August 29, 2021

"Wake-Up Call" | Dr. Jim Everette
The church has been called the Sleeping Giant. 
It is time for us to wake up to our calling from God.

“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.

Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels. Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches."
  • Does it take a fire alarm or a gentle whisper to wake you up?
  • Is the term “Dead Church” an oxymoron?
  • How does a follower of Jesus become spiritually dead?
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God, we ask you to awaken those areas in our spiritual life that may be asleep. Strengthen what remains and is about to die so that our lives may be a living testimony. In Jesus Name, Amen!
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Letters to God
In the courtyard in front of the church on Market Street is a mailbox marked letters to God. In it you will find cards titled, Dear God, on which you can write your letters to God and leave them in the mailbox when you are done. There are also cards in the Connector Building and at the entrances to the sanctuary. While the letters will be removed periodically and ‘sent’ to God, you are welcome to read those still inside the mailbox when you leave your own. For each letter that you read, be sure to offer a prayer on the writer’s behalf and then return the card to the mailbox. 

It is our prayer that a passersby will notice the mailbox and write their own letters to God.
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