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Pastor
Rev. Mark Mong, 937-661-4580
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Clerk of Session
Tena Roler, 937-446-2460
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Circle #2
Deb Tissot, President,
937-442-2781
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Men’s Breakfast Group:
Jack Richey, 937-393-9359
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Memorial Committee
Violet J. Kelley,
Treasurer, 937-442-4122
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Youth Group:
Jill Schelling,
937-393-4134
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Newsletter
Deb Tissot, 937-442-2781
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SERVICE AT 9 AM - SUNDAY SCHOOL AT 10:15 AM -
WEDNESDAY BIBLE STUDY AT 7 PM
Pictures
Here are some pictures of Vacation Bible School
From
the Pastor's Desk
Greetings to you all,
By the time you hold this letter in your hand; Liz and
I will either be parents again or will be soon. Liz and I will be up to our
eyeballs in dirty diapers, dirty bottles, and dirty clothes. Whether the
new baby is a boy or a girl, both of us will be in new baby mode once
again. He or she will not be able to do much, in fact he or she will not be
able to do anything; we will have to do it for him or her. The baths, the
3:00am feedings, the colds and the crying, all these things will require us
to be full time parents.
Now you know why Jesus said that we are to be like
little children to enter the kingdom of God. We can’t do anything;
Jesus has to do it for us. Babies cannot change their own diapers, or fill
their own bottles, or change their own clothes for years. So it is the same
with us, we cannot make things right with our Heavenly Father, only the
life, death and resurrection of Jesus can do that. We cannot be obedient
and faithful children, only Jesus can be obedient and faithful. We cannot
be courageous, or a missional church, or Spiritual, or announcers of good
news, Jesus has to do it for us.
Like a two year old trying to slice vegetables, we get
into trouble by trying to do things on our own power, instead of merely
letting Jesus do it on our own behalf. We end up hurting ourselves instead
of helping. But it seems that our pride just won’t let us surrender
everything to Jesus. We think that we are capable of at least helping a
little bit here and there. We can provide for our families. We can teach
and lead our families on our own. We can help our kids when they get into
trouble.
But, we need to remember to be like little children
and let Christ do the things which only Christ can do. We need to let
Christ be the provider for our families. We need to let Christ be the
teacher and leader of our families and congregations. We need to let Christ
be the protector of our children and when our children or we ourselves get
into trouble or fall into sin, it will be Christ through his cross and his
resurrection that will ransom them and us from evil.
We are not a little dependent on Christ; like a
newborn baby, we are completely and totally dependent on Jesus for
everything. Hallelujah that Jesus is very much up to the task of taking
care of us all and more importantly, by his Grace, he is more than willing
to do so!
In Christ,
Rev. Mark
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