I recently learned that today, June 26, is Forgiveness Day in the United States. Some people confuse Forgiveness Day with Global Forgiveness Day on July 7 and International Forgiveness Day on August 6th. The plethora of Forgiveness Days shows that the issue is important. The...
06/26/2017 11:03
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A.W. Tozer once wrote that people may be known by the answers to the following questions:
1) What we want most.
2) What we think about most.
3) How we use our money.
4) What we do with our leisure time.
5) The company we enjoy.
6) Who and what...
06/19/2017 08:31
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A young salesman was disappointed about losing a big sale, and as he talked with his sales manager he lamented, “I guess it just proves you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.” The manager replied, “Son, take my advice: your job isn’t to make him drink. Your job is to make him...
05/31/2017 20:52
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Fredrick Buechner once told a story called “The Happy Hypocrite." It’s a story about a man who was born with an awful facial deformity. He grew up alone and lonely. When reaching adulthood, he decided to move from his town to begin a new life. On his way he discovered a beautiful mask that fit his...
05/22/2017 19:11
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In the past four months our congregation has been visited by death and disease like it has seldom been before. The sudden deaths or David and Carolyn Stewart just about two months apart, the passing of Mike Fuentes, the deaths of the mothers and fathers of several of our members,...
04/24/2017 19:29
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When I was a child my parents taught me the “magic words.” No, I’m not talking about “Abracadabra” or “Hocus Pocus.” The magic words I learned were “please” and “thank you.” Today I’d like to use those magic words on the congregation of Community Church.
First, I’d like to say...
04/17/2017 20:12
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Hosanna!
It’s a word we don’t use often: maybe on Palm Sunday, or perhaps when the worship team chooses one of the hymns or choruses which use the word. Often people wonder what it means. Basically Hosanna is a word of praise that also has the direct meaning: save. When people shouted out Hosanna,...
04/03/2017 20:29
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British newspaper The Daily Mail recently reported that an American man who changed his last name to “Null” has started receiving free hotel rooms and car rentals. It seems that the word “Null” is incompatible with a lot of computer programming, leading to many systems not recognizing him as...
03/27/2017 20:25
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We have invited hundreds of families to join us next Sunday for our Spring Egg Hunt and fun day. Here’s the schedule for the day.
Pray that families will see the advertisements and decide to attend. Pray for good weather. Rain is in the forecast but pray that it might come later in the...
03/15/2017 18:46
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FROM THE PASTOR
Last Friday the movie “The Shack” opened nationally. The film is based on a ten year old book by William Paul Young which has now sold more than 10 million copies and has been translated into over thirty languages. Young was a missionary kid...
03/06/2017 18:33
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