Candles and Carols

Candlelight Service

Christmas Eve - December 24th - 7:00 PM

Help Us Help?

First, the Christmas baskets for the needy will be assembled. 6:00 PM Friday evening in Fellowship Hall.

Second, they will be delivered. 1:30 PM Saturday.

Deacons and deaconesses - please help if you can. And anybody else who is able to share a few minutes of your time, join this effort!

Sing We Now Of Christmas

It's that time.  It's a wonderful time.

It's Christmas Caroling time!

Sunday, December 18th - 5:30 PM

Dress warm and meet at the church.

Our God And Savior Came

Down from His glory,

Ever living story,

Our God and Savior came,

And Jesus was His name...

Join us this Saturday evening at 7PM for the Christmas Cantata.  The choir has been laboring for weeks, and we are looking forward to a wonderful time of worship and praise.

Come early to ensure a seat!

From John MacArthur's Alone With God:

The greatest illustration of (Christ's) intensity in prayer took place in the garden prior to His death. Luke writes, “He knelt down and began to pray, saying, ‘Father, if Thou art willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Thine be done.’ … And being in agony He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground” (22:41–42, 44). In Matthew’s version of this same event, we find that Jesus petitioned God three times (26:36–46). That was one fervent, prolonged prayer experience, so much so that during it the disciples fell asleep several times.

Our Lord performed many mighty works when He was on earth, yet in none of them is there any apparent expenditure of energy. Although the Scripture says virtue went out of Him, there is no record that would indicate He had to exert any effort to perform His miracles. Only when He prayed do we see Him agonize and toil over His petitions, even to the point of sweating great drops of blood.

May God help us to learn such intensity... Such fervency... Such passion in prayer.

Midweek prayer meeting is a great place to learn and practice! Wednesday evening at 6:30!

Should Santa be part of a Christian Christmas?

Noel Piper's insights on Santa in a Christian home http://t.co/VhlRP1HO

What a Book!

Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost (2 Peter 1:21)

The Bible is the writing of the living God. Each letter was penned with an almighty finger. Each word in it dropped from the everlasting lips. Each sentence was dictated by the Holy Spirit. Albeit that Moses was employed to write his histories with his fiery pen, God guided that pen. It may be that David touched his harp, and let sweet psalms of melody drop from his fingers; but God moved his hands over the living strings of his golden harp. Solomon sang canticles of love and gave forth words of consummate wisdom; but God directed his lips, and made the preacher eloquent. If I follow the thundering Nahum, when his horses plough the waters; or Habakkuk, when he sees the tents of Cushan in affliction; if I read Malachi, when the earth is burning like an oven; if I turn to the smooth page of John, who tells of love; or the rugged chapters of Peter, who speaks of fire devouring God’s enemies; if I turn aside to Jude, who launches forth anathemas upon the foes of God everywhere I find God speaking; it is God’s voice, not man’s; the words are God’s words; the words of the Eternal, the Invisible, the Almighty, the Jehovah of ages. This Bible is God’s Bible; and when I see it, I seem to hear a voice springing up from it, saying, “I am the Book of God. Man, read me. I am God’s writing. Study my page, for I was penned by God. Love me, for He is my Author, and you will see Him visible and manifest everywhere.” (Spurgeon)

Read the Bible, my brothers and sisters!