Merry Christmas

Wishing everyone near and far, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Blessed New Year!

Remember, there will be no services on December 25 or January 1st.

See you at 6 PM January 8, 2017

Sunday December 18, 2016

Sunday's service was an evening of Christmas music with Master's Hand Singers, John and Roxann Spicer and special guests (via video) Todd and Natalie MacDonald.

(To see the video of Todd and Natalie, along with a couple of Master's Hand Singers, Click here to go to our Facebook page.)

And a reminder that there will be no services on Christmas Day or New Year's Day.

See you in the new year.

Sunday December 11, 2016

Here's the notes from Sunday's service. (Thanks, Jean)

Dr. Barclay: The Bible Is The Greatest Parenting Book.

Marketing is very powerful. Children have learned and seen Disney characters since they were infants, all because of a mouse almost one hundred years ago.

Proverbs 22:5-6

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
He who guards his soul will be far from them.

 6 Train up a child in the way he should go,
And when he is old he will not depart from it.

Many times today children are not trained in the way they should go. Parents have let the marketers and Disney characters do the training. However the Bible speaks very clearly about parental responsibility and how it cannot be neglected at all costs.

Deuteronomy 6:6-7

6 “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.

Rise up a child in they way they should go, then in spite of all the magic and all the TV., they will not depart from it.

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Pastor Caroline: From The Manger To The Cross

Sadly today many people are wrapped up in the heaviness of Christmas and they are not looking to Jesus as they should. Without Jesus at Christmas we would not have the cross. Joseph did not father Jesus in the physical but fathered him in faith. At Christmas we receive the gift of love and life. At Easter we receive the gift of forgiveness and eternal salvation. Remember the spirit of Christmas is joy and peace and the reason is Jesus.

Worship music by John and Roxann Spicer

Sunday December 4. 2016

Notes from Sunday evening (Thanks, Jean)

Roxann Spicer -Theme: A tree is known by it’s fruit.

God has revealed who Jesus is.

Hebrews 1:1-4

Who we as Christians are----we are in God’s likeness.

Genesis 1:26-27

What we say reveals, what we believe.

Matthew 12:33-35

What we believe is what we repeat.

James 3:10-12

What we repeat is what we will receive.

Proverbs 18:20-21

Matthew 17:18-20

18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

Christ promises that we are never alone. He will always be with us even until the end of the age, he gives us the power to go forth and make disciples in his name. And Praise God, for that, what encouragement the Christian has.

We cannot let fear of the unknown and unbelief, rob us of God’s peace. God wants us to be at peace, when we have the inner peace, that only God can give we will be a greater and more effective witness to others. We need to remember to pray for ourselves. It is never a selfish thing to pray for ourselves. We should never speak doubt over our circumstances. We need to speak faith and trust in God over our circumstances. We cannot live according to what our circumstances look like. We have to live according to what God says. We need to speak his word over our lives. God is in control regardless of what happens, our lives need to to be a testament that we are truly trusting in God’s faithfulness.