IN OUR DAILY PRAYERS this week, we pray for Leann Albrecht and her family, Roman Miller, Richard Salis and Delphine Labor as well as for our shut-in members, our inactive members and for at least two people in your life who don’t know Christ.
NO CONFIRMATION CLASS this week as Pastor will be out of town. In addition, our Tuesday evening Bible study class originally scheduled for March 8th has been rescheduled for March 1st.
PASTOR WILL BE ON VACATION from Wed., Mar. 2nd thru Tues., Mar. 8th. Pastor Bob Moeller will lead next Sunday’s worship service and Adult Bible Study Class and will be on call for pastoral emergencies. You may reach him at 605-321-1641. You may also contact any of our elders for assistance.
THANK YOU: We wish to thank the Ladies Aid and all the workers for serving the lunch at Bernard’s funeral, and all the people who brought cakes and pickles. We are so thankful to the members of this congregation for everything that was done for our family. Marie Wrenn and all the family.
COFFEE HOUR: If there is anyone who would like to be in one of the coffee hour groups, please speak with Diane.
THRIVENT MEMBERS: If you have a Thrivent account and have received a notice that you have Choice Dollars available to designate to an organization, St. Paul Lutheran Church does have an account set up there to receive Choice Dollars if you wish to designate them to us. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Leann Schulz-Thomas. Thanks, (s) Leann
LENTEN DEVOTIONS (written by Lutheran Hour Ministries) will be provided this year in both electronic and paper formats. The printed devotions will be available and distributed after next week’s worship service; extra copies will be available throughout the Lenten season in the library. If, instead, you wish to read the electronic version, please contact the Pastor for the website address.
LENTEN SEASON SOUP AND SANDWICH SUPPERS are being scheduled and planned. The first one will be on Ash Wednesday, Mar. 9th, with supper being served from 5:45 thru 6:45 only. If anybody – or a group – would like to volunteer to do one of the other Wednesday meals, please contact Diane at the church office (925-7219) or call her directly at 660-2911 right away so that we can organize our Lenten season events promptly. Thanks!
LADIES AID will meet Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. Hostess will be Ella and Elsie Hein. Altar Guild for the month of March is Mildred and Visiting Helper is Julie Huber. All ladies of the congregation are invited to attend the meeting.
MAIN STREET LIVING:
March 6, 2011 Kid's Crossing, watch as Simon learns that we gain back as we give to others.
The featured speaker is Rev. David Ellis from Immanuel Lutheran Church in Menno and St. Paul Lutheran Church in Scotland, SD. The sermon theme is "Another Mountain Waits For Jesus - Mt. Calvary." The hymns are Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty; 'Tis Good, Lord, to be Here; and Abide, O Dearest Jesus. The Main Street Living Choir will provide the hymns. The program is interpreted for the hearing impaired.
FREE NEW TESTAMENT CDs for our Lenten season challenge to listen to the New Testament between Ash Wednesday and Easter will be distributed after today’s worship service along with a schedule for you to track your progress if you wish. The CDs and schedule will also be available after next week’s service and throughout the Lenten season for those who are not here today. We also have available an abbreviated “Kidz Bible” version for our younger members. If you would like to have an extra CD to give to a friend or family member, that is encouraged as well; we have extras. These free CDs are yours to keep and use as often as you like. If you have questions on how to use them or have trouble getting yours to work, please contact any elder, Kristi Dannenbring (660-4139) or the pastor (999-5591) for help. Whether it be in your car, thru your TV at home, on your IPOD, your MP3 player or your computer, in just 28 minutes per day for the 40 days of Lent you can listen to the entire New Testament. Everyone is encouraged to participate and hear the Bible come alive!
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
2-20-2011 announcements
IN OUR DAILY PRAYERS this week, we pray for Leann Albrecht hospitalized and under doctors’ care, her family, Richard Salis and Roman Miller as they receive treatment as well as for our shut-in members, our inactive members and for at least two people in your life who don’t know Christ.
MENTOR/MENTEES will meet following the service today.
BERNARD WRENN’S ENTRANCE INTO GLORY. We pray for comfort for the family of Bernard Wrenn whom God called to his eternal rest on Sunday, Feb. 6th. We give thanks to our Lord for His loving-kindness and for all of the mercies granted to Bernard during his earthly life, especially for calling him to faith in Jesus Christ through Holy Baptism. We pray that God would comfort all who mourn with the hope of the glorious resurrection of the body and a happy reunion in heaven, and that He would sustain the family with the knowledge that all who remain faithful will be given the crown of eternal life and will be in our Lord’s presence forevermore. Bernard’s home-going service was held on Thursday, Feb. 10th.
THANK YOU: We wish to thank the Ladies Aid and all the workers for serving the lunch at Bernard’s funeral, and all the people who brought cakes and pickles. We are so thankful to the members of this congregation for everything that was done for our family. Marie Wrenn and all the family.
AND THE BIBLE VERSE CONTEST WINNER IS … (drum roll here) … Marlene Geidel with her entry of Joshua 1:8 for one of the Bible passages where God urges us to meditate on His Word. Congratulations, Marlene, on your winning entry in our contest!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR THANK YOUS! Susan and Pastor’s first grandchild was born last Sunday about 10:00 p.m. Throughout last week several people called or emailed their ‘congratulations’ and ‘best wishes’ for Baby Kayleigh Grace Cook and her parents, Justin and Kendra Cook. All are healthy and doing well; we thank God for that and for entrusting one of His children to Justin and Kendra’s care.
COFFEE HOUR: If there is anyone who would like to be in one of the coffee hour groups please speak with Diane.
THRIVENT MEMBERS: If you have a Thrivent account and have received a notice that you have Choice Dollars available to designate to an organization, St. Paul Lutheran Church does have an account set up there to receive Choice Dollars if you wish to designate them to us. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Leann Schulz-Thomas.
LENTEN SEASON SOUP AND SANDWICH SUPPERS are being scheduled and planned. The first one will be on Ash Wednesday, March 9th. If any person – or a group – would like to volunteer to do one of the 6 Wednesday suppers, please contact Diane at the church office (925-7219) or call her directly at (660-2911) right away so that we can organize our Lenten season events accordingly. Thanks!
THE SD DISTRICT YOUTH BOARD needs your help! Youth ministry is face paced and changes even faster. To serve our Savior and the youth of His Church the South Dakota District Youth Board is seeking your wisdom, guidance and involvement. They will be holding 2 information-gathering meetings -- one on each end of the state. They especially value the input of our youth and encourage all church youth group members to attend. They also encourage any lay members who have a passion for working with youth to also attend. Please RSVP for the noon lunch. In eastern SD the meeting will be on Feb. 26th from 9:00 until noon at the SD District Office, 3501 Gateway Blvd, Sioux Falls, SD 57109. Please RSVP to Ryan Paszek (youth@zlcsf.org ) or call him at (605) 338-5226.
LENTEN DEVOTIONS (written by Lutheran Hour Ministries) will be provided this year in both electronic and paper formats. The printed devotions will initially be distributed after the Mar. 6th worship service; extra copies will be available throughout the Lenten season in the library. If, instead, you wish to have the electronic version e-mailed to you, please contact the Pastor.
PLEASE LET US KNOW if you or another of our members is sick, hospitalized, has a new baby, has a death in the family, etc. This will enable us (pastor, elders and others) to visit them, send a note of encouragement and to keep the person and his or her family in our prayers.
ANNUAL REPORTS will be handed out after church service.
LUTHERAN HOUR MINISTRIES provides a daily meditation on God’s Word. If you have e-mail, you can choose to have the daily devotion sent to you by going to: www.lhm.org/newsroom/emailservices.htm and clicking on the Daily Devotions button to sign up. You may also choose to read the daily devotion on-line without having it e-mailed to you. Just go to: www.lhm.org/dailydevotions.asp
BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENT REMINDER If you have an announcement for the bulletin, you may hand-write it, call it in or send us an e-mail to stpaulfreeman@gmail.com. The deadline is noon on Thursday. Announcements received after Thursday may or may not be in the bulletin; we will try but we are making no promises! Get it to us by Thursday noon and we will publish it!
BIBLE STUDY CLASSES are available at different times on different days. We encourage you to please find the time to study your Bible – either at home during your personal daily devotions or you may attend any of our existing, on-going classes. Feel free to just sit in and listen, if you wish. You are also welcome to attend even if you haven’t been able to attend classes in the past or if we happen to be in the middle of a topic. It’s never too late to learn more about our faith and our Savior! We are currently studying “Heaven and Hell” in our Sunday morning classes, “How We Got the Bible” in our Tuesday evening classes and the “Parables of Jesus” in our Wednesday morning men’s breakfast classes.
MAIN STREET LIVING: February 27, 2011” Kid’s Crossing - Janitor Bob encourages Simon to learn to say, “No!” when he is tempted to do wrong. The featured speaker is Rev. Michael Bagnall from Zion Lutheran Church in Wessington Springs, Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in Woonsocket, and Concordia Lutheran Church in Wessington, SD. The sermon theme is "Consider the Cross." The hymns are Father Most Holy, Merciful, and Tender; Come Unto Me, Ye Holy; and Jesus Sinners Doth Receive. The Main Street Living Choir will provide the hymns. The program is interpreted for the hearing impaired.
THANK YOU, YOUTH GROUP, for another successful Valentine’s Day supper. The youth group and leaders, Bob and Karen Pidde, did all of the planning, preparation, serving and clean-up work. Please be sure to say ‘thank you’ to all of them for the time they spent and the work they did in serving our congregation!
MENTOR/MENTEES will meet following the service today.
BERNARD WRENN’S ENTRANCE INTO GLORY. We pray for comfort for the family of Bernard Wrenn whom God called to his eternal rest on Sunday, Feb. 6th. We give thanks to our Lord for His loving-kindness and for all of the mercies granted to Bernard during his earthly life, especially for calling him to faith in Jesus Christ through Holy Baptism. We pray that God would comfort all who mourn with the hope of the glorious resurrection of the body and a happy reunion in heaven, and that He would sustain the family with the knowledge that all who remain faithful will be given the crown of eternal life and will be in our Lord’s presence forevermore. Bernard’s home-going service was held on Thursday, Feb. 10th.
THANK YOU: We wish to thank the Ladies Aid and all the workers for serving the lunch at Bernard’s funeral, and all the people who brought cakes and pickles. We are so thankful to the members of this congregation for everything that was done for our family. Marie Wrenn and all the family.
AND THE BIBLE VERSE CONTEST WINNER IS … (drum roll here) … Marlene Geidel with her entry of Joshua 1:8 for one of the Bible passages where God urges us to meditate on His Word. Congratulations, Marlene, on your winning entry in our contest!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR THANK YOUS! Susan and Pastor’s first grandchild was born last Sunday about 10:00 p.m. Throughout last week several people called or emailed their ‘congratulations’ and ‘best wishes’ for Baby Kayleigh Grace Cook and her parents, Justin and Kendra Cook. All are healthy and doing well; we thank God for that and for entrusting one of His children to Justin and Kendra’s care.
COFFEE HOUR: If there is anyone who would like to be in one of the coffee hour groups please speak with Diane.
THRIVENT MEMBERS: If you have a Thrivent account and have received a notice that you have Choice Dollars available to designate to an organization, St. Paul Lutheran Church does have an account set up there to receive Choice Dollars if you wish to designate them to us. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Leann Schulz-Thomas.
LENTEN SEASON SOUP AND SANDWICH SUPPERS are being scheduled and planned. The first one will be on Ash Wednesday, March 9th. If any person – or a group – would like to volunteer to do one of the 6 Wednesday suppers, please contact Diane at the church office (925-7219) or call her directly at (660-2911) right away so that we can organize our Lenten season events accordingly. Thanks!
THE SD DISTRICT YOUTH BOARD needs your help! Youth ministry is face paced and changes even faster. To serve our Savior and the youth of His Church the South Dakota District Youth Board is seeking your wisdom, guidance and involvement. They will be holding 2 information-gathering meetings -- one on each end of the state. They especially value the input of our youth and encourage all church youth group members to attend. They also encourage any lay members who have a passion for working with youth to also attend. Please RSVP for the noon lunch. In eastern SD the meeting will be on Feb. 26th from 9:00 until noon at the SD District Office, 3501 Gateway Blvd, Sioux Falls, SD 57109. Please RSVP to Ryan Paszek (youth@zlcsf.org ) or call him at (605) 338-5226.
LENTEN DEVOTIONS (written by Lutheran Hour Ministries) will be provided this year in both electronic and paper formats. The printed devotions will initially be distributed after the Mar. 6th worship service; extra copies will be available throughout the Lenten season in the library. If, instead, you wish to have the electronic version e-mailed to you, please contact the Pastor.
PLEASE LET US KNOW if you or another of our members is sick, hospitalized, has a new baby, has a death in the family, etc. This will enable us (pastor, elders and others) to visit them, send a note of encouragement and to keep the person and his or her family in our prayers.
ANNUAL REPORTS will be handed out after church service.
LUTHERAN HOUR MINISTRIES provides a daily meditation on God’s Word. If you have e-mail, you can choose to have the daily devotion sent to you by going to: www.lhm.org/newsroom/emailservices.htm and clicking on the Daily Devotions button to sign up. You may also choose to read the daily devotion on-line without having it e-mailed to you. Just go to: www.lhm.org/dailydevotions.asp
BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENT REMINDER If you have an announcement for the bulletin, you may hand-write it, call it in or send us an e-mail to stpaulfreeman@gmail.com. The deadline is noon on Thursday. Announcements received after Thursday may or may not be in the bulletin; we will try but we are making no promises! Get it to us by Thursday noon and we will publish it!
BIBLE STUDY CLASSES are available at different times on different days. We encourage you to please find the time to study your Bible – either at home during your personal daily devotions or you may attend any of our existing, on-going classes. Feel free to just sit in and listen, if you wish. You are also welcome to attend even if you haven’t been able to attend classes in the past or if we happen to be in the middle of a topic. It’s never too late to learn more about our faith and our Savior! We are currently studying “Heaven and Hell” in our Sunday morning classes, “How We Got the Bible” in our Tuesday evening classes and the “Parables of Jesus” in our Wednesday morning men’s breakfast classes.
MAIN STREET LIVING: February 27, 2011” Kid’s Crossing - Janitor Bob encourages Simon to learn to say, “No!” when he is tempted to do wrong. The featured speaker is Rev. Michael Bagnall from Zion Lutheran Church in Wessington Springs, Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in Woonsocket, and Concordia Lutheran Church in Wessington, SD. The sermon theme is "Consider the Cross." The hymns are Father Most Holy, Merciful, and Tender; Come Unto Me, Ye Holy; and Jesus Sinners Doth Receive. The Main Street Living Choir will provide the hymns. The program is interpreted for the hearing impaired.
THANK YOU, YOUTH GROUP, for another successful Valentine’s Day supper. The youth group and leaders, Bob and Karen Pidde, did all of the planning, preparation, serving and clean-up work. Please be sure to say ‘thank you’ to all of them for the time they spent and the work they did in serving our congregation!
Saturday, February 5, 2011
2-6-2011 Announcements
CHURCH OFFICERS being installed today are Morgan Kleinsasser (trustee), Paul Wynia (elder), Glen Neuharth (usher), Jeani Dubs (evangelism), Cheri Knittel (Board of Education) and Leann Schultz-Thomas (treasurer). We thank God for providing these individuals who are willing to spend their time working in His Kingdom.
LWML will meet Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. Topic will be given by Alice and lunch will be served by Wyona.
IN OUR DAILY PRAYERS this week, we pray for Wyona Hofer, Phyllis Knittel, Randy Koerner, Richard Salis and Jerry Saner as they recover at home, Roman Miller as he receives treatment, Bernie Wrenn in the hospital and Nicole Hinckley as she recovers from knee surgery as well as for our shut-in members, our inactive members and for at least two people in your life who don’t know Christ.
VALENTINE SUPPER: The high school youth Valentine Supper will be held next Sunday. Please sign up for a time with Stefanie, Collin, or Sam.
The high school youth will meet following the church service today.
PLEASE LET US KNOW if you or another of our members is sick, hospitalized, has a new baby, has a death in the family, etc. This will enable us (pastor, elders and others) to visit them, send a note of encouragement and to keep the person and his or her family in our prayers.
FREEWILL OFFERINGS last month were $214 for Gideon Int’l and $328 for Lutherans For Life. Both of these organizations express their heart-felt thanks and appreciation for our support and wish us God’s blessings as we continue to help His children with their spiritual and physical needs.
THE COST? More than $2 million. It’s over in 30 seconds and it may not be remembered the next morning. What is it? It’s a Super Bowl commercial. Something else costs more than all the money in world, will never be over and will be remembered for all eternity. What is that? It’s your salvation. “You were redeemed … with the precious blood of Christ, a Lamb without blemish or defect.” (I Peter 1:18-19)
e-PRAYER MINISTRY Do you have e-mail? Are you interested in praying for those in need of prayer? If so, we have an e-mail prayer chain. All you have to do is check your e-mail and pray for the healing or the concerns of the person for whom the prayer chain leader writes to you about. If you are interested in this worthwhile and rewarding service, please contact Diane Schnabel at (605) 660-2911 or the Pastor at 925-7333. Our e-Prayer Ministry is in addition to our telephone prayer chain.
PHONE PRAYER MINISTRY If you wish to be a member of St. Paul’s Telephone Prayer Chain or if you have a prayer request, please contact Garnett Stern at 925-7298. Your prayer request may either be specific or general in nature; names or other personal information need not be given.
CONGRATULATIONS AND BLESSINGS to these students for having the best Sunday School attendance in their classes for the 1st quarter.
Prek - Kindergarten - Zac Sayler
1st-2nd grade - Sarah Harris
3rd-5th grade - Lindsay Thomas, Isabel Sayler, Charles Harberts and Morgan Dannenbring (all tied)
6th-8th grade - Karen Schamber
We all know the importance of learning God's word and by having good attendance at SS is a great way to reinforce an active Christians life.
MAIN STREET LIVING:
Febraury 13, 2011 Kid's Crossing - Grandma B reads the story of the raising of Lazarus from the tomb.
The featured speaker is Vicar J J Stefanic from Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Brookings, SD. The sermon theme is "A Diet of Milk." The hymns are Today Your Mercy Calls Us; Love Divine, All Loves Excelling; and On What Has Now Been Sown. The Main Street Living Choir will provide the hymns. The program is interpreted for the hearing impaired.
LUTHERAN HOUR MINISTRIES provides a daily meditation on God’s Word. If you have e-mail, you can choose to have the daily devotion sent to you by going to: www.lhm.org/newsroom/emailservices.htm and clicking on the Daily Devotions button to sign up. You may also choose to read the daily devotion on-line without having it e-mailed to you. Just go to: www.lhm.org/dailydevotions.asp
MAKE IT A HABIT to find a time and place for daily reading of your Bible. Try to do it everyday at that same time. John 20:31 says, “but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His Name.” How can you read what has been written in God’s Word if you never open the cover? I Peter 3:15 says for us to “always be prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is within you.” How can you effectively speak about your faith to others if you don’t know the Word of God? President Theodore Roosevelt said, “If a man is not familiar with the Bible, he has suffered a loss which he had better make all possible haste to correct.” And, of course, God Himself also counsels us over a dozen times to meditate on His Word, doesn’t He? Anyone who can find such advice in the Bible before next Sunday should give the chapter and verse to the Pastor. Your prize awaits you!
Bible Study Classes Our Wednesday morning Men’s Bible Study classes will begin at 6:00 on Feb. 2nd at Papa’s. We will be studying the parables of Jesus … exploring them in depth to see how God uses stories and images to portray spiritual truth. All men – younger and older – are welcome! Please join us for breakfast and our study of God’s Word.
Our Sunday morning adult classes will begin on Feb. 6th after the worship service and after we have had a chance to get our coffee cups filled! We will be studying what the Bible says about Heaven and Hell compared to what science and the world have to say about them. Jesus actually spoke about Heaven and Hell much more than many people realize. Please join us and hear Biblical answers and guidance on the afterlife!
Based upon our survey’s results, we will also start a Tuesday evening Bible Study class. Initially, we will meet in the Fellowship Hall at 7:00. Also as requested on most of the survey’s responses, this class will be held twice per month – on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday evenings – so the first class will be on Feb. 8th. Our first topic will be how we got the Bible … the vast number of preserved documents, the consistency of its theme from beginning to end, etc. The format for this class will be a combination of DVD and study guide.
Our Bible Study classes are being offered for YOUR benefit! No prior Biblical knowledge is required! Please join us in fellowship and in our study of God’s Word -- and bring a friend! This would be a GREAT time to start attending if you have been putting it off!
LWML will meet Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. Topic will be given by Alice and lunch will be served by Wyona.
IN OUR DAILY PRAYERS this week, we pray for Wyona Hofer, Phyllis Knittel, Randy Koerner, Richard Salis and Jerry Saner as they recover at home, Roman Miller as he receives treatment, Bernie Wrenn in the hospital and Nicole Hinckley as she recovers from knee surgery as well as for our shut-in members, our inactive members and for at least two people in your life who don’t know Christ.
VALENTINE SUPPER: The high school youth Valentine Supper will be held next Sunday. Please sign up for a time with Stefanie, Collin, or Sam.
The high school youth will meet following the church service today.
PLEASE LET US KNOW if you or another of our members is sick, hospitalized, has a new baby, has a death in the family, etc. This will enable us (pastor, elders and others) to visit them, send a note of encouragement and to keep the person and his or her family in our prayers.
FREEWILL OFFERINGS last month were $214 for Gideon Int’l and $328 for Lutherans For Life. Both of these organizations express their heart-felt thanks and appreciation for our support and wish us God’s blessings as we continue to help His children with their spiritual and physical needs.
THE COST? More than $2 million. It’s over in 30 seconds and it may not be remembered the next morning. What is it? It’s a Super Bowl commercial. Something else costs more than all the money in world, will never be over and will be remembered for all eternity. What is that? It’s your salvation. “You were redeemed … with the precious blood of Christ, a Lamb without blemish or defect.” (I Peter 1:18-19)
e-PRAYER MINISTRY Do you have e-mail? Are you interested in praying for those in need of prayer? If so, we have an e-mail prayer chain. All you have to do is check your e-mail and pray for the healing or the concerns of the person for whom the prayer chain leader writes to you about. If you are interested in this worthwhile and rewarding service, please contact Diane Schnabel at (605) 660-2911 or the Pastor at 925-7333. Our e-Prayer Ministry is in addition to our telephone prayer chain.
PHONE PRAYER MINISTRY If you wish to be a member of St. Paul’s Telephone Prayer Chain or if you have a prayer request, please contact Garnett Stern at 925-7298. Your prayer request may either be specific or general in nature; names or other personal information need not be given.
CONGRATULATIONS AND BLESSINGS to these students for having the best Sunday School attendance in their classes for the 1st quarter.
Prek - Kindergarten - Zac Sayler
1st-2nd grade - Sarah Harris
3rd-5th grade - Lindsay Thomas, Isabel Sayler, Charles Harberts and Morgan Dannenbring (all tied)
6th-8th grade - Karen Schamber
We all know the importance of learning God's word and by having good attendance at SS is a great way to reinforce an active Christians life.
MAIN STREET LIVING:
Febraury 13, 2011 Kid's Crossing - Grandma B reads the story of the raising of Lazarus from the tomb.
The featured speaker is Vicar J J Stefanic from Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Brookings, SD. The sermon theme is "A Diet of Milk." The hymns are Today Your Mercy Calls Us; Love Divine, All Loves Excelling; and On What Has Now Been Sown. The Main Street Living Choir will provide the hymns. The program is interpreted for the hearing impaired.
LUTHERAN HOUR MINISTRIES provides a daily meditation on God’s Word. If you have e-mail, you can choose to have the daily devotion sent to you by going to: www.lhm.org/newsroom/emailservices.htm and clicking on the Daily Devotions button to sign up. You may also choose to read the daily devotion on-line without having it e-mailed to you. Just go to: www.lhm.org/dailydevotions.asp
MAKE IT A HABIT to find a time and place for daily reading of your Bible. Try to do it everyday at that same time. John 20:31 says, “but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His Name.” How can you read what has been written in God’s Word if you never open the cover? I Peter 3:15 says for us to “always be prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is within you.” How can you effectively speak about your faith to others if you don’t know the Word of God? President Theodore Roosevelt said, “If a man is not familiar with the Bible, he has suffered a loss which he had better make all possible haste to correct.” And, of course, God Himself also counsels us over a dozen times to meditate on His Word, doesn’t He? Anyone who can find such advice in the Bible before next Sunday should give the chapter and verse to the Pastor. Your prize awaits you!
Bible Study Classes Our Wednesday morning Men’s Bible Study classes will begin at 6:00 on Feb. 2nd at Papa’s. We will be studying the parables of Jesus … exploring them in depth to see how God uses stories and images to portray spiritual truth. All men – younger and older – are welcome! Please join us for breakfast and our study of God’s Word.
Our Sunday morning adult classes will begin on Feb. 6th after the worship service and after we have had a chance to get our coffee cups filled! We will be studying what the Bible says about Heaven and Hell compared to what science and the world have to say about them. Jesus actually spoke about Heaven and Hell much more than many people realize. Please join us and hear Biblical answers and guidance on the afterlife!
Based upon our survey’s results, we will also start a Tuesday evening Bible Study class. Initially, we will meet in the Fellowship Hall at 7:00. Also as requested on most of the survey’s responses, this class will be held twice per month – on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday evenings – so the first class will be on Feb. 8th. Our first topic will be how we got the Bible … the vast number of preserved documents, the consistency of its theme from beginning to end, etc. The format for this class will be a combination of DVD and study guide.
Our Bible Study classes are being offered for YOUR benefit! No prior Biblical knowledge is required! Please join us in fellowship and in our study of God’s Word -- and bring a friend! This would be a GREAT time to start attending if you have been putting it off!
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