic had hit. Banks failed, railroads went bankrupt, factories closed, unemployment increased.

 

Click Here to read more about this surprising and life-changing move of God.


Walk for Life - October 4th

Community and fund-raising event for the Fredericksburg Pregnancy Center.  Click Here to check their website for registration and details.

 


PeaceMakers - Resolving Everday Conflict
  • Sunday Evenings, Alternating Sundays, 6 pm Began Sept 14
  • Sunday Mornings, 9 am - Begins October 5
Resolving Everday Conflict is an 8-week study on resolving conflict in the power of the Gospel.  Requires some preparation between meetings and a workbook for $10.  Contact Pastor Bill by email for more information.

Intro to Resolving Everyday Conflict (For use in the church)
Intro to Resolving Everyday Conflict
Blood Drive - September 27th

Hope Presbyterian Church is hosting a Red Cross blood drive on Saturday, September 27th from 10:00 until 2:00pm.  You can sign up in advance at the Red Cross website, or contact Vicki Kidd at Hope and she will register you. 
Learn the New City Catechism: One Question Per Week

Each week we'll be posting a question and answer from the New City Catechism, along with a brief video explanation. 

Question 39:
With what attitude should we pray?
Answer:

With love, perseverance, and gratefulness; in humble submission to God's will, knowing that, for the sake of Christ, he always hears our prayers.  

 
NCC Q39: With what attitude should we pray?
NCC Q39: With what attitude should we pray?

Click here for a tutorial on using the New City Catechism!  
Sunday Sermon
Dr Ken Priddy
Topic:

 Seeking God

Passages:

Luke 19:10, John 4:23, Romans 12:1-2  

Thank You For Serving In Children's Ministry This Week!

Lisa Boyer
Lorna Mazzucca
Dan Vierheller
Wanda Haney
Middle East Evangelicals Issue Appeal to Believers Worldwide 
The Supreme Council of the Evangelical Community in Syria and Lebanon has issued an appeal to like-minded believers worldwide to make the plight of Christians in the Middle East known. Read their letter here.
Ladies' Bible Study 

Tuesday mornings, 9am, at 5044 Plank Rd. We are studying Nancy Guthrie's The Word of the Lord: Seeing Jesus in the Prophets, Contact Beverley Bouchard or Allison Webb for more information.
Grace in FXBG: From Pastor Bill's Blog...

The Secret Capture of the Church: Why I Hope We Leave Behind the Movie 'Left Behind'
For the record: I do believe that Jesus will return one day to planet Earth - publicly, gloriously, victoriously and savingly - just as He promised.  Those who are alive at His returning will meet Him in the air.  He will judge the world - both those who are alive and those who have died - and He will establish His Kingdom with justice, peace and life as it was created to be.  All of this has been believed by believers across cultures and across centuries and is part of the "faith that was once for all delivered to the saints." (Jude 3)

Here is what I don't believe: I do not believe that Jesus will return half-way and silently in order to secretly remove the church and the Holy Spirit from the planet for the seven year Great Tribulation and then "come-again again," this time to judge and reign for 1,000 years.  These ideas are the product of a particular perspective called Dispensationalism that was unknown among Christians until late in the 19th century....
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