Pastor's Notes for September 19, 2010

ENCOURAGEMENT CARDS can be sent to the following address:
Dillon Frieze
10-4-ICU, Barnes Jewish Hospital
Hospital Plaza, St. Louis, MO 63110.

A NEW ADDRESS:
Stormey Keith
3214 Greenwood Ave. Apt A
Springfield, MO 65802

WE HAD A WONDERFUL FISH FRY tonight. Sixty-seven of us gathered. We had lots of food and desserts. And the men provided the fish while the Lord provided the blessing. The men served us well. The fish was bountiful and we had several visitors. All and all it was a good time of fellowship.

SAYING GOOD-BY to Charles & Maxine Cartey began at the fish fry as we publicly expressed our appreciation for them. But they will be with us through the rest of the month. So if you did not get to say good-by at the fish fry they will be here the last Sunday of September as our greeters.

Reflecting on the Scriptures: The Faithful & Faithfulness
Jeremiah 8:18—9:1. Jeremiah weeps over the devastation of Judah after the Babylonian invasion. Grief stricken, God’s people wait for healing and restoration. Where are the faithful ones? The Lord looks for them among the images and foreign idols!

Psalm 79:1-9. The psalmist also laments the destruction of Jerusalem, admits the faithlessness of God’s people, and cries out to the Lord for forgiveness.

1 Timothy 2:1-7. Faithfulness means praying for the political leaders in this world! The faithful also declare the reality of Jesus Christ, mediator between God and humanity, the one who gave himself as a ransom for all.

Luke 16:1-13. Can the ‘children of this age’ respond more faithfully than the children of light? Can our handling of ‘dishonest wealth’ hinder us from receiving true riches? Can our attitude toward the wealth of this age keep us from valuing that which is eternal?