Live Worship on a Snowy Day

The big snow storm fizzled out and didn't live up to its hype. We canceled Sunday School but went ahead with worship. It turned out to be a good decision and proved to be a very special day. Attendance was down but we sang two great hymns, "Great is thy Faithfulness" and "In His Time." Rachel Lord jumped in and offered us special music when we didn't have enough people to man the choir. She sang "Majesty."

My message was titled, "Prior Planning is God's Motto!" and I talked about the fact that God is always working on His plans. The text was from Mark 1 and we read about John the Baptist. I also unveiled our second Memory Verse of the Week. It is from Jeremiah.

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. " Jer 29:11

I'm going to try something new in 2009. I'm going to send an e-mail out on Sunday or Monday with follow up notes from worship. Many of you will get this tomorrow morning. But since you checked in at the web site, you get a sneak peak.

God bless. Hope to see you in person next Sunday.



Hello everyone,

I hope you were able to dig out of the snow and have a good day. I just wanted to pass along a few announcements from church today. Most of the activities in the area were cancelled or postponed including our Papa Gino Fundraiser.

We have rescheduled the event at Papa Ginos for next Sunday, January 18 from 11:30 - 4:00 p.m. Bring in the flyers or print out this one I have attached. We get 20% of all the proceeds from eat in or take out. (Deliveries don't count.)

We also noted the passing of Edith Robinson. Edith was our member with the longest tenure. She was baptized in 1928 as a young women. There will be a graveside service for her in the coming days.

We lifted up Jane Seder (broken femer and surgery this morning) and Betsey Adams (spent two days in Backus for tests) in our prayers.

We also reminded everyone of the upcoming Annual Meeting of the Church on Thursday, January 29 at 7:00 p.m. We will take the time to lift up a vision for our ministry for the next few years based upon your thoughts and suggestions. We will also take a look back at 2008 in a video presentation and vote on a budget, the election officers and a few by-laws changes.

Well that's all for now. See you next Sunday.

Cal