God of Life and Death,
We are profoundly impacted by the death of someone dear to us, whether that loss was moments or years ago. The sense of separation causes us grief and we are led into mourning, but You are our God. Help us to understand You embrace us in life and in death. You are present in our first breath and when our breathing is no more. We pray Your comforting spirit surrounds us and those near to us when we journey through the valley of death’s shadow. May we be sustained by our faith and trust in You, during our moments of living and in our moments of dying. When that time comes for us we pray You will welcome us as You have welcomed those who have gone before. In Jesus name, AMEN.
Dorotha Immel’s funeral is tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. in the sanctuary. Please pray for her children and their families.
Central Christian Church was blessed with the addition of two families yesterday. Don and Twyla Provost joined during the 10:15 a.m. sanctuary service. Bill and Polly Maxwell joined during the 10:15 a.m. R & R Service. We are honored by their decisions. Please welcome the Provosts and Maxwells.
Tonight we have three committees meeting: Christian Education at 6:30 p.m., World Outreach at 6:30 p.m., and Christian Action and Community Service at 7:00 p.m.
Our Board Meeting is Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.
The scripture for today is 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8:
You yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to you was not in vain, but though we had already suffered and been shamefully mistreated at Philippi, as you know, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of great opposition. For our appeal does not spring from deceit or impure motives or trickery, but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the gospel, even so we speak, not to please mortals, but to please God who tests our hearts. As you know and as God is our witness, we never came with words of flattery or with a pretext for greed; nor did we seek praise from mortals, whether from you or from others,
though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her own children. So deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you have become very dear to us.
Grace and peace,
John McLemore
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