Missions Committee Meeting – June 28, 2009 at 7:15 p.m.
Members of the Missions Committee will be meeting in Room 103 tonight after the evening service.
July 5 and 12 Evening Services will be held off-site
On July 5 at 6:00 p.m. we will be joining the other participating churches in a dedication service for SuperVBS. Day Awaits will be providing music. Bring your lawn chairs as we meet at First Baptist Church in Curwensville.
On July 12 at 6:00 p.m. we will be joining other churches of Curwensville for a Vesper Service at Irvin Park. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy the service in the park.
Aaron Shust in Concert at First Alliance Church – Erie
Erie First Alliance Church is pleased to announce that Christian recording artist and multiple Dove Award winner Aaron Shust will be in concert on July 26th. Tickets are $10 each and all seating is general admission. Tickets are available at First Alliance beginning Sunday June 21. With limited seating, make plans to get your tickets now. Contact Pastor Ben DiStefano or Pastor Keith Draa with any questions at 814-833-9862.
Elders’ Meeting
There will be an Elders’ meeting July 1 at 5:45.
Super VBS – July 6-10
You are invited to the Dedication Service for VBS July 5 at 6 pm, at First Baptist Church. You will be able to see Rome for yourself, meet the workers, hear the music, and join in a time of prayer for this ministry to the community. That evening we will not have service here at the church.
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Presented June 28, 2009
Ever felt like God wasn’t paying any attention when you were praying?
My friend, Tom, can see things I cannot see. When we go hunting bunnies – he always sees them. Hunting groundhogs – Tom spots them, I don’t. Hunting deer – I see trees where he sees Bambi. I am that way with cars. As I drive my car, I will say to Laurel, “Do you hear that?”And although she hears nothing, there’s a wheel-bearing or a tire with a defect making a noise. Laurel doesn’t hear it. I do. Laurel has come to the place that if I tell her the car is making a strange noise, she trusts me and we get it repaired. And I am the same with Tom – if he says to stop when we are hunting together, I stop. I look. I listen. I trust him.
Do you know people like that? They are just plain good at seeing things. Maybe they see things when hunting. They have hunters’ eyes. Maybe they hear something in an automobile that is out of place. They have mechanic’s ears. Maybe they see things in the Bible that you might miss. They have spiritual eyes. You need spiritual eyes to see what’s happening in our passage today. If you don’t look carefully, you’ll walk right by them.
Learning to see with spiritual eyes can help us see compassion when it’s otherwise hidden. It can help us understand how to remain faithful when God seems to be ignoring us.
Enjoy the sermon, and learn to see God’s compassion, when it’s hard to find.
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Presented June 21, 2009
As we come upon Fathers’ Day, most of us take a moment to recall our fathers. My father was like many – he had lots of good character qualities. And he had some areas of his life where he could have improved. Patience was not one of his strengths. That’s probably why I never became a fisherman. But one of the strengths my father had was that he was a good man.
Some time ago that phrase, “he’s a good man” entered my daughter’s vocabulary. She would talk about professors at college and say, “Dad – you’d really like him. He’s a good man.” One day she was talking about Jim Bell and she said, “He’s a good man.” Then it happened…. Read the rest of this entry →
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If you’ve been here before, you note that we’ve changed the look of the web site. As always, we welcome your feedback. ~Pastor Steve
The old site lives on…. in our memories and in the Internet Archive.
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