Kids’ News

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It was obvious last Sunday that our kids were taking advantage of the last weekend before school starts. I certainly missed them!

Since this Saturday is Miss Vickie’s birthday, I picked up Bundt cakes to celebrate. We had a cake for Miss Vickie and baby Bundt cakes for each of the kids! Bridget was even there to help with any little children we might have. We had our lesson ready about the Passover.

The Passover is a Jewish holiday that honors the exodus of God’s people from Egypt. The most central part of the Passover is the seder meal. One prominent part of this meal is the unleavened bread. This bread is used to represent both the sadness and the hastiness in which the Israelites left Egypt. There was no time to allow the bread to rise.

The festival of Passover is one of great joy. People come together to remember God’s protection and God’s mercy for His people. When we celebrate Passover, we can celebrate all that God has done for us and trust in His promises.

Bring Mom and Dad to church this Saturday evening so we can celebrate the wonderful music our church has to offer! See you there!

Blessings

2335 – Where The Proof Lies

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Acts 9:1-9 New International Version

Saul’s Conversion

9 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. 3 As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”

5 “Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked.

“I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied. 6 “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

7 The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless; they heard the sound but did not see anyone. 8 Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.9 For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything.

Friday’s Word

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Some scientists dismiss religion as myth and nonsense.

They may throw a sop to believers, saying religion is a whole other thing, unrelated to science. So, people can believe in God if it makes them feel good.

But science and religion both seek ultimate reality. And there can be only one ultimate reality, not one for science and one for religion.

If scientific truth and religious truth do not agree, one of them must be wrong. I would never believe a lie because it makes me feel good.

Let’s get real here.

Not only does God exist, God is the ultimate reality for both science and religion.

At the deep level of quantum physics, science and religion begin to merge. Quantum physics and religious experience are doorways to the same transcendent world.

Why is this?

As physicist Bernard Haisch puts it, “God has made all things from himself.” (Let that sink in.)

So, Paul could say, “In him we live and move and have our being.”

We are, then, one with God and one with one another.

And Jesus could say, “Whatever you do to the least of these, you do to me.”

He meant that literally.

Many Christians fear that science will one day discover something that will prove God does not exist.

But that’s impossible.

Every discovery in science takes us closer to God. It is non-believing scientists who need to fear.

The deeper they dig, the clearer God will become.

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Hey! One week away!

Another concert at 6:00 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 19.

Yes, I, too, will sing.

Max’s Corner

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Blake is back (and had a good time in Europe) but will be gone on the 19th, when we have our next concert. That means Shannon and I will be doing the singing, along with Mel Creason, who will sing a song and accompany himself on guitar. (Shannon will sing, among other things, Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You.”) We will be doing pop songs with spiritual meaning. Expect a few surprises.

I will preach again this Sunday and Mary will take it the Sunday after the concert—the 20th.

This will conclude a series of sermons in which I have talked about why God wants us to spend time in this world, which is not always an easy place to be.

Some of my friends and I gathered at my house last Sunday evening in remembrance of a couple of people we loved. Our friend, Thomas Coker, died after a ten-year battle with prostate cancer. We also remembered Roy McCasland, who passed a few years ago. Thomas was technically a member of our church and Roy was an active member for many years. We had a good evening. My sister fixed a big meal for nine people. The refrigerator went out the day before. And the air conditioning died the day of the gathering. A little cool lasted in the house for the evening. But sleeping that night was impossible.

Life can be difficult.

Still—God wants us here in this world for a while. We continue to think about why.

Sure hope to see you Sunday.

I’m counting on it.

Don’t disappoint me.