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We are really looking forward to seeing everyone Sunday Mornings

Sunday School for all ages starts at 9:30am

Service will begin at 10:45am sharp with worship led by Christie Filip

See all y’all in the morning!

Isn’t HOPE a mysterious word?  Oxford dictionary defines it as “a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen.”  So according to these folks it’s a feeling or desire.  Can hope ever be a certainty?

There are things that are universally hoped for.  We hope that the weather will be nice for outdoor celebrations.  We hope that our children grow up to be more than us.  We hope for peace and the end of hunger in our world.

Some hope is more individual.  We may hope that a loved one recovers from a specific illness.  We may hope our marriage survives a rocky period.  We may hope we can keep our home. Maybe we are hoping to meet that special someone. 

Are you hoping for something that is lacking in your life?  Most of us are.  We feel an emptiness somewhere inside that is indefinable.  We turn many different ways, hoping to fill that void, hoping that this time we’ll feel better.  We hope that one more drink, one more joint or fix, one more hook-up, one more…..

None of these hopes work.  But there is a hope that is a certainty.  There is a hope that is guaranteed to fill that void, make us whole and give us the ultimate gift of eternal life.  When we fix our hope on Jesus, everything changes.  It begins quietly, but immediately.  New life is poured into us, our eyes open to who we have been and who we can be.  Our hope becomes rooted to the most solid foundation in the universe.

If this is something you have been hoping for, please join us Sunday morning at 10:45 a.m. in the sanctuary at 864 W. Hwy 190, Cove.  Pastor Ann will be speaking to us about fixing our hope! 

We will be recording live on Facebook and posting later in the day to YouTube if you can’t join us in person. 

In this strange time our world is going through we are all hoping for something.  Some are just hoping that this period will pass quickly and that life will return to the way it was. Some are hoping they can get through their economic difficulties without losing all they have worked for.  Some are hoping this time will give them an opportunity to change their life. 

Now, today, is an excellent time to hope for life changing experiences. 

Isaiah 40:31 tells us “those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.”  We need strength during this time, but we need His strength every day.  Hope in Him happens when we choose to follow Him through the good times and the rough times.  Hope in Him, lifts life’s burdens

This is definitely something we need to hear and do right now.  If you don’t yet know the LORD, we would encourage you to join our family this Sunday morning at 9:00 or 10:40 a.m. to hear Pastor Ann’s message of hope and how that can carry us to the end.

We will be livestreaming on Facebook and her sermon will be available on YouTube as well, if you are unable to join us in person.

Love each other as I have loved you. JOHN 15:12  Courteous is not a word we often use to describe God. Perhaps that’s because our concept of courtesy is limited to the idea of being polite. The Greek word that is translated “courtesy” in the New Testament, however, comes from two words, one meaning “friend” and the other meaning “the mind.” To be courteous is to think of everyone as a friend—an attitude that God models for us. When the Israelites were looking for the Promised Land, Moses would go to the tent of meeting where “the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend” (Exodus 33:11). This tells us that the Creator of the universe wants to be our friend. When Jesus came, he revealed the courtesy of God in all his relationships. Jesus told the early believers, “I no longer call you servants.…Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you” (John15:15). You might feel distant from God or unsure of what he thinks of you, yet he calls you a friend. He longs for your relationship with him to thrive. He is ready to be your companion and guide, as a true friend loves to be. Thought  Think for a few moments about the joy of deep friendship. How would thinking of God as a friend change your attitude toward him? Dr. Gary Chapman is the beloved best-selling author of The Five Love Languages and Love as a Way of Life.