HAPPY 39th ANNIVERSARY!
I love our church so much. Today is a special celebration for us as we head into our 40th year of ministering in Temecula. Souls are being saved, disciples are following Jesus, and we get to gather together as a church family today to rejoice in God’s provision.
Today’s schedule is a little different from normal, both in the day’s schedule and in this morning’s worship service. By following the structure of 1 Chronicles 29, we will praise the Lord through music first, then we’ll have the preaching, and then we will have the worship and offering after the preaching.
This is our big “BE DEBT FREE” offering that we’ve been talking about for a couple of years, but intently now since January. This is our 10th week in the “House of God” series, and we simply recognize that it’s all God’s creation, He owns it all, and we just want to give from a pure heart.
As of last week, exactly $100,000 was committed for today’s offering! We will have a free smoked brisket lunch for everyone today, and during the lunch, the counters will count the offering and see what God provided. After lunch, we will gather back for a celebration service (around 1:00 pm) and report on what God provided, as well as talk about the three phases of our church’s future. Then, we’ll conclude with a baptism service and remember through that ordinance what this is all about.
All glory to GOD!
1 Chronicles 29:11-12 Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
12 Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
Happy anniversary, church. Stay faithful.
-Pastor Ryan