Carriers of the Gospel

Jesus chose seemingly ordinary men to be his apostles, yet those very men were given a great mission to accomplish for Christ’s Church. Is today’s church as effective in today’s society as it once was? What is necessary in order for us to continue spreading the gospel message? Please join us as we talk about these questions in this week’s message.

Scripture: Luke 6:12-16

One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles: Simon (whom he named Peter), his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot, Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

Renewing Reflections

It is our prayer that Renewing Reflections will be a blessing in your life this coming week. This quote is taken from the sermon A Call to Faithfulness delivered on Christian Crusaders August 12, 2001:

I heard a man say one day, “I have purchased a million dollars worth of term life insurance. Now my family will be taken care of if I die.” He was a good provider, concerned about his family. Was he frightened into making this financial provision for his family? I don’t think so. It was love for that wife and children that motivated him to act. It is God’s love in Christ, reaching into our hearts and pleading with us to receive Him that we might be His for all eternity, that makes us His faithful children. He loves us, and He wants us to be His forever. This calls for faithfulness on God’s part and ours. God is faithful. All is ready for us to be His forever. He has been faithful. Are we?

Funding Christian Crusaders

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On the Light Side
First Grade Homework
Miss Flynn, a first-grade parochial school teacher, had a great deal of difficulty keeping her composure as she read the answers on her test about the Apostles:
 Name the people who followed the Lord. – The Twelve Decibels.
 What are the Epistles? – The wives of the Apostles.
 Who was St. Matthew? – He was one of the opossums. He was also a taxi man.
 Who was St. Paul? – He cavorted to Christianity and preached Holy Acrimony, which is another name for marriage.