A Note From Our Pastor

The wisdom and goodness of the Lord are unlimited! Joy and I are pleased you have joined us.

You are accepted!

You are welcomed!

You are invited to enter into our worship experience.

What a marvelous job our Adult Choir and supporting cast did in presenting events pertaining to Easter last Sunday. My appreciation goes to Hiawatha Jones, who directed the event, and to each of you who had a supporting role in making My Savior, My God a great success.

One of the lines in the drama reminded me of a story about a little girl who went fishing with her father. After about ten minutes of holding her pole, the young girl gave up and said, "Dad, I'm quitting! I'm not being waited on by any fish."

The child's comments may have been echoed by the frustrated disciples in John 21:1-14. The ressurected Christ stood in the shore and called to seven of His friends, "You have no fish, have you?" They replied, "No."

Jesus told His friends to cast their nets on the right side of the boat. Then they caught so many fish that they couldn't lift them into the boat. They had to drag the net to the shore to count thier catch.

Isn't it amazing what divine guidance can do for us? Just acting on one word of wisdom from the Lord can radically change the outcome of life!

 Ralph Painter

  Senior Pastor

A minister speaking at the anniversary of the founding of a local church made this important statement:

Here, yesterday, today and tomorrow meet,

For workers who dream

and dreamers who work.

Think of the founding members of the church, the church of yesterday. They built the foundation. Concerning the church at Corinth, Paul said " I planted the seed [the Corinthian church] (1Cor. 3:6). This who responded to the Gospel in Corinth were "the plants" so to speak, the first members of the congregation.

Paul went on to start other churched, but he did not leave those first Corinthian congrgants to flounder alone. He left Apollos to water the new plants. "I planted the seed," wrote Paul, "apollos watered it, but God made is grow" (1 Corinthians 3:6).

The church of yesterday began to include the church of today, and in time there would be the church of tomorrow. The seed of the great Gospel had been planted and the soil was good enough to bring forth more members.

The result was church workers. "Workers who dream" - workers who caught the vision and turned to work on behalf of God's kingdom. They were workers who tried to make the dream a reality. They were dreamers who work.

No church can survive without workers who dream great dreams. And no church can grow in good health without dreamers who work for the church of today and for the church of tomorrow.

What great dreams do you have for the growth of God's Kingdom?