|
|
August 2022 - In This Issue: |
- MY HEAVENLY HOME LIES OVER DEATH'S SEA
- CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE
- CARTOONS
- FUNNIES
- FOOD TRUCK PARTY
- CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP
- YOUTH REVIVAL
|
|
MY HEAVENLY HOME
LIES OVER DEATH'S SEA!
|
|
Do you remember the old song,
"That Heavenly Home"
We are not going to get out of this world apart from death or the rapture. We will either leave by cloud or coffin, but it's certain life on this earth is temporary.
So, what happens to you after you die and where do you go? What happens to your soul and body? The Bible has much to say about life after death and as believers we have a sure and certain hope.
2 Corinthians 5:1-2 ESV
1 For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling,
Paul had been a tentmaker by trade, and he knew that tents are meant to be temporary dwelling places.
A new tent is nice but the older it gets, well it’s like us: it stretches and sags, it gets holes in it that leak, it falls down and eventually it's beyond repair.
A tent is a temporary dwelling place for people on a journey like the Israelites. But once your journey is over and you’ve reached your destination, you have no more use for the tent. When we reach our destination, "that heavenly home", we will have no more use for this tent.
We will have a “building not made with hands.” We will have a glorious body like our Lord after His resurrection. With His resurrected body, Jesus walked out of the tomb that had sealed Him in. His resurrected body ascended to heaven without any wings or machinery.
All the pain and groaning of this present life in "our tents", makes us long for the day when this mortal will put on immortality and this corruptible body will become an incorruptible body.
We are pilgrims and strangers passing through a foreign land. This world is not paradise or heaven or our home or even close and never will be! We have been given temporary bodies to live in a temporary world.
Yet, we know, without a doubt where we're going and what lies ahead. Heaven is our home and we long to be there. We have set our affections on things above, and we are not looking back.
Make it every effort to live for God while you can because life is but a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.
"With Jesus we'll live in glory divine, that heavenly home will surely be mine!"
|
|
CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE
MCOG celebrated the 4th of July with the festive red, white and blue!
|
|
- What did Jonah's family say when he told them about what happened before reaching Nineveh? "Hmm, sounds fishy."
- What was Moses' wife, Zipphora, known as when she'd throw dinner parties? "The hostess with the Moses."
- Which Bible character was super-fit? Absalom.
- What did Adam say when he was asked his favorite holiday? "It's Christmas, Eve."
- What do you call a Bible character who just pulled into church? A parking Lot.
- What did God's people say when food fell from Heaven? "Oh man-na!"
- What did pirates call Noah's boat? "The arrrrrrk."
|
|
We enjoyed a very successful VBS this year with a great turn out and a lot of fun.
There were skits, games, singing, worship, crafts, and food; you can't have a food truck without food!
A great big thank you to the following people for their sacrificial labors to make it all come together:
Christina Cooper, Stephanie Hobbs, Pearlyn Bremer, Katie Hester, Livian Hunt, Amy Griffin, Veronica Robinson, Caitlin Griffin, Beth Baker,
|
|
Beth Ann Simmons, Bobby Hunt, Scott Hobbs, Karen Fitzerald, Carol Salsedo, Joyce Deason, Sonia Solis, Isabella & Kiara, Debbie King, Rita Privette, Abby Salsedo, Paula Butler, Debi Mueller, Tracy Kruchko, Vivian Burnette, Beverly Berry, Shelley Smith, Ruth Faircloth, Johnnie Loera, Edward Baker, Phillip King, Kevin & Kassidy Cooper. |
|
Our annual "YOUTH REVIVAL" will be held August 13-14. You will not won't to miss this exciting weekend.
The lineup includes: Pastor Glenn Walters from Judah Church in Charlotte along with his "Judah Music Team", Vincent Kelley & Worship Team and on Sunday morning, the Shepherds.
Come on out and support the MCOG Youth and our Youth Pastors, Edward & Beth Baker.
|
|
Matthews Church of God
517 E John St.
Matthews, NC 28105
704-847-5625
|
|
COME WORSHIP
WITH US!
YOU CAN ALSO WATCH ONLINE:
&
|
|
"A Church with open arms, a smiling face and a loving heart for all people." |
|
|
|
|
|
|
