Early Morning walk with God’s Eye Watching! by Sue Wooden
Dear PCF family here are the arrangements for Mike Beatty’s services:
- Thursday, May 14th, there will be a visitation at the Sunset Hills Funeral Home located on Rte 157, 50 Fountain Drive, Glen Carbon Il. 62034. The visitation hours will be from 4:00pm until 8:00pm.
- The celebration of life service will be held on Friday May the 15th at Esic Worship Center located 1000 University Drive, Edwardsville. The service will begin at 10:30am. After the service the burial takes place at Sunset Hills Cemetery. There will be a luncheon back at the church at approximately 12:30.
A note from Kent: As I look back over my life and the many mistakes I made, I wonder how in the world I went down some of the paths I walked on? How was that possible? But as I read the many stories in the Bible I am in very Good company from King David to the Apostle Paul and many others who did not live a pristine life yet still found great blessings as they allowed God to work through them, even in their faults and weaknesses. This I can be true for anyone.
If you find yourself in a place where you are asking the question, “How in the world has my life gotten into this situation?” I offer this to you because I understand. No matter what you are facing, do what the Bible teaches, STOP! stop relying on your own ways, and schemes and methods and go to God now in prayer and confess everything to him. He already knows your situation but it is important for you to show Him that you are ready for Him to step in a take over. And I mean allowing Him full reigns over everything in your life. Listen to His voice and He will guide you out of the darkness and into the light. I recommend the Psalms as a great starting place but the most important thing is to go to God in full prayer mode and ask Him for forgiveness, guidance, wisdom and strength to do what ever it is that He will tell you to do. There may be some serious consequences in your life when you do what He says, but that will be the only way out of the darkness and into the light. I hope this helps someone who is struggling right now. Sincerely, Kent
What happens on Sundays depends as much on you as it does on the worship team. The pastors, greeters, the ushers, music support team, and the choir all have one goal and that is for every person present at the service to be touched by God and to hear and feel the Holy Spirit speaking directly to them for their personal needs and circumstances. No matter how good the music, the sermon, the greeting etc, the only thing that can truly change a persons life is the power of the Holy Spirit that works through an open heart willing to submit to Gods direction and wisdom.
Come join us on Sunday. Bring your troubles, your sorrows, your fears, and your frustrations and let God begin to wash you clean. Church was designed to be a meeting place for people who have problems to gather together with the purpose of prayer and worshipping the one true and powerful God that has an answer for everything! And many times that answer can come from those in your church family. That is because God works through is Vessels. We are now the voice, the love, the hands, the feet, and the suppliers of what is needed in this world. That is why PCF is so unique by being a 100% volunteer church taking offerings each week so we can be the supplier of hope and material blessing for those who are ion great need. And we allow God to lead us on the missions we support and the people we help. But the most important thing we provide to one another is love, kindness, forgiveness.
the Bible teaches us in John 13:35, “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
Come be with your Spiritual family, See you Sunday, love pastor Kent