Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Looking forward through October and November, we anticipate the celebration of the Reformation, Veterans Day, and Thanksgiving.  We do have so much to be thankful for…

Most of all, we thank God for our spiritual freedom from sin, death and all the power of the enemy.  Jesus won this freedom for us as the cross almost 2000 years ago.  Then, almost 500 years ago, he began to restore the pure teaching of this Good News in His Church through the Reformation.

Let’s not take this great gift for granted.  Let’s come to church on Sundays (or on Mondays at 6:30pm starting October 12).  Let’s listen to God’s Word as we receive, at church, little albums of 13 cds that will play the New Testament for us to hear in the car, at home, etcetera, from October through December.  Just one cd per week, just 12 minutes per day, and we’ll be listening to the entire New Testament in this last quarter of the year. 

Let us also not take the next greatest gift for granted: the freedom of our nation, given by our God through the noble sacrifices of our veterans.  May we continually thank God for them and honor them.  George Walker Jr. sings a song I wrote about a Christian soldier going off to war, and he made an excellent video of images to complement the song.  I pray that it’s an encouragement to soldiers and a tribute to veterans.  Please view it below. I welcome you to share it with others, especially Christian families with soldiers deployed or facing deployment.

Again, I encourage you to come to church and listen to God’s Word on cd.  Maybe you’ve only personally read God’s Word, not listened to a cd before.  How fitting that we’re starting our worship service on Columbus Day, and our audio Bibles just before that!  Sometimes great ventures are worth infinitely more than the investment of time and resources that goes into them.  Let us give thanks for them!

Yours in Christ,
Pastor Gary
 


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