Wednesday Prayer Meetings

Beginning tomorrow night our Wednesday evening prayer meeting at 6:30 pm will move from the prayer room to the altar area around the cross in the Church sanctuary. The only lights that will be on will be those around the cross. This will continue to the Wednesday in Holy Week (March 27) In the 40 plus days leading to Easter let it be a time of prayer and repentance.

You are also invited to come and pray at the cross at any time and not just Wednesdays. There are sticky note pads on the front pew of the church in front of the cross. You are encouraged to write short prayer requests and place them on the big wooden cross. You can do this on Sundays before church, after church or during the invitation. 

Take It To The Cross

Beginning today (Sunday 2/10/2013) and concluding on Easter Sunday there will be sticky note pads on the front pew on the church in front of the cross. You are encouraged to write short prayer requests and place them on the big wooden cross in this altar area of the church. You can do this before church, after church or during the invitation. You are also invited to come and pray at the cross at any time. On Wednesday nights beginning this Wednesday and concluding during Holy Week (March 27) our Prayer meetings will not be in the prayer room but at the altar area around the cross and the only lights that will be on will be those around the cross. In the 40 plus days leading to Easter let it be a time of prayer and repentance.

Easter Sermon Series:Questions That Jesus Asked

Our Easter sermon series begins this Sunday morning. Below is a schedule of the sermons. 

February 10 - Who do You Say I Am?     Matthew 16:13-15

February 17- Why does this Generation ask for a Sign?    Mark 8:12

February 24 - Does this Offend You?    John 6:61-63

March 3 - Has No One Condemned You?       John 8:12

March 10 - Why Are You Sleeping?  Luke 22:46

March 17 - Are You Betraying the Son of Man with a Kiss?  Luke 22:48

March 24 - My God, My God, Why have you Forsaken Me? Matthew 27:46 (Palm Sunday)

March 31 - Who Are You Looking for?    John 20:15   (Easter Sunday)

April 7      - Do You Love Me?                 John 21:16

What is the Heart of the Gospel?

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What We Believe

+There is ONE God who is Three persons - Father, Son and Holy Spirit
+  The true humanity and Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ.
+  The atonement made on the cross by our Lord for the sin of the world.
+ The person of the Holy Spirit as the one who sets apart, empowers, and imparts spiritual gifts to the church.
+ The inspiration of the Bible and its authority in all matters of faith and practice.
+ Salvation and membership in the Church by faith in Christ alone.
+ Membership of the church for the regenerate.
+ The immersion of believers as the scriptural form of water baptism.
For a more comprehensive Statement on what we believe you may read The Baptist Faith and Message 2000

The Jesus Prayer and Cancer

I read a book a few years ago entitled Praying the Jesus Prayer Together by Brother Ramon and Simon Barrington Ward. In reading it I became more intensely aware of humanity's need for the mercy of God. My mother had ovarian cancer and I remember looking at the people in a waiting room at the Oncologist's (Cancer Doctor). Mother was taking chemo and I saw young. middle aged, senior citizens and so many of them have cancer. I am sure that there is great fear, anxiety, depression and I found myself praying silently for them, "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on all here".

All people need the mercy of Jesus. As Christians though redeemed by the blood of the Lamb we realize that in and of ourselves we are helpless, unable to handle our problems, unable to overcome the Devil, and Sin. We have to continue to cry out daily "Lord have mercy on me!"

In the Psalms we learn we need to cry out and rely on the Mercy of God

Psalm 6:2 (NIV) Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I am weak; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.

Psalm 9:13(NIV)Have mercy on me, O LORD! Consider my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,

Psalm 51:1(NIV) Have mercy upon me, O God,According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions.

Sin, sickness, disease and death remind us of our own mortality and inabilities. I saw in a Cancer Center waiting room a few years ago, crucifixes with the risen Christ everywhere. It was a powerful reminder for the Christian that sin, cancer and death have been overcome by the Cross of Christ. Jesus rising from the dead will give all who have trusted Him as Savior complete healing on the Resurrection Day. May we cry out and rely on the Mercy of God daily and never be self reliant people but people who cling and depend upon Jesus daily. For the child of God when he or she cries out for the mercy of Christ we rest with assurance on the promise of the Word of God.

Psalm 136:26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever. (KJV)

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God have mercy upon all who are afflicted by Cancer!

Come Thou Long Expected Jesus