Hello. Welcome. We’re halfway through April. Still cool. The trees and flowers are budding. The sound of lawnmowers echoes throughout our neighborhoods. I’ll not mention all the pollen in the air and just about everywhere else. But as my grandmothers use to say, “April showers bring May flowers.” And you shouldn’t argue with your grandmothers, right? God has everything under control. I’m glad.
We are so happy to be together on the Lord’s Day for worship and fellowship. Last Sunday was Easter Sunday and as you noticed we did all the things we do every Sunday. We sang. We prayed. We heard the Bible preached. We remembered Jesus in the Lord’s Supper. And we gave generously of all that God has blessed us with. Jesus is our All, always and forever. We now have a new Christian among us, Zoey Perkins. Welcome to God’s family. Zoey was baptized into Christ on Sunday evening.
Sunday’s lesson was entitled “Am I Willing to TRUST Jesus?” A leper asked Jesus a question in Matthew 8, “Lord, if You are willing you can make me clean.” Jesus was willing. Our question is not “Is the Lord willing?” but “Am I willing?” Peter was willing to trust then wasn’t. Jesus’ brothers didn’t, then did. Martha and Mary were willing to trust up to a point, but what about further? On the evening, we took a look at what Jesus never said, “Do what I say, not what I do!”
Our BIG GIVEAWAY DAY is scheduled for this coming Saturday, April 22, on our parking lot at Harding Street from 9:00 to 3:00. If you have good clean items you would like to give away, bring those items by the Annex Building this week on Wednesday through Friday and drop them off. We will need help on Saturday to greet people who will be stopping by to look. If you can help, please come and stay as long as you can. Lunch will be provided for those who serve. This is a service of the Harding Street Church of Christ, the Downtown Church of Christ, and Southern Christian Children’s Home. To God be the glory in all that we do.
TO EVERY HARDING STREET MEMBER: Please schedule to be present for our SPRING WEEKEND REVIVAL, now less than two weeks away on Friday night, Saturday night, and Sunday morning, April 28-30. Our guest preacher is Dr. Caleb Colley from Jackson, Tennessee. You will love to hear him speak about being STRONG TOGETHER.
Our plans are as follows:
Friday Evening at 7:00 p.m. – The Essentiality of the Local Church
Saturday Evening at 7:00 p.m. – Ask and You Shall Receive
Sunday Morning at 9:00 a.m. – 10 Reasons to Never Miss a Service
Sunday Morning at 10:00 a.m. – Always Abounding in the Lord’s Work
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