August 2022

This Sunday, Aug. 7th, we celebrate 49 years

of ministry as a church. I want to encourage all of

our members and friends to make a special

effort to be with us this Sunday morning, as we

thank God for His blessings upon this church. We

will have a fried chicken dinner after the morning

services. Letʼs make this a Friend Day and invite

our friends and neighbors to come join us.

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In last monthʼs newsletter, I shared with you

that I have been diagnosed with cancer (Multiple

Myeloma) and have been taking chemotherapy

once a week. So far, I have been able to tolerate

the drugs and carry on with my pastoral duties.

This cancer is very treatable and has a high success

rate. I do appreciate all the prayers that have been

offered on behalf of Betty and me. I am trusting in

our Lord to see us through this difficult time.

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August is our Faith Promise Missions emphasis

month. Weʼll make FPM cards available for those

who will pledge to give a certain amount each

month to missions for the coming year. Pray that

God will help you determine how much He will

enable you to give to missions.

We made it back from camp last

Friday and we had a great time.

The weather was hot, as usual and

there were stickers...everywhere,

but we were surrounded by Godʼs

creation and his word throughout

the week.

Again, we had a great group of

sponsors and kids for the most part.

I was glad to see everyone listening

and participating in worship and

bible study. Everyone seemed to be

focused and engaged.

On the last day, we talked about

Self-love, Self-care, Self-esteem, etc.

Our society is filled with people who

are putting the love of themselves at

the top of their priority list. The Bible

never tells us to love ourselves, it is

assumed. “Love your neighbor as

yourself” is not a command to love

yourself, you already do that. It is a

command to love them as much as

you love yourself. The issue we have

today is that we love ourselves too

much. The Bible actually tells us that

we should deny ourselves. In Luke

9:23-24 Jesus says: “If any man will

come after me, let him deny himself,

and take up his cross daily, and

follow me. For whosoever will save

his life shall lose it: but whosoever

will lose his life for my sake, the

same shall save it.” The love of self

will keep you from following Christ.

Lay down your pride and selfishness

and follow him. - Bro. Tim

Averages for July

Sunday School - 115

Morning Worship - 236

Evening Worship - 113

Mid-Week Bible Study - 104

New Members - 4

Emma Thompson

Holly Vaughn

Gage & Brittany Rhoads