- Pastor Appreciation dinner: this Sunday following the morning service. If you are visiting, or new to our church, please join us!
- Deacons meeting: this Sunday at 4:00 PM. The Sarah Mission Circle meeting: Oct. 12 at 1:00 PM in the Library.
- The 11th Hour: Thursdays at 11:00 AM the church sanctuary will be open for one hour for prayer. The lights will be low and soft music will be playing. Scripture verses about prayer will be projected on the screens. No one will speak; there will be no program. You may come in and sit or kneel to pray at the altar, for a few minutes or the whole hour. When you are through, please slip out quietly if others are still praying.
- Trustee Meeting: Oct. 14 following the service.
- Our secretary will be on vacation this week and will be back Oct. 19.
Weekly Update for Sunday, October 4, 2015
- The Sarah Mission Circle meeting originally scheduled for Oct. 5 has been postponed to Oct. 12 at 1:00 PM in the Library. (Please disregard the previous bulletin and newsletter announcement for Oct. 5.)
- Since October is Pastor Appreciation month, we are having a Pastor Appreciation dinner on Oct. 11 following the morning service. Please bring a side dish with enough to go around (see Becky Mitchell for more details).
- The 11th Hour: Thursdays at 11:00 AM the church sanctuary will be open for one hour for prayer. The lights will be low and soft music will be playing. Scripture verses about prayer will be projected on the screens. No one will speak; there will be no program. You may come in and sit or kneel to pray at the altar, for a few minutes or the whole hour. When you are through, please slip out quietly if others are still praying.
The Importance of Words
I love words. I fell in love with words early, through the venerable medium of comic books. The pictures caught my eye, but the words told the story. In fact, the words made all the difference: the same picture could mean something entirely different, depending on the words (e.g., Lois could be saying, “Superman! Thank goodness you saved me!” or “Put me down, you big lug!”).
Words are powerful. Speech writers labor long and hard over just the right words. They know that saying something the right way can win your argument, while saying even the right thing in the wrong way can mean ruin. The right words have stirred men’s hearts and been remembered by history. The wrong words have cost elections, ruined careers and destroyed families. Proverbs 18:21 says, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue…”Read More
Weekly Update for Sunday, September 25, 2015
- There will be a short meeting after the morning service for those interested in the mission trip to Indian Creek Camp on Oct. 9-11. (See Shaye Place for more information.)
- Deacons meeting: this Sunday at 4:00 pm.
- Church Dinner: Oct. 11 following the morning service. Please bring a side dish with enough to go around.
- Our mailboxes have been updated. Chances are your box may not be where it was previously. You can find yours by the letters at the top.
Weekly Update for Sunday, September 20, 2015
- Finance Committee meeting: this Sunday at 4:30 pm.
- Operation Christmas Child is underway and is set up by the Welcome Center.
- Mission Trip to Camp Indian Creek: Oct. 9-11. See Shaye Place for additional information.
Weekly Update for Sunday, September 13, 2015
- Deacons meeting: this Sunday at 4:00 pm.
- Sarah Mission Circle meeting: Sept. 14, 1:00 pm in the library.
- Finance Committee meeting: Sept. 20 at 4:30 pm.
- Operation Christmas Child is underway; check out the information by the Welcome Center.
Weekly Update for Sunday, September 6, 2015
- This Sunday: There will no evening service, AWANA, or Roots Youth Group so that families may gather for the Labor Day Holiday.
- Church Work Day: Sept. 12, 9:00 am. Sign-up at Welcome Center for jobs that need to be done.
- Sarah Mission Circle meeting: Sept. 14, 1:00 pm in the library.
- Finance Committee meeting: Sept. 20, 4:30 pm.
- The Pregnancy Choices Center needs volunteers. Please see our bulletin boards for more details. Also, it’s time for the annual Baby Bottle Campaign. Take as many bottles as you wish (located in the east foyer), fill them with money and return them at the end of September. This helps fund important programs within the center.
- Roosevelt Mission Food Pantry needs volunteers to help distribute food to needy families. Boxes are filled Thursday from 1:00-3:00 pm and given out Friday from 1:00-4:00 pm. They’re providing food for approximately 60 families a month. Without volunteers they may have to shut it down. Go to 77 Vincennes St. or call Jerry French at (812) 847-8110.
How to Listen to a Sermon
Vance Havner was an evangelist and Bible conference speaker, who was also sort of the “Will Rogers” of the evangelical world. He died in 1986, but there are so many wonderful quotes from this old preacher still circulating. I think my favorite is this: “I’ve never heard a sermon where God didn’t speak to me…but I’ve had some very close calls!”
Most people think the word sermon is synonymous with boring. Too often their opinion is based on sad experience. It is a tragic thing when a preacher takes the world’s most amazing book – the Bible – and makes the world’s most wonderful truth – the Gospel of Jesus Christ – seem boring.
Sometimes it’s because the preacher doesn’t really preach from the Bible. I’ve always wondered how liberal preachers-those who do not believe the bible is God’s Word-can get up to preach, Sunday after Sunday. I mean, what do they have to say? They will usually read a portion of Scripture, but then embark on a series of remarks that have little or nothing to do with the text they just read.Read More