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Sat, Sep 30
September 20, 2023 - On Saturday, September 30, 2023, Pleasant Grove MBC will have a Drive-Thru Prayer for anyone in need. We will be set up at NAPA Auto Parts from 11-2 that day. This is an event for EVERYONE NEEDING PRAYER. We would love to pray for you, a loved one, our country, our community, healing, or anything at all! You can just drive in and ask for a quick prayer of Thanks for all God has done for you!
This is not a fundraiser. We are doing this because everyone could use some prayer. We want the community to know that we are here for them and most importantly, the Lord is here for us all. All denominations and all people are welcome to come. Spread the word and join us for our Drive-Thru Prayer. God Bless you all.
Sun, Oct 08
September 18, 2023 - The annual Short Cemetery Homecoming will be held on Sunday, October 8th at 12:00 noon. Please make plans to attend.
Anyone wishing to make donations toward the upkeep of the cemetery - send your check to Short Cemetery Fund - PO Box 915 - Center, Texas 75935. All donations will go toward the upkeep of the grounds.
There will be a singing following the meal. For more information, call John Monk 936-239-7100 or Bubba Bell 935-590-1252.
September 22, 2023 - Short Community Homecoming and Singing is Sunday, October 8, 2023. Potluck Dinner at 12 noon. Open microphone singing begins at 1:30pm.
Come enjoy good food and fellowship. For more information, contact John Monk at 936-598-4150.
Psalms 95:1-3
Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.
For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.
Mon, Oct 09
September 21, 2023 - Patroon Baptist Church is hosting a yard sale from 8am until 3pm and pulled pork sandwich meal fundraiser on Monday, October 9. Meals are $10 and are available from 11am until sold out.
Come out and support our youth. Patroon Baptist Church is located at 310 FM 2261, Shelbyville, Texas 75973.
Faith
September 28, 2023 - White Rock Missionary Baptist Church is collecting socks of all sizes for the men, women, and children for the month of October.
Bring one or more packages of new socks during the month of October to White Rock MBC, 12545 State Hwy. 7 W (Aiken).
- Sundays - 10am Sunday school, 11am worship service
- Wednesdays - 6pm
Or bring your donation to the White Rock MBC “Trunk-or-Treat” on Saturday, October 21 from 4pm to 6pm!
September 28, 2023 - White Rock Missionary Baptist Church is hosting Trunk or Treat on Saturday, October 21, 2023 from 4pm until 6pm. Come and enjoy the fun and candy!
The church is located at 12545 State Hwy 7, Center, Texas.
September 28, 2023 - Not long ago, I read a story about a businessman who considered himself to be extremely busy. He was harassed, discouraged and overwhelmed with all the pressure in his life. There were deadlines to meet, projects to complete and a never ending list of things he needed to take care of. He was desperate and in his desperation he turned to a psychiatrist. The good doctor immediately told him to slow down and work less. There were also further instructions. He told the man to spend one hour every week in the cemetery. The puzzled businessman was puzzled and asked, why? He was told to just go to the cemetery, look around and get to know some of the names of the permanent inhabitants located there. The doctor informed him these people did not finish their work either. They went to the cemetery with tasks uncompleted. They had not accomplished everything they set out to do. No one ever does.
What about you? What about me? Do we become so involved, obsessed and burdened by the things of this life that we crowd the Lord out of our lives? Are we so “involved” with this world that we have no time to give faithful worship to God? You see, some day, we will take time away from all the things that seem so important to us now – permanently. When we do, the world will go right on without us.
Perhaps it’s time to slow down, stop and smell the roses and take the time to put God first in our lives.
It’s something to think about... tbp
Join Us for Worship this coming Lord’s Day at Center Church of Christ or online at www.centerchurchofchrist.com
September 26, 2023 - Wallace Chapel Baptist Church invite you to their Church Anniversary Sunday, November 5, 2023, 3pm.
Theme: "For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. "II Corinthians 5:1
Guest Speaker: Superintendent Marvin Jackson I, Clayton Temple Church of God in Christ, Timpson, Texas 75975
Wallace Chapel Baptist Church
108 South Marcus Street
Timpson, Texas 75975
Reverend Derrick Rhodes, Pastor
Sister LaQuista Garrett - Secretary
Sister LaQuista Garrett - Mistress of Ceremony
September 25, 2023 - The man who made that statement famous was Evangelist Billy Sunday. William Ashley Sunday (November 19, 1862 – November 6, 1935) was a popular outfielder in the National League during the early 20th century. Sunday left baseball for the Christian ministry in the Midwest and during the early 20th century became the nation's most famous evangelist. One of Billy’s many famous quotes was: “They tell me that I rub the fur the wrong way. I don't; let the cat turn around.”
People, like cats, are known for having their way. Daddy used to say, No one owns a cat—they own you.” Man can feel real independent too. Since God knows we’re headed in the wrong direction, His words are not flattering, I felt God rubbing my fur in the wrong direction at that revival in 1947. I was told to turn around, to repent and pray for forgiveness. That was the night God rubbed my fur the wrong way… and I’m glad He did…
I’m eternally grateful that He turned this cat around!
September 25, 2023 - Good Morning! It's Monday, September 25.
How many hours did you work at your job last week? Maybe you're retired and your time is your own. But for you that are still part of the workforce - did you work 20 hours, 40, 60, more? On this day, in 1926, Henry Ford made a revolutionary decision. He limited all of his factory workers to five eight-hour days, a 40-hour work week.
Doesn't seem very revolutionary? Well, for that time, it was. Just a few decades before, in the late 1800's, factory workers would toil 12-15 hours a day, six days a week, sometimes totaling up to 100 hours! By 1940, the 40-hour week was U.S. law, but Ford was the first to pioneer it. Why did he do it? Ford wasn't particularly known as a humanitarian. He was a "bottom line" kind of guy. And he came to understand that more hours did not necessarily mean more production. And, as workers fatigue increased, workplace accidents and mistakes increased as well.
Ford, a businessman, realized that a rested employee was an effective employee. I'm not sure what his level of Bible knowledge was, but if he had read Mark 6:31, he would have found that none other than Jesus Christ supported his theory. Jesus spoke these words to His disciples as they returned from "two by two" ministry journeys.
"Come away and rest awhile, for many are coming and going, and they have no time for leisure..."
Good advice!
Meet you back here tomorrow,
Bro. David
dmathis@fbccenter.org
September 22, 2023 - Short Community Homecoming and Singing is Sunday, October 8, 2023. Potluck Dinner at 12 noon. Open microphone singing begins at 1:30pm.
Come enjoy good food and fellowship. For more information, contact John Monk at 936-598-4150.
Psalms 95:1-3
Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.
For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.
September 21, 2023 - It was James who wrote, “The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much” (James 5:16). Paul would write, “Pray without ceasing” (I Thessalonians 5:17). The poet Tennyson would write, “More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.”
Have you ever thought about prayer and how important it is? There is a prayer for every moment and every need of life. There is prayer when our heads are bowed in reverence and our hearts feel shame. Those times when we are barely able to stammer out our sin and humbly ask for God’s forgiveness. There are those times we pray on bended knee with outstretched hands which plead with God for help. Help that can only come from God. There is the prayer when we wrestle with God in agony until we are able to say “Thy will be done,” and accept God’s will for our lives. Yet, there are also those prayers when we stand at attention before God and take our orders for the day from the God of Heaven.
What a difference it would make to life if we always began the day with God. What a difference it would make if before we met our fellowman, we had taken the time to meet God. It matters not what our need might be, that need will find its answer in God through prayer. Yes, prayer makes a difference!
It’s something to think about... tbp
Join Us for Worship this coming Lord’s Day at Center Church of Christ or online at www.centerchurchofchrist.com.
September 21, 2023 - Patroon Baptist Church is hosting a yard sale from 8am until 3pm and pulled pork sandwich meal fundraiser on Monday, October 9. Meals are $10 and are available from 11am until sold out.
Come out and support our youth. Patroon Baptist Church is located at 310 FM 2261, Shelbyville, Texas 75973.
September 20, 2023 - On Saturday, September 30, 2023, Pleasant Grove MBC will have a Drive-Thru Prayer for anyone in need. We will be set up at NAPA Auto Parts from 11-2 that day. This is an event for EVERYONE NEEDING PRAYER. We would love to pray for you, a loved one, our country, our community, healing, or anything at all! You can just drive in and ask for a quick prayer of Thanks for all God has done for you!
This is not a fundraiser. We are doing this because everyone could use some prayer. We want the community to know that we are here for them and most importantly, the Lord is here for us all. All denominations and all people are welcome to come. Spread the word and join us for our Drive-Thru Prayer. God Bless you all.
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