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UPCOMING SERMONS |
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Below are some clues to a member of our congregation. Can you guess whooo? Try not to peek at the answer, but if you need to, you can find it on page 12. Have fun and enjoy the challenge!
1. I was born in Salem and raised in North Benton. 2. I had a paper route at the age of 8 years old. 3. I bought a pony with the profits of my paper route. 4. I crashed my bike into the bridge on 12th Street. 5. I played clarinet in the band except when I marched, then I played the cymbals. 6. I went to the Vindicator spelling bee in 6th grade. 7. I know how to set greeting cards and cut chain links. 8. I was a part time Nanny when I was in college. 9. The superintendant of West Branch Schools cooked breakfast for my friends and me after my senior prom. 10. My family has lived in the area since 1803. 11. I like all kinds of animals especially cats, dogs and horses. 12. I taught Sunday school for many years. 13. I was the oldest person in my college graduating class. 14. I have a raccoon skull in the flower pot by my back door. 15. I can say the alphabet faster backwards than forwards. |
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Where do we go from here? >>>>For-Words>>>> Jesus died on the cross. He was laid in a borrowed tomb. A large stone sealed it. The disciples were discouraged. They were without purpose. They were lost, confused and fearful. Then Dawn came on Resurrection Day! Where do we go from here? The Resurrection changed everything!
Here are the words, the scriptures and themes that have the power to move us >>>>FORWARDS>>>>
April 29 For-Words #3 “Concern” Luke 24: 13-34
May 6 Fifth Sunday of Easter For-Words #4 “Peace” Luke 24:35-43 & John 20:19-29
May 13 Sixth Sunday of Easter For-Words #5 “Go” Matthew 28:18-20 & Luke 24:45-49
May 20 Seventh Sunday of Easter For-Words #6 “Feeding” John 21:1-23
May 27 Day of Pentecost For-Words #7 “Theophilus” Acts 1:1-11
You are invited to join us on this journey! |
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The Purpose of the Church
He works on us in all sorts of ways. But above all, He works on us through each other. [People] are mirrors, or “carriers” of Christ to other [people]. Usually it is those that know Him that bring Him to others. That is why the Church, the whole body of Christians showing Him to one another, is so important. It is so easy to think that the Church has a lot of different objects—education, building, missions, holding services. ...The Church exists for no other purpose but to draw [people] into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God became man for no other purpose. It is even doubtful, you know, whether the whole universe was created for any other reason. —C. S. Lewis |