When I think about the blessings I receive from God daily, I want to bring a blessing into somebody else’s life. God’s blessings are granted not because of our looks or our hard work, but simply because of His grace. I’ll never be able to understand the mechanics of His grace, but I want to learn how to show the same attitude of grace toward other people around me. We believe in fairness. God’s grace supersedes fairness; it is given because someone needs it. “ If they were chosen by God’s kindness, they weren’t chosen because of anything they did. Otherwise, God’s kindness wouldn’t be kindness.” Romans 11:6
This Sabbath morning we’ll celebrate more baptisms. We are so thankful that three individuals have chosen to be baptized and we welcome them into our church family. Please join us as Isabella and Lucas Mendoza will be baptized shortly after the second service in the sanctuary. Timothy Bradford was just recently baptized on April 6, 2024. May God bless these young people as they continue to serve the Lord.
Wе are more than half way through our Cornerstone project. It is exciting to see the Sabbath school rooms shaping up and the spacious sanctuary with the drywall up and ready for the painters. I often go in and pray there for the future ministry of our church to the local community. This Sabbath everyone will have a chance to walk through the new addition. There will be two tours. One right after the Potluck and another one right after Vespers. Talking about potluck, don’t forget to stay after the second service, especially because of the two baptisms taking place right after the second service. As we conclude the second service we’ll also walk into the Sanctuary and after the baptisms back into the Fellowship hall for potluck.
Those of you who plan to walk through the new facility need to have the right kind of shoes to avoid tripping (closed toe shoes and preferably no high heels. Save the high heels for the grand opening ceremony 🙂 ). Below is a list of the events planned for this Sabbath, May 11.
This morning I received sad news about Hope Stricker passing. She’s been a member of our church for many years. Please uplift her husband Burl Stricker Sr. in your prayers along with the many members of their family. No funeral arrangements have been made yet.
Hugs,
Pastor Peter