A Few Thoughts...
A fresh start, a clean slate, a new beginning...all good ways to look at January. The beginning of a New Year with so many opportunities to do well...even better than last year. What would you like to improve upon from 2011? Pray more. Read God’s Word more. Witness more. Serve more. Attend more.
We have ample opportunity to do all those things and more for God’s glory as well as our benefit. I believe there is no greater thing we can do than love God will all our heart, mind, and body! One of my life-long goals is to know God more, serve God better, and love God deeper...will you join me in this journey?
Being more like Jesus takes commitment...it’s a process of letting go of selfish desires and worldly attitudes and replacing them with godly desires and righteous attitudes. January is a great time to start...not with a resolution like exercising more but with a decision to be like Jesus in all aspects—privately and publicly.
This fresh start is for all who want to know God more. This clean slate is for all who want to serve God better. This new beginning is for all who want to love God deeper. This New Year is God’s gift to us...let’s prove to be faithful in all things and obedient even if it’s inconvenient. He’s always watching and He’ll always provide!
Serving Him Together,
Pastor Dave & Stacy
Something To Ponder
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.
Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going (Ecclesiastes 9:10)
Charles F. Kettering, a noted scientist and inventor, believed that the easiest way to overcome defeat was simply to ignore completely the possibility of failure and to keep forging ahead. He once gave an address to Denison University on this theme. He told how he had once given a tough project assignment to a young research worker in a laboratory at General Motors. He wanted to see how the man would react to a difficult problem so he kept from him notes about the project that had been filed in the lab’s library. These notes, written by expert researchers, included various sets of statistics and formulas that proved the assignment the young man had been given was impossible to do.
The young researcher set his mind to the project, and worked virtually night and day for weeks. He refused to give up or think the project impossible. One day he came confidently to Kettering to show his work. He had succeeded in doing the impossible!
A little extra time...a little extra effort...a little extra care...a little extra attention sometimes makes all the difference between success and failure, and not only that, but the difference between good and great.
Christmas Celebrations
Christmas Is Cancelled was a wonderful reminder of what Christmas is all about. Ginger Raines, the Cast, and the Crew did an outstanding job! Thank you all for the effort and time you put into this program and ministry to us.
We are so proud of you and blessed by your desire to give your best for our Lord and His Church!
God With Us—Emmanuel was awesome! I always thought we had the best choir in our association and beyond—you all just prove it to be true.
Thank you for ministering to us. Thank you for putting in all the time and effort. Thank you for making our church truly a place of worship!
Christmas is a time of celebration and our Children’s Christmas Program and our Choir’s Christmas Cantata made our Christmas even more special! Thank you all again for taking the time to serve our Lord and minister to your church family and friends!
- Our Fantastic Choir
I Am the New Year
I am the New Year. I am an unspoiled page in your book of time.
I am your next chance at the art of living.
I am your opportunity to practice what you have learned about life during the last twelve months.
All that you sought and did not find is hidden in me, waiting for you to search it out with more determination.
All the good that you tried for and did not achieve is mine to grant when you have fewer conflicting desires.
All that you dreamed but did not dare to do, all that you hoped but did not will, all the faith that you claimed but did not have—these slumber lightly, waiting to be awakened by the touch of a strong purpose.
I am your opportunity to renew your allegiance to Him who said, “Look! I am making everything new.” I am the new year.
His Heart,His Hands,HisVoice
Christmas is a wonderful time of the year! It’s a time truly about giving…more so than getting. God gave His Son. Jesus gave His life. The angels gave a song. The shepherds gave their attention. The wise men gave gifts. Joseph and Mary gave their reputation.
As followers of Jesus, we are part of the giving process in order to fulfill His Great Commission. Ever since its inception, Southern Baptists have believed in sharing the gospel message with our neighbors next door and around the world. Through praying, giving, and going we’ve been helping fulfill this commission for more than 160 years. Yet, billions remain lost and unreached.
Paul said, “All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it” (1 Corinthians 12:27). This Christmas we have an opportunity to continue the legacy of reaching the lost around the world through our Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. Every penny goes directly to the mission effort of “making disciples of all the nations” (Matthew 28:19).
In this season of giving, please give as God leads you…prayers, offering, and
time so God’s kingdom will continue to grow. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, everlasting Father, Prince of Peace (Isaiah
9:6)
Lottie Moon Post Office
It’s up and running for your convenience. It’s located in our new hallway and is easily accessible for you to “mail” and pick-up your Christmas Cards. We do this to help ease the delivery of Church Family cards as well as a fundraiser towards our Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. Please donate 25 cents per card...all monies go directly to our International Missionaries.
Thank you in advance for giving and do not forget to check your “mail.”
Please be sure to get all your cards before we put it up until next Christmas season.