July 14, 2017
Dear Eastridge Church Family,
Robert Murray M'Cheyne a young pastor who served in Scotland
before he died at the age of 29 made this statement: "The greatest need of
my people is my personal holiness."
I know I have a responsibility as a pastor to not simply preach faithful
messages on Sunday but I need to live my life as a holy example as well. I know this is true for me as a pastor but I
believe it is true for my family as well.
The greatest need of my children is the personal holiness of their
father. The greatest need of my wife is
my personal holiness. The greatest need
for my Sunday school class is my personal holiness. There is no substitute for obedience to God’s
Word, our personal holiness.
Youth
Game Night
Tonight, the youth are meeting at 6:30 at the church for a
night of games and fun fellowship. They
will also have some root beer floats after some games. They will not be playing Frisbee golf since Pastor Kobe lost his disc in the Arkansas River yesterday. :(
Teacher/Worker
Training
Tomorrow after the prayer meeting at 10am, we will have a time
of teacher/worker training for anyone interested in teaching Sunday school, or
helping with our children’s ministry. Pastor
Eva, Pastor Kobe, Pastor Andy our Sunday school Superintendent Stephanie Heer
will be sharing some tips on how we can be effective teachers and workers with
all ages of students. We will provide
lunch following the training time.
District
Assembly
On Sunday our Pastors and Delegates will be traveling to
Garden City for the annual Kansas District Assembly. It has been a number of years since the
Assembly was held outside of Wichita. Please pray for our delegation and for the
decisions that will be made at this meeting.
MNU
Offering
Each year Eastridge Church has received a special offering for
all of our MNU (MidAmerica Nazarene University) students. This offering was used as a church matching
scholarship from the University. MNU
will match up to $500 for each student.
MNU was founded like the other Nazarene regional colleges and
universities to be a place where students could go for training as pastors and missionaries. The schools also provide education for other
professions like teaching and nursing. I
want to encourage you to begin preparing how you can help our students
financially and more importantly to pray for the students.
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