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Getting Ready for Sunday - Entries written by Patrick Bourckel Getting Ready for Sunday - August 1Dale will continue to lead us in a study of Acts and the church's infancy. We will focus on the fellowship of the believers, and their close-knit community. Appropriately, we will also celebrate the Lord's Supper on Sunday. Jesus was famous (or... More Getting Ready for Sunday - July 25(REMINDER: Still on the one service schedule: Sunday School at 9, Worship at 10:15) This Sunday, we get the opportunity to rejoice with the returning members of our Paraguay missions team. We will hear their testimonies of the way in which God... More Getting Ready for Sunday - July 18(REMINDER: ONE SERVICE AT 10:15 AGAIN THIS SUNDAY!) This Sunday, Curtis will be preaching about the life of Christ in us. It is so often the case that we fall into the mistaken thinking of Jesus as our "co-pilot," sitting on our shoulder, whispering... More Getting Ready for Sunday - July 11July 11 This morning, the choir will begin our time of worship with a song entitled, "No Rocks A-Cryin'." This is a reference to when Jesus entered Jerusalem. The religious leaders didn't want the people making such a big deal, because they were... More Getting Ready for Sunday - July 4July 4 We begin this morning's service in a call to worship. We will praise God for the glory that He has revealed to us - in His creation, in His people throughout history, and most importantly, in His Son, Jesus Christ. The glory of God is what we... More Getting Ready for Sunday - June 27Today we will celebrate the ordinance of baptism, and continue our look at the Holy Spirit's work in the early church. Baptism is our identification with Jesus. So often in Scripture we find these phrases: "I no longer live, but Christ lives in me (... More Getting Ready for Sunday - June 20This Sunday we will hear a testimony from Harvey Ramsdell, and Dale will continue our study of the early church in the book of Acts. One of the first forms of describing Christians was that they "belonged to the Way ( Acts 9:2 )." It is a beautiful... More Getting Ready for Sunday - June 13June 13 This week we will have the opportunity to hear from Elspeth Glasgow, our current intern at Long Green Baptist Church. She will be sharing a testimony of faith. The wonderful truth of the Gospel is that it has real power to transform lives.... More Getting Ready for Sunday - June 6June 6 We continue our study of Acts this week, and the Holy Spirit's work in birthing the Church and causing it to spread from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth. Peter addresses the crowds on the day of Pentecost with these words, "God raised him... More Getting Ready for Trinity Sunday - May 30This week, many churches around the world celebrate what is known as Trinity Sunday. Rather than celebrating a specific event, this day rejoices in a core belief of the Church - that God eternally exists as three distinct persons, yet remains one.... More Getting Ready for Pentecost Sunday - May 23May 23 This Sunday, we will join many churches around the world in celebrating Pentecost Sunday. This day marks the event recorded in Acts, when the early believers were filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke in many languages. It was the spark of a... More Getting Ready for Sunday - May 16This Sunday we will start a series on the book of Acts. This book is a marvelous account of the Spirit's work in preserving and expanding the early Church into a worldwide movement. We see displays of great power throughout the stories of the... More Getting Ready for Sunday - May 9May 9, 2010 This Sunday, Dave Moyer will be teaching about the superiority of Christ as our High Priest, and the superiority of His covenant over the old one. This concept of Christ's superiority does not just apply chronologically (new is better... More Getting Ready for Sunday - May 2May 2, 2010 Today we will focus on the freedom we have in Christ, because of His death and resurrection. Often we think of freedom in terms of what are we free from . We say things like "It's summer! I am free from school!," or "I wish I were free... More Getting Ready for Sunday - April 25APRIL 25, 2010 Today, we will talk about the Law, and what it means to us as believers. The Law gives us a picture of the nature of who God is - holy, just, worthy of awe and reverence. Yet we live under the grace of Jesus Christ, who brought us... More Getting Ready for Sunday - April 18Today we celebrate that we are heirs to the Kingdom of God by the work of The Son of God, Jesus Christ. Through Christ, the "firstfuits of those who have fallen asleep (1 Corinthians 15:20)," we can now be grafted in to Him, the true Vine. We can... More Getting Ready for Sunday - April 11Sunday, April 11 At 8:30, the choir will present an encore presentation of "You Are the Christ," a story of word and song. The narrative focuses on the apostle Peter, and his life of denial, pain, and ultimate redemption. We hope you can join us! At... More Getting Ready for Holy Week - Thursday and FridayChrist in the Passover - Thursday, April 1 - 7 PM "On the night Jesus was betrayed, he took bread..." I don't know about you, but the picture in my mind for the Last Supper is often silly and inaccurate. I picture Jesus and the apostles, hanging... MoreGetting Ready for Palm SundayOn this Sunday, we begin our journey to the cross and the empty tomb by celebrating the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. We rejoice that Jesus enters into Jerusalem with pomp and ceremony, and we get excited. But the attitude of Jesus on... More Getting Ready for Sunday - March 21Sunday, March 21 A wonderful story to meditate on during the season of Lent is the story of the Prodigal Son. In a time of self-examination and "taking stock" of our weaknesses, we can truly identify with the young man who squandered his inheritance... More  Getting Ready for Sunday - March 14Sunday, March 14 One of the reasons that fasting is part of the Lenten season is to help us seek to be satisfied in our God rather than the ephemeral pleasures around us. Yes, of course we need food to survive, but Lenten fasts usually mean giving... More Getting Ready for Sunday, March 7Today, our focus is on the command of our Lord that is found in Matthew 16:23-25: " Then Jesus said to his disciples, 'If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will... More Getting Ready for Sunday, February 28In Lent, there is a heightened attention given to the 40 day period of fasting and temptation that Jesus endured in the wilderness. We see that Jesus begins his public ministry, well, privately. All throughout Jesus' life we see him again withdraw... More Getting Ready for Sunday, February 21This week is the first Sunday in the season of Lent. You can read more about what the meaning of Lent is HERE , but we can summarize it as a 40-day preparation for Good Friday and Easter. Lent is usually marked by fasting and a call to repentance.... More What Is Lent?What is Lent? “Lent” comes from the Old English word lenct (meaning “spring”), which named the season often associated with this time period. It was recognized by the church very early on. Originally the time was meant as a fast for new Christians... More Getting Ready for Sunday - February 7, 2010Sunday, February 7, 2010 This week, we will extol and magnify the greatness of our God. Greatness can be defined as: "unusual or considerable in degree, power, intensity" or "being such in an extreme or notable degree (dictionary.reference.com)" To... More Getting Ready for Sunday - January 31, 2010This week, we will begin our service by proclaiming and delighting in the wonders that God has revealed in His creation. While we as Christians do not believe in pantheism (everything is God), we do believe that the things that have been created... More Sunday, January 24, 2010Good morning! If you made it to this blog, thanks for reading! 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