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Oven hood

Back @ Oak Hall this Sunday, March 21

Not Without Tears, Stott on Hell

The gospel brings warnings as well as promise, of the
retention of sins as well as the remission of sins.  
'Beware, therefore', warned the apostle Paul, 'lest there
comes upon you what is said in the prophets:  "Behold, you
scoffers, and wonder, and perish ..."' (Acts 13:40-41).  
'Perish' is a terrible word.  So is 'hell'.  We may, and I
think we should, preserve a certain reverent and humble
agnosticism about the precise nature of hell, as about the
precise nature of heaven.  Both are beyond our
understanding.  But clear and definite we must be that hell
is an awful, eternal reality.  It is not dogmatism that is
unbecoming in speaking about the fact of hell; it is
glibness and frivolity.  How can we think about hell
without tears?

JOHN Stott --From "Christian Mission in the Modern World"

Of note

A Weekly Bulletin from the Editors of Books & Culture Magazine
Tithing <http://christianitytoday.com/lyris/booksandculture/img/tithing_130x130.jpg>
Most of us don't look forward to a sermon—or a book—devoted to stewardship. But it's a subject we need to be reminded about fairly regularly. Doug LeBlanc's new book on tithing, one of the best I've seen, is the lead subject of this week's podcast <http://lists.christianitytoday.com/t/65725623/2299340/182409/0/> conversation.

Pics from today, Wonderful Celebration of completion of 3 year capital campaign

And we are glad!

THE LORD HAS DONE GREAT THINGS FOR US; WE ARE GLAD.  – PSALM 126:3
Some Christians are sadly prone to look on the dark side of everything, and to dwell more upon what they have gone through than upon what God has done for them. Ask for their impression of the Christian life, and they will describe their continual conflicts, their deep afflictions, their sad adversities, and the sinfulness of their hearts, but with scarcely any reference to the mercy and help that God has provided them.But a Christian whose soul is in a healthy state will come forward joyously and say, “I will not speak about myself, but to the honor of my God. He has brought me up out of a horrible pit and out of the miry clay and set my feet upon a rock and established my goings; and He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. The Lord has done great things for me—I am glad.” This summary of experience is the very best that any child of God can present. It is true that we endure trials, but it is just as true that we are delivered out of them. It is true that we have our corruptions, and sadly we acknowledge this, but it is just as true that we have an all-sufficient Savior who overcomes these corruptions and delivers us from their dominion. In looking back, it would be wrong to deny that we have been in the Slough of Despond and have crept along the Valley of Humiliation, but it would be equally wicked to forget that we have been through them safely and profitably; we have not remained in them, thanks to our Almighty Helper and Leader, who has “brought us out to a place of abundance.”‘ The deeper our troubles, the louder our thanks to God, who has led us through them all and preserved us until today. 
Our griefs cannot spoil the melody of our praise; we consider them to be the “bass line” of our life’s song, 


“The LORD has done great things for us; we are glad.”




(spurgeon on psalm 126, Morning June 9, from the totally awesome and tubular devotional MORNING & EVENING)

Don't miss it tomorrow 10:30am

CCC driveway is exactly 1.4 miles south of Newberry Road.

And .4 miles South of SW 8th ave

If you are travelling north on parker---you are on your own!!!

Here's the deal-e-o

1.) Move your clocks ahead one hour
2.) Prepare a side dish that goes with Fried Chicken
3.) Put a picnic blanket in the car

4.) Come to church property 1603 sw 122nd drive at

10:30am for worship service under our new covered porch

followed by picnic lunch on the grounds

Great day as we celebrate God's faithfulness as we mark 3rd year of Journey of Faith, our capital campaign.





Almost 50 folks worked last saturday, including Tom and Wesley Olmsted, to make the property look great!

Sunday we hope to hit and exceed a historic number in our JOF giving

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee, sunday we sing

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee:
God of glory, Lord of love;
hearts unfold like flowers before thee,
opening to the sun above.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness;
drive the dark of doubt away.
Giver of immortal gladness,
fill us with the light of day!"

So often I come in on a Sunday morning and I don’t feel like singing. How would you encourage someone in my place?

When I don’t feel like singing it’s usually because I haven’t been thinking much about who God is and what He’s done for us in Christ. Some situation, relationship, or event seems more important to me than the fact that Jesus came into the world to save rebellious sinners and reconcile them to God, and that I’m one of them. How can I not want to sing about that!
So the first thing I’d do is confess my distraction to God. I can tell him that I haven’t been loving him with my whole heart, soul, mind, and strength. Then I’d receive his full and complete forgiveness through Christ. God doesn’t hold my sin against me. Jesus bore it on the cross. Then, I’d start to think about the words I’m singing and direct my thoughts towards the greatness and goodness of God. If for some reason the lyrics aren’t helping me, I’ll start rehearsing the basic truths of the gospel and the promises of God. Before too long, my perspective changes and I feel like singing again.


good stuff from Bob Kauflin

Grateful for God's Unconquerable Grace

Thou shalt be called, Sought out."—Isaiah 62:12.

The surpassing grace of God is seen very clearly in that we were not only sought, but sought out. Men seek for a thing which is lost upon the floor of the house, but in such a case there is only seeking, not seeking out. The loss is more perplexing and the search more persevering when a thing is sought out. We were mingled with the mire: we were as when some precious piece of gold falls into the sewer, and men gather out and carefully inspect a mass of abominable filth, and continue to stir and rake, and search among the heap until the treasure is found. Or, to use another figure, we were lost in a labyrinth; we wandered hither and thither, and when mercy came after us with the gospel, it did not find us at the first coming, it had to search for us and seek us out; for we as lost sheep were so desperately lost, and had wandered into such a strange country, that it did not seem possible that even the Good Shepherd should track our devious roamings. Glory be to unconquerable grace, we were sought out! No gloom could hide us, no filthiness could conceal us, we were found and brought home. Glory be to infinite love, God the Holy Spirit restored us!


from spurgeon's evening March 11

taken y'day -- of course

moving the ol' clocks

probably around 6pm on Saturday I will move the clocks of my house fwd

why?

1.) I'm just a trend-setter
2.) I've found i can fool my kids into going to bed an hour earlier and getting the right amount of sleep in lieu of the option of putting them to bed at "normal time" and then losing an hour of sleep

for what it is worth

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pics from today

Lucas Hamersma is scheduled to come home today!

cabinets in kids class

Tile in foyer/narthex