Join us this Wednesday at 6 PM for a special
Family Night as we honor our
Sunday School Teachers.

Menu for Family Night

Hamburger Steak
Mashed Potatoes with Gravy
Butterbeans
Rolls, Dessert

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.  

Outreach Bags For Halloween

The church will distribute goodie bags with information about our church, the plan of salvation, and candy during the annual Halloween open house in Ashburn. If you or your Sunday school class want to donate candy or money for supplies, please drop it off outside Jonathan’s office by Wednesday, October 23. 

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

Giving as of October 22, 2024

Budget for 2024 . . . . . . . .  $339,423.00
Tithes Needed to Date . . . . $258,350.58
Received to Date . . . . . . . . $218,290.62
Needed for weekly budget . . .  $6,751.71
Tithes Received this week . . .   $4,848.00

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 Pastor

Election day is only a few days away.  In fact, early voting is currently available.  The nation’s attention is riveted on the possible results.  There is the obvious question of who will win.  There are also questions about the acceptance of the results and the effects of either agenda being implemented. 

What should believers do in this time?  While this world is not our home, we do have responsibility as citizens of this nation.  We have been blessed to live in this nation and should joyfully exercise the right and privileges that we have been given.

What are some specific things we should do?  First, we need to pray.  We need to pray for God to bring this nation to Himself for His glory.  We have horribly sinned against God and must return to Him.  Our prayer must be that this nation would turn and once more be a shining city on a hill.  We must pray that God will give victory to the candidates who would best fit God’s agenda.  If there was ever a time to pray for our nation, it is now.  She desperately needs God.

Next, we need to educate ourselves.  What do the respective candidates really believe and seek to accomplish?  What is the platform of their party?  What is their position on the issues?  How do their values align with God’s?  We must look past personality and advertising to see the mindset of the candidate.

Third, we must vote.  We have been given the blessing of self-governance.  Like all blessings, this brings responsibility (Luke 12:48).  Our Lord has commanded us to be faithful with what He has entrusted to us until He returns (Luke 19:13).  Various surveys have shown that roughly half of professing Christians do not vote.  We must take seriously the blessing and responsibility of voting. 

Last, we need to follow up.  We need to follow up with prayer.  We must pray that God guides and even forces the office holder to do what is right – even if they don’t want to!

We must also follow up by being in contact with our elected officials.  We should sign up for their emails and read their press briefings.  We need to contact them about proposed legislation.  We should seek to influence them into taking the right action and thank them when they do.  Voting is not the end of our responsibility as Christian citizens.  It is merely the beginning.

We are blessed with the freedoms and liberties that God has given to us in this nation.  Let’s be good stewards of those blessings.