Weekly Bulletin

Sunday, March 7:

9:30 a.m. ~ Worship Services
11 a.m. ~ Sunday School

Noon ~ Fellowship Dinner in Fellowship Hall

4 p.m. ~ DivorceCare @ 203 West 8th Street

5 p.m. ~ "The Gathering" (Sr High) Small Groups in Youth Building

UPDATED CHURCH DIRECTORIES available in the church foyer!

This Week:

Monday, March 8

5:15 p.m. & 7:15 p.m. ~ Titus Time Women's Study (Off-site)

Tuesday, March 9

9 a.m. ~ Titus Time Women's Study in Common Ground; childcare provided

Noon ~ Titus Time Women's Study in Common Ground

5:45 p.m. ~ Praise Team Practice in Sanctuary

7 p.m. ~ F.O.C.A.S. in Room 250

7 p.m. ~ Easter Choir Rehearsal in Choir Room

Wednesday, March 10

7 p.m. ~ Intercessor's Prayer Meeting in Choir Room

7 p.m. ~ Titus Time Women's Study in Common Ground

7 p.m. ~ F.R.E.A.K.S. (Jr Hi gr. 6-8) "You Decide It" night in Youth Building

Thursday, March 11

1 p.m. ~ Jochebed Group in Common Ground

1 p.m. ~ Naomi Group at 811 West 4th Street

7 p.m. ~ Dorcas Group at DaBuzz

Saturday, March 13

3 p.m. ~ F.O.C.A.S. bowling event at Cedar Bowl, meal at Wendy's to follow

Sunday, March 14

Daylight Savings begins ~ set your clocks one hour forward!

Upcoming Events

Saturday, March 6

PAINTERS NEEDED!
Please volunteer to help paint at the churh on Saturday, March 6, from 9 a.m. to noon. Families welcome! If you need childcare, please contact the church office: 532-7448.

Monday, March 8

Helen Bell is celebrating 25 years of service with the Alzheimer's Association and will be honored at a reception on March 8th, 1 p.m., at the Methodist Church, 1600 West E Street. The featured speaker is Leila Shanks.

Take Control Of Your Money

See Dave Ramsey simulcast live March 13 from noon - 5 p.m. at North Platte Community College Theater.

2010 Inside Out Tour

Musical concert at North Platte Community Playhouse, Tuesday, March 16 @ 6:30 p.m. Featured groups: Seventh Day Slumber, Decemberadio & Kiros

Calvary Bible College Choir will be performing at NPBC Sunday, March 21 @ 6 p.m. If you are able to provide housing for one or more people in the choir, please contact the church office: 532-7448.

Please Note:

Haiti Caregiver Kits

• The Goal: To assemble 355 kits
• The Cost: $28 per kit = $9,940
• The Breakdown: 397 people giving $25 each
• The Opportunity: Showing unconditional love to those suffering from AIDS; equipping caregivers witha year's worth of practical materials; encouraging caregivers to continue caring selflessly

For more information, please email Mark or call 539-1032.

Parents of Jr & Sr High young people (or anyone else willing to feed them!):
Please see the sign-up sheet in the church foyer for snack/breakfasts items for Sunday School. Be sure to note there are separate sheets for Jr & Sr High. Thanks for participating!

Thank You:

Family Notes:

Encouragement Corner:

A letter from Doug Shada, President of the Berean Fellowship of Churches:

3/3/10
Dear Friends,

I often run into Christ followers who are "Under the pile," so to speak. They seem to be weighted down with the pressures of this world, the hardships that are thrown at them, the entanglements that trip them up...you know, the kind of thing that just keeps getting heavier and heavier, and we don't know how we are going to go on.

Well, I just got done reading one of my favorite chapters in the Bible, Romans 8. I am not going to write it all out, but note verse 1, "There is therefore now no condemnation (guilt, shame from past confessed sins) for those who are in Christ Jesus." Yet so many allow their past to haunt them instead of walking in the freedom of the forgiveness He provides. Read the whole chapter for your encouragement, joy and strength for daily battles. Then note verses 31-39 with me and see that "Nothing, absolutely Nothing" that the world, the flesh or the devil has to throw at us can separate us from the love of Christ; not tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword--nothing can take His loyal, steadfast, covenant-keeping love from those of us who know Christ as our Savior. Now that is truth to stand on, friends!

But why do so many seem to be living as "Conquered" believers instead of ones who "Conquer?" Might I suggest that we try to walk down life's path in our own strength, using our resources, relying on people and circumnstances to meet our needs; and when those fail, we find ourselves feeling overwhelmed with the heaviness of the load. We get our eyes off Christ and onto areas He never intended us to focus on, causing us to stumble under the load of disillusionment, discouragement and doubt. Friends, this should not be. For when we fix our eyes on the One and only One who can deliver us from the weights that the World, Flesh and Devil throw at us, we are not only delivered but are "Overwhelmingly conquerors through Christ who loves us and will never leave or forsake us!"

So, if this note finds you or someone you deeply care for under the pile of life, join me in "Fixing your eyes on Jesus." He's the One who gives us the strength, power, joy and deliverance we need to handle whatever life throws at us. Read the end of Romans 8 with me, "For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Have a Conquering day, my friends!

Pastor Doug