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What a wonderful Mother's Day at Mt. Olive yesterday! The family dedication service was a blessing. Check out the Facebook Group Page for pictures. Several people asked me about the video that played before the dedication service, you can see the preview version here. I know we had to wipe away some tears during that one. And the music! Thank you to everyone who shared their gifts with us in song.
Next Saturday is the Ladies Brunch. If you need a ticket or want to reserve a table please contact Fran today. More information is below. I believe this will be an incredible event, so invite someone to join you at the table and get them a ticket.
Ladies Brunch May 20th at 10 am.
This is going to be good! Watch this video of Teresa Meares.
Brunch will be served in the Fellowship Hall and Teresa will be speaking in the Sanctuary afterward. Each year ladies sign up to decorate a table and invite guests to join them for the brunch. To reserve a table please sign up in the church foyer or contact Fran Anderson at 904.669.1705. Tickets are available. There is no cost for a ticket but everyone needs a ticket so accommodations can be made.
Vacation Bible School
Our VBS is June 5-9. You may register a child by calling the church office or through the church website. Barbara Rackliff has a list of needed items on the table in the foyer of the church. Check it out and see if there is something you can provide.
Sponsor A Student
Student camp is June 19-22 and costs $120 per student. If you want to help cover the cost for a student to attend camp please contact Justyn Keller or me or call the church office.
Florida Baptist Disaster Relief
Our local Baptist association is cooperating with the Florida Baptist Convention to gather supplies to help fire victims. The following items can be brought to the church and we will deliver them to the association office in Palatka.
Sunblock
Chap stick
No-Nat Bug Repellent
Gatorade by the case
Baby Wipes
Large Paper Towels
Bandanas
Hand Sanitizer
Coolers
Breakfast for Students
Each Sunday morning volunteers serve breakfast to our students. A schedule is on the white board in the fellowship hall. See Barbara Rackliff if you would like to provide the breakfast one of the available weeks.
Plug-In To A Group
Ongoing groups are held Sunday mornings at 9:30 and Wednesday nights at 6:30. Other groups are available. A list of all groups is on the table in the foyer of the church. You can find out more about groups by calling the church office or emailing me.
Monday Morning 5
1. 4 Ways Christians Can Stand Out at Work
2. The Right Kind of Discontentment
3. One Day You Will Not Struggle to Obey
4. One-Path Evangelism: The Scandalizing Exclusivity of Jesus
5. Starving Myself Meant Losing Myself
Monday Meditation
My Utmost for His Highest May 15, 2017
Remember that you have been saved so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in your body (see 2 Corinthians 4:10). Direct the total energy of your powers so that you may achieve everything your election as a child of God provides; rise every time to whatever occasion may come your way.
You did not do anything to achieve your salvation, but you must do something to exhibit it. You must “work out your own salvation” which God has worked in you already (Philippians 2:12). Are your speech, your thinking, and your emotions evidence that you are working it “out”? If you are still the same miserable, grouchy person, set on having your own way, then it is a lie to say that God has saved and sanctified you.
God is the Master Designer, and He allows adversities into your life to see if you can jump over them properly— “By my God I can leap over a wall” (Psalm 18:29). God will never shield you from the requirements of being His son or daughter. First Peter 4:12 says, “Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you….” Rise to the occasion— do what the trial demands of you. It does not matter how much it hurts as long as it gives God the opportunity to manifest the life of Jesus in your body.
May God not find complaints in us anymore, but spiritual vitality— a readiness to face anything He brings our way. The only proper goal of life is that we manifest the Son of God; and when this occurs, all of our dictating of our demands to God disappears. Our Lord never dictated demands to His Father, and neither are we to make demands on God. We are here to submit to His will so that He may work through us what He wants. Once we realize this, He will make us broken bread and poured-out wine with which to feed and nourish others.
And as always, your pastor is praying for you.
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