Join us on Sundays!

Our Sunday service is at 1100am.  

Third Sundays join us for breakfast in the fellowship hall, 945am.

5th Sundays!!  We have potluck after service!

Our Wonderful Wednesday sessions are on a break right now, but check out the announcements at Sunday service for news about upcoming events.

More info needed?  All the details are located on the right column.

Come worship with us!

He Is Risen!

Good Friday as we look to Resurrection on Easter Sunday

Please join us for Sunday Service at 1100am

Sermon, "Ready To Go.  Not Afraid"  Rev. Bob Abel

Hebrews 2:10-18  Philippians 1:20-26

What To Give Up For Lent

• Give up grumbling! Instead, “In everything give thanks.” Constructive criticism is all right, but “moaning, groaning, and complaining” are not Christian disciplines.

• Give up ten to fifteen minutes in bed! Instead, use that time in prayer, Bible study, and personal devotion.

• Give up looking at other people’s worst points. Instead, concentrate on their best points. We all have faults. It is a lot easier to have people overlook our shortcomings when we overlook theirs first.

• Give up speaking unkindly. Instead, let your speech be generous and understanding. It costs so little to say something kind and uplifting. Why not check that sharp tongue at the door?

• Give up your hatred of anyone or anything! Instead, learn the discipline of love. “Love covers a multitude of sins.”

• Give up your worries and anxieties! Instead, trust God with them. Anxiety is spending emotional energy on something we can do nothing about: like tomorrow! Live today and let God’s grace be sufficient.

• Give up television one evening a week! Instead, visit some lonely or sick person. There are those who are isolated by illness or age. Why isolate yourself in front of the “tube”? Give someone a precious gift — your time!

• Give up buying anything but essentials for yourself! Instead, give the money to God. The money you would spend on the luxuries could help someone meet basic needs. We are called to be stewards of God’s riches, not consumers.

• Give up judging by appearances and by the standard of the world! Instead, learn to give up yourself to God. There is only one who has the right to judge, Jesus Christ. Now aren’t you glad you don’t have to do that anymore?

by Reverend Craig Gates, Jackson, MS

LENTEN SEASON

Shrove Tuesday, 4 March, 1100am-100pm 

Ash Wednesday, 5 March, 1100am-100pm Service in sanctuary followed by lunch in the fellowship hall

Wonderful Wednesdays will continue through Lent.  Join us at 1100am for study along with a simple lunch

All are welcome to join us for Sunday services, 1100am

2014! 12 January - Sunday should be warmer so join us for worship!

Scripture Reading in preparation for hearing God's Word

Isaiah 43: 1-7
Luke 3: 15-18, 21-22

Sermon:  "Called to Serve" Bob Abel

Ordination and Installation of Elders

Disaster Relief - Philippines

SUPER TYPHOON HAIYAN

Your prayers and financial support are needed

This typhoon left monumental devastation when it struck the central Philippines on November 8, 2013.  The storm has been identified as one of the worst recorded typhoons in history.  Hundreds of thousands of people are displaced.

We ask that you lift up the people of this country in your prayers.  If you are wanting to give financial support, through Presbyterian Disaster Asssistance, please follow this link.  https://www.presbyterianmission.org/donate/make-a-gift/DR000012/

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance is helping Typhoon Haiyan survivors by working in collaboration withour mission partner the National Council of Churches in the Philippines and as a member of ACT Alliance.  

PDA-supported efforts are providing immediate assistance to more than 200,000.  Assistance includes emergency goods, shelter materials, water/sanitation and more.

Call to Prayer for the Philippines

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) deeply grieves the devastation and loss in the Republic of the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan (also known as Typhoon Yolanda). The denomination is actively responding throughPresbyterian Disaster Assistance and its partners, and also is calling for prayer.

Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,
     your faithfulness to the clouds.
Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,
     your judgments are like the great deep;
     you save humans and animals alike, O Lord.
How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
     All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
They feast on the abundance of your house,
     and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
For with you is the fountain of life;
     in your light we see light. (Ps. 36:5–9 [NRSV])

God our Lord
Diyos ang aming Panginoon (Tagalog-Filipino)
Thiên Chúa, Chúa chúng ta (Vietnamese)
Shàngdì wǒmen de zhǔ (Mandarin)

The Creator of the world, the stiller of storms, our shelter and our strength:
We turn to You in this dire hour, of massive devastation and death.
Interceding for your people in the Philippines and in other parts of Southeast Asia,
Joining our hearts, our prayers, and our cries with theirs.
Hear us, dear God! We plead to You. See the suffering. Feel the tears. Come to Your
     people in a way that only You can, God of mercy and grace.
Be the shelter for the thousands whose homes have now become debris or washed with
     the waters;
Be the healer for the wounded;
Be the comforter for many who weep, for the many who sift through the trees, who
     wonder, “Where is my loved one? Why us?”
Feel the pain, dear Lord, because You know our inward parts, the heart and soul of Your
     people beat with anguish that You alone can bear, that You alone can hold in the
     shadow of your wings.

Save

• the farmers whose crops are now destroyed;
• the fishermen whose boats have become parts of the seas;
• the villagers whose homes are no more;
• those who await to be rescued.

Lord our God, be the Savior of us all.
God, the fountain of life and the light of light,
Fill Your people with hope in these times of despair.
Be the light in what will be a long journey in darkness.

Strengthen

• rescue and relief workers, with determination and courage;
• doctors and nurses, who tend to the injured, who grow tired and wearied with overwhelming numbers and scarce resources.

Lord our God, be the Strength when Your people are weakened and worn.

Supply

• food to the hundreds of thousands who are hungry;
• water to the thirsty;
• medicine to those who need healing;
• hope to the hopeless.

Lord our God, be the Provider of Your people’s needs according to Your riches in glory by Christ Jesus. (Phil. 4:19)

Summon the prayers, mobilize compassion, prompt the action of all of your people here and around the world, with what You provide.

Lord, in Your mercies, hear our prayers.
Lord Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord Spirit, grant us Your peace.

Amen.