Posts from 2016 (Page 4)

• This may sound odd (it isn’t), but human beings like to be god over God. We have a tendency to conceive and define him in ways that fit our expectations and needs, our fears and obsessions. Think Lewis’s infamous woman in the Great Divorce, “my god is a god of love.” Well, madam, he isn’t your god. But the truth is we all do it. Whether through cherished Scripture…

• As eternal beings for whom Peter describes earthly life as “the time of your exile,” it makes sense for us take the long view of things. Whatever you might accomplish this week, or even this year, is not so important as the overall direction of your life. What are you all about? Where’s this thing going?

Women of CPC, please join us for the Women’s Day of Prayer, a day set aside to join together in corporate prayer. We will pray for our personal and church needs, our cities and nation, the missionaries we support, and the world. Our CPC sister, Susan Dix, will share with us some insights on Romans 12:12 and the importance of prayer. We will also enjoy a brunch…

Join us on Sunday evening, April 17th, for our next Global Church Night. This evening’s discussion will focus on St. Petersburg and the Slavic Reformation Society. The evening will begin at 6:30p in the sanctuary. Because of this, Sunday evening prayer will be cancelled on the 17th.

• In the west, as distractions have increased and discretionary time has decreased, people skip worship. For most of us, all sorts of things qualify as sufficient reasons to skip worship, but worship itself hardly ever qualifies as a reason to skip all those other distractions. Oddly enough, if we were under persecution, those of us who had made the decision to continue…

We will have our next combined worship service on Sunday, April 10th beginning at 9:30a. We will meet at the Pickering Barn (1730 NW 10th Ave NW Issaquah). Please join us!

• Men’s ministry Saturday Morning at 8:00. It’s time we dealt more forthrightly with all this: the average age for viewing porn in America is 10. In churches, it’s estimated that 40% of men are viewing porn.

Come, gather with our church in worship of our Lord’s sacrifice. Our Good Friday Tenebrae service begins on March 25th at 7p wherein we reflect on the gracious work of the Lord on the cross.

Our Women’s Bible Study will work through Nancy Guthrie’s third book, Son of David which is part of her series on Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament. This study will run from mid-March through May. Please contact Sylvia Winans for more information. Copies of the book may be purchased for $8 and are available at the book table.

» “…taking part in the relief of the saints— and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us” 2 Cor 8:4-5. »  I am so grateful and encouraged by your response to the need at the Stachofsky’s. There were plenty of barriers to this: they live in Duval, the particular challenges they face are unfamiliar to most…