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CELEBRATING TEN YEARS OF PASTOR DWIGHT June 2015 marks ten years of Pastor Dwight Monical being BCUMC’s

pastor. We asked members of the congregation to share their special moments

and memories with Pastor Dwight…

+ My first glimpse of Pastor Dwight was at an Ad Council meeting in May

2005, a month before he would become our pastor. My first thought was,

“he’s taller than Pastor Joe (Hornick)! And I’ve got to get a picture!”

-Nancy Schnepp

+ Congratulations To Pastor Dwight - for - 10 years of service to our Church.

–Cecil Funkhouser

+ When Pastor Dwight started as our pastor, I made for him a "seating chart"

to help him learn some names of our church members. In it, I showed him

where this certain family usually sat, and that's where another family usually

sat, and said he couldn't really count on all of these people to be there all of the

time, but it could give him a rough idea of who some of the people are. I've

enjoyed playing and singing music with him. He played for my mom's

memorial service, and accompanied me when I sang at the Mother's Day

dinner last year. And in general, he allows me to play my cello with him on the

keyboard, most every Sunday, for a long time! He has a lot of skills and

knowledge of music, besides teaching us more and more about God, Jesus, and

the Bible! He's very approachable, and is a good listener. We've been blessed

by having him as our pastor, and we're thankful! -Coley Sharp

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UMC NEWSLETTER

BUCK CREEK

May 2005: Pastor Dwight Monical

with Buck Creek United

Methodist’s then outgoing pastor,

Joe Hornick. Little did we know

we would still be blessed 10 years

later with Pastor Dwight! (We

loved you too Joe!)

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BUCK CREEK UMC NEWSLETTER – JUNE 2015

THE STAFF.

Tim Schnepp, editor, reporter e-mail: timothys81@yahoo.com Nancy Schnepp, primary reporter & photographer

Other reporters this month: Kay Miller, Lydia Mueller, Ruth Davidson

Carol Shepard, church secretary, duplicator.

Other pic providers: Pat Sense, Lydia Mueller, Kay Miller, Ruth Davidson

Thanks be to God forever.

BCUMC on the web: http://www.gbgm-umc.org/bcumcin/

JUNE SANCTUARY FLOWERS June 7 > Happy 75

th to Nancy Balser from BCUMC family

June 14 > Happy birthday to Pastor Dwight from BCUMC family

June 21 > For Travis’ birthday & our 32nd

anniversary from Germain family

June 28 >

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL JUNE 15-19, 2015 Buck Creek United Methodist Church Vacation Bible School will be June

15th through June 19th. Our celebration program will be on FRIDAY

EVENING, JUNE 19TH AT 7:00 pm. Please mark your calendars!

Registration form inside back cover.

SonSpark Labs creates a fun and engaging discovery lab where children

will have a great time singing fun songs, watching skits, creating crafts and

playing games. But most important, they’ll discover God’s plan for everyone

is Jesus! We’re looking forward to sharing this exciting event with the children

and parents in our neighborhood. We hope they will all join us at SonSpark

Labs. In God's name, -Pam Church, 765-404-4962, VBS Director

ANNUAL FATHER-CHILD BREAKFAST Mark your calendars---BCUMC’s annual Father-

Child Breakfast is set for Sunday, June 21, 2015, at

7:30am. Breakfast, fellowship, and fun are on the

agenda, along with some door prizes so plan to attend!

Contact Ruth Davidson (rdavi8638@aol.com/589-

3033) or Pat Sense

(psense@aol.com/589-3730) for more information.

MOWING SCHEDULE June 7: Bruce Germain June 14: Fred Roach

June 21: Jim Pattee June 28: Sam Stratton

NURSERY WORKERS FOR JUNE June 7: Michele Roach June 14: Kay Miller

June 21: Alicia & Eliza Kent June 28: Pam Church

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RUMMAGE SALE FOR VBS

GIVING: JUNE 5 & 6 Lydia Mueller is sponsoring what she

wants to be a huge rummage sale at

BCUMC to raise more money for our

African friends donated at VBS. The sale

will be June 5th & 6th from 8AM to 2PM.

If you have items to donate to make this a truly huge sale, please let Lydia

know what you have.

WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY ON SABBATICAL Women's Bible Study is on sabbatical for the Summer. We will meet once

a month for fellowship & prayer time. Dates to be announced.

-Ruth Davidson

THANK YOU Volunteer servers for the AACC Pancake & sausage breakfast served over

100 community members in attempt to offset professional fees needed to fight

the stone quarry. Thanks to these volunteers and all the others that helped.

These are great people who help form a great community. –Kay Miller

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TEN YEARS OF PASTOR DWIGHT continued + I want to thank you Pastor Dwight for

serving our Church. I remember you hadn't

been to our Church but just a few days

when you were asked to be in a play “The

Rockslinger” in which you portrayed a giant

and did such a wonderful job The twins

were also in the play. I think of it all the

time. I also want to thank you for accepting

Cecil for being in my life and us not being

married But we have both prayed about it

and feel if God didn't approve he would

have not allowed it. You have been so very

kind to him and I appreciate that so much.

We both love the hugs you give us every

Sunday. I have truly enjoyed the sermons

when you choose a book of the Bible and

take us through it. I love you playing the

key board and all that you do for our church. I want to congratulate you for

being with us for 10 years. May God Bless you and grant you many more

years to help us to grow. I love you and thanks again for everything you do

for us at Buck Creek. Love & Blessings... -Linda Austin

+ We haven't been here for all of those years. My favorite memories of Dwight

are the small events when he has so much knowledge that I sit in awe. How

can he know about car engines then explain how the computer program can

be adapted to a different format so we can read or print it. (software) Then

he explains how the hardware of the computers will dictate the newest version

of software that can be used. Put him with John Metro and Bill Miller to do the

hands-on and he knows all about the power tools and talks intelligently about

construction. And there is the craft night when he came to paint birdhouses

with us. His musical abilities are one of

God's great talents that he shares with us.

He can put life into a slow moving hymn to

make it > pop <. Watching him teach the

music at VBS is a real treat because he

shows the boys that music isn't just for

girls as some may think. Dwight is so well-

rounded that I often sit in amazement. And

the sermon in the tent.... we watched it on

youtube because we were unable to attend

that Sunday. How creative ! (Even if it

were someone else's idea, you had to be able to execute the plan.)

-Kay Miller

2005 The Rockslinger!

2007: Shadowens house repair

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+ Before I became a better Christian, I was married to

another man. Pastor Dwight performed that ceremony

at Columbian Park in 1992. It has been a pleasure for

me to hear his sermons each week, and I have lots of

good memories now of him and his family.

–Lydia Mueller

+ To mark Pastor Dwight's tenth year with us, I truly know that he 'has arrived

and is one of us at Buck Creek'! He is SO much more personable, caring and

loving and he brings his messages in language I can interpret and understand.

He seems to 'feel' our hurts, sadness, concerns and joys. He and Theresa are

busy people, but they make time for us and our needs. May God continue to

bless them in their work. Thank you, -Pat Miller

+ I know Butch and I haven't been to church in a long while but we think of

the Pastor and all the members quite often. We keep saying we are going to bet

started again - Pastor Dwight is amazing and we enjoy the times we have in

church and so hopefully we will get started back. The whole church family is

amazing. -Terri and Butch Knowles

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2005 Orange hair for VBS fundraiser!

With Ruth Davidson. 2006 celebrating grads Ali & Ana

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2007 Teresa and Dwight with our

missionaries the Humbanes

2008 Church building Centenary celebration with past pastors:

Rev. Jack Hoadley, Rev. Kaye Bass, Pastor Joe, Pastor Matt

Oates, Pastor Bonnie Shoaf, Pastor Dwight Monical.

2009 confirmation class grads

2010 Family Game Night

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+ Favorite memory of Pastor Dwight: The idea of the Holy Two-by-Four has

been a great illustration of how hard God tries to get our attention!

-Pam Church

+ Pastor Dwight and Teresa truly listened the evenings prior to Dad's services.

I am so grateful. I enjoyed, teared, smiled, chuckled, and laughed as he

captured important moments for my Dad during the eulogy. Thanks for that

memory. More so, thanks to Dad for those precious priceless years.... :)

-Jim Miller

+ I've always appreciated Pastor Dwight (& Teresa's) musical talent and

especially getting to accompany him with my bass guitar every summer. I've

always liked his real life messages often coming from his own life

experiences. Congrats on ten outstanding years at BCUMC!!!

-Doug (& Elaine) Latia

2010 with wife Teresa on church steps

2012 baptism

2011 Honoring firefighters

2013 Good Samaritan

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2011 Baptism 2014 helping at church ice cream booth at Buck Creek Fish Fry

2005 Meet & Greet

2014 sermon time

2007 Men’s Group

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FIVE MORE QUESTIONS! In June 2010 we asked Pastor Dwight and wife Teresa, Five Questions.

This month, celebrating his ten years at BCUMC, we are asking them Five

MORE Questions!

DWIGHT

1. What is a highlight of your ten years at BCUMC?

There have been so many it is hard to choose. I guess the outpouring of love

and encouragement throughout the years to Teresa, my family, and me. The

generosity of BCUMC has been overwhelming and I don’t think I can express

how much that has meant to all of us. It is certainly true that we have received

far more than we

have given.

2. What’s the

most impressive

dish you can

cook?

I think my best

(but maybe not

that impressive)

is my chili.

Simple recipe

but I think it

tastes really

good. Just beans

(kidney or a

mixture), diced

tomatoes, ground

beef, onion,

pasta (your

choice) and

spices. I used to put a little brown sugar in, but don’t always do that anymore.

3. If you had the chance to share one of your Sunday morning messages

with the entire world, what would the title and context be?

Title: “History or His Story!” The context would be the plan of God’s

salvation from Genesis to Revelation. It would offer the world the Christ of

God; Jesus as both Lord and Savior.

4. Are you a dog or a cat person?

I am an animal person. I like pretty much all living things (including insects,

but especially butterflies and moths). But because I was raised with cats I

would probably select them first. Growing up we had two cats with unique

names: Blackie and Frosty . Guess what colors they were? My dad would

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always say that no matter what color he wore, you could always see cat hairs

on his clothes.

5. If you could be any person in the Bible for a week, who would you

choose and why?

I would pick Daniel. The main reasons are his faithfulness and perseverance.

He had a wonderful relationship with God and would never compromise no

matter what the consequences. He not only started well and ran the race well;

he also finished well.

TERESA

1. What is a highlight of your ten years at BCUMC?

It has been a privilege to know you individually and pray with you. We have

been encouraged and strengthened in our faith as you and we have shared

together how God is working in our lives. You have given us friendship and

gifts that have been a blessing to our family.

Last October was very special to us when we received a note or gift each

day or had a meal with you. We felt much appreciated! Your generosity and

praying for us mean very much.

2. What's the farthest you've ever traveled from home?

About 3 weeks after Dwight and I were married we traveled to Seoul, South

Korea, with a music ministry team with Campus Crusade for Christ, now

called Cru. We sang in concerts to assist the Korean Cru staff tell others about

Jesus. The Korean people we met were so gracious and we heard amazing

testimonies of how God had changed their lives. We have some funny stories

from our time there also.

3. Share with us about your favorite hobby/talent.

I enjoy singing and playing the piano and sharing music in our family. I have

been blessed with some wonderful music teachers from kindergarten through

college. Before Dwight and I were married I taught in a middle school and had

some fun choir students, some of whom came to our wedding. I’ve learned a

lot about choral music accompanying the choirs at Harrison, and doing some

vocal coaching has helped me get to know some of the students better.

4. What's the best gift you've ever received?

Truly the best gift I have received is the gift of salvation through God’s grace

and His forgiveness of my sins. He has graciously given me Dwight as my

husband and our children, Joseph, Mary, Thomas, Anna, and Jonathan. My

parents, Bill and Betty Simmermon, my brother, John, and my sister, Amy, are

gifts and part of God’s plan for my life too. My extended family are a blessing

also.

I have cherished gifts and loving notes from our children. One gift that

stands out is a wonderful surprise from Dwight. He planned for us to attend a

pastors and wives conference in Orlando, Florida, and had already arranged

for three families to care for our children here. He took me out for dinner and

gave me a scroll that explained everything. A complete surprise!

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5. If you could be any person in the Bible for a week, who would you

choose and why?

There are many women of God in the Bible I want to be like. Mary, the

mother of Jesus, comes to my mind first. A woman who loved God so much

that He chose her to be the mother of His Son. But what sacrifices she made!

Esther was very courageous and fasted and prayed and asked her people to do

the same before she came to the king. Ruth devoted herself to Naomi and her

God, and worked hard to care for Naomi and herself. What a beautiful plan

God already had designed for her life!

QUOTES December 20, 2014

+ “God so loved the world means He loves each and every one of us with a

love so deep and everlasting, not measurable by any human means.” –Pat

Miller (Children’s Sermon)

+ “Everlasting life. God desires all of us be saved from our sins. We do this

through Jesus, who came as a baby in a manger.” –Pat Miller (Children’s

sermon)

+ “Dear God, we thank You for the gift of Your son and through Him

everlasting life, to spend eternity with Him in Heaven.” –Pat Miller

(Children’s sermon prayer)

+ “We simply ask that You would come and meet us at the point of our

need…” –Pastor Dwight (prayer)

SERVANTS, first service –June 2015

USHERS > Sydney Neumayr / Bev Poore / Gini Tull / Ken Mueller GREETERS > Billie Burkhalter / Caroline Coblentz ACOLYTE > Eliza Kent LITURGIST > Diane White CHILDREN’S MESSAGE > Pam Church (14

th, 21

st, 28

th)

BELL RINGER > Olen Shepard COMMUNION STEWARDS > Billie Burkhalter FIREFIGHTER COOKIES > Ruth Davidson (first Monday) SCRIPTURE READERS > Dan Fleming (7

th); Coley Sharp (14

th);

Carol Shepard (21st

); Sam Stratton (28th

) NURSERY WORKERS > More volunteers are needed for our servants list for 2015. Please

see Ken Mueller. Also the Nursery is coming back if you’d like to

volunteer see Lydia Mueller. To be a Communion steward or do Firefighter

cookies, please sign-up at church.

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QUOTES January 4, 2015

+ “Christ is the best giver.” –Pastor Dwight

+ “You’ve given even when we have not.” –Pastor Dwight (on God)

+ “We never want to take for granted the power of prayer.” –Pastor Dwight

+ “We should look at things long term---we try to live the resolutions we

make, but we fail. Simply stop and say God, I failed. God says ‘I’m still

here.’ He picks us up, and dusts us off and sets us back on the road.” –Pastor

Dwight

+ “Whenever you give up something for God, fill it with something FROM

God.” –Pastor Dwight (message)

+ “Don’t make 40 or 50 resolutions---you’re not going to keep them. Instead,

pray to God.” –Pastor Dwight (message)

QUOTES January 11, 2015

+ “Can God bring good things out of bad things? He certainly can.” –Pastor

Dwight

+ “We pray for our own selves---to be able to release our burdens to You.” –

Pastor Dwight (prayer)

+ “Have you ever had a soft drink that’s lost its carbonation? Kind of flat!

I’ve heard the church without the book of Acts is like a flat soda---no

excitement, energy or life!” –Pastor Dwight (message)

+ “(In Acts) look at those things that keep coming up---we find certain things

that repeat and repeat---those things are important to Luke.” –Pastor Dwight

(message)

+ “When we read through the Bible now---the Holy Spirit is there from the

beginning to the end.” –Pastor Dwight (message)

+ “When Luke wrote Acts he wants us to know about the Holy Spirit. The

Holy Spirit is mentioned (in Acts) more than 50 times.” –Pastor Dwight

(message)

+ “Jesus told them, don’t worry, if you’re following Me, I will give you the

words. He’s going to give us the words to speak.” –Pastor Dwight (message)

+ “How many here have the Holy Spirit? If you are a child of God, you have

it!” –Pastor Dwight (message)

+ “Do you listen to the Holy Spirit? And if you listen, do you follow?” –

Pastor Dwight (message)

+ “If you have a Bible you use a lot, it’s okay to write in it, to underline.

When you look for the Holy Spirit, highlight it” –Pastor Dwight (message)

+ “Even if we don’t have the gift of evangelism, are we still called to

evangelism and witness? Yes!” –Pastor Dwight (message)

+ “Remember: always be prepared to give a reason for the Hope you have.” –

Pastor Dwight (message)

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+ “This book (Acts) is unfinished. We’re to write our own story as a

completion. What’s our story? We’re to complete it. Take Acts and ask God:

what do You want me to add to it?” –Pastor Dwight (message)

+ “Acts 1:8, starts in Jerusalem, moves to Samaria, then to the ends of the

Earth. Memorize that verse---that’s our marching orders.” –Pastor Dwight

(benediction)

SEW & SEWS The Sew & Sews recently made and delivered “walker bags” for the

residents of Tippecanoe Villa. Pat Sense reports that “Each person came to the

room and picked out the one they wanted. They were so excited!”

Above: Sew & Sews Nancy Balser, Retta

Whiteaker and Pat

Sense watch as a resident chooses a bag.

Left: Billie Burkhalter

supervises the choosing of a walker

bag by a happy

resident.

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MOTHER-DAUGHTER BANQUET SURPRISE…

Elvis Was in the House! Approximately 80 guests enjoyed a baked spaghetti meal and lots of fun &

fellowship at our annual Mother Daughter Banquet. Door prizes of aprons and

pot holders went along with the theme of ‘Blessed Be the Tie,’ and apron

placecards guided mothers & guests to their seats. Door prizes were won by

Billie Burkhalter, Retta Whiteaker, Brooke Chinn, Jan Prosser, Pat Sense,

Trudy Germain, Kelli Chappell, Jane Arnold, Judy Skees, Teresa Monical, and

two guests. Pastor Dwight said “Everybody is deserving, but we only have a

few (prizes).”

Following the meal, all went to the sanctuary to hear the Barbershop

Quartet “Three Best Friends” (there were 4 of them)! They sang several

favorites (including “Goodbye Marylou” and “Nevertheless”) before they

introduced the Special Guest…Elvis! Many compliments were heard

following his performance! We enjoyed “All Shook Up” before he dedicated

his next song “Love Me Tender to the evening’s hostess Ruth Davidson! Elvis

even gave Ruth one of his scarves! He ended with the hymns “Peace in the

Valley” (dedicated to Pat Miller) and “How Great Thou Art”.

3 Best Friends & Elvis sing to Ruth Davidson

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Pink ladies Mary Ellen & Glenda Davidson, Nancy Schnepp

Daughter Eliza Kent

Above: Judy Skees, Sheryl Polley, Shirley Johnston Kay Miller

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Hostess Ruth Davidson gets to eat!

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Without all of the volunteers, this wouldn’t take place so THANK YOU to

Pat Sense, Nancy Balser, Jan Prosser, Retta Whiteaker and Ruth Davidson for

making the aprons & potholders; to those who prepared the food and

decorations…Pat Sense, Billie Burkhalter, Jan Prosser, Retta Whiteaker, Pat

Miller, Alicia Kent, Eliza Kent, Gini Tull, Nancy Balser, Judy Skees and Ruth

Davidson; to the men who served and cleaned up (a BIG job): to Bill Miller

and his crew…Malcolm Miller, Jim Davidson Sr, Ken Mueller, Nathan Chinn

and Logan Schumacher; and to Pastor Dwight for prayers and taking care of

door prizes!!! And thanks to the parking lot guards!

Alicia & Judy

Ken

Jim Sr.

Nathan, Bill, Malcolm

Pat & Billie

Hostess on the run!

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MOTHER’S DAY MORNING

It was a special morning

on May 10. Many of the

mothers wore hats to

celebrate the day. The

sanctuary flowers celebrated

the birthday of a man born

on Mother’s Day. Pat Miller

gave a special Children’s

Sermon about parents. “Our

parents teach us, we grow up

and love and follow Jesus…

if we can do that, we will

have a wonderful life, as will

our mothers.”

Pastor Dwight gave time

for the congregation to share

memories of their mothers, which were very heartfelt. After worship, the

pastor’s wife Teresa Monical handed each lady a beautiful pink tulip as they

exited the church. A gesture of thanks to mothers and all women of the

church. (Below left: Audrey Chappell receives a tulip from Teresa.)

L to R: Nancy Schnepp, Pam Church, Diane White,

Lydia Mueller, Kay Miller, Michele Roach

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RECIPE CORNER Make me to hear joy and gladness. –Psalm 51:8

Love rhubarb? You’ll love Molly Clark Schnepp’s recipe!

MOLLY’S RHUBARB CRISP

4-6 cups rhubarb (8 for really tart)

1 cup sugar

3 Tablespoons flour

Topping:

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup oats

1 cup flour

¾ cup butter

Mix fruit mixture and put into buttered baking dish. For tarter crisp, use 6-8

cups of rhubarb but don’t increase the sugar.

Mix topping ingredients, and distribute evenly over rhubarb mixture. Bake at

375 degrees for 40 minutes. Enjoy!

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STAMP COLLECTING Marion Mission

Storehouse requests “keep

the stamps coming

trimmed to 1/4 inch

around the stamp. It helps

with the shipping costs

when they are sold to a

collector.” The Ladies

Missionary Society has a

plastic shoebox on the

table in the front entryway

of the church for your

cancelled stamps.

CAN’T SLEEP? NO SHEEP? TRY THIS… Can’t get to sleep, or you wake up early and can’t get back to sleep? After

you’ve said some prayers, why not also thank God for some things in your

life? Here’s an easy way to do that: use the

alphabet! Starting with A, tell God you’re thankful

for something in the world that He made that starts

with “A”. Dear God, I am thankful for the apples

You made. B: I am thankful for the bees that buzz

and pollinate the crops. C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J… keep

going, giving thanks in alphabetical order. K: thank

You God for my two heathy kidneys. L: Thank You

for the love you shower on us….

If you really want to challenge yourself, go backwards, starting with Z!

Thank You God for >yawn< Zzzzzzzzz…

QUOTES December 14, 2014

+ “Don’t let us come to You and take prayer for granted. It is available at all

times.” –Pastor Dwight (message)

+ “We are to be answers to prayer---guide us and direct us.” –Pastor Dwight

(prayer)

+ “Pray for the Christmas program. Pray for the children---they are a blessing

to us. Let them speak the words You have given them clearly.” –Pastor

Dwight (prayer)

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DWIGHT WRITES… After reading through and studying the Book of

Acts, I have realized that the book is really

incomplete. Not incomplete in the sense that there

is something missing which God intended that was

left out, but not finished because of the challenge it

leaves with us. At the end of the book I believe

that we are left with the question, “What now?”

What are we to do because of what we have read

about the early church? If we simply put down the

Bible and say that it was a good read and do

nothing in response, we have missed out on one of the major purposes of it

having been written.

One word which should always be front and center whenever we read the

Bible, and this is especially true with Acts is “Transformation.” If we are not

being changed because of what we have read, we have not read the Bible

effectively.

Romans 12:1,2 “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of

God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to

God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of

this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be

able to test and approve what God's will is —his good, pleasing and perfect

will.”

In the next month, we will be taking another side-trip as we work our way

through the book of Acts and this time we will be looking at spiritual

disciplines; those things which we do that bring us closer to God and

transform us to be more like Jesus.

This 4 week series will be entitled “Next Steps” and will include the

messages, “Training vs. Trying (Why do I need spiritual disciplines to grow in

my faith?)”, “Overcoming Spiritual A.D.D. (How do I communicate with

God?)”, “Just Try It (What else can I do to grow spiritually?)”, and “After the

Honeymoon Phase (How do I keep my walk with God fresh?)”.

Here are a few Scripture passages you can read to prepare for this series.

Hebrews 5:11-6:1; Romans 12; Mark 1:29-39; Revelation 2:1-5.

Please pray for me as I prepare for this series and for our church to draw

closer to Jesus, all to the glory of God.

-Pastor Dwight

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