Chaplain Tom will be ministering the Word this Sunday.  Pastor Wes and Pastor Matt will both be at the Ministry Assessment Center weekend at the Roxbury Holiness Camp in Orrstown, Pennsylvania.  You will be blessed by the Chaplain's ministry!  

The Ministry Assessment Center weekend is a first-step for those who are called into ministry in the Church of the Nazarene. It is a chance to better understand God's call to ministry, the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit and to be directed and affirmed along the path.  Pastor Wes attends each year as a staff member and Pastor Matt will be going this year as a ministerial candidate. There will be about 60 people in attendance at this conference.    

When Jesus taught, thousands would come to listen.  Even in our day, people who don't care much for "organized religion" still are attracted to the wisdom and teaching of Jesus and through His teaching many come to know Jesus as Savior.  

Pastor Wes is giving a challenge to whole GCCN community this year--to memorize the "Sermon on the Mount."  It is found in Matthew, chapters 5-7.  There are 111 verses, so over the course of the year, that would mean memorizing just one verse every 3 days.  A lot of those verses are short.  Some of those verses you already know, such as the "Lord's Prayer."   

The real challenge is not memorizing, but sticking with it throughout the whole year.  From children to seniors, this would be a great thing to do!  If you stick with this, when you come to the end of 2014 you will see that this was one of the very best things you did during the year!  Let's encourage one another!