Happy New Year!!! AND Happy January!!!
Already we have reasons to celebrate and anticipate this first month of 2020--
You came through with end-of-year giving!
We are going to be over budget on receipts for December and that will push us over our year-to-date budgeted amount. And we have yet to count the final amount. Glory to God and let’s press on in January!
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I am quite looking forward to the
3-part Wednesday series
by my new colleague,
Dr. Will Kynes
. Will is a brilliant Old Testament Scholar, particularly on the book of Job. He will be bringing his expertise to that most challenging classic
beginning January 15
. We are thrilled to have Will in our department at Samford. As Jeff Leonard would tell you, Will is quite younger than most of us, but he is already by far the most published scholar we have. Come hear him! (Note:
Wednesday evening supper will begin on the 8
th
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I love hearing us recite the Lord’s Prayer each Sunday, and I have sensed a leading to
explore Christ’s prayer in depth beginning Sunday, January 26
. The 7-part series is entitled
The Prayer We Pray Together: Living the Lord’s Prayer
.
Please be in prayer for me as I lead us though these beloved and transforming words.
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So many missional opportunities to support and in which to participate!
It’s who we are, what brings us so much joy, and what we strive to do better and better.
What a joy to be on this journey together! And let us remember daily what it’s all about.
Just yesterday I read a piece by the early 20
th
century Canadian theologian, Dr. A.B. Simpson. Toward the end of his essay, he noted that,
“Easter is the New Year's Day of the soul.”
So whether it’s January 1 or April 12,
Tomb’s Empty!!! Happy New Year!!!
Jim
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Wednesday nights in January
Begin This Week
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We will resume meeting this Wednesday night, January 8, for dinner, study, and student activities. Dr. Barnette will be teaching at 5:45 pm. For the remainder of Wednesdays in January, we are pleased to have Dr. Will Kynes leading our study time.
Will Kynes
joined Samford’s Department of Biblical and Religious Studies after teaching at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington for six years. He previously spent another six years in the UK completing an M.Litt. At St. Andrews, a Ph.D. at Cambridge, and then teaching at Oxford. He also has an M.Div. from Southern Baptist theological Seminary. His research focuses on wisdom and suffering in the Hebrew Bible. He has published five books and is currently working on a book on how different cultures have found hope in the biblical tradition of wrestling with God for which he did research as a Smithsonian Fellow at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in 2018. He and his wife, Vanessa, live in Homewood with their three daughters.
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THIS WEEK
MONDAY
Monday Morning Flower Ministry, 9 am
WEDNESDAY
Joyful Ringers, 9 am
Dinner, 5 pm
Poppyseed Chicken, rice, green beans, salad bar & dessert
Study & Prayer time, 5:45 pm
Preschool Parable Pals & Music, 5:45 pm
Children's Bible Skills & Thrills, 5:45 pm
Sanctuary Choir, 6:30 pm
THURSDAY
MCT Meeting, 7 pm, Library
FRIDAY
Men's Coffee Group, 6:30 am, FH
SATURDAY
Preschoolers & Parents Sweetheart Soiree, 5:30 pm, FH
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SUNDAY
A Song for a New Year
Psalm 63:1-8
Dr. Barnette preaching
Sunday School, 9:15 am
Worship, 10:30 am
Dedication of Noah William Hammond
Adult Handbells, 4 pm
Youth Handbells, 4:30 pm
Children's Ministry Game Night, 5 pm, FH
Youth Yearn, 6 pm, SOC
Worship Report
December 29, 2019
Sunday School NA
Worship 176
Budget Goal 957,877
Receipts YTD 888,598
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The 2020 Church-Planting Mission to Kenya, East Africa with
Jesus Harvesters
is January 18-30, 2020.
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Nicaragua, has been a country of emphasis for Brookwood since 2004. It is exciting to be returning to Nicaragua, March 4-10, to serve the wonderful people in Cedro Galan, Mt Sinai and Casa Jesus communities.
Click here
for prayer sheet.
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Appalachian Trail Mission Trip: May 15-16, 2020
We return to Damascus, VA to serve and minister to hikers of the A.T. For more information about the trip please contact Charles Vianey at
charles.vianey@gmail.com
or 205-541-888
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-Barcelona (Pivot) Mission is April 17-25, 2020.
Click here
for more information or to register.
-Adult & Family Mission in Cape Town, South Africa is June 16-29, 2021.
For more details,
Click Here
,
or contact Charles Vianey at
charles.vianey@gmail.com
or 205-541-8888.
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An Expression of Gratitude
Dear Friends,
We are thankful for all of your expressions of sympathy in recent days as we have grieved and yet celebrated Mom’s long and good life. In Henri Nouwen’s “Bread for the Journey” on December 24, the day she died, this was written:
“Holding On to the Christ”
Life is unpredictable. We can be happy one day and sad the next, healthy one day and sick the next, rich one day and poor the next, alive one day and dead the next. So who is there to hold on to? Who is there to feel secure with? Who is there to trust at all times?
Only Jesus, the Christ. He is our Lord, our shepherd, our rock, our stronghold, our refuge, our brother, our guide, and our friend. He came from God to be with us. He died for us, he was raised from the dead to open for us the way to God, and he is seated at God’s right hand to welcome us home. With Paul, we must be certain that ”neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nothing already in existence and nothing still to come, nor any power, nor the heights nor the depths, nor any created thing whatever, will be able to come between us and the love of God, known to us in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
(Romans 8:38-39)
Rejoicing in His abiding love,
Melinda Dressler and Family
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