Posts from October 2023

Weekly Update – October 26th, 2023 The atrocities that are occurring in the middle east right now have been difficult for many to process.  I know that for myself, I have been trying to wrap my mind around how certain men can be so brutal to innocent children with their actions.  War is not a new concept to us.  People and nations have been in conflict with one another since the world fell into sin.  Even in our time, war…

Weekly Update – October 19th, 2023 Let me start off with a bit of confession here.  There is something that I rarely do, but I am often pressed to start.  It is the habit of journaling.  To some of us, this may be a completely foreign concept.  Perhaps journaling causes you to think of a diary that a young adolescent girl might write down all of her private thoughts.  Or perhaps you think of someone writing an autobiography for publishing. …

Weekly Update – October 12th, 2023 At our last members’ meeting, we presented 60 names to potentially be removed from membership at our next meeting in December.  For the past several years, from time to time, there were lists like this that were presented to the church.  Typically, the names on the list are inactive members for whom we have no contact information.  That means that if someone looks at one of these names and knows how to get in…

Weekly Update – October 5th, 2023 What do we mean when we use the word worship?  Then, from there, if we understand what worship is, how are we supposed to worship?  In Romans 12:1, Paul writes, “I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.”  What this verse shows us is that broadly speaking, worship is a response to the mercy…