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Weekly Update for Sunday, March 2, 2025

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Bible Explorers (3’s-5th) Join us Wednesdays from 6:15-7:30 for our midweek children’s discipleship program. We’d love to have you with us for engaging Bible lessons, Scripture memory time, and fun games.

Youth Group (6th–12th) There is no youth group tonight. We’ll be back together on March 16!

Operation Christmas Child OCC collection items for March are hygiene items (no soap). Drop your items in one of the boxes in the Narthex!

Official Board Meeting There will be an Official Board meeting today at 4:30 PM in the library.

Daylight Savings Time Remember to set your clock ahead one hour next Saturday night (March 8).

Chili Cookoff Come out for a church-wide fellowship on Sunday evening, March 9! We’ll be together from 5:30-7:30 and start eating around 6:00. Sign up today at the Welcome Center to bring a pot of chili!

Special Prayer Services Beginning Ash Wednesday, March 5, on Wednesdays leading up to Easter we will be having special times of prayer in our church sanctuary. Beginning at 6:30 pm, Pastor David will lead in a time of structured prayer for the first 20 minutes. After that, individuals or groups can find a place to pray by themselves. You may slip in before, during or after, and slip out when you have finished praying. The purpose of these times is for us to humble ourselves before God and ask for Him to work.

VBS Mark your calendars for VBS, June 23-27! More details to come in the next several weeks

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Weekly Update for Sunday, February 23, 2025

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Bible Explorers (3’s-5th) Join us Wednesdays from 6:15-7:30 for our midweek children’s discipleship program. We’d love to have you with us for engaging Bible lessons, Scripture memory time, and fun games.

Youth Group (6th–12th) Join us Sunday evenings from 6:00-7:00! Come spend time with friends as we have fun and explore the Christian faith. We are doing a study of Colossians.

Operation Christmas Child OCC collection items for February are hats, gloves, and scarves. Drop your items in one of the boxes in the Narthex!

College Care Packages Drop off your items today or tomorrow! We will send the boxes later this week.

Little Sprouts Volunteers Meeting There will be a meeting for those working or interested in working in Little Sprouts today after the morning service.

Official Board Meeting There will be an Official Board meeting next Sunday at 4:30 in the library.

Chili Cookoff Come out for a church-wide fellowship on Sunday evening, March 9! We’ll be together from 5:30-7:30 and start eating around 6:00. Sign up today at the Welcome Center to bring a pot of chili!

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Weekly Update for Sunday, February 16, 2025

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Bible Explorers (3’s-5th) Join us Wednesdays from 6:15-7:30 for our midweek children’s discipleship program. We’d love to have you with us for engaging Bible lessons, Scripture memory time, and fun games.

Youth Group (6th–12th) Join us Sunday evenings from 6:00-7:00! Come spend time with friends as we have fun and explore the Christian faith. We are doing a study of Colossians.

Operation Christmas Child OCC collection items for February are hats, gloves, and scarves. Drop your items in one of the boxes in the Narthex!

College Care Packages Help fill a care package for our young people away at college! You can take a look at the lists on the Welcome Center and sign up to bring some goodies. Items need to be dropped off by February 23.

Little Sprouts Volunteers Meeting There will be a meeting for those working or interested in working in Little Sprouts next Sunday, February 23, following the morning service.  

Chili Cookoff Mark your calendars for a church wide fellowship on Sunday evening, March 9! More details will be announced soon.

Church Office The church office will be closed on Monday

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Weekly Update for Sunday, February 9, 2025

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Bible Explorers (3’s-5th) Join us Wednesdays from 6:15-7:30 for our midweek children’s discipleship program. We’d love to have you with us for engaging Bible lessons, Scripture memory time, and fun games.

Youth Group (6th–12th) There will be no youth group tonight. We will be back together next week!

Operation Christmas Child OCC collection items for February are hats, gloves, and scarves. Drop your items in one of the boxes in the Narthex!

College Care Packages As a way to encourage our young people away at college, we are putting together several care packages to be sent out at the end of the month. You can take a look at the lists on the Welcome Center and sign up to bring some goodies. Items need to be dropped off by February 23.

Little Sprouts Volunteers Meeting The meeting for those working or interested in working in Little Sprouts has been rescheduled to February 23. 

Official Board Meeting The Official Board Meeting has been rescheduled for March 2.

Chili Cookoff Mark your calendars for a church wide fellowship on Sunday evening, March 9! More details will be announced soon.

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Only God Can Build a Church

Written by David Tyra

When I began my education to prepare for the ministry, I went to a Baptist college that was very much immersed in what came to be called the “church growth movement.” The term “mega-church” hadn’t been coined yet, but there were many churches in our fellowship that gathered thousands of people every week, with a few having ten thousand or more in attendance. The pastors of those churches were revered, and their explanations of “how to build a church” were eagerly heard and followed. These pastors were in high demand as conference speakers, and their churches were written about in books by “church growth experts.”

I grew up in one of those large churches, and accepted and absorbed these ideas about church growth without question. But there were lots of churches in our fellowship that were much smaller, numbering in the hundreds, and many more that has a hundred people or less in their weekly attendance. Somehow the unspoken thought was that their smaller churches and their pastors weren’t doing it right, somehow falling short or not measuring up. Because if they were doing things the right, and if the pastors were dedicated enough, committed enough, loved Jesus enough, and worked hard enough (often at the expense of their families), then, of course, the church would grow. And if a church wasn’t growing, well, that was a pretty good indicator of the disappointing lack in these churches and these pastors. The unfortunate result of all this stuff was that lots of churches and pastors felt like failures. Some pastors even attempted to commit suicide because their churches weren’t growing.

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Weekly Update for Sunday, February 2, 2025

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Bible Explorers (3’s-5th) Join us Wednesdays from 6:15-7:30 for our midweek children’s discipleship program. We’d love to have you with us for engaging Bible lessons, Scripture memory time, and fun games.

Youth Group (6th–12th) Join us Sunday evenings from 6:00-7:00! Come spend time with friends as we have fun and explore the Christian faith. We are doing a study of Colossians.

Operation Christmas Child OCC collection items for February are hats, gloves, and scarves. Drop your items in one of the boxes in the Narthex!

Treehouse Volunteers Meeting There will be a brief meeting today following the morning service for those currently serving or interested in serving in the Treehouse.

Little Sprouts Volunteers Meeting There will be a brief meeting next Sunday, February 9 following the morning service for those currently serving or interested in serving in Little Sprouts.

Official Board Meeting There will be an Official Board Meeting next Sunday, February 9, at 4:30 in the library.

2024 Giving Statements Giving statements for 2024 have either been placed in your church mailbox or mailed to your home address. If you have not received a statement and expect one, please call the church office.

First Sunday Offerings We are thankful for those who partner with us financially through their offerings. As a reminder, any loose cash given on the first Sunday of each month is designated for the church’s benevolence fund

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Weekly Update for Sunday, January 26, 2025

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Bible Explorers (3’s-5th) Join us Wednesdays from 6:15-7:30 for our midweek children’s discipleship program. We’d love to have you with us for engaging Bible lessons, Scripture memory time, and fun games.

Youth Group (6th–12th) Join us Sunday evenings from 6:00-7:00! Come spend time with friends as we have fun and explore the Christian faith. We are doing a study of Colossians.

Operation Christmas Child OCC collection items for January are stuffed animals and games. Drop your items in one of the boxes in the Narthex!

Nursery Volunteers Meeting There will be a brief meeting today following the morning service for those currently serving or interested in serving in the nursery.

Treehouse Volunteers Meeting There will be a brief meeting following the morning service on February 2 for those currently serving or interested in serving in the Treehouse.

2024 Giving Statements Giving statements for 2024 have either been placed in your church mailbox or mailed to your home address. If you have not received a statement and expect one, please call the church office

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