Dear PCF family, You guys are awesome! It was 6 degree’s outside and church was almost full yesterday! As “Sister Mary” said at the Friday night service, “All of you are Soldiers for the Lord!” You had to be there to fully understand.
Ok confession time. Yesterday’s sermon did not turn out how I planned. I just got out of sorts for some reason and did a poor job of getting my thoughts out. The readers digest version is simply this. All the stories in the Bible, including the one in the Old Testament, are very important to us because they are all pointing us and giving us symbolic clues to what God is trying to do in each of our lives. The tearing down of Solomon’s temple, the Jewish exile, and the returned of the Jews 70 years later is really another way to show us God does not give up on anyone without going to great effort to try and get us into the Promised Land. Sometimes He needs to tear us down so that He can rebuild us in the manner that we can best be a vessel for His purposes. Thankfully He sent us His son so that we have a living image of God in the flesh who demonstrated John 3:16.
I know what some of you are probably thinking, “Why in the world didn’t I just say that yesterday?” My answer to you today is, “That is a very good and legitimate question of which I answered at the beginning of the second paragraph. But other than that, it was still a great service because we gathered in His name with love for one another.
I just Got a text from Sandy Curren please see below:
Good afternoon. This is Sandy Curran. Paula’s group home has a new male client that arrived unexpectedly a couple of months ago. He came from another agency and apparently had nothing! I was able to donate some clothing and have Christmas covered. However, he is in need of a non cloth chair. All the residents in Paula’s home have their own chair in their living room. Apparently he “chair surfs” because he is in a wheelchair but likes the comfort of their chairs. They reached out to me to see if anyone might have an extra used chair available that they might like to donate.
Also, my sister Paula is currently in the hospital being treated for pneumonia. Please keep her in your prayers. She is responding well to antibiotics and I’m praying she can go back to her group home tomorrow.
OK Prayer Warriors let’s lift Sandy’s sister Paula, who is also a special needs person, up to the Lord who see’s and Hears us!
Wednesday Night Christmas Choir Rehearsal 6:30.
See you all soon, sincerely, pastor Kent