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Recently there has been a new Netflix Series that has caused a lot of attention. 13 Reasons Why is very culturally relevant for today. It is based off a novel that follows a high school student, Hannah Baker, who takes her own life. Before she does she records 13 tapes (yes cassette tapes, hello 80’s) with the 13 reasons why she chose to take her life. Nyla Watson, one of our Teachers and Youth Parents post a link this week…

Recently, Bro. Roger shared with me an article by Tejado Hanchell. Tejado serves in a church that has been around for over 80 years …kind of like Emmanuel. His church has had its struggles, but it has survived. Research suggests that between 3,500-4,500 churches close their doors (or die) each year. Church “deaths” occur for a few simple (and oftentimes avoidable) reasons. One of Tejado’s church members gave him a newsletter from 1959. In the newsletter was a list…ten ways…

This past Sunday was a special time of worship in or church family, as we looked at the hands of Christ and how He expressed His love for us through His hands and what that means for each one of us as followers of Christ. It was a good day to be in the house of God! Many thanks to our Worship Choir as they led us in a beautiful time of worship. Thank you goes to each one that…

The last couple of weeks, I mentioned that there have been times when thought is given about Sunday nights. Discussions are held. Do we continue to have services on Sunday nights? People vote by their attendance and attendance is low. So, do we cancel Sunday night services like many churches have done? I love Sunday nights… they are special…that is why I want to continue having them. We have worship…we have prayer…we have fellowship. Some churches have gone to having…

Easter is a beautiful and holy time in the life of a Christian. It is a time we gather with joy unspeakable because of the wonderful gift of life that Christ has given us evidenced with His resurrection. It is a day in which every true believer should desire to be with his or her brothers and sisters in church worshiping together as one. It is what we do. This is holy week and in it we see the actions…

Last week, I mentioned that there have been times when thought is given about Sunday nights. Discussions are held. Do we continue to have services on Sunday nights? People vote by their attendance and attendance is low. So, do we cancel Sunday night services like many churches have done? I love Sunday nights… they are special…that is why I want to continue having them. Recently, Pastor Jeremy Freeman wrote about Sunday nights. His church does have Sunday night worship. Jeremy…

Our Easter Celebration service theme this year is Christ’s Hands Of Love. We will look at the hands of Christ and how those hands have changed lives. The hands of Christ lifted up the fallen, healed those whose minds and bodies were racked by disease and suffering. Christ’s hands were quickly opened to welcome the unlovely and the repentant. His hands opened wide to be the sacrifice for your sins and mine on the cross and it was His hands…

At times, thought is given about Sunday nights. Discussions are held. Do we continue to have services on Sunday nights? People vote by their attendance and attendance is low. So, do we cancel Sunday night services like many churches have done? I love Sunday nights…they are special…that is why we continue having them. Recently, Pastor Jeremy Freeman wrote about Sunday nights. His church does have a Sunday night worship. Jeremy expressed five reasons he believes Sunday Night worship services are…

My mind set is not always one of urgency. Sometimes I like to loiter and dawdle, just killing time. While that in and of it self is not wrong or bad, it is wrong not to have a sense of urgency with regard to my faith in Christ and His return. Paul had that sense when sharing his faith with the Gentiles. He would not wait for another opportunity but was faithful in using the present one to share Christ.…

In our lives, God is so good to us and we fail to even acknowledge it. I think one of the basic reasons why we are ungrateful is that we simply take life and its blessings for granted. It is like our health, until we loose our good health, it never occurs to us to thank God for it. We take our daily blessings for granted. We should thank God for so many things. One year, a postmaster counted the…