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Posted by admin On October - 7 - 2009

God gave us good services on Sunday. Sickness seemed to hit several of our families. We did have visitors, for which we thank the Lord.

Pastor Josh preached a very effective message in the Evening Service from 1 John 3.

Sandwiched in between our services, Pastor Josh, the Deacons, and I met with the Contractor, Terry Stark, and and a Missionary Church Builder. The Missionary Tom Rickard, a man supported as a missionary by several churches with his ministry being that of doing construction work for churches in need of help. Brother Stark and Brother Rickard told us some things we had to do, the main one being we needed to clean up the “warehouse” room so that an engineer could view the walls . We are having a construction engineer come soon with our architect to examine our present foundation and stud walls. So we are getting a start in our Building Program. On Monday[the following men cleaned up in the warehouse room and pulled off some sheet rock for the engineer to b able to see the bottoms of the studs in the walls: Chuck Johnson,. Glenn Lamoreaux, Pastor Musgrave, Paul Nelson, and I. We did get a lot of work done and rather quickly, I thought.

On Saturday, October 17th we will have a work day where we can strip the dry wall off the walls. Beginning tomorrow we will have a roll-off dumpster sitting on the property to receive all the trash we are going to have.

We will look for young people to attend tomorrow night our youth and children’s ministries. Thursday is our Mid Week Service at 7:00 P.M. when I will be speaking again on Psalm 23.

And we will look forward to seeing you net Sunday.

Don’t forget our BIG day on Sunday, October 18. We are endeavoring to set a a record attendance of 75. Please plan to be with us and also be inviting others to come worship with us to help us reach new families .

Our Scripture Verse for the month of October is:
Prov. 11:30 “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he that winneth souls is wise.”.

Amen! Let’s be busy endeavoring to win souls to Christ.

Yours and His,

Ed Nelson, Pastor

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Dear Church Family,

What a beautiful to sight to look out at the landscape transformed by the white snow. As I look out the window preparing for tomorrow I can’t stop thinking about the sacrifice that Jesus made for me to make my sin as white as snow. I pray that you will begin thinking these thoughts today and prepare your heart for tomorrow’s service. We have a very special service planned tomorrow. Our singing will be focused on the sacrifice that Christ made for us on the cross. Maria Barta, one of our newest members, will be singing one of my favorite songs tomorrow, The Look (the lyrics for this song can be found at the bottom of this post). We will conclude the service with our Sacrifice Sunday Offering. In this offering you will be asked to place your financial, as well as time, sacrifice to Christ. It will be a wonderful time of focus on the work of our precious Savior.

I understand that the snow has made it difficult for many to get out; however, I believe that tomorrow’s service is extremely important for our church. We have a quick fellowship after the service tomorrow followed by a presentation of the plans for our new auditorium. If our church is going to move forward on this building project I believe it is vital for us all to be on the same page. We are planing the future of our church tomorrow. We spent the entire month of January building up to this service. I believe this is a critical time for our church body. We have the opportunity to gather together and focus on the sacrifice that Christ made for us on the cross. I pray that you will be here tomorrow to worship together with the body of Christ.

In Christ,

Pastor Josh


The Look


I saw one hanging on a tree in agony and blood

Who fixed His loving eyes on me as near His cross I stood

And never till my dying breath will I forget that look

It seemed to charge me with His death though not a word He spoke


My conscience felt and owned the guilt and plunged me in despair

I saw my sins His blood had spilt and helped to nail Him there

But with a second look He said “I freely all forgive

this blood is for your ransom paid; I died that you might live”


Thus while His death my sin displays for all the world to view

Such is the mystery of grace; it seals my pardon too

With pleasing grief and mournful joy my spirit now is filled

That I should such a life destroy yet live by Him I killed


CHORUS

Forever etched upon my mind is the look of Him who died

The Lamb I crucified and now my life will sing the praise

Of pure atoning grace that looked on me and gladly

took my place



Original lyrics by John Newton. New and Alternate lyrics by Bob Kauflin. © 2001 PDI Praise (BMI). Sovereign Grace Music, a division of Sovereign Grace Ministries.

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