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Thanking God for His Names, 2020 Ministry Initiatives, Security Review (Pastoral Emphasis for 1/26)

With our theme of Being a House of Prayer , we're having a Pastoral Prayer every Sunday. We'll have a different topic to pray about each month led by an elder. January's prayer topic is "Worship and the Attributes of God". Today, I read Exodus 3:13-14 and prayed a prayer of worship thanking God for His nature as revealed by His many names. After service, we had our first Church Family Meeting. We praised God for all the wonderful things we enabled us to accomplish in 2019.  And we also talked about our initiatives for 2020: Increase focus on developing a culture of prayer  Developing a Disciple-Making Culture (The Vine Project phase 2)  Youth Worship Services (2nd & 3rd Sundays)  Increased discipleship of men  Welcome Anthony Easter to be the musician for the Youth Praise Team on 4th Sundays  4th Sunday Youth Praise Age Expansion (8 to 18)  Development of Christian Counselor’s Ordination  Celebrate the church’s 155th anniversary We also revie

Thanking God for His Attributes, Church-Wide Prayer Rally, Church Family Meeting (Pastoral Emphasis for 1/19)

With our theme of Being a House of Prayer , we're having a Pastoral Prayer every Sunday. We'll have a different topic to pray about each month led by an elder. January's prayer topic is "Worship and the Attributes of God". Today, I read Jeremiah 10:6-12 and prayed a prayer of worship thanking God for His incommunicable attributes of omnipotence, omnipresence, omniscience, and omnibenevolence. Everyone is invited to participate in our church-wide prayer rally on Tuesday, 1/21, from 7-8pm. I'm also calling for a day of fasting on Tuesday. You can choose to fast from food, drink, or a particular activity. Then come out to the prayer rally. Next Sunday, we'll have our first Church Family Meeting of the year following the church service. All members are asked to attend.

Happy New Year, Pastoral Prayer (Pastoral Emphasis for 1/5)

Happy New Year!  We praise God for allowing us to see the first Sunday in 2020! With our theme of Being a House of Prayer , we're going to start having a Pastoral Prayer every Sunday. We'll have a different topic to pray about each month led by an elder.  January's prayer topic is "Worship and the Attributes of God".  Today, I read 1 John 2:1-14 and prayed a prayer of worship thanking God for Jesus being our Advocate.