Heard: “Pastor, I want you to know why I do not come to your church–There are hypocrites in it.”
Reply: “There’s room for one more!”
Even the church that Jesus pastored on earth had imperfections:
1. The Church Council went to sleep rather than pray with the pastor
2. James & John wanted to call down fire on another denomination…
Once, there was a storm in Holland, and a boat capsized in the wind and rain and fog. A Rescue Team went out and worked to exhaustion recovering all but one survivor. They came back and the team was exhausted. “Who will go?” someone shouted. Then 16 yr-old Hans said “I will go!” His mother begged him not to go: …
If you should find the perfect church, Without one fault or smear,
For goodness sake! Don’t join that Church, you’d spoil the atmosphere.
If you should find the perfect church, Where all anxieties cease,
Then pass it by, lest joining it You mar the masterpiece.
If you should find the perfect church, then don’t you ever dare,
To tread upon …
I wasted an hour one morning beside a mountain stream,
I seized a cloud from the sky above and fashioned myself a dream,
In the hush of the early twilight, far from the haunts of men,
I wasted a summer evening, and fashioned my dream again.
Wasted? Perhaps. Folk say so who never have walked with God,
When lanes are …
A Ft. Lauderdale advertising agency launched a billboard campaign (including the inside and outside of buses) that included 17 different messages from God. This non-denominational campaign was sponsored by an anonymous client.
1. “Let’s Meet At My House Sunday Before the Game” – God
2. “C’mon Over And Bring The Kids” – God
3. “What Part of “Thou Shalt Not…” …
Bertoldo de Giovanni is a name even the most enthusiastic lover of art is unlikely to recognize. He was the pupil of Donatello, the greatest sculptor of his time, and he was the teacher of Michelangelo, the greatest sculptor of all time.
Michelangelo was only 14 years old when he came to Bertoldo, but it was already obvious that he …
As you plant, may I suggest the following rules for your Church garden:
PLANT three rows of squash:
1. Squash gossip
2. Squash criticism
3. Squash indifference
PLANT seven rows of peas:
1. Prayer
2. Promptness
3. Perseverance
4. Politeness
5. Preparedness
6. Purity and
7. Patience
Of LETTUCE:
1. Let us be unselfish and loyal
2. Let us be …
In Roman mythology there was a god who was the guardian of doorways,
He had two faces on his head and could look backward and forward simultaneously.
He was the patron of beginnings and endings, and in 46 B.C. Roman emperor, Julius Caesar introduced a new calendar and gave the first month of the year the name of this pagan
Materials
1. A container that can be sealed and stored away.
2. Items for the time capsule (see below)
Summary
Celebrate the previous year and create a fun activity for the next by creating a time capsule. Can be the beginning f a fun youth group tradition.
Preparation
Beforehand, brainstorm with the youth the kinds of things to include in …