Announcements
Potluck--
This
Sunday, following church!
Syrian
Peacemaker--
We are
blessed to host a Syrian minister this Monday evening at 7. Please
be here to learn about the situation in Syria and how we can best
support our brothers and sisters in Christ. Thanks to Marilyn Suber
for all the work she has done to bring this event to New Hope.
Who
Are We?--
We are
going to wrap up our study on our roots this Sunday by exploring the
story of Abraham's call.
Room
in the Inn--
On
October 10, Chattanooga
Room in the Inn will be celebrating their anniversary from 5-8pm
at Lyndsay Street Hall. Speak with Lizz if you're interested.
Wednesday
Bible Study--
We
started last night by studying the story of Samuel, and we'll move
into Saul's life next week at 6:30!
Community
Kitchen Spot
There are a lot of hungry and
homeless children of God and the community needs some help feeding
them. If you would like to help out, please bring the following
items to church this Sunday & put them on the bookshelf.
#10 cans - mixed vegetables /
peas
#10 cans fruit
Dinner napkins
Plastic forks / spoons
Dry milk
New
Hope News
Sunday
School—This Sunday, we'll study the 5th chapter of Matthew,
which is the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount.
Church
Lawnmower--
The church is trying to dispose of the lawnmower. It's a John Deere
36” mower with many hours on the engine. If you'd like to submit a
bid, please contact the church office by September 30.
Pray
For:
Krissey
Parker and her upcoming surgery
Connie
Robinson
Links
Keith's
Random Thoughts
I had to buy ink for my printer
last week, and I'm always amazed at what a successful business that
is. Think about it: you buy a printer once for $60, and then every
six months you spend $30-$40 to keep it working. That's a great
business model. Every time I need two new cartridges I contemplate
whether it's cheaper to just buy a new printer. Once a company has
sold you a printer, they've got you for life! (Just
think of the value of this truck crash.)
My point here is this: I think
printer companies invest their time, energy and money in getting
people to buy their printers. Once you've bought the printer, it
doesn't matter what you do, because you have to buy ink for the
thing. They don't keep investing in you as a potential customer,
because it doesn't matter. You're stuck.
As the church, we have to
continue investing in the people who are already attending. We are
called to grow disciples—not just to gather them and make sure they
don't go anywhere. As the church, it's so important that we grow
together, that we pray together and study the Bible together and
listen to the joys and concerns of one another. We can't just take
for granted the fact that someone will be there one Sunday because
they were there the last Sunday. We need to keep in touch, to be
rooted in one another, and to seek constantly God's direction and
guidance.
All of this should funnel us
outward. When we are growing, we recognize God's love for the
outsider. When we are growing together, we want to welcome others to
join our fellowship. When we are growing as disciples, others see
our lives being changed and want to be a part of our fellowship.
And then, as people join, they
continue to grow. Their growth and energy enables others to grow,
and the cycle continues. God is building his church, and he wants us
to be passionate parts of it.
So let us make sure that we
grow, that we as a church encourage growth, and that we reach in so
that we can reach out.
Text
for this Sunday
Genesis
12:1-9
(ESV)
Now
the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and
your father's house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will
make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name
great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless
you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the
families of the earth shall be blessed.”
4
So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram
was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 And Abram
took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their
possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had
acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When
they came to the land of Canaan, 6 Abram passed through the land to
the place at Shechem, to the oak[d] of Moreh. At that time the
Canaanites were in the land. 7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and
said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built
there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. 8 From there he
moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent,
with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an
altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord. 9 And Abram
journeyed on, still going toward the Negeb.
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