June 2020

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The Kingdom of God

Devotional Word for Tuesday, June 30, 2020 What did you think about Ananias yesterday when he questioned whether the Lord really wanted him to go pray for Saul/Paul? Was he right to be hesitant? Well, I’ll let you be the judge of that. What you might want to take into

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Details of a Disciple

Devotional Word for Monday, June 29, 2020 The Bible is an amazingly specific book. It tells details we didn’t know we needed to know – some, that we still don’t know why we need to know. What can you remember about Paul’s Damascus Road experience? He gets knocked off his

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July/August 2020 Newsletter

Pastor’s Column Let’s take up two subjects this month: oranges and grazing. I want us to think about those two subjects with respect to ourselves. Now this may be a stretch for some of you, since you’ve probably never thought of yourself as an orange; but grazing, well, that may

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June 28, 2020

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Dennis Doran 2nd; Genevieve McVaugh, Debbie Schatz, Jacob Shoemaker, Blake Weiss 3rd; Bambi Martindell 6th; Ann Boyer, Rose Jaunzemis 7th; Ellen Pavie, Elein Yagilnicky 8th. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! Jake and Hannah Niederhaus 2nd; Terry and Darlene Leidy, Michael and Sarah Nowling 6th; Skip and Donna Smith 7th. THE SERMON

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The Truth is Golden

Devotional Word for Friday, June 26, 2020 When I say the names Ananias and Sapphira, does that ring a bell with you? I hope so. They appear in the Bible in only one place: Acts 5:1-11. It’s one small incident, but it is an incident with HUGE implications for the

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Dependent and Vulnerable

Devotional Word for Thursday, June 25, 2020 One week ago today while I was brushing my teeth early in the morning my back went out. It was quite painful. I could not walk normally for several days. There was constant pain. Some sitting positions were good, some were not so

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John the Baptist

Devotional Word for Wednesday, June 24, 2020 Today, June 24th, is a significant day on the Church calendar. But I bet you cannot guess why such should be the case. Let me give you some hints. Six months from today it will be Christmas Eve. We all know Christmas is

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More Valuable than Gold

Devotional Word for Tuesday, June 23, 2020 I’m still stuck on gold. Why have people down through history agreed to value it so highly? It has none of the features that would make it useful to ancient civilizations: being the most malleable of all metals, it worthless as an arrow

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A Measuring Rod of Gold

Devotional Word for Monday, June 22, 2020 About a decade ago the owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, the professional football team, said he wanted the Eagles to be the gold standard for NFL teams. It generated lots of discussion and, eventually, lots of ridicule because the football team did not

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June 21, 2020

WITHIN THE FELLOWSHIP:HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Kristen Parry 26th; Cindy Filson 28th; John Schilling 29th; Will Shafer 30th; Karen Carling July 1st. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! John and Janelle Rittenhouse, Bill and Elaine Teate 26th; Steve and Sherri Walmsley 28th. THE SERMON TITLE this morning is A River to Drown In. God gave Ezekiel

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