This coming Sunday, I’ll preach the third in our six part sermon series: “Six Practices of Fruitful Living.” The book study on Five Practices of Fruitful Living by Robert Schnase (on which the sermon series is loosely based) will begin on the first Thursday during Lent, February 23, 2012, at 6:30 pm. Books are available in the main lobby (the cost to the church was a little over $12) and we hope to see you there.
Both of us have found this book to be an excellent overview of the Christian life. Our only hesitation in recommending it is that it will be the third book in a row that has talked about financial stewardship (the fifth practice is “Extravagant Generosity). Our hesitation is not for the topic, or the way the book addresses the topic (Schnase does so very well), but rather simply that this is the third book study in a row that has talked about it.
On Sunday, February 13, 2011, we are planning on presenting third and fourth graders with Bibles from the church. We will be passing around papers for you to sign during worship (that will go in their Bibles) so that they can have a record of folks who were a part of the church when they received their Bibles.
If you have old CDs, CD-ROMs or DVDs that you do not use and would like to recycle, we would be happy to take them off your hands. We are turning old CDs into picture frames for the kids at VBS. We will spray gold paint over the side with any writing on it, and cut out the child’s photo (taken during VBS) to put in the center of the CD. The children will then get to decorate their photo frames with space themed foam stickers. If you have old CDs you would like to donate, you can drop them off at the church at any time.