Good afternoon!

I am writing to let you know that we have kicked off our Percentage Living program at Christ’s Community Church.  We will be finding God in unexpected places!  Many of you were there this past Sunday when we
learned about giving to God a percentage of our day through devotional prayer.

You will receive an email each week summarizing our worship and the opportunities we have during the week.  This can serve both to remind and encourage us in these weeks!

On Sunday, Brad Carlson was our guest speaker and he started the service off with the Percentage Living Moment.  He spoke about prayer evangelism and how praying for family, neighbors, co-worker, church family, and soccer team, etc. made a big difference in the relationships he had with each.  The more time he spent with God in prayer the better the relationships became.

During the celebration time, Marian Mortenson presented a skit.  Dressed as a clown, she hunted around and found a balloon.  After the balloon was blown up, she played with it for awhile and, you guessed it, it popped.
When it popped, it revealed some rolled up pieces of paper that spelled the letters G-O-D.  She then held up the banner, “You’ll find God in unexpected places!”  A balloon with the letters G-O-D on a paper inside the balloon was the “take away reminder” for each person at the service.

Linda Vetter delivered the Children’s Chat.  She introduced the topic of prayer to the children by telling them that when praying they need to quiet their mind long enough to listen to God.  To demonstrate a prayer,
her lesson was on the Lord’s Prayer and a challenge to the kids to say the prayer with her.  They were instructed to go back to their seats and hold hands with the people next to them and pray the prayer again.  The entire
congregation held hands and recited the Lord’s Prayer together.

During the offering the choir sang the song, “It’s Me (Standing in the Need of Prayer).”

Kristin Johnson read the scriptures: James 5:13-16, Colossians 4:2-6; & Matthew 6:5-14.

The message for the day was titled, “Giving to God a Percentage of our Day.”  I talked about this stewardship program and the agenda for the next few weeks.  I also presented a list of “What Prayer is” and encouraged us
all to continue to develop our relationship with God so we would become better equipped to love and serve Him.  The Moravian Daily Text and Oswald Chambers’ book, “My Utmost for His Highest” were offered as helpful
resources to guide us in our daily walk with God.

At the end of the service, Brad Carlson also presented the day’s Percentage Living Challenge. Brad stated that meeting God daily is the “bedrock” of a strong relationship with Him.  He presented a scripture and prayer program (the program outline was inside the bulletin), “This is who I am in Christ!”  The program includes a phrase and a scripture reference for each day.  March 6th started with, “I am a child of God.”  Each person
is encouraged to repeat the phrase 3 times a day (morning, noon & night), plus explore the associated scripture verse and then spend time in prayer.

The activity for the week is the Ash Wednesday Prayer Service.

Next week the guest speaker is Liz Rosca.  She will be presenting, “Giving God a Percentage of My Sabbath – Worship & Learning.”

I hope you can join us this Sunday as we continue learn and grow!

In His Hope,
Pastor Jenny

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