From Pastor Bill

THE LOCAL CHURCH

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I want you to think about something that you may never have considered before.  Almost nothing grows a Christian like a serious commitment to a single, Bible believing church week in and week out for years and years!  Not conferences, not social media, not even personal...

GIFT  IDEAS  FOR  THIS  CHRISTMAS

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The entire world is gearing up to celebrate Christmas!  But isn’t it amazing and incredible that many people who take time off to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ neither follow after nor believe in Him?  There are many people who are going to celebrate Christmas and talk...

Isn’t It “Funny”?

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An observer from the last century would be awe-struck by the improvement in our standard of living, and by the amount of leisure time our technology and electronic devices have provided.  Few Americans work consistently more than a 50-hour work week, and most work 44 hours or less. ...

WHEN  DID  THANKSGIVING  FIRST ORIGINATE?

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Do you know when Thanksgiving originated as a national holiday?  Well, on October 3, 1789, at the request of Congress, the first president of the United States issued a proclamation that reads in part: Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be...

YEAR END GIVING, 2023

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I think many of us are wondering, “How much does our Building Fund need to be before we can think about building and moving to our new campus?”  Our land is paid for, and our building fund is a little more than $200,000, but we can begin making plans to move to our new campus...

REPORT IT IMMEDIATELY

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According to a recent survey, one in ten British men has carried out sexual offenses against children.  This was the number who admitted as much in a survey; one can only imagine the number who denied doing so but lied. Jesus said, “Whoever receives one little child…in My...

A DAY SET ASIDE FOR WORSHIP AND REST

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  The director of a zoo in Bonn, Germany, recommended that he close the zoo for one day each week.  He claimed that the lions, monkeys, and several other animals were overly nervous and under great stress because they were viewed by the public every day.  So he wanted to close...