Announcements
CONGRATULATIONS: to Tommy & Keaira Klein on their marriage. The wedding took place on Saturday, September 5.
CONGRATULATIONS: to Vern & Pat Sill on the birth of their granddaughter, Edith Lola Sill, on Thursday, August 20, weighing 7lbs and measuring 20 inches long. The proud parents are Mike & Meg Sill.
SUNDAY FUN DAY: is coming up on October 4! Volunteers are needed for the day of the event, as well as beforehand to repair, repaint, and update games. We’re also collecting new or gently used stuffed animals. Sign up or drop off donations at the Welcome Desk. See Pastor Jonathan with any questions.
SPORTSMAN BANQUET: Help is needed for our November 14 banquet! Students needing service hours are welcome to serve. Please sign up at the Welcome Desk. All volunteers are asked to attend a meeting on Sunday, September 20, after the evening service in Rooms 417/418.
From My Heart
Tomorrow is Labor Day, and the church offices as well as CCS will be closed. After a hectic two weeks since school started, I know everyone needs a day off to rest up a little. We had a great summer and saw many folks come to know the Lord with all our soul-winning efforts. Labor Day usually is the unofficial end of summer and the beginning of cooler temperatures and shorter hours of daylight.
But it is an exciting time because Master Clubs has started up again on Wednesday evenings! Every parent should work hard to get their children in Master Clubs on Wednesday nights. Master Clubs are for children ages 3 through grade 6. The children have a wonderful time learning the Bible, memorizing verses, playing games, and singing - all under careful adult supervision. Your children will love coming each Wednesday, but most of all they will learn about the Lord and His wonderful Word.
Several of our church family have asked me how the Socialist push, alongside the Islamic push in our nation, fits into end times prophecy. You must have noticed that the Socialists and the Islamists have come together and are working side by side with one another to push their agenda. These foolish Socialists think if the Democrat Party regains control of the House and the Senate, the Islamists will just roll over and play nice! Here is one scenario I can see happening in the very near future.
I can see our country continuing to fall for the lie of Socialism, winning more and more elections, but then the Rapture of the Church happens. Millions and millions of believers are suddenly gone. And the entire world falls apart - as inflation goes sky-high, chaos ensues, and all over the world the cry will be, “Somebody, please help us!” And this will be when the Antichrist steps out onto the world-stage and will have all the answers. And in 3 ½ years, this Anti-Christ will deceive men everywhere, and there will be a false peace he brings.
With the Church out of the way because of the Rapture, the Antichrist will garner the support of those left behind, the unsaved. And you cannot tell me the Socialists, the Progressives, the Democratic Socialists of America, and every remaining member of Congress, and the Supreme Court, are not going to bow down to follow the Antichrist. America’s politicians are bending the knee to Islam now, so you be assured once the Church is taken out, they will grovel at the feet of the Antichrist. They believe Islam can help them regain power but have no understanding of what is coming once Christ takes out His Church.
These liberal Democrats are all lining up with Islam, so it will not be a large step at all for them to align with the Antichrist during the Tribulation Period after the Church is raptured out to Heaven. “Even so come, Lord Jesus.”
Pastor Norris