This Week @ Elim: 5-29 thru 6-4-2011

On the Lord’s Day:

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Posted on May 27th, 2011 by Janet
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To Refresh Your Spirit

Posted on May 26th, 2011 by Janet
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This Week @ Elim: 5-22 thru 5-28-2011

On the Lord’s Day:

  • 9:15 am — Sunday school classes for all ages: Classes for graded age groups meet to learn from the Scriptures. See Sunday school classes, ages and meeting locations.
  • 10:30 am — After a few weeks away, our sermon series of “The Church Around the World” resumes this week. We’ll be looking at Acts 16:1-5. Immediately following the service, there will be a cake fellowship in the Gathering Place to congratulate and encourage our recent graduates. Please stay and fellowship with the graduates and their families. There are baskets for cards of encouragement and love for each of the graduates on the back table in the auditorium.

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Posted on May 20th, 2011 by Janet
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This Week @ Elim: 5-15 thru 5-21-2011

On the Lord’s Day:

  • 9:15 am — Sunday school classes for all ages: Classes for graded age groups meet to learn from the Scriptures. See Sunday school classes, ages and meeting locations.
  • 10:30 am — Corporate Worship of the Living God: A quote from A. W. Tozer: God is not silent. It is the nature of God to speak. The second person of the Holy Trinity is called “The Word.” Be prepared for God to speak to you through the Living Word and the written Word this Sunday. And be prepared to act on what you’ve heard!

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Posted on May 14th, 2011 by Janet
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Memorial Day: Remembering our Persecuted Brothers & Sisters in the Faith

Ah, the time is here…May flowers, school finals and graduations, and Memorial Day weekend. Recently I was reading a certain on-line encyclopedia and it said, “[Memorial Day has] become a long weekend increasingly devoted to shopping, family get-togethers, fireworks, trips to the beach, and national media events such as the Indianapolis 500 auto race, held since 1911 on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. ”

Well, isn’t that nice? Sadly, it is also painfully true in many cases. Read more…

Posted on May 1st, 2011 by Pastor Larry
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Disagreement in the Early Church: Used to God’s Glory!

When Pastor Pauley taught recently from Acts 15:36-41, I found myself contemplating the significance of those passages, even as he thoroughly covered the text. In it we read that a “sharp” disagreement arose between the Apostle Paul and Barnabas regarding bringing along John Mark on their second missionary journey. Paul didn’t want to bring Mark because of his past exhibition of faintheartedness, but Barnabas strongly desired his accompaniment in vv. 37-38. This disagreement ultimately led to their dividing, going separate ways, and selecting others to accompany them in their evangelistic journeys (vv. 39-40). Read more…

Posted on May 1st, 2011 by Janet
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