March Celebrations
Christie, Lynn’s daughter, March 3rd; Lisa Heald, 10th; Esther Hargrove, 12th; Meghan Griffith, 15th; Hubert and Esther Hargrove 14th; Danny Griffith, 19th; Lynn Eells, 22nd
Pew Project
We are beginning our project to reupholster the pews and to print a new cookbook. Freewill offerings and the proceeds from the cookbook will pay for the cost of the pews. The fabric for the pews has already been covered, so the total cost will be around $3000. Any of you who are willing can contribute to the cost of recovering a single pew for $150.00, or any amount that you are able to contribute. Designate your offering by noting “Pews” on your check.
The pew project will be completed by doing a few pews at a time, recovering them, and then bringing them back and working on a few more. The upholsterer will do minor repairs on the pews as he goes.
Cookbook Project
We will also put together recipes for a new church cookbook that we can sell as a fundraiser for the pews. The cost to print 1000 cookbooks will be about $3500 so there would be more than enough resulting from the cookbook proceeds to cover the cost of the pews. I would like a volunteer to help me on this project (or handle it completely, amen).
Prayer Requests for March 2009
- Daughter in law of Joy, Shawna, chemo, improving
- Joy grandson Matthew, job
- Ed Griffith, job and diabetes treatment
- Vicki Burshia (Peterson), married, back to Iraq
- Mike Rogers, doing well
- Beth Griffith’s aunt, health
- Carolyn, unspoken
- Ruth’s Uncle Wardell, cancer
- David Jenkins, upcoming surgeries
- Tim and Christa’s friend Derek, job, joining Navy
- Emma Smith, recuperation
- Kathi, unspoken
- Darrel and Carolyn grandson Josh, military
- Christie, daughter of Lynn, unspoken
- Matt Gamm, friend of Olsen’s, auto accident
- Recent passing of Carol’s Aunt Raney, for the family
- Carol’s neighbor Eleanor, health
Moses – Man of Freedom
The Ten Suggestions to Pharaoh Exodus 7-10
God predicted Pharaoh’s rebellion and the plagues that were the result. The plagues fulfilled a variety of purposes to convince both Pharaoh and Moses of what God could do if He was not obeyed. The plagues were "attention-getters." None of the plagues caused Pharaoh to repent or let them go- he never did repent, and even though he let them go after the 10th plague, he pursued them in a disobedient change of heart.
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March 8, 2009’s Sermon
Moses – Man of Freedom
The Tenth Plague: God Owns the Night
Pharaoh had 9 opportunities to soften his stance and let the people of God go. After each one he became more stubborn. God encouraged him in his intransigence and led him to the final and most devastating catastrophe. It was Pharaoh who caused the dark night of death in his land, not God. God had warned him through Moses of what was coming, but he refused. He set the stage for one of the most terrifying nights in human history, a night which God owned and moved with deliberate purpose. There are times when we must learn to be yielded and to worship Him in total subservience.
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March 15, 2009’s Sermon
Moses – Man of Freedom
The Purpose of Predicaments
Exodus 13-14
Reminder to Celebrate the Unleavened Bread
The firstborn were spared in the 10th plague so they were to be dedicated to the Lord (13:12); To forever remember this event, they were to dedicate the firstborn and to eat only unleavened bread. Yeast takes time to rise; there was no time for bread to rise when the death angel came, they were to continue to eat unleavened bread as a reminder
These commands were given as they were marching from Rameses to Succoth
“By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage” was to be a phrase they were to remember on their journey
Only God can do a “Red Sea”
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March 22, 2009’s Sermon
Moses – Man of Freedom
Exodus 15:1-17:7
From the Last Blessing to the Next Trial: The Wilderness Journey and the “Gripe Cycle”
A metaphor for the Christian life in this sin-cursed world
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March 29, 2009’s Sermon
Moses – Man of Freedom
God’s Provisions/Man’s Limitations
Ex 16:1-12, The Provision of the Manna/Ex16:13-20, Bread in the morning-Quail in the Evening
Ex16:21-36, Memorial of God’s provision/Ex17:1-7 The Waters
Ex17:8-16, God’s Provision in Protection/Ex18:1-12, A Visit from Jethro
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