Praise the Lord

The Spirit of God is moving on the people of Northside. We have had three baptisms and several responses in the past two weeks. Three precious souls obeyed the gospel and started their walk with the Lord to eternity. We pray that we can be an encouragement to them. Several Christian’s responded to the invitation asking for prayers. We hope and encourage them in their walk with the Lord. We all have areas in our lives that we can improve and we admire these who had the courage and conviction to lay their burdens at the Lord’s feet.
This past Thursday one of our ladies wanted to be baptized into Christ, however we were in the process of remodeling the front of our auditorium and had torn the old baptistery out to make way for a new one. So we met a one of the deacon’s homes who had a swimming pool and baptized her their. It was my first baptism in a swimming pool. I understand that this is the way they do it at youth camp.
Tonight we are going to have a fellowship get together at the church building, grill out, and watch a movie together. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

You're invited to attend

Sunday was a good day at Northside. We had a good attendance for morning worship with several visitors. Still there are folks out sick and we pray that they will have a speedy recovery and we will all be back together again soon. Wasn't it a beautiful weather day also. In adult Bible Class we are watching the DVD lessons entitled "Faith For Life" "7 Reasons were losing our children and how to save them" by Brad Harrub, PhD. We will finish up the lesson and hopefully have some good discussion on the subject next Sunday. Remember Ladies Class Tuesday night at 6:30 and Bible Classes for all at 7:00 on Wednesday night. The Ladies are on a knitting project and will get together for it on Friday night. Pray for our sick......Larry

It's Been Awhile

I haven't posted anything since September. Reason being I was totally involved in restoring the church's rental house. The church purchased the house and adjoining land several years ago thinking we could use it for expansion in the future since it adjoined the church building property. We decided to rent it out for awhile since a church member wanted to live in it. It came available in September so we decided since it needed a lot of work done on the house we would do it. My wife and I decided we would just rent it since we had sold our house. We set in to remodeling it meanwhile we moved in with my wife's mother. (Thanks Granny!) The remodel consumed my every spare moment until we finally moved in the Sat. before Christmas. Not only was I consumed with work but several church members worked tirelessly to get it done. We rented a dumpster and started filling it up over and over again as we demoed and threw away years of accumulation. We concentrated on the inside, the outside will come later when the weather warms up again. Some of the things we did were: repaired and repainted all the ceilings and walls in the entire house, tore out all the carpet and refinished the hardwood floors and installed new laminate flooring in other rooms with all new quarter round throughout, completely tore out upstairs bath and re did it from the studs (all new fixtures), tore out the ductwork upstairs and had new ductwork put in the attic, replaced window panes in windows, sheetrocked up a door in the kitchen, deomed the kitchen and completely replaced all appliances, countertops, sink and refinished the cabinets, installed two new cabinets in the kitchen. In the downstairs bathroom we tore it out except for the bathtub which we had refinished (it looks new) and all new fixtures (I just got fininshed tearing out the old ductwork in the bathroom closet and putting in a new ceiling and floor and made shelves. We had all new plumbing run in the house, replaced countless plugs and switches, door locks and handles. The most difficult project was in the back part of the house. There was a laundry room with access to the basement and a closet, and beyond that there was a carport that had been made into a room. One of our men completely gutted these two rooms down to the studs tearing down the walls between the rooms. He filled in the basement access level with the floor, raised the floor in the carport room to be level with the laundry room floor. Thus the floor in this big area was level. We decided to make one big room so he put in five new windows, re sheet rocked the walls, closed up the door from the outer room, moved the electrical and drains, and installed new drop ceiling and lighting. We painted the walls and carpeted the floor. This room definitely had the greatest change you wouldn't know it from the old. We also installed new lighting and ceiling fans throughout most of the house. Beautiful new floorcovering was installed in the kitchen and bathrooms. Many other things were done (basement cleaning and repair, storm windows repaired, etc.) I am glad it has settled down now. There are still things to do but we will get to them. Don't ask me if I would do it again! Seriously it was the best thing for the church that it be done and restored to marketable value. I want to extend my sincerest thanks to those who have helped on this project. I won't try to name everyone but you know who you are and may God bless you for your service.

Sometime things just don't work out like we plan

The stomach bug is taking it's toll around the church family this week. Last Sunday I was only able to be at the morning worship service due to the bug. I missed lunch with the church which was tragic. Thanks to Jon Creel who so ably filled in for me, I really appreciate his willingness to help me. This Sunday morning (Lord willing) we will ask the question, "Are you Born Again?" Many folks will ask themselves this very question and others need to ask it. Hopefully we will explore the answer. Sunday night we will try an "Everyday Religion" again rescheduled from last Sunday. Give the Bible Class a try at 10 AM. our subject is Jesus' teaching on Adultery in His "Sermon on the Mount". Ladies don't forget the ladies Bible Class on Tuesday nights at 6:30 and the Wednesday night Bible Study for all at 7:00PM. Stay well and have a great week. Larry

What's coming up Sunday?

If you've ever read the sermon on the mount in Matthew 5, you've probably asked yourself the question, Was Jesus changing the Law? In our Bible study this morning we will address this question. Come and join us in this discussion at 10 AM.
For our morning sermon we will study the idea of an "Everyday Religion". We know how to act in church but can we translate that into our daily living. We need to be able to live 24/7 for Christ and this is what we will attempt to carry with us from this mornings sermon. We have services at 2 PM. at the Hanceville Nursing Home and we will explore "Living like a Beggar" in the afternoon lesson. Tonight at 6 PM., Jon Creel will deliver the sermon. Jon has been filling in at Jones Chapel off and on for many months now and we wanted to give him the opportunity to share with us some of his lessons he has preached there. The Ladies Class on Tuesday nights at 6:30 is going well, my wife reports they have some good discussions, so ladies keep this opportunity in mind. On Wednesday night at 7 PM. we will worship God in song so be with us this week for these wonderful opportunities for Bible Study and Worship.
Larry

Poor Old Pharaoh

Sunday morning's lesson will be about Pharaoh. The Bible says in many places that God hardened Pharaoh's heart. Our text will be Romans 9:14-24 and we will explore this subject of the hardening of Pharaoh's heart. It will be an interesting study indeed, we hope you will be here. Tonight we will study the idea of God's predestination of man to salvation with some thoughts on this most complex subject. These lessons stem from our Wednesday night class. Joe Mitchell is teaching the class ans we get into some interesting and informative discussions. Be with us this Wednesday night and help us discuss these subjects, you can put you two cents worth in. We will also have a period of fellowship following our Wednesday night services and you are cordially invited to join with us at 7 PM.

Larry

What Does the Evidence Say?

This Sunday we will study the evidence for Christianity. We will present

two lessons on evidence, "What Does the Evidence Show" and "The Evidence in the Bible". As the old saying goes we will be able to only touch the hem of the garment concerning this subject but hopefully we will be able to prompt you to study this subject thoroughly as you strive for the faith of the gospel. Below is the AM outline. You are invited to be with us this Sunday at 10 AM. & 6 PM. for our services. Larry

What Does the Evidence Show?

Introduction
I. Evidences that a crime has been Committed.
A. Hearsay evidence
B. Psychic evidence
C. Unreliable evidence
D. Actual evidence.
II. Evidences of God
A. A prima facie case for the existence of God.
B. The religious nature of man.
C. Cause and Effect. Hebrews 3:4
D. Design demands a designer.
III. Evidences that Jesus is the Christ.
A. Historical evidence.
B. The testimony of documents.
C. Prophetic evidence.
D. Eyewitness testimony.
IV. Evidence: an Example. "The Rich, Young, Ruler"
A. Mark 10:17-23 "rich"
B. Matthew 19:16-22 "young"
C. Luke 18:18-23 "ruler"
Conclusion: Evidences of Salvation