70TH ANNIVERSARY and ANNUAL MEETING 2022

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70TH ANNIVERSARY and ANNUAL MEETING 2022

February 19, 2023 • Mike Burt

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What a great Sunday we have coming. I will take us back 70 years and we can review the hand of God on a brave group of people founding a Church in Columbia beginning in 1953. I will try to show God’s blessings and providence in building a family to ‘hold forth the Word of Life!’

Sunday I will share Grace Past – 1953-2021 and then we will take a look at last year’s ministries (2022) as we look at Grace Present. With this will be the new Elders for Grace and a look at God’s supply of resources and next years budget. We will share missions and passions! We can truly say together that God is Good.

Finally I will address some vision of where we feel like God is directing our Church Family. I will take us back to our Legacy Statements (drafted in 2006) and into the Liberia Project for our 70th Anniversary Celebration. I will even mention some relevant topics that we are praying about like our Youth Ministry leaders, Phase #2 and even my distant retirement. I will end with a reminder that this Church is not ours – it is the Lord’s! We are servant leaders and our prayer is that for decades to come (until the Lord returns) we should be found faithfully ‘Holding Forth the Word of Life!'

Hope to see you Sunday for our 70th Anniversary and our 2022 Annual Meeting!

Pastor Mike

Confidence! - 1 John 5:13-21

May 28, 2023 • Mike Burt • 1 John 5:13–21

What we know for sure is that God is true and His Grace is real! Nothing fake or artificial - He is genuine! Warren Wiersbe wrote, "Like a child eating cotton-candy at the circus, many people who expect to bite into something real end up with a mouthful of nothing. They waste priceless years on empty substitutes for reality." No fluff in this passage - just real truth that come from real promises based on real faith! Have you ever had to take back something to a store? Most stores will stand behind their products but they need to know that they were the seller - so they ask for a receipt. God gives His receipt with his promises - His Word! In this short paragraphs we have three huge promises - God hears our prayers - God protects us - God keeps His Word. Each promise building on the one before and assuring us of His love and our hope. Join me Sunday as we look at the last few words of 1 John and God gives to us His closing remarks - His receipts. See you Sunday - Pastor Mike

Who do you say I am?

May 14, 2023 • Mike Burt • 1 John 5:5–12, Matthew 16:15, Mark 8:29, Luke 9:20

We will be continuing our way through 1 John on this coming Sunday, May 14th. Join Pastor Mike as he takes us through these verses. See you there!

We Shall Overcome

May 7, 2023 • Denis Garijo • 1 John 5:1–5

"For whoever has been born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith." 1 John 5:4 When I started to walk with God, I believed that it was my responsibility to please Him, to keep His commandments, to do my best to love him and my neighbor, and not allow my old self to be in His way. And that became a burden and the reason for many frustrations as I failed to accomplish it. In this session (1 Jo 5:1-5), John teaches us a lesson that I learned in my faith journey years later. We overcome the world not by our strength but by surrendering to whom we believe, the Son of God. "The Christian faith is ultimately not only a matter of doctrine or understanding or of intellect, it is a condition of the heart." ~ Martyn Lloyd-Jones I appreciate your prayers and look forward to seeing you Sunday. Pastor Denis Garijo