Prepare Him Room
In one of the most famous lines in the Christmas Story, Jesus, having just been born, was then laid in a manger “because there was no room for them in the inn.” Ever since that day, this Scripture has been rightly used in sermons and songs as a metaphor of our need to make room in our own hearts and lives for the One sent by God to be the Savior of the world. Join us for a four-week series this Christmas season, beginning Sunday, December 3, as we open the Bible and make room in our hearts for Jesus!
Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, "Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me; Hebrews 10:5
The Church of God at Saylorville
When you think of Church, what comes to your mind? A building? Stain-glass windows? The Bible? Preaching? Singing? Sitting? Standing? How about people? By the way, whose Church is it anyway? The Denomination's? The people who go there? Is it the pastor's church? How about God's? Is it really His Church? If the Church really is God's, what difference does that make to your life? Join us on Sunday, September 3rd and 10th as we address the reason for "The Church of God at Saylorville."
Sermon Series
Have you ever had the thought about someone, "I'd really like to know what makes this guy tick?"
If you ever wondered that about the apostle Paul then you've never studied 2 Corinthians. Here Paul reveals his heart like no other letter he wrote. In Romans he gave us his grasp of God's salvation. In 2 Corinthians he gave us his heart for God's people. The Corinthians were a broken people. Then again, so are we. In this study we will see Paul's bleeding heart for a broken people. In so doing, we will find our own hearts revealed and perhaps even changed. By the way, what's making you tick?
Faith Promise Sunday
Sunday, January 16th was our Faith Promise Sunday, where we made pledges to give x amount of dollars by years end toward a much needed education facility. We are still receiving pledges through this weekend if you would still like to pledge.
Some of you are wondering how we are asking you to give. In the end, as with how much you promise, that will be up to you. You may give weekly, monthly (what I'm doing), quarterly, semiannually, or in one lump - your call. We have special building offering envelopes ready to give you Sunday, along with your 2010 giving statements. Both can be picked up in the Coffee Cove.
And then there's the "Do we have a goal?" question. Candidly, I (along with everyone else) always have a number in mind at times like these. Yet I have also always stopped short of putting a goal out there. I think the reasons are obvious. Nevertheless what is promised WILL be the basis by which we proceed in our plans to move forward with the project. A big promise will allow us to move more quickly. A smaller one, well.... I would love to see us get a big enough one to envision starting the phases.
Our philosophy of not borrowing puts us squarely in the faith camp, and that's a good place to be! Remember;
-The Bible never encourages borrowing
-The Bible always discourages borrowing
-(nevertheless) Borrowing is not outrightly prohibited
-(therefore)Borrowing is not a matter of sin but a test of faith
May the Lord's blessing be upon us as we face this test.
- Pastor Pat
Easter 2010 Recap
Praise the Lord for a record breaking Easter Sunday! For the first time ever, SBC had over 1,000 people worshiping for Easter. But not only that, our Engage Network totaled over 1,500 people! Lakeside Fellowship had over 300 and Living Waters over 200 last Sunday. All of our churches have much by way of follow up to do so be in prayer for us as we attempt to make contacts with our many visitors.
Paul told Titus to "adorn the gospel of God our Savior in all things". I want to take a moment to praise the Lord for all of the adornment to the Gospel that was going on here last Easter Sunday. At the risk of not naming some of you, I want to thank Stu Mauseth and his "crew" who fed some 900 an Easter breakfast with the help of the Young's, Buby's, Cody Robertson, Ed Burke and the Swartzendruber's. Also to our fabulous greeters and ushers, our special choir and the worship team that led us to exalt our Risen Savior. A big thanks to Doug Porter and our technology team for all their work before, during and after the services. Without the help of our nursery and Children's Church workers we could not have had the order that we had in our services. Of course these sacrificial servants should be thanked every week but a big shout out to you for all your work on Easter. And what would we do without Dick Ober who, along with Bob Dvorak, Dave Shetterly, Greg Stewart and Kermit McElvain brought order to our parking lot by shuttling folks back and forth as needed. I know that I'm probably missing 25 other people so please don't be hurt if I failed to mention your name. I am grateful to you - to all of you for "your work and the love that you have showed for His sake."
Pastor Pat Nemmers