Hello Church Requel community! It's hard to believe another hot week has blown by. How have you liked those thunderstorms we've had these past few days? I know some of you finally just got your power back on, only to have it shut down again when yet another storm blew through!
This weekend at Church Requel we're going to talk a bit about the stormy relationship some of us have with God. We may be afraid to admit it. We remain on God's polite side. Our heavenly Father, however, is not too fragile to hear our complaints. He is willing "to wrestle" with us in our prayers.
We are going to study an odd passage from the Bible: Genesis 32:24-30. As hard as it is to believe, we're told that Jacob wrestled with God! In our weekend experience at Church Requel, we'll learn 6 takedowns that we can apply from Jacob's wrestling match with God. I'm excited to share these takedowns with you Sunday evening. If you want to score an early pin on the Wrestling With God sermon notes, make your move here.
There will be plenty of other cool things happening Sunday night at CR as well. Should we start with the COOL air conditioning? On these 95 degree days, that's no small thing. One cool thing that will happen is that we will formally induct Diana, Mike and Lisa into membership.
Cindy Thoman has planned a cool children's program for our elementary kids. CR is always fun for the kids when Cindy puts her imagination and creativity to work!
The big kids - otherwise known as adults - will watch a cool intro video for the Wrestling With God sermon titled "Talking With God." What if we could literally talk with God on the telephone? You will discover this short film to be both funny and profound at the same time.
| Katie and Linciln |
Keep your prayers going for Lincoln and Dick. Sonnie told me this week that Lincoln continues to improve. Dan wrote on their Caring Bridge Site that last weekend was the best one yet for Lincoln. Dick has now been home from the hospital for a week and continues to recover well from triple bypass surgery. Your prayers really do matter!
I have just one date I want you all to keep reserved: July 28th. On this Saturday Church Requel has reserved the AIR CONDITIONED pavilion at North Lake Park in Mansfield. We will meet at 4pm. This will be a potluck meal. The church will provide hamburger and hot dogs, grilled to perfection by Steve and yours truly. We'll also provide eating utensils, napkins, paper plates, and lemonade. You provide all the side dishes and desserts.
One more highlight to mention. We posted some great photos to the web site from last weekend's baptism service. You can see all 32 here. I love the baptism shots as well as the enthusuastic children during the kid's sermon. Thanks Marci for taking these pics!
That wraps up this week's blog post. Stay cool! Hope to see you Sunday night at Church Requel for a Super Smackdown good time! Are you ready to rumble?
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