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Weekly Update for Sunday, September 18, 2022

Copies of the booklet What’s After Life? by John Burke are available on a table in the narthex. If you’d like a copy, for yourself or someone else, please help yourself. We will be keeping this booklet in supply on our Welcome Center.

This Sunday, Rebecca Smith, Executive Director of our local Pregnancy Choices Center, will give us a report about their work. We will take a special offering for the Pregnancy Choices Center at the end of the service.

The Wednesday, September 21st at 6:30 pm, Pastor David will begin a series called Sacred Words: 13 Key Words of the Bible. The first study will focus on the word “God.”

September OCC items: School supplies.

On Pastors and Deacons

This is something I’ve been thinking about for a long time, but I’ve been reluctant to write about it for several reasons. First, because I’m not sure how many people will actually be interested. Second, because the discussion can get technical and “deep in the weeds.” You can quickly get into the nuances of Biblical interpretation, and the Greek language of the New Testament. And third, because, on a personal level, nothing I’m about to write will give you a warm fuzzy feeling or help you get your locker open. So those are the reasons you shouldn’t read this article. If any of that resonates with you, you should stop reading now.

On the other hand, I hope you do read this, for several reasons. First, because I hope it will reassure you about our church. Second, because while I’m going to try hard to not get “deep in the weeds,” I will suggest some resources for those of you who might want to investigate this topic some more. And third, because not everything in the Bible is intended to give you a tingle or a set of easy steps to solve life’s mundane problems. A lot of it is intended to help you think clearly and to know what you believe. As Linus from the comic strip Peanuts pointed out, sound theology has a way of giving us great comfort.

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Weekly Update for Sunday, August 28, 2022

There are Bibles, copies of the Gospel of John and other literature available free on our Welcome Center.

Contact information and prayer requests may be shared on the Contact Card in your bulletin, then placed in the Offering Box.

There will be no Evening Worship next Sunday, September 4th, in order to allow more time for families to gather on Labor Day weekend.

August/September OCC items: School supplies.

Weekly Update for Sunday, August 14, 2022

Deacons meeting: Tuesday, August 16 at 6:30.

The current topic for our Wednesday 6:30 pm Bible Study is The Providence of God.

OCC Appreciation & Celebration Event: August 20, 6:30 pm.

Attention, Boards: The quarterly Official Board meeting will be on Sunday, August 21st at 4:30 pm in the church library.

August/September OCC items: School supplies.

Weekly Update for Sunday, August 7, 2022

Monday night there will be a West Central Baptist Association meeting hosted by the First Baptist Church of Dana, Indiana. The meeting will begin at 6:30 pm with a dessert fellowship afterwards. If interested in attending, talk to Pastor David.

The current topic for our Wednesday 6:30 pm Bible Study is The Providence of God.

Attention, Boards: The quarterly Official Board meeting will be on Sunday, August 21st at 4:30 pm in the church library.

August/September OCC items: School supplies.

OCC Appreciation & Celebration Event: August 20, 6:30 pm.