Hello and welcome to Midweek Message #196. I\u2019ll probably make some enemies with 4 short words but here goes: Spring Break is over. I do hope you had a restful and good Spring Break and that it hasn\u2019t been too hard getting back into the swing of things this week. Just think: the next one will be much longer. <\/span>\ud83d\ude0a<\/span> Can anyone say, \u201cSummer!!\u201d?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Kelly Sorenson is our Educator of the Week. Kelly is the Director of Transportation for the school system. Her husband, John, is on active duty and is currently home due to an injury. They also have 4 children.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This past Sunday we were privileged to have Cory and Cassidy Fountain and their 3 children visit with us. They brought us an update on their desired work for Team Expansion in London. Please keep praying for them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The biggest event on our calendar is Resurrection Sunday. I know we have been giving you some information the past few weeks but it never hurts to repeat it. So\u2026here goes:<\/span><\/p>\n My current sermon series, <\/span>Jesus Unfiltered<\/span><\/i>, will be finished on Resurrection Sunday. The two remaining sermons are<\/span><\/p>\n A special announcement on what is to follow<\/span>: I had announced a little over a month or so ago that following this series I would finish the series on Revelation. As I worked on this current series I felt a growing sense of something else taking root in me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This current series of <\/span>Jesus Unfiltered<\/span><\/i> has been a \u201cheavy\u201d type of series, one that has been extra hard to prepare but also to deliver. Included in the next several months are Mother\u2019s Day and Father\u2019s Day and so I wondered about highlighting them. Instead of having those two days with different women and men speaking, I thought I would do more than a one day mention. April will be a character study of:<\/span><\/p>\n My plan right now is to complete Revelation in July and August. I\u2019ll explain more about the whole sermon plan as it gets closer. I\u2019d like to ask you for your prayers for the whole process of designing it and implementing it (research, study and preaching it).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This coming Sunday will be the last time we will do \u201cWe\u2019re Glad You Are Here\u201d on a weekly basis. It will show up in different ways and at different times. I do hope it has ingrained itself into your soul and is more than just a reading-out-loud that we do. Here it is one more time:<\/span><\/p>\n WE\u2019RE GLAD YOU ARE HERE!<\/strong><\/p>\n If you are happy we want to celebrate with you. That\u2019s okay. We want this to be a place where you find strength to go on. After last week\u2019s barrage of <\/span>YOUTH CORNER <\/b>additions, there are none this week. That speaks of Spring Break and a bunch of award events before break. We are proud of our young people. Keep up the good work\u2026all of you!!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m going to close this week\u2019s edition of the MM. These next two Sundays are the highlights of the Christian message-the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. Please keep them in mind as you go through your day. I love you all and pray you will experience this season in a whole new light.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Pastor Bill\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MIDWEEK MESSAGE #196 Hello and welcome to Midweek Message #196. I\u2019ll probably make some enemies with 4 short words but here goes: Spring Break is over. I do hope you had a restful and good Spring Break and that it hasn\u2019t been too hard getting back into the swing of things this week. Just think: … <\/p>\n\n
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\n<\/span>If you are tired and need rest;
\n<\/span>If you are hurting and need comfort;
\n<\/span>If you have failed, feel guilt and shame and wonder if God still loves you;
\n<\/span>If you feel you are at the end of your rope and need a lifeline;
\n<\/span>If you think you are too great a sinner and feel hopeless;
\n<\/span>If you are here but can\u2019t raise your eyes, head, or hands in worship\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Let us pray for you, stand beside you and even carry you to God\u2019s throne where you can find new hope.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n