Good Friday morning Church Requel!
This Sunday is September 9th. It's a big deal. Why is it such a big deal you ask? Because Labor Day is in the rear view mirror. ALL of our students are now back in school - even our Morrow County kiddos are done with the County Fair and are now attending classes. Families are back into a routine. Usually back to school also means back to church on Sunday mornings too!
So let's all show back up this Sunday morning at Church Requel! So many good things are happening!
Growth & Division Sermon This Sunday. Not only do we turn the calendar page this Sunday, but we turn the Bible page too. This Sunday we begin Acts Chapter 6. I'm not sure how your Bible heads this section, but mine says, "The Choosing of the Seven." This is one of my favorite stories of the early church.
Have you ever heard that too much good news is actually bad news? No? Consider this: the church in Acts 6 was growing so fast that some parts of the church were not being cared for as well as other parts. There were complaints! The church, which had been so united only a chapter before, began seeing signs of division. But even this didn't necessarily spell bad news for those early apostles. It's not the division that leads to problems, but how we handle division. Handled correctly division actually leads to more growth!
Want to know more about the sermon? The sermon notes can be found in your Bible app under "Events" or you can click this link to see the notes in your browser window.
Our worship praise team this Sunday will include Brandi, Trish, Missie and Haleigh! It's so great to see Haleigh back with us again! The praise team will open up our service with a special song, "Witness" by Jordan Feliz. They will also be singing a special song later in the service: "Jesus" by Chris Tomlin.
Our congregational songs will include "Call Upon The Lord" by Elevation Worship, "I Came For You" by Planetshakers, and "You Are Good" by Israel Houghton.
Loni will read our Bible Reading and Mark will lead our communion time.
We also will give individual members of our congregation the chance to share their God Stories too. So if God has been working in your life this week, come prepared to tell us all the good news!
Pancake Breakfast - September 16th. Next week Dave Repp and Sheri Nichols will provide us all a wonderful pancake breakfast before church. We'll begin serving at 9:30 am. So come hungry and ready to visit with all your Church Requel friends. No charge for the breakfast either! It just doesn't get better than that!
Putt-Putt Golf / Grill Food / Antique Cars - September 23rd. In two weeks - on September 23rd AFTER CHURCH we'll all head down to Kelly's Miniature Golf to play some putt-putt and eat some grill food! AND the antique car show is that weekend too! You won't want to miss out on having a fun adventure with all your Church Requel friends. This event has been a popular one with young and old alike in years past.
Bonfire, Hot Dogs, S'mores on October 6th. This is our annual fun get together at Sheri's place. October 6th is a Saturday. We'll plan to meet at 6pm. Bring your lawn chair, something to drink, a side dish to share and your bug spray! If you have cooking sticks, bring those too. We'll have Sheri's address for you at church, if you don't already know where she lives.
We are all still experiencing the summer warmth - so I know you won't want to hear this next bit... I've been making arrangements for our Christmas children's program this morning! I know! I know! No one wants to hear this. Just want you to know that we are thinking down the road for you and your children's benefit! Ok, go back to your grilling and football plans for this weekend!
God bless you! Hope to see you in church Sunday morning. Love you much! Pastor Mark
