Bible Project – Justice

October 7 – Baptism and lunch –

Mike Marette: New Policy – we have this chair here – and if I catch anyone sleeping… this will be your new seat…  Just kidding.

Living the way of wisdom in our finances.  Our responsibility to the Poor and Needy

We are a church of unsung heroes – there are a lot of people who serve our community.

Lord, thank You for our time and the opportunity to hear ...

1 Tim. 6:17 Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy. They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,

Money is not a bad or evil thing. Money CAN be a positive thing. But often, it ends ...

Wisdom in Your Attitude Toward Money and Finances

Lord, thank You for Your love for us. We come to You broken, knowing we have a deep need for You. Our plans and great effort – without You – will come to naught. You guard us and care for us. Our peace and purposes lie in Your hands. Help us to trust You and have a deep and intimate relationship with You.

Over the next four weeks – how ...

Lord, thank You for our opportunity to be with You as a church family.  We are Your children and we come together with that heart attitude to look to You as our heavenly Father, the God of all comfort.  You have lavished us with Your mercy and grace – we don’t deserve what You have done, but we are grateful.

We are ending Ecclesiastes this week – some of you are saying, Great! I ...

Lord, thank You for Your love for us and the opportunity to worship You and be brought into Your presence. Please calm our minds – “The steadfast of mind I will keep in perfect peace because that person trusts in You” – may Your love fill our souls – may that be our comfort and guide – what moves and motivates us – that You love us as we are because of Who You are, not because of who we ...

Joe is home from the hospital – God did an amazing thing there – he is encouraged and happy and Gigi and Joe thank you for your prayer support.

Lord, thank You for our morning – to worship You and sing praises to You – as we listen to Your word, may all of this encourage and comfort, challenge and transform us.  May we be different – not the same – when we leave here this morning.  Help us ...

Thank You Lord, for our morning and time together – and for those who give so graciously of their time that we might minister to one another and others.  As we move forward, grant us your favor and blessings.  Speak to our hearts – give us ears to listen, that our hearts would be softened to hear from you.

Ecclesiastes 5:1 Be careful what you do when you go to the temple of God ...

Ecclesiastes 3 – those of you who are old enough know that the Byrds made this section famous – a song written by Pete Seeger.  This was a poem – an extraordinary poem – and what we sometimes don’t realize is that this poem was written in a particular context – and so was the song – but those contexts are different and now our tendency is to view the scripture through the context of the song.

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There is the Author of the book – and a Teacher – whom the author writes about – if you want to understand the book – a majority of the chapters are the thoughts of the Teacher.  It is assumed that it is written by Solomon – but it never says that.  He speaks of his experience “Under the sun” – it is reflections on his life experience and it is NOT theological or biblical discourse.  It is ...

The book of Ecclesiastes explained – the BibleProject.comOver the next 6 weeks, we will be working through the book of Ecclesiastes – we’ve looked at Proverbs on and off, we’ve looked at Job – and now we are looking at Ecclesiastes.Proverbs says… Live the way of wisdom, and life will be good, and things will make sense.Job says… Sometimes when you live the way of wisdom, things don’t work out, for no ...