Archive for 'February, 2010'

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Sermon: Michael Bryan

Song Leader:  Greg Chaney

Opening Prayers: AM-Mark Rogers      PM-Joel Owens

Closing Prayers:  AM-TimWalker        PM-Kelly Woolard

Lord’s Table:  Jim Jacobs, Ronnie Hobbs, Robert Jackson, Burl McCoy, George Smith, & Rick Buczyna          PM-Jim Jacobs

Pick-up Cards:  Tyler Jones & Kyle Owens

Worship Helpers: Canyon Jarrett & Odell Walker

Nursing Home:  Jim Goldsmith

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Devo:  Billy Lucas

Song Leader: Lane Boyd

Opening Prayer:  Dustin Simmons

Closing Prayer:  Scott Carey

1)If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
2)If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
3)If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
4)Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5)It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
6)Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
7)It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8)Love never fails.

Is your love patient and kind? Is it able to suffer long, to endure every strain placed upon it in human relations, and still love? Is your love as steadfast in pointing to God’s love as is the needle of the compass in pointing to the north? Is your love undiscouraged even by repeated ingratitude and recurrent failures on the part of others? Patience and kindness are the fruits of having Christ live in you. Are you nourishing your life upon His life by prayer and worship and studying His word? If so, the fruit of patient and kind love will grow and will be available for the healing of other lives.

Are we giving the kind of love we seek from God?

Teach me, Father, when I pray, Not to ask for more, But rather let me give my thanks For what is at my door. For food and drink, for gentle rain, For sunny skies above, For home and friends, for peace and joy, But most of all for love.

Author Unknown

Sunday, February 7, Super Bowl Party for the Youth:

  -Starting at 5:00 in the family center. 

 -Guys bring chips, dip, salsa etc,; girls bring drinks

   -Bring a friend

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Sermon:  Michael Bryan

Song Leader: Burl McCoy

Opening Prayers: AM-Kacey Toliver      PM-Jim Goldsmith

Closing Prayers:  AM- Lane Boyd     PM-Jerry Russell

Lord’s Table: Shelton Boyd, Mark Rogers, Kelly Woolard, Jimmy Bellah, Tim Walker, & Russ McGuire         PM-Shelton Boyd

Pick-up Cards:  Tyler Jones & Jacob Toliver

Worship Helpers: Cody Buczyna & Jonathan Juarez

Nursing Home:  Logan Cravens

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Devo: Burl McCoy

Song Leader: Shelton Boyd

Prayers:  Opening-Joel Owens      Closing-Joe Swinney

    A little boy asked his father what was the highest number he had ever counted. Replying that he didn’t know, the father asked his son his highest number. It was 973.

     “Why did you stop there?” wondered the father.

     “Because church was over.”

     I suspect that some have probably sat through worship services where your mind was focused on something just as trivial rather than on God.

     It’s easy to let the mind wander. “I can’t wait to see the ball game this afternoon.” “I wonder what we’re having for lunch.” “I’ve never noticed before that the carpet down there is starting to unravel a bit.” Is it any wonder that we so often leave the worship assembly with the feeling that it wasn’t very meaningful?

     Worship should be a time when we are confronted with the majesty and glory of God. As we reflect on God’s power, we realize how much we need Him in our times of weakness. As we reflect on God’s wisdom, we realize how much we need Him in our times of indecision. As we reflect on God’s holiness, we are made aware of our own sinfulness and the need for forgiveness. As we reflect on God’s love, we realize the effort God has gone to, to make that forgiveness available.

     It’s not a ritual we go through every week. It is an opportunity to express our praise to the One who means more to us than all the earth. As we truly worship and praise God from the heart, we become more aware of how much we want to live close to Him. We leave with the challenge to “be holy, as He is holy.”

    Psa. 96:4-9 “For the LORD is great and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.   For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the LORD made the heavens. Honor and majesty are before Him; Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. Give to the LORD, O families of the peoples, Give to the LORD glory and strength. Give to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering, and come into His courts. Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness! Tremble before Him, all the earth.” - TFTD

God bless you all and have a great week,

Michael