Greetings!
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We invite you to worship with us this Sunday, July 14th at 10:00am.
This week's prayers for morning and evening are included below.
Please remember that we will be following our summer worship schedule (worship each week at 10:00am) through Start-Up Sunday after Labor Day. Fellowship time immediately follows the service and is a perfect opportunity to join friends and meet new ones while enjoying a cup of coffee and a snack.
Don't forget to check the master calendar for news about upcoming events and updates.
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Worship this week, July 14th at 10:00am
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Dr. McIvor's sermon is "Loving the Neighbor We Hate" based on Luke 10.25-37. The Good Samaritan. It seems everybody knows the story even if they don't know what Jesus meant when he told it. The problem with an overly familiar story is that the familiar way it is told and heard often misses the point. So it has become a bromide encouraging us to help those whose car has broken down on "a dark and stormy night" (to quote Snoopy). But Jesus told it to teach us that we are to love the "neighbor" that we hate. That is a harder (and better) lesson.
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Senior High MIssion Group Returns!
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Our 13 MATE adventurers (9 High School students & 4 adults) want to thank the PCiS community for your prayers, good wishes and chocolate chip cookies (actually we received a generous outpouring of multiple types and brands of cookies.) :)We had a fantastic trip despite being rained on every day but our off day. Our MATE coordinators provided sufficient indoor work at the Fairbanks and New Portland churches to keep us busy the entire time and to provide a real opportunity for our group to contribute to the upkeep and enhancement of these two houses of worship.Also, we are particularly grateful to Debbie Johnson, Jane Dossett and Andy Roosa for a tremendous amount of help with a variety of preparation work that made the trip a much better experience than it would have been otherwise.
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Upcoming Youth Group Meetings
Middle School Youth Group
Our next meeting is Sunday, July 14th at 7:00pm.
Senior High Youth Group
Our next meeting is this Sunday, July 21st at 4:00pm.
Other Group News The Wednesday Women's Bible Studyand the Men's Fellowship Breakfast and Bible Study groups are currently in recess for the summer and will resume meeting again in the fall.
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Miracle Kitchen
Friday, July 12th, 6:00pm
Don't forget tonight is the Salvation Army dinner. Contact Dottie Keene at dottiehkeene@gmail.com with questions.
*Get this month's recipe here.
July Worship at Wingate This month's Wingate service will be on July 28th at 1:00pm. Volunteers are especially needed during the summer months. Contact Susan DeHoff at sldehoff@verizon.net if you have questions. |
Prospective Youth Ministry Leaders
If you are interested in learning more about becoming a youth group leader, you can fill out this form online or pick up one in Fellowship Hall. If you have questions you may contact Matt Crane at mh.crane@yahoo.com.
Thanks to everyone who has already shown interest!
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This Week's Prayers for Morning and Evening
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Morning
Prepare my mind to listen to you today. Prepare my heart to be filled with your love today. Prepare my lips, that they can shout your praise today. Prepare my soul, that I can be attuned to your will today. Prepare me to feel your presence in the world today! Amen
Evening
We come together, and this we pray: let us love the Lord our God, with all our hearts, with all our souls, with all our strength, with all our minds, and let us love our neighbor as ourselves. By doing this, O God, we will truly live, because we will live under the guidance of your words, and the rest that your love provides. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen
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