SUNDAY MORNING SCHEDULE BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

8:00am – 9:00 a.m. - Traditional Worship Service

Christian Education for ALL ages - 9:00 a.m to 10:00 a.m.

Regular Worship - 10:30am – “’Til the Spirit Sends us Home”

 

Invite your friends that are un-churched and looking for a place to learn about the Love of God for them and then let us help them grow in that faith.  If these services are to be a vital ministry of Caldwell UMC, then we need to hear God challenge us to indeed open our mouth and invite those we know that have not a church home today.

Is this a good move for the Kingdom of God?  Ask me a year from now!!!  Is it a good ministry for our community? You know the answer…ask me a year from now.  Is it worth the time and energy?  If one life is changed -- to all the questions we have about making any change in life -- the answer is YES!

Let me be real honest with you – family that Phyllis Ann and I love dearly…It is time for all the complaining to subside.  Will that happen — I am hopeful but not unrealistic!  If we are to become an even more loving church that God wants us to be,  we must focus more on prayer and avoid so much bickering about issues that are not eternal.

God has given us a great privilege and a high responsibility.  It is a simple thing said BUT so much harder to live out…this greatest privilege and highest responsibility is to Love God with ALL of our heart mind, soul, and strength and then love our neighbor as ourselves. (Luke 10:27)

By the way, did you know the Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies?  Probably because they are sometimes the same people.

 

I believe that we are commanded in His Word to be nothing more than a reflection of His love and grace and mercy and forgiveness and…to all that come our way.  Will complaining help us reflect…No!  Not at ALL!!!  Praying will!  Pray that God will indeed bless these services on Sunday and all the other Bible studies and services that go on throughout the week here at Caldwell UMC, and at the many other church in our area that are seeking to bring people into a relationship with our Savior – Jesus the Christ.  Pray, and we will become more reflecting of the Savior.

 

Blessings…Your Shepherd in Christ