Prayer for Today, Tuesday, October 8

Prodding God,

 

You sometimes come to us in strange and challenging ways. You push us out of our comfortability and call us to go into unfamiliar places. You invite us to move beyond the status quo and to embrace new forms of mission and ministry. We thank You for the blessings of the Christian faith and the opportunities to gather within the family of the Body of Christ. Please forgive us, however, when we forget that we are not only gathered in Christ’s name, but we are also sent in Christ’s name to speak truth to power and challenge the assumptions of the dominant culture. Give us strength, we pray, for the ministries that are before us. This is our prayer in Jesus’ name. AMEN.

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Roy Smith is at now at home. Please lift up Roy in your prayers.

 

Ruth Weston has a surgical procedure yesterday at Bass hospital. Please pray for Ruth.

 

Ken Slack is in Bass hospital with pneumonia. Please pray for Ken.

 

Bert Sims is in the St. Mary’s hospital for a procedure. He will be there two or three days.

 

John Stephens, Lana Ellis’ brother, is in Bass hospital recovering from gall bladder surgery. Please lift up John in your prayers.

 

The Regional Church is getting ready to write their summary after the Listening Conferences around the state. If you did not have a chance to participate, you can respond to questions online. Go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9NLYB22.

 

We are doing our own Listening Conferences here at Central Christian Church dealing with our present and future ministries. I led one as a part of the WWNF classes a few weeks ago. It is my hope that we can have a total of 200 people (adults and youth) participate, so we have scheduled four more opportunities: 1) This Sunday, October 13, 3:30 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall; 2) Sunday, November 10, 9 a.m. until 10 a.m.(during Sunday School) in the multi-purpose room; 3) Sunday, November 10, 6:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall; and 4) Sunday, November 17, 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. (during Sunday School) in the multi-purpose room. PLEASE ATTEND AT LEAST ONE AND LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD! We will have light refreshments available.

 

SCHEDULE FOR TODAY

 

Voting in the Fellowship Hall

10:00   Lifelong Learning

Noon   Noon Bible Study

5:15     Emmaus Reunion Group – women

5:15     Golf League

6:00    Hispanic Church gathers

7:00    Quilt Central

 

Grace and peace,

 

John McLemore