Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve candlelight communion service 6:00 PM.

Luke 2:1-7 (ESV)

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. [2] This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. [3] And all went to be registered, each to his own town. [4] And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, [5] to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. [6] And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. [7] And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

Remember that Jesus is the reason we celebrate!

Laurie and I would like to wish you all a blessed Christmas!

Jim

Scripture & Questions for Sunday (12/19/10)

Announcements:
Children and youth will have a Birthday Party for Jesus during the Sunday school hour this Sunday.

Scripture
Luke 1:46-55 (ESV)
And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord,
[47] and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
[48] for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant.  For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed;
[49] for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.
[50] And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.
[51] He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;
[52] he has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate;
[53] he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent empty away.
[54] He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy,
[55] as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his offspring forever."

Questions to Reflect Upon
1. If you had the skill and opportunity, how would you tell the world about a life-changing experience: write a poem, sing a song, publish a novel, or make a movie? Why?
2. What were the two parts of Mary’s song?
3. What attributes of God are extolled in the first part of Mary’s song?
4. How did Mary describe herself in her song?
5. What reasons can we give for calling Mary a woman blessed by God?
6. What evidence do we have today that God is still keeping His promises?
7. In what way can you glorify the Lord and rejoice in your Savior this week?

Scripture & Questions for Sunday (12/12/10)

Dear Friends,
Please remember that the children and youth of the church will be presenting the Christmas play on Sunday.  Please have your children there by 9:30.  Breakfast will be covered dish so please bring something to share.  All are welcome so please come and join us in our time of fellowship.

Luke 1:39-45 (ESV)
In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, [40] and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. [41] And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, [42] and she ex claimed with a loud cry, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! [43] And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? [44] For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. [45] And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."

Questions to Reflect Upon
1. What was the significance of the baby leaping at the sound of Mary’s voice?
2. In what way was Mary blessed?
3. Why did Elizabeth’s baby leap in her womb?
4. Judging from Elizabeth’s experience, what is it like to be filled with the Holy Spirit?
5. How are we blessed by Mary’s child?

Children & Youth Sunday School Teams - Organizational Meeting

Thursday December 9th 5:30pm

Our children and youth programs at church are going very well. We have lots of kids after school each week enjoying fellowship, games and learning about God’s love for them. However, our Sunday morning classes need some help. We need help with some of the planning, organizing, implementing, crafts and snacks. We are trying a new strategy that will hopefully make our classes not only fun and exciting to attend, but also to help with. Our plan is to organize teams that will share the responsibilities for each class. Anyone who has taught Sunday school knows it’s hard enough to get the lesson planned, but then to find craft supplies, snacks and try to keep up with the kids – all that can be overwhelming. So, this is what we are looking for:

• one or two that will teach each week or be a substitute
• one or two to plan for the crafts by gathering materials (Pre-K and K-5th only)
• someone to schedule breakfast snacks and/or get volunteers to bring them
• someone to keep in touch with class members by calling them or sending cards/post cards when they are absent
• and of course, we need some that will pray for each child or youth in the class and the other members of the teams.

The hope is to have groups of 4 or more per class. The age groups are Pre-K, 1st-5th, and 6th-12th. If you can or are willing to try to do any of the following…we need YOU! Anyone can help and you do not have to commit to being there every Sunday or even giving up your own Sunday school class!

So, if you are creative, organized or have an hour or so a week to make a difference in a child or youth’s life, please come to our organizational meeting on THURSDAY DECEMEBER 9th at 5:30 PM in the fellowship hall. If you cannot make that meeting, please call the church and leave a message that you are willing to help in some way. After it is formed, each team will get together at a time that is best for that group and decide together the direction they want to go.

Part of our calling as members of the body of Jesus Christ is the responsibility to support and teach our children the Christian faith. We make a vow, promising to do this each time we baptize a child. Please, help us to live out that calling. Pray about how God can equip you to help. Your example and love will have far-reaching consequences in these young lives. You can and will make an incredible difference!

Prayer Concerns

Please add Bettyanne Nethery and Morgan Richardson to your prayer concerns.

Bettyanne is in the hospital with an onset of pancreatitis. The doctors have her stabilized and she's getting better.
**It seems that there was some confusion about the prayer request for Bettyanne Nethery. It is Neil's mother Bettyanne who is in the hospital not Betty Nethery who lives here in Junction. Sorry for any confusion.

Morgan is in the hospital critically injured and needs lots of prayer. There will be a prayer vigil tonight at Simply Sugar at 7:45 PM.

Christmas Play Practice

Attention all Youth Parents and Children of First Presbyterian Church,
On Sunday, December 5th play practice will begin at 9:30am in the sanctuary.  After church we will feed everyone lunch and have another practice.  We should be done at 3:00pm. It is very important that all of our children and you who will be in the play on Sunday, December 11th are there for these two practices so that they can be prepared for the play.  It would also be helpful if some of the parents could help Sunday after church.  This is a special part of our Christmas worship and we would love to have as many participate as possible.

Scripture & Questions for Sunday (12/5/10)

Announcements
1. Don’t forget that we are starting our Advent Bible study today at noon in the green room.
2. Men’s breakfast will be Saturday at 8:00am in the fellowship hall. Come and bring a friend.
3. We need all the churches children and youth to meet in the sanctuary Sunday at 9:30am for Christmas play practice.

Scripture for Sunday
Exodus 15:1-21 (ESV)
[1] Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord, saying, "I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
[2] The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.
[3] The Lord is a man of war; the Lord is his name.
[4] "Pharaoh's chariots and his host he cast into the sea, and his chosen officers were sunk in the Red Sea.
[5] The floods covered them; they went down into the depths like a stone.
[6] Your right hand, O LORD, glorious in power, your right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy.
[7] In the greatness of your majesty you overthrow your adversaries; you send out your fury; it consumes them like stubble.
[8] At the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up; the floods stood up in a heap; the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.
[9] The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them.  I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.'
[10] You blew with your wind; the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty waters.
[11] "Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods?  Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?
[12] You stretched out your right hand; the earth swallowed them.
[13] "You have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed; you have guided them by your strength to your holy abode.
[14] The peoples have heard; they tremble; pangs have seized the inhabitants of Philistia.
[15] Now are the chiefs of Edom dismayed; trembling seizes the leaders of Moab; all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.
[16] Terror and dread fall upon them; because of the greatness of your arm, they are still as a stone, till your people, O Lord, pass by, till the people pass by whom you have purchased.
[17] You will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain, the place, O Lord, which you have made for your abode, the sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established.
[18] The Lord will reign forever and ever."
[19] For when the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them, but the people of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea. [20] Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing.
[21] And Miriam sang to them:  "Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea."

For Reflection
Exodus 15 is the first full song recorded on the pages of Scripture and became one of the songs of God's people for many generations. David quotes parts of it in the Psalms, and Isaiah includes portions of it too.

Exodus 15 was a "congregational song." Verse 1 says that Moses and the Israelites sang it so we should immediately see a huge congregation for we're told that Israel numbered 600,000 men plus women and children! (See Exodus 12:37.) Verses 20-21 tell us that Moses' sister Miriam and "all the women" joined in with tambourines and dancing. This presence of women with tambourines and dancing points to a jubilant celebration.

Two themes occur in this song. The first theme is glory to God for his mighty work (see verses 1-12). The second theme is hope as they look forward in anticipation to God's future acts (see verses 13-18). Our remembrance of God's past acts stirs our expectation of his future acts. Remembering becomes eschatological!

The same is true of our songs in Advent: God's past actions give us hope for his future actions. What we experience stirs us to expect! God's acts of deliverance in the Old Testament are preparation for anticipating his mightiest acts through the incarnation, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Exodus is a picture of salvation. And standing on the other bank is a picture of finally experiencing the full redemption that will appear at Christ's return.

es•cha•tol•o•gy
n.
1. The branch of theology that is concerned with the end of the world or of humankind.
2. A belief or a doctrine concerning the ultimate or final things, such as death, the destiny of humanity, the Second Coming, or the Last Judgment.

Questions
1. How has God performed amazing “Red Sea” miracles in your life?
2. Why do we do our best singing on the "other bank" when we see and remember how we have been delivered?
3. Why do we find it so easy to slip from stirring praise to grumbling again?
4. When we are grumbling how can we remind ourselves of God's faithfulness and his future, ultimate deliverance?

December 2010 Calendar of Events

Wednesdays, Dec 1, 8, 15, and 22

• Advent Bible Study at noon
• Youth Group at 5:30 - 7:30 PM

Thursday, December 2nd

• Packing boxes for our College Students, 10 AM

Saturday, December 4th

• Men of the Church Breakfast, 8 AM
• Regional Elder Training

Sunday, December 5th

• Communion

Sunday, December 12th

• Church Family Christmas Breakfast and Children's Play
• Breakfast served at 9:30 AM
• Children's Play during Morning Worship
• Care Center Service, 4 PM
• Christmas Cantata, 6 PM at the Methodist Church

Tuesday, December 14th

• PW Circle at noon
• Session, 6 PM

Sunday, December 19th

• Christmas Recital featuring Meredith Nowlin and Peaches Savage, 3 PM at the Methodist Church

Friday, December 24th

• Christmas Eve Communion, 7PM

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Scripture & Questions for Sunday (11/28/10)

Announcement:  Theron Gamblin went to be with his Lord Sunday evening. Services will be Wednesday at 1:00 at the church. Visitation will be Tuesday 5:00 to 7:00 at Kimble Funeral Home.

Scripture for Sunday
Psalm 147 (ESV)
1 Praise the Lord!  For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.
2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
4 He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.
6 The Lord lifts up the humble; he casts the wicked to the ground.
7 Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre!
8 He covers the heavens with clouds; he prepares rain for the earth; he makes grass grow on the hills.
9 He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.
10 His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
11 but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.
12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!  Praise your God, O Zion!
13 For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your children within you.
14 He makes peace in your borders; he fills you with the finest of the wheat.
15 He sends out his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
16 He gives snow like wool; he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.
17 He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs; who can stand before his cold?
18 He sends out his word, and melts them; he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.
19 He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and rules to Israel.
20 He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his rules.  Praise the Lord!

Notes and Questions to Reflect Upon
Advent, as a time of waiting, has often been a time of song. Psalm 147, as so many other Psalms do, makes it clear that God's people are a singing people. This world has much music, but the world's music is often in the performer/spectator pattern. There's something different about Christians because they sing together to God. This Psalm, which opens a praise section of the Psalms (145-150), paints the picture of the people of God responding to God's acts by breaking into song. There are 4 Old Testament words and 8 New Testament words for singing, and they all refer to an action on the part of God's people in response to what God says and does.

1. How has music impacted or influenced your life?
2. How does music influence or inspire your worship?
3. What practical advice is offered about how to worship God?
4. What does God desire from His people?
5. What should motivate us to offer our praise to God?
6. What lessons can we learn from these psalms about how to praise the Lord?

Scripture & Questions for Sunday (11/21/10)

Practice for the Christmas play has begun! All kids come to the Sanctuary at 9:30am every Sunday morning. Any parents of young ones that want to help are MORE than welcome!

Scripture and Questions for Sunday
Psalm 100:1-5 (ESV)
A Psalm for giving thanks.
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
[2] Serve the Lord with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!
[3] Know that the Lord, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
[4] Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name!
[5] For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.

Questions
1. When do you feel like shouting for joy or singing?
2. When (in what situations or for what acts) do you expect a thank you or acknowledgment of a favor you’ve done?
3. What attitude is recommended to accompany the praise of God’s people?
4. Why should the world acknowledge the Lord through praise?
5. What is sincere worship?
6. How could you prepare yourself to praise and thank God the next time you go to church for worship?

Scripture & Questions for Sunday (11/14/10)

Announcement
Practice for our Christmas play begins this Sunday for middle school and high school youth. The following Sunday the elementary students will join them. The Christmas play will be preformed Sunday December 12th during morning worship.

Scripture
Luke 21:5-19 (ESV)
And while some were speaking of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, he said, [6] "As for these things that you see, the days will come when there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down." [7] And they asked him, "Teacher, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when these things are about to take place?" [8] And he said, "See that you are not led astray. For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he!' and, 'The time is at hand!' Do not go after them. [9] And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified, for these things must first take place, but the end will not be at once." [10] Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. [11] There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven. [12] But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. [13] This will be your opportunity to bear witness. [14] Settle it therefore in your minds not to meditate beforehand how to answer, [15] for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict. [16] You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death. [17] You will be hated by all for my name's sake. [18] But not a hair of your head will perish. [19] By your endurance you will gain your lives.

Questions
1. What do you already know about your future?
2. What promises did Jesus give to His disciples?
3. What will be the result of “standing firm” in the last days?
4. Why did Jesus reveal to us these prophecies about the last days?
5. Why should we not allow our hearts to be weighed down with the anxieties of life?
6. What can you do now to get ready for Christ’s return?

Scripture & Questions for Sunday (11/7/10)

Announcements
1. Men’s Breakfast Saturday morning. We will eat at 8:00am but come early for fellowship in the kitchen.
2. Practice for our Christmas play will begin next Sunday, November 14th, during the Sunday School hour for Middle School and High School youth. We need them all to be there if possible. Practice for the younger children will start later, they will continue to have their regular Sunday School class until play practice starts for them.

Luke 20:27-38 (ESV)
There came to him some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, [28] and they asked him a question, saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. [29] Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died without children. [30] And the second [31] and the third took her, and likewise all seven left no children and died. [32] Afterward the woman also died. [33] In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had her as wife." [34] And Jesus said to them, "The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage, [35] but those who are b considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage, [36] for they cannot die anymore, because they are f equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. [37] But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. [38] Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him."

Questions for Reflection
1. What do you imagine happens to us after death?
2. How have your beliefs in the afterlife changed over the years?
3. Why did Jesus describe God as “the God of the living”?
4. What makes belief in the resurrection an important Christian belief?

The Sadducees, a group of conservative religious leaders, honored only the Pentateuch—Genesis through Deuteronomy—as Scripture. They also did not believe in a resurrection of the dead because they could find no mention of it in those books. The Sadducees decided to try their hand at tricking Jesus, so they brought him a question that had always stumped the Pharisees.

They wanted Jesus to say something they could refute. Even so, Jesus did not ignore or belittle their question. He answered it, and then he went beyond it to the real issue. When people ask you tough religious questions—“How can a loving God allow people to starve?” “If God knows what I’m going to do, do I have any free choice?”—follow Jesus’ example. First answer the question to the best of your ability; then look for the real issue—hurt over a personal tragedy, for example, or difficulty in making a decision. Often the spoken question is only a test, not of your ability to answer hard questions, but of your willingness to listen and care.

Scripture & Questions for Sunday (10/31/10)

Luke 19:1-10 (ESV)
He entered Jericho and was passing through. [2] And there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. [3] And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small of stature. [4] So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. [5] And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today." [6] So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. [7] And when they saw it, they all h grumbled, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner." [8] And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold." [9] And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. [10] For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."

Questions for Reflection
1. Why do you think people pay attention to gossip and rumors?
2. Who are the despised and disrespected people in our society today?
3. Why did the crowds begin to mutter and gossip among themselves?
4. What changes did Zacchaeus make in his life in response to Jesus’ interest in him?
5. How had salvation come to Zacchaeus’ house?
6. If we want to share our faith with someone, how much attention should we pay to their status and reputation?
7. What’s wrong with gossiping?
8. What responsibility do we have to help people of bad reputation?
9. What do the actions of Zacchaeus reveal about the power of God to change hearts?
10. How can we guard against the temptation to judge others?

November 2010 Calendar of Events

Tuesdays, November 2, 9, 16 & 30 

• Elementary After School Program 3:30 - 5 PM

Wednesdays, November 3, 10 & 17

• Youth group 5:30 - 7:30 PM

Saturday, November 6th 

• Men of the Church Breakfast, 8 AM

Sunday, November 7th

• Communion

Tuesday, November 9th

• PW Circle, noon
• Session, 6 PM

Sunday, November 14th

• Congregational Meeting

Sunday, November 21st

• Decorate for Advent – 5pm

Thursday, November 25th 
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

All About Sunday School

Dear Friends in Christ,

You are receiving this email from me today because you are either a member or a friend of First Presbyterian Church. I just wanted to let you know that we have a Sunday school program for all ages. We have three classes for children and youth starting at age 3 and we have a nursery staffed by Lisa Warden for younger children.

Laurie and I are teaching a survey class on the Bible in the Green Room where we are looking at the major themes and the history of the books that make up our Bible. This is a great way to gain some knowledge about the basis of our faith and discover what history and lessons are contained in some of the books that are probably less familiar to most of us. This is a good class for someone who considers themselves a beginner.

The Fun Bunch meets in the Fellowship Hall and is led by Walter Curry and each Sunday the class delves into the Scripture that will be used in morning worship.

This Sunday the Fun Bunch Sunday school class will be fixing breakfast, serving around 9:45, in the hopes that all the younger couples and younger adults in our church family will come. We hope to prepare a breakfast for you once a month to help you get to Sunday school and enjoy fellowship with each other.

The Parlor class is using a curriculum called This Present Word and is led by Jim Madary. The parlor class is made up of seasoned adults who enjoy fellowship and discussion of their Biblical text of the day.

So why come to Sunday school? 

1. You delight in God and therefore want to learn more of Him and be around others who delight in Him. If your heart beats for God then your desire for learning more about him should be natural. 
2. What else are you going to be doing at 9:45 AM on a Sunday? Redeem the time, don’t waste it. Figure out what is keeping you from being here and begin to think about giving an account of your life in light of that motivation and action.  
3. It ensures you will be on time for the Worship Service and even helps in the preparation of your heart for that time.

If you are not part of a Sunday school class you may be missing out on a great “combo deal.” “Sunday school is the place where you are known at church,” said Chris Jackson, Christian educator at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church in Minneapolis. “Worship may be glorious and inspirational, but you cannot create discussions or develop interpersonal relationships while sitting in the pews,” he noted.

Sunday school is not just for kids. We are trying to create settings in which children, youth and adults can come to new relationships with God and each other that impel changes in their minds, hearts and lives and lead them into working for change in their community and the world. This is a big undertaking -- full of promise, but also fraught with the complexities of working in any organization full of people.

Pray for teachers, leaders and participants. Pray for church members who could be teachers, leaders and participants and pray for people outside the church who could find their home in God through the ministry of your Sunday school.

Please come join us Sunday mornings at 9:45 pick a class and let’s get to know God and each other better.

Scripture & Questions for Sunday (10/24/10)

Announcement
We want to do something special just for you and your family!!! The "fun bunch" Sunday school class invites you and your children to come for breakfast this Sunday October 24th. We are fixing a light breakfast, serving around 9:45, in the hopes that all the younger couples and younger adults in our church family will come. We hope to prepare a breakfast for you once a month to help you get to Sunday school and enjoy fellowship with each other.

We have been there and know it is difficult to be everywhere everyday! So, in order to show you how much we love you and understand, we want to make it a little easier once a month!

Scripture for Sunday
Matthew 22:34-40 (ESV)
But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. [35] And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. [36] "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" [37] And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. [38] This is the great and first commandment. [39] And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. [40] On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets."

Questions for Reflection
1. If you could give a four-sentence speech on worldwide television, what would you say in order to have the greatest possible impact?
2. How did Jesus answer the Pharisee’s question?
3. What important footnote did Jesus add to His answer? (Hint vs. 39)
4. How important did Jesus say these two principles were?
5. In what ways do we sometimes try to sidestep our responsibility to obey God?
6. What does it mean to “love your neighbor as yourself”?
7. Why do you think we like to debate what the Bible means, yet often resist changing our lives based on what it says?
8. How can we keep our focus on what really matters?

Announcement, Scripture & Questions for Sunday (10/17/10)

Breakfast Announcement
We want to do something special just for you and your family!!! The "fun bunch" Sunday school class invites you and your children to come for breakfast next Sunday October 24th. We are fixing a light breakfast, serving around 9:45, in the hopes that all the younger couples and younger adults in our church family will come. We hope to prepare a breakfast for you once a month to help you get to Sunday school and enjoy fellowship with each other.

We have been there and know it is difficult to be everywhere everyday! So, in order to show you how much we love you and understand, we want to make it a little easier once a month!

Scripture
Luke 18:1-8 (ESV)
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. [2] He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. [3] And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.' [4] For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor respect man, [5] yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.' " [6] And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge says. [7] And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? [8] I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

Questions for Reflection
1. In what circumstances is persistence beneficial?
2. When was a time your persistence paid off?
3. Why should we take note of how the unjust judge responded to persistence?
4. How will God’s actions differ from those of the unjust judge?
5. What can Christians expect from God?
6. What promise does this parable offer to Christians?
7. What does it mean to be persistent in our prayers?
8. How should we respond when we do not see our prayers answered?
9. How can you guard against the temptation to give up praying when you do not see immediate results?
10. For what need or concern will you commit to praying persistently?

Scripture and Questions for Sunday (10/10/10)

Luke 17:11-19 (ESV)
On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. [12] And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance [13] and lifted up their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us." [14] When he saw them he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went they were cleansed. [15] Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; [16] and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. [17] Then Jesus answered, "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? [18] Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" [19] And he said to him, "Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well."

Questions for Reflection
1. How would you react if you were suddenly healed of a disease or sickness?
2. How did one man express his thankfulness to Jesus?
3. What difference did it make that the man who thanked Jesus was a Samaritan?
4. How did Jesus respond to the one man who returned?
5. What does this story say about the importance of thanking Jesus?
6. What difference does faith make in your life?
7. How does Jesus want you to respond to the work He performs in your life?
8. What prevents us from praising the Lord for His blessings?
9. When have you ever failed to thank the Lord for something He did for you?
10. When is it difficult to say thank you to God?
11. How can you remind yourself to thank God throughout each day?
12. Who is one person you could tell today about the great things God has done for you?

Scripture & Questions for Sunday (Oct 3, 2010)

Announcements:

• We will not be having our Men’s Breakfast tomorrow. We will resume Saturday November 6th.
• The youth of the church are going to Kerrville for lunch and bowling; meet in the church parking lot at 10:45. Bring enough money to eat at Mamacita’s.
• Sunday we will have Church on the River 10:30am at Curt and Jennifer Kneese’s.

Scripture for Sunday
2 Tim. 1:1-14 (ESV)

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus, [2] To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. [3] I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. [4] As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy. [5] I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. [6] For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, [7] for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. [8] Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God, [9] who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, [10] and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, [11] for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher, [12] which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me. [13] Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 14] By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.

 

Questions to Reflect Upon

1. What is characteristic of the people you enjoy being around?

2. Why did Paul long to see Timothy?

3. What family member or friend has had the biggest role in your spiritual growth and development?

4. What or whose pattern of sound teaching are you following?

5. When have you been refreshed by another believer?

6. What person who has had a substantial impact on your spiritual life will you take the time to thank personally this week?

Scripture and Questions for Sunday (9/26/10)

Announcement
Church on the River will be Sunday October 3rd at 10:30am at Curt and Jennifer Kneese’s house. It is on South 377 about 1 mile past the South Llano State Park on the left. Look for the sign. The meat, tea and beans will be provided. Those attending are asked to bring salads, vegetables or desserts.

1 Tim. 6:6-19 (ESV)
Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment, [7] for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. [8] But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. [9] But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. [10] For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs. [11] But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. [12] Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. [13] I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, [14] to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, [15] which he will display at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, [16] who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen. [17] As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. [18] They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, [19] thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

Questions for Reflection
1. Why do you think most people are or aren’t content with what they have?
2. What brings us great gain?
3. What do we bring into the world?
4. What will we take out of the world?
5. How do people attempt to use Christianity for their own profit?
6. Why is it hard to be content?
7. About what situation in life will you ask God to help you be more content each day this week?

Scripture & Questions for Sunday (9/19/10)

Luke 16:1-13 (ESV)
He also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. [2] And he called him and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.' [3] And the manager said to himself, 'What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. [4] I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.' [5] So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?' [6] He said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.' [7] Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.' [8] The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light. [9] And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings. [10] "One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. [11] If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? [12] And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own? [13] No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money."

“Why Church? Reason Two: Real People”

The dishonest manager is a model of what Christians are not. He fits Jesus’ negative application of the parable. Christians should strive for its positive application: being faithful in little and in much.

Back in 1889, John Hunter, a Scottish Congregational pastor, penned a few lines about the gap between the Christian profession and practice, which he later published as a hymn. What’s encouraging about his treatment of the subject, however, is that it isn’t about a guilt trip but about continuing to follow the light of Jesus. His hymn is “Dear Jesus, in Whose Life I See”:

Dear Jesus, in whose life I see
all that I would, but fail to be,
let thy clear light forever shine,
to shame and guide this life of mine.

Though what I dream and what I do
in all my weak days are always two,
help me, oppressed by things undone,
O thou whose deeds and dreams were one!

That’s what Jesus does for us, and we come to church to keep our eyes on that light. But in church, we also find people much like ourselves, in whom we see glimmers of that light as we work together at being faithful in things both small and great. Sometimes the light of Jesus shows so strongly through their actions that it both shames and guides us.

Questions for Reflection
1. How did the rich man respond to the manager who was “wasting his possessions”?
2. What plan did the manager devise to secure his future?
3. How did the rich master react to the dishonest dealings of the manager?
4. Who are the “people of light” to whom Jesus referred?
5. What did Jesus mean when He said, “Use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves”?
6. How can we be sure that we will be “welcomed into eternal dwellings”?

Scripture and Questions for Sunday (9/12/10)

Luke 15:1-7 (ESV)
Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. [2] And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them." [3] So he told them this parable: [4] "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? [5] And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. [6] And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.' [7] Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

Questions to Reflect Upon
1. As a child, when was a time you got lost from your family or a group?
2. Why did Jesus choose a parable about sheep to make His point?
3. In what ways do we go astray?
4. How does the picture of “rejoicing in heaven” over repentance make you feel?
5. How does it feel to return to the fold?
6. Why do you or don’t you go to church?

September 2010 Calendar of Events

Saturday, Sept 4th

• Men of the Church Breakfast, 8 AM

Sunday, Sept 5th

• Communion
• Care Center Service, 4 PM

Wednesday, Sept 8th

• Youth Group, 5:30-7 PM

Sunday, Sept 12th

• Church School Kick-Off Breakfast, 9:30 AM

Monday, Sept 13th

• Fitness Class, 3:30-4:30 PM

Tuesday, Sept 14th

• PW Circle, noon
• Elementary After School Program, 3:30-5 PM
• Session, 6 PM

Wednesday, Sept 15th

• Youth Group, 5:30-7 PM

Saturday, Sept 18th

• PW Hill Country Cluster in Fredericksburg, 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM

Tuesday, Sept 21st

• Elementary After School Program, 3:30-5 PM

Wednesday, Sept 22nd

• Youth Group, 5:30-7 PM

Monday, Sept 27th

• Fitness Class, 3:30-4:30 PM

Tuesday, Sept 28th

• Elementary After School Program, 3:30-5 PM

Wednesday, Sept 29th

• Youth Group, 5:30-7 PM

Scripture & Questions for Sunday (9/5/10)

Luke 14:25-33 (ESV)
Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, [26] "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. [27] Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. [28] For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? [29] Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, [30] saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.' [31] Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? [32] And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. [33] So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

Billy Graham has said, “Salvation is free, but discipleship costs everything we have” [--Edythe Draper, Drapers Book of Quotations for the Christian World (Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 1992)].

Questions to Reflect Upon
1. How have you counted the costs recently before tackling a project at home or at work?
2. What consequences result from not counting the cost before building?
3. How might the crowds have reacted to Jesus’ terms of discipleship?
4. How do most people react to Jesus’ terms of discipleship?
5. What costs of following Jesus seem especially high to you?
6. Why is it worth paying the price to follow Jesus?

Here is a link to an article that Laurie found this week that highlights how we as Christians do not count the cost of discipleship.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/08/27/almost.christian/index.html

Scripture and Questions for Sunday (8/29/10)

Luke 14:7-14 (ESV)
Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, [8] "When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, [9] and he who invited you both will come and say to you, 'Give your place to this person,' and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. [10] But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you. [11] For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." [12] He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. [13] But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, [14] and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."

Questions
1. When have you attended a very formal dinner?
2. How does it feel to give a gift to someone who doesn’t expect it?
3. What does the wedding feast in the parable represent?
4. What benefits could you realize by consistently making humble choices?
5. What is something special you can do this week for someone who is unable to repay you in kind?

Announcements, Scriptures & Questions for Sunday (8/22/10)

Announcements

• City-Wide Youth End-of-Summer Party at County Park, Wednesday, Aug 18 6-7:30. All area churches are invited to participate.
• Annual prayer walk around the school grounds Sunday, August 22, 7:30, meeting out front of the high school.
• Parenting classes are coming to Junction!
• Families will be strengthened; countless children’s lives will be impacted in a positive way; parents will receive the guidance and encouragement they have long needed; schools will have less emotional and behavioral issues.
• Through effective training, families will be able to break the cycle of dysfunction. Law enforcement and the courts will have a resource to refer families in crisis.
• When the Lord ordains a project, He provides all the workers and materials to complete the job! In Junction, needed are leaders, mentors, facilitators, prayers and participants. The materials, facilities, and child-care workers are being prepared.
• This is where YOU, the Body of Christ, comes in! Please join in praying that those whom God is calling will hear His voice and be drawn out of their hiding places. Commit to praying, starting NOW, daily and nightly, This project will involve the entire community. Between now and Labor Day, seek God’s will and direction for this endeavor thank you in advance for your commitment to the betterment of today’s children, as well as future generations.

Scripture
Luke 13:10-17 (ESV)
Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. [11] And there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. [12] When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your disability." [13] And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she glorified God. [14] But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, "There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day." [15] Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it? [16] And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?" [17] As he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame, and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.

Questions
1. When has someone criticized you for doing something good?
2. What rules about Sunday have you heard?
3. What do you think the crippled woman expected?
4. What restrictions do we foolishly put on God’s work?
5. What self-imposed rule or tradition do you need to modify to allow for God’s work?

Scripture & Questions for Sunday (8/15/10)

1 Samuel 3:1-10 (ESV)
Now the young man Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision. [2] At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his own place. [3] The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was. [4] Then the Lord called Samuel, and he said, "Here I am!" [5] and ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he said, "I did not call; lie down again." So he went and lay down. [6] And the Lord called again, "Samuel!" and Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he said, "I did not call, my son; lie down again." [7] Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him. [8] And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli perceived that the Lord was calling the young man. [9] Therefore Eli said to Samuel, "Go, lie down, and if he calls you, you shall say, 'Speak, Lord, for your servant hears.' "So Samuel went and lay down in his place. [10] And the Lord came and stood, calling as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant hears."

Questions
1. How would you characterize our day and age with regard to people hearing from God?
2. What characteristics of the boy Samuel made him a suitable person to hear from God?
3. How can we become more attuned to hear God in our lives?

Questions & Scripture for Sunday (8/1/10)

Luke 12:13-21 (ESV)
Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me." [14] But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?" [15] And he said to them, "Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." [16] And he told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man produced plentifully, [17] and he thought to himself, 'What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?' [18] And he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. [19] And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.' [20] But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' [21] So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."

Questions
1. How did your family regard possessions while you were growing up?
2. What signs of greed can show up in a person’s life?
3. With what parts of the parable can you identify?
4. What parts of the parable make you uncomfortable?
5. What is one step you can take this week to become less dependent on your possessions?

Scripture & Questions for Sunday (7/25/10)

Vacation Bible School has gone very well this week.  Please come join us tonight for a Program and Family Fish Fry beginning at 6:00pm.

Luke 9:28-36 (ESV)
Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. [29] And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became dazzling white. [30] And behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah, [31] who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. [32] Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they became fully awake they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. [33] And as the men were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah"— not knowing what he said. [34] As he was saying these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. [35] And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my Son, my Chosen One; listen to him!" [36] And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen.

Questions to reflect upon:
1. What special events in your life do wish could have lasted forever?
2. If you had been with Peter, James, and John, how might you have felt?
3. In describing Peter’s suggestion about the shelters, why did Luke say, “He did not know what he was saying”?
4. Why do you think the disciples told no one what they had seen that day?
5. What can you do in your private devotions to help you listen to God’s Son?

VBS

Don't forget...

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

Tuesday, July 20th - Friday, July 23rd

6:00 - 8:00 PM

Registration on Tuesday begins at 5:30 PM.

Friday evening we will be having a Family Fish Fry.

Everyone is invited. Dinner will begin at 6:00 PM.

Scripture & Questions for Sunday (7/18/10)

Luke 10:38-42 (ESV)

Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. [39] And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. [40] But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me." [41] But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, [42] but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her."

Questions
1. What is your home like shortly before guests arrive?
2. What is your home like shortly before guests arrive?
3. What did Jesus think of the sisters’ choices?
4. If you had been Martha in this situation, how would you have reacted to your sister’s choice?
5. What events or opportunities are coming up in which you can focus on being a student of Christ?

Scripture and Questions for Sunday (7/11/07)

Matthew 22:15-22 (ESV)

Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his talk. [16] And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances. [17] Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?" [18] But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, "Why put me to the test, you hypocrites? [19] Show me the coin for the tax." And they brought him a denarius. [20] And Jesus said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" [21] They said, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, "Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." [22] When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away.

Questions
1. What qualities mark a person of integrity?
2. How did Jesus respond to all the false adulation He received in this incident?
3. What do you think Jesus called us to do when He said, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and give to God what is God’s”?
4. What responsibilities do you have to the government?
5. What might be the first step in better living up to your obligations as a citizen of God’s kingdom?

This Week the 219th General Assembly (2010) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), is being held in Minneapolis from July 3-10, 2010. Here is a link to see what all is going on.
http://ga219.pcusa.org/

Announcements, Scripture and Questions for Sunday (7/4/10)

Announcement

On July 7th we will meet in the fellowship hall at 5:30 to finalize the plans for VBS. I am hoping all of you can be there. Our material is all in and it looks like lots of fun. The dates for VBS are July 20 thru 23, 6pm to 8pm.

So far the following stations are manned:

• Opening - Sing and Play Splash - Laurie, Diana & Marvin
• Crafts -Clipper Ship Crafts & Missions - Donna & Sandra
• Food - Goodies from the Gallery- Zee & Laurrie Allen
• Games - Ship Rec Games - Jeannette & Luke
• Bible Voyage - Barbara McGuinney
• Susan Curry and Irene Andrews are helping arrange food for those teachers who will have to come directly from work.
• Jim is in charge of the fish fry for Friday night.
• Molly is on deck with the decorations.

Please let me know if you cannot make it and I will get you the finalized plans. Please let me know if I have missed e-mailing someone. Thank you one and all.

Donnette, 979-571-8331 or dd115@suddenlink.net

Scripture
2 Cor. 12:2-10 (ESV)
I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows. [3] And I know that this man was caught up into paradise—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows—[4] and he heard things that cannot be told, which man may not utter. [5] On behalf of this man I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except of my weaknesses. [6] Though if I should wish to boast, I would not be a fool, for I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain from it, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me. [7] So to keep me from being too elated by the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from being too elated. [8] Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. [9] But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. [10] For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Questions
1. Why are we typically afraid to disclose our weaknesses to each other?
2. What can we learn from Paul’s example about dealing with physical discomfort or hardship?
3. How can you allow the Lord’s power to take over where you are weak?
4. How does the Christian perspective on power and weakness differ from that of the world?
5. In what area of your life do you want to rely more on God’s strength and power, rather than your own?

Scripture and Questions for Sunday (6/20/10)

Luke 18:9-14 (ESV)

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: [10] "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. [11] The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. [12] I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.' [13] But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!' [14] I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."

Questions for Reflection
1. How does our society regard the quality of humility?
2. How do we judge people according to outward appearances?
3. How important are outward appearances in our culture today?
4. What does this parable teach us about our prayer habits?
5. Why does God honor the prayers of a humble person?
6. In what area of your life do you want to combat a tendency to exalt yourself instead of Christ?

Scripture and Questions for Sunday (6/13/10)

Scripture
Luke 7:36-50 (ESV)
One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house and took his place at the table. [37] And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, [38] and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment. [39] Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner." [40] And Jesus answering said to him, "Simon, I have something to say to you." And he answered, "Say it, Teacher."

[41] "A certain moneylender had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. [42] When they could not pay, he cancelled the debt of both. Now which of them will love him more?" [43] Simon answered, "The one, I suppose, for whom he cancelled the larger debt." And he said to him, "You have judged rightly." [44] Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. [45] You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet. [46] You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. [47] Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little." [48] And he said to her, "Your sins are forgiven." [49] Then those who were at table with him began to say among themselves, "Who is this, who even forgives sins?" [50] And he said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace."

Questions for Reflection
1. In what ways have you been thanked recently?
2. With what character in the story do you most identify?
3. What were the limits of Jesus’ compassion in this story?
4. What are the limits of Jesus’ compassion toward us?
5. What can you do to foster your own thankfulness to God this week?

Scripture and Questions for Sunday (6/6/10)

Ephes. 2:1-10 (ESV)

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins [2] in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— [3] among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. [4] But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, [5] even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved— [6] and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, [7] so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. [8] For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, [9] not a result of works, so that no one may boast. [10] For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Thoughts
In these words, Paul is proclaiming the core of the Christian faith: Grace from God! Ours is not a religion in which we expend our own efforts to impress God and achieve salvation. This is religion that is built on the generosity of the heart of God as he looks at sinners and exclaims, "I know you don't deserve it, but I'll love you anyway!"

Grace is, by its very nature, surprising and without reason! And it is very expensive! Grace is expensive to God because it cost him his only begotten Son, and it's expensive to Christ because he gave his life for us. But we must not overlook the fact that it also has a cost for us. We must relinquish control of our life and give it over to our Sovereign Master.

Questions
1. When have you shown mercy to a person who deserved to be punished?
2. What three characteristics mark the condition of a person without Christ?
3. Why did God make those who were dead alive with Christ?
4. Why can no one boast in his own salvation?
5. How do you see God’s creative workmanship operating in your life?

Don’t forget the church breakfast (pancakes and bacon) Saturday morning at 8:00am and then we will do some clean up around the church. The more hands the lighter the work!

June 2010 Schedule of Events

Saturday, June 5th

• Men of the Church breakfast, 8 AM
• Work Day, 8 AM

Sunday, June 6th

• Communion

Tuesday, June 8th

• Session Meeting, 6 PM

Friday, June 18th - Saturday, June 19th

• Mission Presbytery

Friday, June 25th - Saturday, June 26th

• County-Wide Women’s Conference at the First Baptist Church

Announcements, Scripture and Questions for Sunday (5/30/10)

Announcements

Jodi and Sean Murphy are anticipating the arrival of their daughter, Sara, today at 1:00pm at the Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas.

A note from Brittany Whitworth:
Family and Friends,
As you know, we're in the adoption process and let's just say things are moving as things move for Dwight and I - FAST! We completed our Home Study three weeks ago and we got a call just over a week ago about a birth mom. We had a "Match Meeting" on Monday with her (Amy) and we all seemed to get a long. She's expecting a girl on 18 August. If things continue, we'll be parents sometime in August. She thinks she might deliver a week early and if this is the case, then our daughter would be here on my birthday. :)

We, of course, would love continued prayers for Amy's health and emotions as well as the baby's health. We will let you know if this adoption goes through in August and will hopefully have pictures to send your way. Until then, we'll not clog your inbox but did want to give you an update.

Much love,
Dwight and Brittany

Scripture
Romans 3:21-28 (ESV)
But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it [22] the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: [23] for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, [24] and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, [25] whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. [26] It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

[27] Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith. [28] For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

Questions for Reflection
1. What makes it difficult for many of us to believe that we can gain God’s forgiveness by faith in Christ alone?
2. Why would God offer His righteousness free to every person?
3. What does it mean to believe and put your faith in Jesus Christ?
4. How should our boasting and bragging about our relationship to God be different when we realize it is by faith alone?

Announcement, Scripture & Questions for Sunday (5/23/10)

Following morning worship, we will honor our two graduates, Christian Stewart and William Whitworth, with a luncheon.  Meat and drinks will be provided by the church.  Please bring a side dish to share.


Scripture
2 Tim. 3:14-4:4 (ESV)

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it [15] and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. [16] All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, [17] that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.  [4:1] I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: [2] preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. [3] For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, [4] and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

"Back to the Bible" was one of the major cries of the reformers. Where does authority and truth come from? Does it come from natural reason, the traditions of the church, the decisions and statements of church councils, or only from the Bible? The consistent belief of all the Reformers was that ultimate authority comes only from the Word of God, i.e. Holy Scripture. "Don't tell me what natural reason, the traditions of the church, church councils say," they claimed. "Tell me what the Bible says!"

After their careful study of the statements of Scripture, they concluded that Scripture is organic and has produced an infallible source of truth for us. But they also went another step and insisted that the believer not only profess confidence in the authority of the Bible but also use it to guide thinking and living. 2 Kings 22 tells us the story of how Josiah put the Bible to work. Nehemiah 8-9 also tells us of another such instance.

Questions for Reflection
1. How long had Timothy known the holy Scriptures?
2. What are the holy Scriptures able to do?
3. What is true of all Scripture?
4. For what is Scripture useful?
5. For what good work does the Scripture equip the person of God?
6. What does it mean that the Bible is God-breathed?
7. In what sorts of ways should we use the Bible?
8. How equipped are you to do every good work?
9. How can you use the Bible in your own spiritual growth this week?

Announcements; Scripture & Questions for Sunday (5/16/2010)

Announcements

The "fun bunch" Sunday school class invites the younger couples and younger adults and your children to come for breakfast Sunday May 16. We are fixing a light breakfast, serving around 9:30, in the hopes that all the younger couples and younger adults in our church family will come. We hope to prepare a breakfast for you once a month to help you get to Sunday school and enjoy fellowship with each other.

We have been there and know it is difficult to be everywhere everyday! So, in order to show you how much we love you and understand, we want to make it a little easier once a month!

Scripture
Ephes. 1:3-14 (ESV)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, [4] even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love [5] he predestined us for adoption through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, [6] to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. [7] In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, [8] which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight [9] making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ [10] as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. [11] In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, [12] so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. [13] In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, [14] who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

Questions for Reflection
1. When did God choose us as belonging to him? We call this election.
2. What is the purpose of God’s election?
3. What has Christ done on our behalf?
4. What is redemption?
5. How should knowing that you were chosen to be in the family of God affect your involvement in evangelism?
6. Why did God do this amazing work for us?

May 2010 Schedule of Events

Saturday, May 1st

• Men of the Church Breakfast, 8 AM

Sunday, May 2nd

• COMMUNION

Thursday, May 6th

• Community Prayer Meeting @ City Hall, 12:20-12:40 PM
• Peaches Savages' Students' Recital, 6:30 PM at the Methodist Fellowship Hall

Friday, May 7th - Sunday, May 9th

• Jim & Laurie will be gone to Fly Fishing Camp

Sunday, May 9th

• MOTHER'S DAY!!

Tuesday, May 11th

• PW Circle, 9:45 AM
• Session, 6 PM

Sunday, May 23rd

• Luncheon Honoring JHS Graduates (following morning worship)

Friday, May 28th

• JHS Graduation

Sunday, May 30th

• Care Center Worship, 4 PM

Scripture & Questions for Sunday (5/9/10)

Scriptures for Sunday

Mark 8:27-38 (ESV)
And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?" [28] And they told him, "John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets." [29] And he asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the Christ." [30] And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him. [31] And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. [32] And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. [33] But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man." [34] And he called to him the crowd with his disciples and said to them, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. [35] For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. [36] For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? [37] For what can a man give in return for his life? [38] For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."

Questions for Reflection
1. How do unrealistic expectations block people from following Christ?
2. How was what Jesus predicted different from what Peter expected?
3. In what way did Peter have in mind the “things of man” as opposed to the “things of God”?
4. Why did Jesus say, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me”?
5. What does it mean to deny yourself?
6. What does it mean to take up your cross?
7. What does it mean to follow Christ?
8. What do you think Christ wants you to give up for the sake of the gospel?

Announcements, Scripture & Questions for Sunday (5/2/10)

Announcements
1. Men’s Breakfast tomorrow at 8:00am
2. National Day of Prayer meeting at the City Hall Thursday at 12:20 to 12:40

Scripture
Rev. 21:1-7 (ESV)
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. [2] And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. [3] And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. [4] He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away." [5] And he who was seated on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." Also he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true." [6] And he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. [7] The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

Questions for Reflection
1. What are the implications for us that this present earth will pass away?
2. What does it mean that God will wipe every tear from our eyes?
3. What kind of thirst does God promise to fill in heaven?
4. How can we prepare ourselves for a place like the New Jerusalem?
5. How can you remind yourself every day this week of God’s promised future for His people?

Scriptures and Questions for Sunday (4/25/10)

Sorry for the tardiness folks. There are four scriptures for you to look at so I am not printing them out for you. They all deal with the concept of rest, speciffically Sabbath rest.

Gospel Readings:  John 10:11-18, Mark 6:30-32
Old Testament Reading:  Genesis 2:1-3
Psalter Reading:  Psalm 23
Sermon “Sabbath Rest”

Questions to reflect upon.

1. Why did God require rest after the six days of creation?
2. If rest is important to God should it be important humans?
3. When we don't allow ourselves to rest what are the consequences?
4. What are the benefits recieved from rest?
5. Why might we feel guilty about resting when God commands it?

Scripture & Questions for Sunday (4/11/10)

Scripture Lesson
John 21:1-25 (ESV)
After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way. [2] Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. [3] Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
[4] Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. [5] Jesus said to them, "Children, do you have any fish?" They answered him, "No." [6] He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish. [7] That disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment, for he was stripped for work, and threw himself into the sea. [8] The other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards off. [9] When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread. [10] Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." [11] So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn. [12] Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. [13] Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. [14] This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead. [15] When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs." [16] He said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep." [17] He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, "Do you love me?" and he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep. [18] Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go." [19] (This he said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God.) And after saying this he said to him, "Follow me." [20] Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them, the one who had been reclining at table close to him and had said, "Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?" [21] When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, "Lord, what about this man?" [22] Jesus said to him, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!" [23] So the saying spread abroad among the brothers that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?" [24] This is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true. [25] Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

Questions
1. When did you ever have to restore a broken relationship?
2. Who are Jesus’ sheep?
3. How do we each serve God in a unique way?
4. What might cause us to be more concerned about someone else’s relationship with Christ than our own?
5. How can you focus your attention solely on your service to God this week?

Holy Week Schedule

Thursday 7:00pm Maundy Thursday Communion Service
Child care will be available. If your youth is participating please have them at the church by 6:30.

Friday 7:00pm Good Friday Tenebrae Service
Child care will be available. If your youth is participating please have them at the church by 6:30.

Saturday 8:00am Men’s Breakfast

Easter Sunday 10:00am Easter Egg Hunt for the children.
If your child is in middle or high school please have them here about 9:30 to hide the eggs.

Easter Sunday 11:00am
Celebration of our LORD’s victory over sin and death.

Please don’t forget to bring eggs for Sunday’s hunt!

Scripture and Questions for Sunday (3/28/10)

Matthew 26:30-46 (ESV)
Jesus Foretells Peter’s Denial
30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. 31 Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ 32 But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.” 33 Peter answered him, “Though they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away.” 34 Jesus said to him, “Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” 35 Peter said to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you!” And all the disciples said the same.

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane
36 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.” 37 And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38 Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.” 39 And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” 40 And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour? 41 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 42 Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.” 43 And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. 44 So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words again. 45 Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Sleep and take your rest later on. See, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.”

Questions for Reflection
1. Why is it dangerous to begin a sentence with the words, “I would never . . .”?
2. What prediction about His followers did Jesus make on the Mount of Olives?
3. How did Peter respond to Jesus’ statement that all the disciples would abandon Him?
4. What situations might tempt you to be quiet or low-key about your relationship with Jesus Christ?
5. What do you learn about God from the fact that Jesus did not yell at His disciples or disown them even though He knew they would abandon Him?
6. In what particular situation(s) this week do you need to make it clear that you are a follower of Jesus Christ?

Request

Please share with all in the church family. While Kelsey is enjoying her time in London and visiting as much of Europe as she can while she is there, she is starting to get a little homesick. It would mean so much if she could get mail from home.

Here is her address:
Kelsey Edelen
200 Pentonville Road
Islington, London N1 9JP

This is her blog for anyone interested in seeing what she is up to across the pond.
www.kelseymedelen.blogspot.com

Shawn K. Currie