Services and Sunday Events

ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL

9:15 AM — 10:00 AM — Class is meeting in the Lounge.

The session is led by Pastor Gale, who teaches selections of the Bible that make them come alive and be relevant today.

WORSHIP SERVICE-Christmas Eve Service

On Christmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24, we will meet in the sanctuary at 5:00 PM for a candlelight service. Come share the Joy of the season with us!

REGULAR SERVICE We are meeting in the sanctuary on Sunday morning at 10:30 AM, and we welcome friends at home via Zoom which you can use with a computer or your phone.

Pastor Gale leads a traditional service that highlights the sermon, community, prayers, and music. It is currently available via Zoom on your phone or in person.

COFFEE HOUR

This is a time to share good food and fellowship, getting to know each other better.

Leaving Worship Service

I help people grow spiritually by sharing God’s Word in the Bible. I do this in a weekly Bible study that I prepare for adult learners, and through a sermon that is part of our worship service. I also help people grow spiritually through prayer and listening. In prayer, I ask the Lord to work actively in others’ lives. Even if I do not know the specific challenges that another person is facing, I can always intercede for them in my prayer. Listening is an important way of showing love to another person. It seems that people want to be heard more often than they are looking for advice. When we listen carefully to another, that shapes the way we pray for that person. Gale Watkins, Pastor

Prayers and Quotes from the Pastor

"The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:7)

Gale Watkins, Pastor

"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change. … 'Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth.' The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge." (Psalm 46: 1-2, 10-11)

Gale Watkins, Pastor

Meditation

Our Sunday morning class has begun a new study: 1 Peter. The timing is good for this season in which we are celebrating the resurrection of the Lord. This is a letter overflowing with hope. We can sure use some of that! Here is 1 Peter 1:3-9 (New Revised Standard Version) —

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead 4 and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In this you rejoice, even if now for a little while you have had to suffer various trials, 7 so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 Although you have not seen him, you love him, and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.