Last Sunday was a great day at Emmanuel. The crowd was down due to people traveling for the holiday weekend, but it was a great reminder that God's presence isn't dependent on big crowds. Interestingly, our Doctrines 101 class was one shy of our record attendance as we concluded our section on Angelology with a discussion of the existence of Satan and demons.
Great job by the new trio of Jill, Luke, and Tony. God blessed us with another incredibly talented musician in Paul. I noticed you moved to a new instrument this week. Perry, the Worship Center looked great! Thanks to everyone who filled in for those traveling. It was a seamless morning.
I continued preaching the "Peacemaker" sermon series and focused on Charitable Judgments. Those outside the church can quote the verse, "Judge not...;" while those in the church are very good at "judging." We encouraged people to examine the beam in their own eye, before worrying so much about the speck in someone else's eye. It was a message every believer ought to hear and would result in fewer church conflicts if believers would apply it. This sermon series is being taken from the book "The Peacemaker" by Ken Sande and I highly recommend reading it.
We closed out the morning service with 5 coming for membership (23 adults just completed our membership class). Even though it was a holiday weekend, we returned Sunday night with good crowds for our electives... probably due to the ice cream fellowship that followed. :-)
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