Happy 10th Anniversary Jesus' Deaf Church!
I'm praising God that He has brought us this far, to this glad day. We had 42 adults and children for our anniversary celebration last Sunday, October 11.
I'm praising God that He has brought us this far, to this glad day. We had 42 adults and children for our anniversary celebration last Sunday, October 11.
We sang, prayed, and thanked God for his love and faithfulness. Then I showed a slide show with about 60 pictures from our first Sunday in 2005, some celebrations, Bible studies, VBS, baptisms, and our worship up until now.
For the sermon I talked about the future. Though we don't know the future, we know that churches, like people, go through unique stages of development. In the beginning we were like babies who cannot care for themselves. Babies soak in everything, learn and holler about their needs. Primary age children start to take some responsibilities. They dress themselves, feed themselves, maybe even sweep the floor. During this time our church people grew up and started to take responsibilities, cleaning, sharing God's word, learning the Bible, inviting people to church, and singing. The teen years are times or rebelliousness. Some people rebelled in all areas of their lives, and some also rebelled by turning away from God. Thankfully I think we are approaching the adult stage. This is a stage of independence and vision. As adults we have dreams for the church and ask God how we can apply His Kingdom goals. We work and take responsibility. We think spiritually and dig deeper into God's Word to find what he wants from us. We honestly confess sin and try to follow Jesus' example. I'm looking forward to this new stage of development in our church and pray that God will look upon us saying, "Well done, my good and faithful servants."
After lunch we ate rice and beans chicken. Yum!
Several of the women helped to serve.
I thank God for a great day and pray that the next 10 years will glorify Him.
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