| Souper Bowl Sunday |
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The benevolence ministry is asking each member to bring in two cans of soup per family member by February 5th for Souper Bowl Sunday. This is an easy way to restock the food pantry for the year.
Our goal is to collect 1,000 cans of soup!
We are also asking each family to bring in one box of crackers to help make it a meal. Help us “Pack the Pulpit” by leaving your donations on the stage from now until February 5th.
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| Fellowship |
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When I was a youngster, I remember going to my Papa’s house a couple times a week for family fellowship. Sometimes we would have a southern meal, sometimes we would just get together and enjoy a visit over a jar of “sun tea.”
It was family...and everyone looked forward to seeing one another. Since Cari and I married, we have had a unique opportunity to enjoy the fellowship of many people we love dearly. Brothers and sisters in the faith who we work side by side with...people who we pray will someday join the army of God...and those people who have already transitioned from this reality to the next.
Over the years we have laughed and cried. We have worried and felt the peace that comes when someone makes their life right. As young as we still are, we feel like older souls because of the experiences we both have been given opportunity to grow from.
One blessing that we thank God for is our family we meet with every week. As a community of faith, we share our lives and our love for the Lord on this earth in anticipation of spending eternity in heaven together. Cari and I want to thank each of you for the love you have shown us! From helping us unpack to bringing dinners...from extending a hand of friendship to allowing us to share a cherished moment around a pool. More of these special times will be shared...Lord willing! Cari and I are so looking forward to sharing life with the Orange Avenue church of Christ. I know we are in the presence of people who love the Lord and want to go to Heaven!
To our family in Eustis, I want to say, thank you for opening your home and your heart to us! Thank you for everything you have done for us! Cari and I love each of you and our heart and our prayers are with you. ~ The Waller Family
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| HE IS THE VINE |
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“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; For without Me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 NKJV
HE IS THE VINE
He was the Son of God, but He wore a crown of thorns. He was the Savior of mankind, yet He was put to death on a roughhewn cross. He offered His healing touch to an unsaved world, and yet the same hands that had healed the sick and raised the dead were pierced with nails. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was born into humble circumstances. He walked this earth, not as a ruler of men, but as the Savior of mankind. His crucifixion, a torturous punishment that was intended to end His life and His reign, instead became the pivotal event in the history of all humanity. Christ sacrificed His life on the cross so that we might have eternal life. This gift, freely given by God’s only begotten Son, is the priceless possession of everyone who accepts Him as Lord and Savior.
Why did Christ endure the humiliation and torture of the cross? He did it for you. His love is as near as your next breath, as personal as your next thought, more essential than your heartbeat. And what must you do in response to the Savior’s gifts? You must accept His love, praise His name, and share His message of salvation. And, you must conduct yourself in a manner that demonstrates to all the world that your acquaintance with the Master is not a passing fancy but that it is, instead, the cornerstone and the touchstone of your life.
~ Excerpt taken from 100 Verses Every Mom Needs to Know, 2009.
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