The Pastor’s Blog
November 14 to 19
Monday – Read Matthew
24:1-14
According to verse 14, what is our job while we await Jesus’ return?
How does this fit with Matthew 28:16-20?
What has Jesus equipped and called you to do to fulfill this task?
What can you be doing in the days ahead?
Tuesday – Read
Matthew 24:36-44
Who knows that day and time of Jesus’ return?
Why has God kept that information from us?
How should we live in the days God gives us?
What is Jesus saying to you? How will you respond?
Wednesday – Read
Matthew 24:45-50
What does this passage tell us about how Jesus would have us live in these days?
How does this passage challenge you?
How will you respond?
Thursday – Read I
Peter 5:6-9
Why can we humble ourselves before God and cast all of our anxiety upon Him?
How should we live? Why?
How can we resist the devil and live in victory?
What is Jesus saying to you? How will you respond?
Friday – Read II
Peter 3:1-13
What does this passage tell us about the times preceding Jesus’ return?
Why is God waiting?
How can we speed the coming of that day?
Who in your life needs to receive Jesus? What can you do?
Saturday – Read I
Thessalonians 5:18
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November 7 to 12
Home Study
Monday – Read John 14:1-6
What hope does Jesus give His disciples here in their time of trouble?
How does this hope apply to our lives?
If Jesus is the “way, the truth and the life” and the only way to come to
God the Father, what can you do to help get that message to others?
What is Jesus saying to you? How will you respond?
Tuesday – Read Acts 1:1-11
Why is it not up to us to know the time and date of Jesus’ return?
How might that information impact how we live?
Why is it important to know that Jesus will return in the say way that He went into
heaven?
How does this passage challenge you? What hope does it give you?
The studies for Wednesday – Friday are all parables Jesus told regarding the End Times and His
return.
Wednesday – Read Matthew 25:1-13
How should we live while waiting for Jesus to return?
How does this encourage you? How does it challenge you?
How should this change your life?
What action will you take?
Thursday – Read Matthew 25:14-30
How we are to live while waiting for Jesus to return.
How does this encourage you? How does it challenge you?
How should this change your life?
What action will you take?
Friday – Read Matthew 25:31-46
How are we to live while waiting for Jesus’ return?
How does this encourage you? How does this challenge you?
How should this change your life?
What action will you take?
Saturday – Read I Thessalonians 5:1-3
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October 30 to November 5
Monday – Read Proverbs 1:1-7
Where does true wisdom and knowledge begin?
Why is human wisdom alone always suspect?
What will you do to grow in God’s wisdom?
Tuesday – Read Mark 8:31-38
What was Jesus teaching about here?
Why didn’t Peter understand?
How do we save our lives by losing them?
Why did Jesus call that generation “adulterous and sinful?”
What can we do to avoid living like that?
Wednesday – Read I Timothy 3:1-7
These are the qualifications given for an elder. How should
these same qualifications define the lives of all followers of Jesus?
What kind of life would such qualities create?
Which is the greatest challenge to you?
How will you respond?
Thursday – Read II Peter 1:3-7
What has God given us to escape the corruption of the world?
How do the qualities listed in verses 5-7 help is to grow in
the knowledge of Jesus and be productive in His work?
Which of these qualities seems the hardest for you?
Invite Jesus to work in your life to make you into the
person He wants you to be.
Friday – Read I Peter 5:1-11
How would you summarize a life lived according to these
verses?
What kind of impact can such a life have on others?
According to verse 10, what qualities is God working to
develop in you?
How can you better partner with Him in this work?
What is Jesus saying to you? How will you respond?
Saturday – Read I Thessalonians 4:13-18
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- November 6th Daylight Savings Time Ends! Be sure to set your clocks back 1 hour Saturday night, November 5th.
Youth – Food, Fellowship & Football Monday Night Football Monday, November 7th @ 5:30 p.m. Meet at Angelo’s Pizza 2161 W. Main St. Cost: Buffett $8. Sign up in Ross Chapel. Hope to see you there.
Jr. High & High School Youth Outreach Event – Special guest Nick Vujicic www.lifewithoutlimbs.org
Invite a Friend! Saturday, November 19th, 5 to 10 p.m. @ Ashland High School, we will be leaving MFC @ 5 p.m. Register at iheartashland.org Admission is free with a canned food item for Ashland’s emergency food bank. Please eat dinner before you come. “If God can use a man without arms & legs to be His hands & feet then He will certainly use any willing heart.”
Mark Your Calendars for the FWMF Annual Bazaar and Soup & Pie Luncheon
Saturday, November 19th – 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Friends Women Missionary & Ladies Fellowship groups will hold their annual baked goods/craft & misc. sale and soup & pie lunch on Saturday, November 19th. This is our primary fund raising effort for Yearly Meeting mission projects as well as for local area outreach ministries.
Everyone is invited to partner with the ladies by providing items such as baked goods, pies and candies of all kinds; hand crafted items for female, male, and gender neutral – general categories include kitchen, bath, general home décor, yard & garden, baby & kids. They also have a “Country Store” with quality used or never used items, no clothing please. It is helpful if you would please price your donations. Watch the Sunday bulletin and FW bulletin board for additional information. If you have any questions, please contact Nadine Brood or Donnalee Archibald.
SCRUBBY PARTY! Scrubbies are a very popular bazaar item but our scrubby maker has retired! Tuesday, November 1st @ 6:30 p.m. a get-together is scheduled at the Meadows Club House in Central Point for the purpose of learning to make kitchen scrubbies. Materials will be provided. Contact Judy Fields for further information.
FWMF (Friends Women Missionary Fellowship) is open to all women of our church. Our time together is spent in fellowship and learning about the work of our missionaries, their needs and those people to whom they minister. This month all ladies are welcome to join us at MFC Thursday, November 17th, at 10 a.m. A buffet luncheon will follow the meeting.
Ladies Fellowship Group All ladies are warmly invited and welcome to join us for sharing & caring fellowship. We will meet Tuesday, November 15th at 7 p.m. at the home of Denise Fleming.
The Power of A Simple Gift – Operation Christmas Child
Share God’s love and joy of Christmas by packing a gift filled shoe box for a hurting child overseas. Your simple gift can make an eternal difference. Our decorative shoe boxes are all gone but any standard size shoebox or 6 quart plastic shoebox will do. Information and suggested gifts for the boxes are available on the table in the hallway. Please remember to include $7 with each shoe box to help with the shipping and other expenses.
Filled shoe boxes and the $7 per shoe box need to be dropped off at the church by Wednesday, November 16th so we can get them to the drop off point on time. More information about Operation Christmas Child can be found at www.samaritanspurse.org
All Church Thanksgiving Potluck
Sunday, November 13th
Mark your calendar now and plan to join us Sunday, Nov. 13th. Our November potluck will have a Thanksgiving theme! Please bring generous side dishes and desserts that compliment a festive holiday dinner. Turkey and ham will be provided.
NWYM 2011 Thanksgiving Offering will focus on Great Lakes Leadership Training program and the Youthworkers Training Conference. Watch for more information soon in the Sunday bulletin. We will take this offering on November 20th.
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