This morning I met Adele to talk about this week end's worship service. Every once in a while we collaborate on which hymns to pick and how the order of service should flow. Because we have a baptism planned, there will be some special elements in the service. The choir will sing "Come Be Baptized" as Luis and Ashley come forward. The Praise team will also share a special song written by our own Steve Contois.
We chose three hymns that go along with everything happening. One of Adele's favorites is "To God Be The Glory" and that will be one of them. (See! I do let her get her way sometimes :-).
I think it will be a nice service. We are also beginning our 40 Days of Purpose theme and I'll be preaching on subjects highlighted in Rick Warren's book, The Purpose Driven Life. My sermon is entitled, "You Were Not An Accident" and it will be the first in a series of six on the theme.
We will also have books available for those who want to read more on the subject and special Bible studies for those folks that want to go even deeper. The Bible Studies will be held on Sunday nights at 6:00 p.m., Wednesday nights at 7:00 p.m. and on Thursday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. for the next six weeks beginning on Sunday. Each session will begin with a reflection by Rick Warren and then jump off to a discussion on the themes of that week.
You might want to get to church a little early this week because each of our new members (Ashley, Luis, Pam and James Smith) will be inviting a few friends so we will probably have a pretty good number of people present.
Karen Barber is organizing coffee, cider and light refreshments after the service. Give her a call if you want to help or bring along a little snack to share.
Cal
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