Announcements
SYMPATHY: to Bobby & Brandy Price and their family at the passing of Bobby’s grandmother, Joann Beaver, on Monday, October 6. Arrangements are pending.
THANK YOU: to my church family for all your prayers during my surgery and now my recovery. A special thanks to Pastor Rick for his visits and coming to pray with me at the hospital. I hope to be back to church soon. Butch Kyker
THANK YOU: for your prayers and expressions of concern for our mother, Genevieve Singer, over the last five months. God answered your prayers in a marvelous way. The initial recovery from the knee replacement was so good that one of the follow up visits was unnecessary. We are grateful for your prayers. Jeff Singer, Ron & Jennifer Reed
CHURCH WORK DAY: Come out and help us make a difference! Looking for volunteers to help with cleaning, painting, and other various projects around the church and school buildings, on Saturday, October 25, starting at 8:00 a.m. Please sign up at the Welcome Desk or see Steve Bond for questions.
SUPER SIXTIES TRIP: The Penn Alps bus trip on Saturday, October 25, is now open to all ages. Come and enjoy a day filled with fun, food, and shopping! Sign up at the Welcome Desk or call the church with your reservation at 410-876-3838, ext. 307.
LADIES FELLOWSHIP: Ladies Paint Night will be held on Saturday, November 8, at 4:00 p.m. in the Great Room. The cost is $5 per person to cover supplies. Please also bring a snack to share. Drinks will be provided. Please sign up at the Welcome Desk by Wednesday, November 5. Contact Kellie Muller at 443-340-9856, if you have any questions.
From My Heart
This divisiveness in our country between the radical Socialists and the conservative Capitalists is headed for a huge showdown. You know the Conservatives in charge of our government will not let those paid protesters destructively march, obstruct, and destroy property in our cities. The division in America today is as pronounced as I have ever seen it.
These paid protesters out on the Left Coast are going to keep fighting against ICE and Homeland Security until there is a disastrous situation and folks end up getting killed. Our country is not a Socialist country, and these folks wanting to throw away our heritage and change our land into a Socialist “utopia” are going to be met with huge resistance! America will not sit idly by and allow these paid protesters to stand in the way of the police doing their job, simply because they despise President Trump.
The former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said, “The problem with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” And Socialism has never worked! It always leads to a revolution because people do not want the government to make decisions for them! For instance, the Socialists today in some of our cities (like New York City, Portland, Chicago, etc.) are running on platforms calling for “free” everything. But how can you do this and it work? Well, they will tax, tax, tax! They will tax the rich, the poor, the middle class, businesses, goods, and services until they are taking all our incomes, and then they will smile and say, “But we are offering you 'FREE' stuff!” Free everything! Well, that has never worked, and I promise you it will not work in America!
The governments that have done this end up having to kill millions of people who stand up to them and say, “No!” And this is why our forefathers gave us a Representative Republic. We need to stand up to these thugs who would just as soon kill you as look at you (just to get what they want) and tell them we reject their demands before they get elected into power!
I don’t want the government telling me what kind of insurance I can have, or how much of my paycheck I can keep, or that I have to drive a certain type of car, or what I can buy at the grocery store! I don’t want to wait six months to see a doctor, or have some panel of business executives sitting in an office deciding whether the surgery I need to keep me alive is worth the cost, based on how much of a contribution I can make to society with the years I have left! America needs to think this issue through before deciding to head down this path! Remember, the government’s “free” always has a catch!!!
Have a wonderful day!
Pastor Norris