HELPING A VETERAN IN NEED:

We recently helped out a disabled veteran who needed some serious winterization of windows, repairs to doors that leaked air, and new steps that were unsafe for stepping. 

Being nearly blind, these steps would not be good during an emergency exit.

Funny how God works things out.  One of our members JUST HAPPENED to have a set of steps from a house trailer from a relative.  He was holding on to them, and offered them up for use.  Wouldn't you know it, they fit in the spot of the old concrete steps perfectly!  We just need to put that hand railing on the other side.

We also moved leaves.  We're not sure where all the leaves came from, but it looked like her yard possessed all the neighbors leaves, aside from her own.  And it JUST SO HAPPENED that in moving leaves, one of our youngsters found a set of eye glasses.  The veteran was overjoyed, as they aid her extremely poor vision.  She rejoiced over and over again that she had been looking for them for quite some time.  IT JUST SO HAPPENED that we were moving leaves, and IT JUST SO HAPPENED that our youngster would find the glasses.  Funny how God works things out.

 In the end, the veteran gave us a very nice card for our two weekends of service at her home.  In it, she wrote how our efforts renewed not only her faith in humanity, but also in God.  It is ironic that when we step out of our busy schedules and stop being selfish with our time and efforts, that others are blessed as a result...and that we are then blessed in return.  May God be glorified!

Colossians

Imagine being part of a small-town house-church and receiving a letter from a prominent teacher who likely discipled (mentored) one of the founders of your church.  It would be an honor to read and study his words.  A little obscure church in Colossae, located in modern-day Turkey, was the recipient for the Apostle Paul's letter that we are studying.   

Last week was the first week in our study on Colossians, and we only got through three verses.  We studied and talked in detail the words "grace" and "peace", as they sum up the NT and OT respectively.

If you don't have a church home, or if you'd like to join us in studying God's word in an intimate house-church setting, please feel free to join us.  Just look at the sidebar to your right for locations and times.

The Gospel

The Gospel is the joyous declaration that God is redeeming the world through Christ and that He calls everyone everywhere to repent from sin and trust Jesus Christ for salvation.

Each of us has sinned against God, breaking his law and rebelling against His rule, and the penalty for our sin is death and hell.

But because of His love, God sent His Son, Jesus, to live, for His people's sake, the perfect, obedient life God requires, and to die on the Cross in our place for our sin.

On the third day, Christ rose bodily from the grave and now reigns in heaven, offering forgiveness, righteousness, resurrection, and eternal blessedness in God's presence to everyone who repents of sin and trusts solely in Him for salvation.