God is able.: November 2009

Sunday, November 22, 2009

winter is coming... maybe.

The weather has been really great here in Durham, surprisingly. Last year at this time, there was lots of snow on the ground, but it is taking its sweet time this year. The necessary preparations have been coming right along with the snow blowers ready and snowmobiling trails clearly marked. The school will be putting on a play here in Durham and many people have been busy getting organized for that. It will be on December 1st, so please be praying that many people will come in from Durham and surrounding communities.

We had a pastor appreciation potluck at the church I attend here, Clifford Community Church. There was a great turnout for the potluck and it was great to see everyone so appreciative of the pastor there. The pastor and his wife have a heart for rural towns in Ontario and have been ministering in Clifford for about ten years now. There is a wonderful body of believers there and it has been a blessing to get to know them all.

Also, kids club has been going well and we are just about to teach on the fall of man. Please pray that the kids will continue to come and be open to learning about God. Pray that God will teach these children about Himself and thank Him for using each of the helpers there to carry out His work in the community.

Thank you for praying!

Ephesians 4.1-16

As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope when you were called— one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. This is why it says: When he ascended on high, he led captives in his train and gave gifts to men." (What does "he ascended" mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions? He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.