Join us this Wednesday for supper at 6 PM in the fellowship hall, then help us assemble bags with candy and evangelistic tracts to hand out to the community.
 

Menu for Family Night

Chili Dogs, Slaw, Chips, and Cake

We will take the church bus to the Jason Crabb Christmas Concert
at The Grand Theatre in Fitzgerald. This concert will feature
music from his Christmas album Miracle in A Manger. In his career,
Kentucky-born Jason Crabb has won a GRAMMY and 21 Dove
Awards – being named the Gospel Music Association’s Dove
Awards Artist and Male Vocalist of the Year, along with
Song of the Year.

Concert Date: Thursday, December 12, 7:00 PM
Tickets Cost: $28
Ticket Deadline: Wednesday, October 30.

Tickets will be ordered on October 31. Please let Jonathan know
before then if you would like a ticket. We are trying to order early
before the tickets are sold out.
If available, we can still get more tickets for $32.  

Don’t forget to turn your clocks back on
Saturday night before you go to bed.

Wednesday, November 6th , 2024, 7:00 PM

On Sunday, November 17, the Happy Class invites you to join them for a lunch social
at ABAC Donaldson Dining Hall. We will take the bus and return to the church around
2:30 PM. Cost is around $11.00. For more information or to sign up, see Jonathan
or Sue Mastrario.
 

Operation Christmas Child Relay Center

We need smiling faces to help volunteer for the Operation Christmas Child Relay Center. If you can help, please contact Jonathan or Sandra Harris.

Key Fobs

If your key fob needs reprogramming, please see Nikki in the office Monday – Friday from 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Giving as of October 22, 2024

Budget for 2024 . . . . . . . .  $339,423.00
Tithes Needed to Date . . . . $265,102.29
Received to Date . . . . . . . . $221,915.62
Needed for weekly budget . . .  $6,751.71
Tithes Received this week . . .   $3,625.00

MID-WEEK DEVOTION

Remember to check out Brother David’s Mid-Week Devotion in the Book of Psalms. They are uploaded each Wednesday on the sermon page.

From Our Family and Music Minister

A few years ago, my sister and I got a rescue dog named Bailey from the local pound. When we brought her home and gave her a bowl of food, she immediately picked it up and hid it. She was so used to not having food that it took her several weeks before she stopped guarding her food and hiding it. However, she never took it for granted; she would always eat whatever food we got her, and we didn’t have to worry about her wasting it. Fast forward a few years, and now I have a little adopted dog that came with my wife. Lulu has always had food and never had to worry about where her food comes from, including being given treats behind Saskia’s back. If Lulu is not fond of a particular dog food, she only eats what she has to. And if we mix the food she doesn’t like with food she does, she pulls each piece out of the bowl and eats the good stuff while leaving the cheap food for the other dog. Bailey was more thankful for just having food because she had done without. As the holiday season approaches and we begin to share everything we are grateful for, we must also remember to be thankful for the little things. We have to be on guard and not be thankless because it may be something we have always had.

One of the most recognized parables, even by non-believers, is the story of the prodigal son. This is the story of a young man who had it all, but never realized it until he lost it. The parable goes that a young man wanted his inheritance before his father passed away, so he went to his father and asked him for it. The father gave it to him, and the son left and lived as he wanted. The father’s son was more interested in his wants than his relationship with his father. And as we see, his thankless attitude puts him in a pretty desperate spot.

As the parable progresses, the son returns home hungry, broken, and poor. Despite the son’s actions, the father welcomes him with open arms and forgives his past transgressions. The father was more concerned about the relationship with his son than the money he wasted. Sometimes, we have to lose all we have, such as position, money, and even good friends, before we realize what we have and that we should be thankful for it.

God doesn’t want us to lose everything, but sometimes He knows that is the only way He can get our attention. We must remember always to be thankful for what God gives us: the friends He puts in our lives, the opportunities to better ourselves, and the food He provides us to eat daily. We must be thankful for the little things God provides for us.   And above everything else, we must be grateful for God’s forgiveness and grace.