Cell: (928) 243-1864
Office: (928) 537-4262
pastortombrown@gmail.com
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
Board Meeting, Monday 10/4 at 3:30 pm in our church
We have three Groups meeting weekly on Wednesday Night.
- “The Church Group” meets at 6 pm at Church Taught by Pastor Tom & Terry Lowry
- “The Borden Ranch Group” meets at 5:30 pm at Lewis’ Taught by Lee Copeland & Chris Lewis
- “The Gazebo Group” meets at 5:30 pm at Brown’s Taught by Roger Brown & Pastor Jim
Save Sunday afternoon, October 10th, for our annual Green’s Peak Trip to view the fall colors and share in a barbecue potluck.
There will be a memorial service for Tom Geffert at the National Memorial Cemetery on Cave Creek Road., in the valley, on October 8th at 9:30 am. Jeany and the family have our prayers and deepest sympathy.
Please consider lending your help jto the Salvation Army. They need “Advisory Board” members, who meet once a month and guide the Army’s community work and fund raising events. Also, needed are site workers, who organize and manage food and clothing resources. Thank you.
American courts used to have witnesses swear on the Bible to "tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth." Now, they've removed the Bible, and witnesses swear "to tell the truth." So, the truth has gone the way of much else in our culture, being watered down to useless verbiage.
After listening to the recent (lying) testimonies of our current crop of Washington politicians, and even our top military generals, I begin to understand why the truth is important.
My dad, who was "old school," thought that being truthful was very important, and the worst lickin' I ever got was for lying to him. Perhaps there should be more "lickin'" for lying.
No person can live a healthy and vital life as a liar. This is equally so for a nation. "You shall not bear false witness..." is one of the Ten Commandments, and God gave it to us knowing our way-ward ways (Ex. 20.16).
Like Pilate, the Roman governor of Judiah, we have become cynical about the truth because we're surrounded by "untruths" (John 18.31-38). So, many have just given up on the truth.
Jesus said to His disciples: "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life" (John 14.6a). He meant "the Truth," not a relative truth, like so many want to practice it today. Jesus is so true that "no one comes to the Father, but through (Him)." (14.6b). Certainly, the truth hurts, and in a sense, it should, but in Christ we can over-come the pain of our lies.
Put your hand on your Bible and say, "I will tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth."
Amen. ~ Pastor Tom
Pastor Tom Brown
CHURCH PASTORS AND ELDERS
Pastor Tom Brown
Pastor Jim Powell, Assoc. Pastor/Worship leader, Terry Lowry, Elder
DEACONS & STAFF
Bill Bujnowski, Lee Copeland, Lanny Dameron, Chris Lewis, Roger Brown and Lee Larson
Lora Slater – Secretary
John Greer – Media,
Tammy Powell – Custodian, Nursery, and Kitchen
Loretta Stumbaugh – Prayer and Finances
