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WE CELEBRATE 95 YEARS AS A CHURCH TODAY!  

Exodus  12:14-15  “This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord — a lasting ordinance.

Ex 12:24-28    “Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants.  When you enter the land that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony.    And when your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’    then tell them, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.'” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.    The Israelites did just what the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron.

WHAT IS THE CHURCH?

  1. To most, a building
  2. To some, denomination or organization
  3. To some, their group at the church building
  4. It is all this and more

WHO WERE THOSE WHO STARTED OUR BUNCH?

  1. A group of people who loved God and chose to become Nazarenes
  2. They agreed to the Nazarene doctrines and polity
  3. They chose to accept the Nazarene code of ethics
  4. They accepted the mission and purposes to walk with God and reach new people to do the same
  5. They committed to support the church financially, participated in its mission to spread the “Good News” to the community, and endeavored to grow in their faithful walk with God every day
  6. We are still accepting the same challenges today and committing to faithfully serving God daily

 

THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT COME TO MIND ABOUT OUR CHURCH

SOME THINGS SHOULD NEVER CHANGE;  SOME THINGS WILL ALWAYS CHANGE;  WE NEED TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE 

  1. SOME THINGS ARE TO NEVER CHANGE!
  2. God is Almighty and it is HIS church and we are HIS people
  3. God loves and cares desperately about ALL His people
  4. God wants to be our life’s traveling Partner
  5. God has a plan for our life and He is the center of it
  6. God’s Word never changes
  7. God will honor and fulfill his promises
  8. We are ALWAYS powerless to meet our every need
  9. God wants his people to WANT to serve him because they love him and trust him
  10. The message and mission of our church to faithfully serve God; obey his commands; and love people must never change

 

  1. SOME THINGS WILL ALWAYS CHANGE
  2. Our journey will ALWAYS be a challenge; sometimes up, sometimes down
  3. There will always be changes in the people make up of a church
  4. The commitment level of a church is constantly in flux
  5. Yesterday’s blessing is a great memory but it will not be adequate for today’s challenges
  6. Our programs, methods, art forms, will constantly change (not the mission nor the message)
  7. Music will change; it always has
  8. Our facilities will need to change
  9. The way we dress will change;
  10. Our communication devises will change (technology)