Precious Promises
God promises rewards to those who love him and give sacrifi-cially to him. The Bible says . . .
You Will Be Rewarded in This Life: Malachi 3:10 - "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse... Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it."
You Will Be Laying Up Treas-ures in Heaven: Matthew 6:19-20 - "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal."
You Will Be Rewarded in Heaven: Matthew 25:23 - "Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your Master's happiness!"
We give not to be rewarded, but appreciate God’s additional bless-ings to us when we give in love.
Altar Flowers – In praise and thanksgiving to God, the chancel flowers are given by Norm Shire, in remembrance of his wife Fran-ces. We thank him for his kind-ness.
Christ Lutheran Finances
Given This Week: $2,164.00
Needed This Week: $3,044.85
Given To Date: $8,028.00
Needed To Date: $9,134.55
Building Fund: $5.00
This Week
Today
10:30 a.m. Coffee Fellowship
10:45 a.m. Bible Adventures
Monday
4:30 p.m. Confirmation Class
Wednesday
9:00 a.m. Ladies Crafts
Saturday
5:00 p.m. Praise Worship
Sunday
Epiphany 4
9:30 a.m. Worship
10:30 a.m. Coffee Fellowship
10:45 a.m. Bible Adventures
Serving God and Us
Today:
ACOLYTE: Dylan Martens
GREETER: Lou & Patty Basham
COFFEE: Jane Stueland
Ushers: Keller
SUNDAY SCHOOL:
PRE-K-2ND: Britney & Tieler
3rd—6th Grade: Ed LaSelle
Next Sunday:
ACOLYTE: Alison White
GREETER: Marion & Joe Flory
Coffee: Laurie Nelson
Ushers: Anderson
READER: Andy Anderson
SUNDAY SCHOOL:
PRE-K-2ND: Malorie & Dallas
3rd—6th Grade: Jayne Harkins
Take a Trip
Today in our Bible Adventures, we investigate the first sermon of Jesus in his hometown of Naz-areth. He did not receive over-whelming approval. Next Sunday we look closely at the healing ministry of Jesus in Luke 4:31-44.
In Print
Our newsletter articles are needed by tomorrow for our Feb-ruary newsletter. It will be pub-lished this week.
Offerings
We want to remind members that with the new year we invite all to use the offering envelopes designated for 2010. Since the numbers change, we want every-one to get proper credit for their gifts.
Attendance: (last week)
Saturday – 13 & Sunday – 81
Help for Haiti
The Lutheran church -- Mis-souri Synod responds to crisis at various times with financial sup-port. This is going on now for those struggling in Haiti.
While some may have already responded to efforts to help Hai-tians we would like to offer an opportunity to those who still de-sire to do so. This is an effort that takes place by our church body. The church headquarters in St. Louis have staff in place to assist so that the gifts can go to relief and not administration.
We share with you envelopes that can be used for this effort. We invite you to take them home and prayerfully consider returning a gift next Sunday. You may give a gift today if you are ready. We would like to get these funds to where they are needed as soon as possible. We will send them out on February 1.
You are invited to include your name or envelope number so that we can record your gift for your records.
If you have any questions, please contact our church office.
Undie Sunday:
February 14
