November 21, 2010

Today we watched another Andy Stanley video discussing the reality of death for everyone whether Christian or not. It's not an "if"... It's a "when"... The fundamental question asked was not how many days do I have left, but instead "What should I be doing with the days that I have left?"

How would our lives be different if we lived everyday with the fact of death and eternal life with God at the center of our minds rather than just in the peripheral?

Along with the fact that we will all die, we will also head to a judgment day where we will be judged based on our faithfulness, not on our sin. Jesus already died for our sin. We all want to hear the words "Well done, good and faithful servant." It's definitely a time of year for serving...

So let's give willingly... let's serve whenever and where ever God leads us!

We ran out of time this week, so we didn't do other prayer requests.

We passed a bucket around to gather money for the remaining supplies needed for a thanksgiving meal being served in our old church building.

The letters to Santa fundraiser (details below) are due next Sunday!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

November 14, 2010

The video we watched centered on the Biblical account of Jesus standing trial before Pilate. Pilate felt like he had control, and needed to remain in control even though it meant convicting an innocent man. We can all struggle with issues of control, and how differently would we live if we truly believed that God is in control of everything?

These were some of the prayer requests this week:
* Conrads - a death in the family
* Travel plans in the winter months and around the holidays
* Amy G's brother and family
* Amber's praise for Margaret's safe arrival
* JoAnn's coworker going to Haiti on a mission trip


Traci brought up this service project:
The Make-A-Wish Foundation of South Dakota has a goal to get as many children as possible to write letters to Santa and deliver them to Macy's mailbox.
For each letter written and turned in to Macy’s, Macy’s will give MAW $1. For letters turned in on December 10th, Macy’s will give MAW $2.
If you bring your letters to the church, Traci will collect them Sunday, December 4th and will make sure that they get to Macy's by the 10th.

11-7-10

Today we watched a video that talked about the story of the paralytic man being lowered in front of Jesus and instead of Jesus saying, "Pick up your mat and walk" and performing the miracle everyone expected. He said, "Your sins are forgiven." Jesus knew the man's true and immediate needs which is not necessarily what the man saw as his need.

We discussed questions like:
Have you had a time when you have wanted something, but instead got what you needed?
How do we discern our urgent needs vs. our eternal needs?
How does our prayer life change when we focus on our need for forgiveness?

PRAYER REQUESTS
~ Pastor Search Committee
~ African Children's choir performing tonight at 7pm
~ Matt's Dominican Republic trip
~ Quinn's having their baby on Tuesday
~ Lincoln's health
~ Jason's Grandma - spot on her lunch
~ Hannah's travels and Caleb while she is away
~ Kids who are struggling and families during this time of year
~ Operation Christmas Child box recipients

Have a great week!! Rejoice, knowing that we are forgiven!!

Only 48 shopping days left until Christmas!!