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Dear LPBC,

I pray your week is starting off brighter than the weather outside. Praise God for the rain and the seasons He has appointed.  Our sovereign and mysterious God is worthy of our worship and praise in every season. We gathered together as His people to praise Him yesterday in our assembly and what an encouraging time we had.

Recap-
I completed the first lesson in our Membership Matters course in Sunday School yesterday.  I plan on finishing the other sessions this month. Come out if you desire and learn more about our church. We begin at 9:30 A.M. 

Andrew Nedimyer continued our other new Sunday School Seminar on Meeting with God. I pray you will all be encouraged to grow in your person devotions as result of this class. We will pick up where we left off this Sunday, Lord willing, at 9:30 A.M. 

In the service we looked at John 6 v36-59. We considered God’s mysterious plan in Him giving a people to His Son. The good news is, all who come to Christ will not be turned away. Praise God!
Lord willing, this Sunday we will be in John 6v60-71.  Read and pray in advance. Pray for the preaching of the Word.

We concluded our service by renewing our vows to one another and to the Lord at the Lord’s Supper.  Then we went next door for a great time of food and fellowship at Potluck. I want to thank Barb for the decorations and the Andersons for hosting. The food everyone brought looked like it took a significant hit yesterday. Thank you church!

Upcoming-
  • Saturday, Feb 7th – Men’s Breakfast (look for email)
  • Sunday, Feb 8th – Boice Theological Reading Group @5PM  (look for email)
  • Sunday, Feb 15th – Men in Prayer and Repentance @5PM
Prayer-
Pray for Don Herndon’s eye surgery that is scheduled for tomorrow.
Pray for Linda Gragan and the Hospice care.
Pray for unity and holiness.
Pray for our love and forbearance with one another.
Pray for visitors.
Pray for our evangelism.
Pray for our families to reflect our Lord.
Pray for all our services.
Pray for our expecting mothers.
Pray for other churches. 
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