Welcome to the family, Naomi!

On February 20th, the sun shone, the water sparkled, and the church welcomed Naomi Brigham into the church through baptism. Naomi is 17 and plans to attend art school next year.

Naomi enjoys taking pictures, and we are very fortunate that she plans to share her talents with our website in the future months.

Naomi, we don't know what God's plans are for you yet, but we look forward to watching you grow in Him, and walking along God's path with you.

Although the day was beautiful, it was February, and my sources say the water was freezing! Naomi found the water to be chilly but fine. Pat,however, is looking for a church in the tropics.

What Adventists Believe...

Pastor Jan Paulsen, Adventist world president, explains his belief in the Second Coming of Jesus. "I want Him to come back," he underscores.

R – E – S – P – E – C – T

Most people, upon seeing that word spelled out, might begin to hear Aretha Franklin belting it out in the back of their minds.  Respect is a funny thing.  It has to be earned; it’s sometimes demanded; it can’t be bought; we all long for it to be present in our relationships, and yet years of work establishing it can be swiped away in a single action or argument.

In my classroom worship at the start of Geometry yesterday, we read the verses found in I Timothy 5: 1 & 2.  “Don’t correct an older man.  Encourage him, as you would your own father.  Treat younger men as you would your own brother, and treat older women as you would your own mother.  Show the same respect to younger women as you would to your sister.” (CEV)  I asked them to summarize the concept in these verses in one word.  Concern, care, love, compassion… but the overwhelming majority went with respect.

We talked about whether it’s easier to be kind and understanding to the people closest to you, like your little siblings, or to the people you only interact with occasionally.  I shared with them that I usually find it pretty easy to be friendly to the grocery checkout person, the school secretary who always smiles at me, or the person sitting next to me at a gardening lecture.  However, I struggle a little bit more with my large 8^th grade class whose members are generally far more interested in surreptitiously passed notes and chatting with their neighbors than they are in participating in examples about slopes of lines.  And if we really get down to brass tacks, there’s the 2% of the time when the man I’m dating drives me nuts when he makes a decision I disagree with, or there are those times when my mother and I still see the world from opposite perspectives and neither of us can swing around the circle to see it from the other’s point of view.

So I hear Paul, and I know from the life experience gained between 7^th grade and age 33, that he’s right when he says encouraging works better than correcting and that respect ought to characterize ALL of our relationships.  So I’m inviting God’s Spirit to fill me this week, requesting that when people go out of my presence, they will feel they were loved and respected.  And I’m praying for the wisdom and grace to treat those with whom I spend the most time--those who are closest to me--with just as much interest and compassion as I extend to the visitor checking out my church or school.

                                                

piRsquared

Adventists - Where did we come from? Where are we going?

Seventh-day Adventists
Where Did We Come From? Where Are We Now? Where Are We Going?

A Free Seminar by George R. Knight, entitled ADVENTISM AND THE APOCALYPTIC VISION, will be presented at the Walla Walla University Rosario Beach Marine Station located near Anacortes, Washington on Sabbath, January 16, 2010. This seminar is sponsored by the Anacortes Adventist Fellowship.

Program details are as follows:

• 10:00 AM Roots of a Prophetic Movement
• 11:30 AM Adventism and the Apocalyptic Vision
• 12:45 PM Group Potluck
• 2:30 PM Adventism Gets Baptized
• 3:30 PM Q&A Session

George R. Knight is a retired professor of church history at the Theological Seminary at Andrews University. He is the author of many books, including The Adventist Heritage Series, The Ellen White Series, a devotional Bible Commentary Series and the 2009 adult daily devotional book, “Lest We Forget”.

For those that might wish to stay overnight, or over the weekend, in one of the Marine Laboratory’s fine cabins, you may make arrangements with the WWU Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory by calling, 360-293-2326.

Anacortes Adventist Fellowship is delighted to be able to sponsor this wonderful event with George R. Knight. We very much appreciate Professor Knight’s willingness to share his valuable time with us. Please come and join us for the day, or just part of the day if you are unable to come for the full program. If you desire further information regarding this seminar, please call Pat Grant, at (360) 391-5319. The WWU Marine Laboratory’s address is: 15510 Rosario Beach Road, Anacortes, WA. (Coming from the North end of Fidalgo Island, take Highway 20 going South—almost to Deception Pass—and then turn right onto Rosario Road. Watch for the Walla Walla University sign on your left and follow this road to the Marine Station).

The Couple...

I was in Anacortes today on an appointment and stopped into the market to get something to eat. As I was sitting there I watched this older couple. They were probably in their late seventies early eighties. The gentlemen had some form of motor skill dysfunction because his hand was shaking. She was quietly eating her eggs across from him. She looked up and said, “Honey I’m feeling full.”

“That’s ok sweetie,” he replied, “I’ll be right back.”
He slowly slid out of his chair, shuffled across the floor and went out of sight. He returned a moment later with a container and took her plate and put the remaining eggs in it. He closed it and smiled at her with a twinkle as he placed the sealed container in front of her.

There is something romantic about growing old together. I watched this couple and thought, they are in their final years and still in love there is nothing better in the world than a life lived like that. We were never meant to grow old and die but God in his mercy and wisdom has figured out how to bring joy and romance to a very broken and damaged system of life here on earth.

Two people still in love and looking back on years of love and commitment together share a plate of eggs. She knows after all these years he’ll still be her protector and put her needs ahead of his comfort. He knows she’s been a nurturing and supportive wife and is still thrilled to take care of her needs. They are two people showing beauty in the brokenness of life.

I know this life is not what God had planned. I’m certain of that every time I’m at the hospital praying that someone doesn’t die, or talking to a couple contemplating divorce, or handing a tissue to a teenage girl who doesn’t have the will to live anymore. I’ve seen the worst humanity can do to itself. There are those moments however, when God does truly step in. When the Lord in his generosity and glory will take what we have damaged and polish it, add some bright paint and make it beautiful!

When someone does chose to live! When a couple finds love again! When those that lose the will to go on find Jesus and press forward!

My goal is to see that beauty. To look for it, marvel in it, and thank Him for it!

Amen.

George Knight Seminar...

A Free Seminar by George R. Knight, entitled ADVENTISM AND THE APOCALYPTIC VISION, will be presented at the Walla Walla University Rosario Beach Marine Station located near Anacortes, Washington on Sabbath, January 16, 2010.

Program details are as follows:

• 10:00 AM Roots of a Prophetic Movement
• 11:30 AM Adventism and the Apocalyptic Vision
• 12:45 PM Group Potluck
• 2:30 PM Adventism Gets Baptized
• 3:30 PM Q&A Session

George R. Knight is a retired professor of church history at the Theological Seminary at Andrews University. He is the author of many books, including The Adventist Heritage Series, The Ellen White Series, a devotional Bible Commentary Series and the 2009 adult daily devotional book, “Lest We Forget”.

For those that might wish to stay overnight, or over the weekend, in one of the Marine Laboratory’s fine cabins, you may make arrangements with the WWU Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory by calling, 360-293-2326. To find the Laboratory website, Google Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory. The website also contains directional information for driving to the laboratory.

Anacortes Adventist Fellowship is delighted to be able to sponsor this wonderful event with George R. Knight. We very much appreciate Professor Knight’s willingness to share his valuable time with us. Please come and join us for the day, or just part of the day if you are unable to come for the full program.

If you desire further information regarding this seminar, please call Pat Grant, at (360) 391-5319. The WWU Marine Laboratory’s address is: 15510 Rosario Beach Road, Anacortes, WA. (Coming from the North end of Fidalgo Island, take Highway 20 going South—almost to Deception Pass—and then turn right onto Rosario Road. Watch for the Walla Walla University sign on your left and follow this road to the Marine Station).

New Homeless Shelter in Anacortes...

Nine homeless families will have something to be thankful for this holiday season — a warm, safe place to stay in the new Anacortes Family Center.

The shelter began accepting names for its waiting list last week, and the first families should move in this week, said Executive Director Zay C. Smith Jr.

“It is a very exciting time for us and we are very much looking forward to opening and beginning our work to help our clients overcome homelessness,” he said.

Women and families at the center will receive referrals and counseling to provide them with skills they need to get their lives on track. Just as importantly, they will have a warm, safe place to live while job or apartment hunting.

“It’s hard to focus on the long term when you don’t have a place to sleep at night,” Smith said.

The opening of the Family Center is the culmination of a six-year effort by many people.

“This is fantastic. The level of community support, community involvement is unprecedented in my experience,” Smith said.

Smith said Eric Johnson did an excellent job of marshaling resources and shepherding the effort. In 2003, Johnson called together representatives of the Red Cross, local food banks and other groups that work with homeless people to discuss what could be done. This led to, among other things, the founding of the Anacortes Community Shelter Project and construction of the center.

“He’s put together the Anacortes Human Services Coalition, whose mission is to figure out how to best meet the needs of the residents,” Smith said.

Funding to build the $2.4 million center came from a variety of sources — Washington Housing Trust, federal home loans, the Employees Community Fund of Boeing, the Medina Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Community Development Block Grants, Anacortes Housing Authority and churches and service groups.

“A huge amount of our support comes from the Anacortes community — Kiwanis, Soroptimists, churches,” Smith said. “That speaks volumes to the community of Anacortes. In this time of crisis, we are opening a shelter rather than shutting one down.”

The center won’t duplicate services available elsewhere, but will provide referrals to services and health care.

“We will expect them to do a lot of work in a short amount of time. The maximum stay is 90 days,” Smith said.

To get on the waiting list, contact Smith at zay@anacortesfamily.org or (360) 293-2993, ext. 114.

As reported in the Skagit Valley Herald - Dec 10, 2009

Lessons from Haggen's...

So in the Bible it talks about the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. Wanna see it? Here it is:

WATCH AND PRAY, OR ELSE YOU MIGHT ENTER INTO TEMPTATON. THE SPIRIT IS WILLING, BUT THE FLESH IS WEAK. Mathew 26:31

So what exactly does this verse mean? Thought you’d never ask. So you’re walking into a grocery store to look for banana’s because you love a banana while you’re eating your oatmeal and you know that tomorrow morning you’ll be going banana’s because you’re out of banana’s so you’re buying banana’s. Thank the Lord this illustration isn’t about nuts. You enter the store and the sights and sounds of a bustling marketplace instantly fill your senses. The bright lights, the shuffling of people, the store cashiers, the ringing of bells in the entry way and the Ka-ching ring of the registers. Glass encased counters, fresh meats, pink slices of fish, whole olives.

Magazine racks, canned food, and an assortment of that and this not in this or that order. You begin walking toward the fruit section of the store. You know where it is, you know what it’s for. While you’re walking you stop and look at aisle 7. Let me tell you a little about aisle 7.

Aisle 7 is the ice cream aisle. That’s the corridor of death. You are fully aware that in aisle 7 twenty paces forward on the left hand side two and three quarters feet down on the shelf is a pint sized little red container of Haggen Dasz white chocolate, raspberry truffle trouble. It’s super dense vanilla ice cream with this unbelievable, ethereal, sinful admixture of raspberry coolie and textured hunks of bitter sweet chocolate truffles. The swirling together of bitter chocolate and sweet rich vanilla ice cream off set by the fruity zest of raspberry will transcend your senses and take you into a dimension known to the planet as blissfully blubbery chub.

You’ve been dieting for four months and you’ve lost twenty pounds! You finally fit in those jeans and you look good! You look in the mirror and you smile instead of cringe. People don’t look at you when they tell fat jokes. You’ve arrived! Now you’re going to buy banana’s remember! You just went into the flippin store to buy fruit to go with your oatmeal that you’ve been faithfully eating because you’ve changed your life and things are getting better.

You continue standing there looking down aisle 7. Here’s the issue. Your brain is saying, “are you stupid? Do you remember when you had a hangover every moment? Remember when you were lethargic and out of energy. Remember how miserable you felt when you would see yourself? Remember when trying to fit a banana skin over a watermelon was you trying to put on a pair of levis? Please tell me you’re not going where I think you’re going. Will you listen to me! I’m trying to tell your feet to move but they won’t budge because you have override capabilities. Let this go and give me back control to move your feet. Move idiot! I can’t scream any louder keep moving past this aisle. I’m trying to shut down the eyes but they’re not responding to my signals. Hand - slap him! SLAP HIM!”

Meanwhile your heart starts to speak. “Oh my that is such creamy ice cream. Remember the flavors and how luscious it felt to sit with a spoon and just pick pieces of heaven? Remember closing your eyes, getting comfortable and feeling the sensations of sweet and sultry soothe you into creamy softness? Remember how during the ten minutes it would take you to inhale that pint there was world peace, poverty was eradicated, terrorists started beating tambourines and handing out flowers, the homeless were buying up Beverly Hills, racism ended, and the whole world joined hands and started singing “Kumbaya my lord…kumbaya…”

“You can have that feeling again Pat. You can have it again! Do it for the homeless! Take the twenty paces and bend down and grab world peace and dig in you deserve it!”

And you’re standing at the portal between the spirit and the flesh. Between bananas and blubber. That’s what it means. Our bodies crave things that aren’t always good. The spirit of God within us is trying to steer us away from painful decisions we want to make because those decisions will only cause more pain if we indulge. A short moment of pleasure can take years to correct. One ounce of submission out of its context will weigh tons in regret just moments later.

So what do you do?

1. Stay away from aisle 7! If you know where it is don’t go near it. Avoid it. Grow banana’s in your back yard or cut a deal with some overseas Peruvian farmer to mail you a banana a day.
2. Take a friend with you to the grocery store. Friends that are really good for you are verbal brains. They tell you out loud what you should be thinking when you’re not thinking. Keep them around.
3. Pray before you walk out the door. Ask God to give you a greater portion of spirit in your soul to overcome the temptations to sin. Invite Him to have a greater presence in your life each day until anything else that is wooing you will get woozy.
4. Think about the past. Remember what it was like when you did have as much as you wanted. Isn’t there a reason why you decided you don’t want it now?

It was really good. It took me ten minutes to eat. Pray for me.

New Meeting Time, 10:00 am

This Saturday, December 5th, we will begin a new schedule for our church service. Our discussion about Walking With God will run from 10:00 am to 11:00 am. We will then break and reconvene for the church service at 11:20 am. We're looking forward to another good discussion following the John Eldridge video and great sermon from Pat.

Also, please plan on joining us for a potluck meal and fellowship after the service!

The Irresistible News...

The latest copy of the Irresistible News has been posted - you can get your very own copy HERE and catch up on the latest happenings at the Anacortes Adventist Fellowship!

Life is a Bowl of Pasta - Pat Grant

Life is like a bowl of pasta. Angel hair pasta. The long thin noodles that cook quick. When you look down in the bowl the whole thing twists all over the place. Try and follow one noodle and you get caught in a hundred others. That’s life. Go one direction and THINK you know where you’re going and before you get to the end of the day you’re headed somewhere else. Think about all the times you were set on getting something, or going somewhere and then boom! Pasta presto your winding down some other path thinking, “How’d I get here?” Life is uncertain and nothing is permanent. Change is the only consistent, stable presence in this life. Everything and everyone changes, and you have to accept that. God knows what He’s doing and if you don’t totally depend on that you’ll lose your mind.

I’ve lived a life of disappointments. I know what it feels like to hope and then have things shattered. In that process, that journey, that furnace, I’ve learned some very valuable lessons. Here’s the one I want to share with you today. Let’s say Peter, a brash, brawny executive for a marketing firm is out for a walk. He’s 37, divorced, 6’2, black hair brown eyes. He owns one wrinkly little bull dog, condo, drives a 06 black Lexus with a slight pull to the right. He lives alone in the condo overlooking a suburb in Chicago. Peter loves to golf, ski in the winter and has just picked up an interest in coin collecting. He’s clean cut, clean record, and a decent guy with a dog. He’s sitting in a park playing with “butch” and in strolls the chance.

Belinda is 35. Never married and has lived in Chicago six years. 5’6, strawberry blonde with curls at the end of her long hair. Belinda loves levis as much as formal evening gowns. She’s an accountant, lives in an apartment, been single longer than attached. She’s walking “Marybelle” her light brown collie. She loves to cook, knit, and would be interested in golf if the right guy came along.

Peter notices her sitting on the other bench. She’s cute and he’s interested. Here’s my point. Peter is facing the pasta bowl in his mind.

“Should I say hello?”

“What if she’s got a boyfriend.”

“What if she thinks I’m a jerk for approaching her in the park.”

“Maybe she doesn’t live here and she would be interested then I’m stuck in a long distance relationship that ends up frustrating and we break up in a few months and I’ve invested the time and energy for nothing.”

“I wonder if she’s possessive. I need someone who still lets me be free but if she’s the clingy type then I’m in more trouble.”

“What if she’s perfect for me and I’ve missed the opportunity to meet the girl I think God wants me to marry? What a loss if I don’t at least get up and go say hello?”

Peter is facing a situation that could go in a hundred different directions right? She might be terrific, she might be wrong, he might end up in Florida at Christmas to meet her parents, or Georgia at her brothers house for thanksgiving. You don’t know where this whole thing is going to lead, you just have to decide whether to get up and go say hello.

I use Belinda and Peter as examples but life is just like this. It doesn’t have to be a date, it could be buying a house, moving to another state, taking a job, quitting something you’ve been doing a long time. Life has it’s uncertainties and if you spend a lot of time trying to analyze it all you’ll lose your mind. Here is what I think Peter should do.

Ask himself, “Do I want to get to know her?” If the answer is yes, leave the rest to God. If Belinda says “Yes Peter I’d like to go out with you.” God has opened a door for Peter and he should praise the Lord for an opportunity to make a friend. Maybe it will work out, maybe it won’t but either way if he prays and keeps God first he will learn what God is trying to teach Him in the process. PROCESS is the point. God is working with Peter and Belinda and of the millions of people in the world God allowed these two to meet at this time and there are reasons why, so discover the reasons.

If Belinda says, “Ah thanks Peter but I’m seeing someone.” Praise the Lord. Peter has a door closed and God has spoken. If God doesn’t want Peter to go out with Belinda. If God closes a door, be thankful! You don’t want to open a door that God closes! EVER!

Peter just needs to get up and walk over and say hello. Either way God is leading. It might work it might not. They will both learn and be better prepared for what the Lord has waiting for them in the future. Faith makes life so much easier when you place everything in God’s hands. “Lord I’m willing to try, if this is not your will close the door. If it is open things up for me.” Then enjoy the joy of the Lord and walk the journey. That’s faith. Hope in things not seen. Optimism no matter the situation.

“Now faith is in things hoped for in things not seen.’ - Hebrews 11:1

Thoughts for Today - by Pat Grant

So I’m in the grocery store today. I have religious routines when it comes to breakfast. Every morning I do the same thing. Breakfast routines keep my life in control. I have the power to put on the table what I like to eat. It makes me think I have everything together. I do the same breakfast every morning. Started eating the same thing when I was in diapers and will continue into depends. I’ll probably eat the same thing when I’m in a wheel chair mumbling to cute nurses and drooling all over myself. Oatmeal, toast with crunchy peanut butter, and a mashed banana.

Now the peanut butter must be crunchy. Smooth and creamy peanut butter is a sin. I recall somewhere in revelation that those reserved for the lake of fire and brimstone screaming day and night in burning sulphur – they were eating creamy. Hence my problem this morning. I ran out of peanut butter. It’s not the first time but it happens from time to time. In my world when I’m out of peanut butter in the morning just as I’m yanking toast out of the toaster, that’s an economic crisis. That’s the cops coming to your door and saying, “Do you know where your son is because we think he’s staying with us downtown.” Being out of peanut butter is like jumping off the diving board and on the way down you notice the sign that says, “Closed for cleaning will refill the pool next summer.”

So I’m in the grocery store today did I mention that? I go to the jam and jelly aisle. I’m now looking at the wall, I’m talking the great wall of nut butters. So many labels, so many choices. I know what I want, I know what will make me happy so I spend my time narrowing down the bottle and brand. It’s taken many years of tasting and testing to acquire this knowledge and I’m happy to know where I’m at and where I’m going, which is now, believe it or not, the point of this blog.

Choices. We all have them, we all make them. There are so many choices in this life. Whether it’s for nut butters or other things there are thousands of alternatives to serve our needs. Some choices are good, others will ruin you for life. When I reached out to grab a bottle of my brand of peanut butter I was also making other choices wasn’t I? To chose one thing is to not choose something else. That’s called opportunity costs. What you chose to do now is taking you away from something else you could be doing. Chose wisely. Make sure what you’re doing is worth what you’re not doing otherwise.

In my business as a chaplain I’m constantly teaching and preaching about choices. What to do in a situation. What is the right choice to make when faced with a dilemma of some kind. To not ask yourself the question, “Is this what God would want?” or “Do I feel this is the right thing to do?” leaves you vulnerable. When you don’t know what you want the wall will wail! It’ll scream all kinds of answers and you’ll fall prey to doing things you wouldn’t otherwise if you knew what the right thing to do was. Time and tasting do teach streamlined decision making, and so does prayer.

Ask God to give you the ability to make the right choices. Ask Him to show you through the power of the spirit to look at the wall and know what bottle to chose. Ask Him to help you to know what to chose and not to chose that will maximize your happiness and increase the joy in your life. Ask Him. I do know this much about God, He is eager to narrow down the search. He’s willing and enthusiastic about giving you the ability to see past all the substitutes and picking the real deal. In a life filled with smoke and mirrors, where deception is as common as corn syrup who doesn’t want the advantage of seeing through to the heart of a matter.

That’s what God offers through the power of the Holy Spirit. That is what I’m hoping you will think about today. The ability to know what you should be spreading on your toast.

Pat Grant
November 3, 2009

AAF Has a Facebook Account...

The Anacortes Adventist Fellowship now has a Facebook account - in order to access this you will need to do the following:

1. Create your own Facebook account if you don't have one already (go to www.facebook.com)

2. Search for "Anacortes Adventist Fellowship" (upper right-hand corner)

3. Register yourself as a fan

You can then read all the postings on the wall, post comments, start a discussion, etc.

Go for it - you can't break anything!

October 17 - Guest Speaker & Potluck

We will have a guest speaker this week, Tony Scarpino, who will be sharing a sermon titled “The Lost, Persistent or Notorious.” Following the sermon please stay and enjoy the great food at the potluck.

AAF Dedication...

A great time was had at the one year anniversary of the founding of the Anacortes Adventist Fellowship. The days events included a special church service, followed by a potluck, a program of special music, followed by a dedication service.

Pastor John Friedman, President of the Washington Conference of SDA was in attendance. In addition to his words of encouragement he presented the group with its own communion set - something which we badly need!

At the end of the dedication service the group assembled for a picture to commemorate this occasion.

1 Year Anniversery Celebration

Join us this weekend for a celebration of the one year anniversary since the establishment of Anacortes Adventist Fellowship. The celebration will begin with an Agape Feast at the Skyline Cabana at 6:30 pm. The Skyline Cabana is located at the end of Hughes Lane. Click here for directions.

The celebration will continue on Saturday with church at the Anacortes Middle School starting at 10:30 followed by a potluck lunch. The afternoon program of music and celebrating God's blessing of one year as a fellowship will begin at 2:00 pm.

September 5 – Baptism and Potluck

Do you ever feel like God’s side isn’t winning here on this earth? Maybe things are not as they seem, tune in for Pat’s sermon.

After church we will be meeting at Bowman Bay State Park to celebrate the baptism of Ray and Bonnie’s son and daughter-in-law, Rob and Di Bowman. We will also be having a picnic potluck at the park, please join us.

August 29 - Ready to Learn Fair & Evening Social

This will be a special week of giving back to our community. Instead of our regular church service we will be meeting at the Middle School at 9am to help with the Ready To Learn Fair which runs from 10am - 2pm.

In the evening we will meet at 6pm at the Farnsworths for food and a movie outdoors. Evan Almighty will be projected on the wall as we lounge on the lawn, bring warm clothes. An entree will be provided, please bring your favorite dessert and favorite movie snack. Their address is 11307 Whistle Lake Rd in Anacortes.

Service and Potluck August 15 - Middle School

Do you ever feel like you don't get what you deserve no matter how hard you work? Our discussion based on Ecclesiastes chapter 6 this week will delve into this as well as other topics.

Join us for a potluck immediately following the service.

Service for August 1, 2009 - Middle School

Please join us again this week at the Anacortes Middle School for our weekly services. Discussion starts at 10:30am followed by our worship service at 11:30am. Pat Grant will be speaking on Ecclesiastes. Following the service there will be a general potluck. Please join us!

July 18, 2009 Service...

Please join us again this week at the Anacortes Middle School for our weekly services. Discussion starts at 10:30am followed by our worship service at 11:30am. Pat Grant will be speaking on Ecclesiastes. Following the service there will be a potluck at Bowman Bay State Park. Please join us!

Discussion Topic for July 11th

Please join us this week as we begin a study of Ecclesiastes using the first chapter to answer such questions as why we are here, what we are supposed to do with our lives and why God has us here on this earth.

July 4th Service & Picnic...

This July 4th weekend we will be having a special service led by our Chaplain Pat Grant on the topic of "how to know God's will in your life". Starting at 10:30am we will be holding a discussion on this topic, followed by a worship service at 11:30am. Immediately following the service the fellowship will be holding an outdoor picnic at the Farnsworth's home - directions will be distributed during the church service.

Looking for a great way to worship God and fellowship with friends, come join us at the Middle School this Saturday!

July 4th Potluck at Farnsworth's

It is supposed to be great weather this weekend so lets enjoy the 4th with great food and friends. The Farnsworth's have graciously offered their property for an outdoor picnic potluck.

Click here for directions from the Middle School to the Farnsworth's house.

Discussion for June 27

We all get consumed with ourselves; sometimes we are not even aware of it. We learn from a young age that life is about winning and impressing. We pick up that our worth and value come from how good, how smart, and how skilled we are.

So, we twist things in our favor, making us look like we have it all together. Every day we have the choice to prop up these false ideas about ourselves or to let go of them. Jesus invites these parts of us to die, the parts of us that tell us our worth comes from the things we say and do. Maybe its only when we let these things die, that we truly begin to live.

Here is a clip from this week's video: