Sunday School: 9:30 AM
Worship Service: 10:30 AM
Women’s Bible Study: Thursday 10:00 AM
Men’s Breakfast: Saturday 7:00 AM
The new church addition is going up. PTL! And, as it goes up so do the costs of construction. You may have noticed the "Giving Thermome-ter" in our entryway. Thanks so much for all that you've given to this point. We as a church are grateful. Now, each of us need to prayerfully consider raising the thermometer with our contributions. God Bless.
Did you notice that our addition has a new roof...pretty nice. PTL! Keep watching the hallway thermometer go up as we get into this project.
Our church body is invited to go out into the new addition through the kitchen door and take up a marker and write a Scripture on the inside wall. Your choice..."All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable to teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness" (12 Tim.3.16).
Please remember to add a Shepherding Group to your weekly schedule. On Wednesday evenings we have three groups meeting: one at church, taught by Pastor Tom; one at Roger Brown's, taught by Pastor Jim, and one out in Bourdon Ranch, taught by Lee Copeland. We pray together, study God's Word and have fellowship.
Our Women's Bible Study meets on Thursday mornings at 10:00. They are finishing up their Acts study this week, and they will begin and a new study on "Discerning the Voice of God."
Who are you following? Anyone or no one? You may even be a freelance follower, who steps in behind whoever's looking good at the moment. Well, Jesus made it simple:
"Follow Me" (Matt.4.19;16.24).
It disturbs me that God's people, like sheep, so easily follow false teachers and prophets. Isaiah warns: "All of us like sheep have gone astray; each of us has turned to his own way..." (Isa.53.6). And that's just how sheep are. In fact, the herders used "Judas goats" to lead the sheep to slaughter.
Jesus said, "And many false prophets will arise, and will mislead many" (Matt.24.11). But, we are to follow the Way, who is Jesus Christ, our Savior and our Lord. How? By "abiding in His word" (John 15.4,7). If your favorite "leader" does not conform to the known Word of God, watch out. Jesus said, "See to it that on one misleads you" (Matt.24.4).
"But," you may say, "the guy was so sincere." You can be a sincere deceiver, like Charlie Manson, or Jim Jones, or Marshall Applewhite and lead people into bondage and death.
Jesus said, "You'll know them by their fruit" (Mtt.7.16). Well, some of these false prophets look pretty good, I mean, they're prosperous, well-spoken of, and they have success. So, how are we to know? The one key issue is: "What do they do with Jesus?"
John, the beloved, writes: "...test the spirits to see whether they are from God...every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God" (1 Jn.4.1,2). And remember...in the biblical sense, confession is not just lip service, it’s a life-style. If one follows Jesus, he does what Jesus taught, and he never makes himself larger than the Lord.
Pastor Tom
May 21, 2023
Pastor Jim Powell
Attendance: 94
Tithe Box Offering $3,665.00
Online Offering: $616.70
Secretary’s Corner Lora Slater 406-868-2144
Pastor Tom Brown
Pastor Jim Powell, Assoc. Pastor/Worship leader, Elder Lee Copeland
DEACONS & STAFF
Bill Bujnowski, Lanny Dameron, Chris Lewis, Roger Brown, Lee Larson and Matt Greenwood
Lora Slater – Secretary ♥
John Greer – Media
Cyndi DiMauro– Bookkeeping
Tami Powell – Nursery/Kitchen
Jenny Brundage – Custodian
Cathy Parry– Prayer
