Rally Day: The first worship service of the Fall.

Rally Day. That's what they call it. It marks the beginning of another year of Christian education and religious programming at Church. I like it because everyone who was taking time away for the summer comes back. It is like a mini reunion.

Gary and Nancy Schuster were at the door welcoming everyone and we had a good turnout for the service. Our custodian, Will Calderon, had worked very hard to make sure everything looked good for the day.

The choir was back and singing again. They not only led us in singing the hymns, but they also sang the anthem, "Make a Joyful Noise." It was great. Of course I put in a plug for people to consider joining the choir. Right now we have 13 of us in the group. It is a good size but we have had as many as 21 in past years and I believe in the saying "the more, the merrier!"

Check out the video from Sunday and you'll see what I mean. We really enjoy singing God's praises.



I began a sermon series based upon the Sermon on the Mount. It is titled, "Walking with Jesus, Growing in Faith." The Beatitudes provide the jumping off point each week.

The title of my first message in the series was "GPS for Dummies." The first beatitude says that those who are poor in spirit, those who know they need God, will see the kingdom of God.

I talked about building a foundation upon which to grow our relationship with God. To do that we need to program our God Positioning System with four settings. First, we need to give God the first part of our day. Second, we need to give him the first part of our week. Third, we need to give him the first part of our finances. Finally we need to give him the first part of our relationships. By doing so we will receive all the blessings of God's kingdom.

Our text was from Matthew 7:24-27 which encourages us to build our house on the solid rock. I can't do this every week but here is the full sermon in three parts. I hope to be able to post them on our church web site in the future. If you like this then you can check them out

It was a great day of worship and it got us off to a good start this Fall. If you missed it, we hope you'll join us next week as we continue in worship and praise together.

Cal

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Part 2




Part 3