DEVOTION:
These are the regulations for the woman who gives birth to a boy or a girl. If she cannot afford a lamb, she is to bring two doves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean." Leviticus 12:8
Aren't you glad that when Jesus came, suffered and died for our sins. Can you imagine fulfilling all of the rules and regulations that the Israelites did? Can you imagine all of the trouble you would have to go through every time you had a baby to do what the law required. There were no exceptions. Everyone had to do it. If you were to remain in God's grace you had to fulfill the law.
Eventually the Israelites kind of gave up on that. They forgot all about the reason for their offerings which were to thank God and to atone for sin. They just did it without even thinking about it if they did it at all.
The good news is that Jesus fulfilled that law for us. We are free to live without the restrictions and the forced offering. Instead we are able to freely give our offerings out of love, honor and gratitude for God. We no longer have to give sin offerings to atone for our own sin. Jesus did that for us. What a great and wonderful gift!
In response to His gift of freedom to us we ought to live in that freedom! He died for our sins. Why would we want to live in them any longer? Therefore, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles us and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us!
Let us pray: Lord God, help me to live a free
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WEDNESDAY'S QUIZ: How many times a year were the Israelites supposed to celebrate a festival to the Lord?
Exodus 23 14-16 Three times a year they were to celebrate a festival for God.... Feast of Unleavened Bread for 7 days.... Celebrate the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you planted.... Celebrate the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year when you gather in the crops (Wonderful job Dianne!)
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MONDAY'S QUIZ: What was a mother, who had just given birth, supposed to give as a burnt offering and as a sin offering?
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CALENDAR:
Mon- confirmation 5pm
Tues- quilters 9am-2pm; Bible study 11:30-12:15
Wed- Chili and hotdog supper 5:30; Worship 6:30
Fri- 30 Hour Famine begins at noon
Sat- worship 5pm; 30 hr famine ends at 6pm
Sun- worship 8:30- Sunday school 9:45; worship 11am
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LENTEN SUPPER is Wednesday at 5:30!!!!
This week's menu is chili and hotdogs with all the fixings and toppings and dessert. Come and support your youth with a free will offering!
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WORSHIP is at 6:30 on Wednesday!
Come and hear all about the 40 days and nights that the water covered the earth.
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ANY BABY BOTTLES LEFT?
Bring them to church asap to make sure the money gets to where it has to go in a timely manner so babies can get adopted into a forever home!
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RURAL KING IS DONATING 5% OF TURNED IN RECEIPTS FROM THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY
There is a week and a half left! Get to Rural King and buy some stuff and bring your receipt to the church office!!
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SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR ADULTS, PARENTS, AND KIDS!!! CHECK IT OUT!!
The kids have started a new program called CROSS EXPLORATIONS, that is very interactive and the kids say it is a lot of fun!! In our adult class we are working through a video based Bible study called "Foundations" with Ken Ham who is the founder of Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum!!
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TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP GROUP (TFG) IS GOING TO THE CREATION MUSEUM IN CINCINNATI!!!
A great time is planned for August 23-25 as we head to the Creation Museum just south of Cincinnati, Ohio. We will be making a stop at the Abraham Lincoln National Historic Site in Kentucky on the way. Along with the creation museum on Saturday, we will also enjoy a comedy on the Showboat majestic in the evening. On Sunday we will tour the national museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. As usual, cost will depend on the number of people going. As of now it should run about $350 per person, plus meals, or $506 a couple. If you are interested in this trip, please sign the sheet on the counter in the narthex. Again you may invite your friends and family to join us.
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PRAYERS:
For the FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF WIL PRITZEL who passed from death to life last Wednesday and whose funeral is tomorrow (Tuesday).
These are the regulations for the woman who gives birth to a boy or a girl. If she cannot afford a lamb, she is to bring two doves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean." Leviticus 12:8
Aren't you glad that when Jesus came, suffered and died for our sins. Can you imagine fulfilling all of the rules and regulations that the Israelites did? Can you imagine all of the trouble you would have to go through every time you had a baby to do what the law required. There were no exceptions. Everyone had to do it. If you were to remain in God's grace you had to fulfill the law.
Eventually the Israelites kind of gave up on that. They forgot all about the reason for their offerings which were to thank God and to atone for sin. They just did it without even thinking about it if they did it at all.
The good news is that Jesus fulfilled that law for us. We are free to live without the restrictions and the forced offering. Instead we are able to freely give our offerings out of love, honor and gratitude for God. We no longer have to give sin offerings to atone for our own sin. Jesus did that for us. What a great and wonderful gift!
In response to His gift of freedom to us we ought to live in that freedom! He died for our sins. Why would we want to live in them any longer? Therefore, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles us and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us!
Let us pray: Lord God, help me to live a free
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
WEDNESDAY'S QUIZ: How many times a year were the Israelites supposed to celebrate a festival to the Lord?
Exodus 23 14-16 Three times a year they were to celebrate a festival for God.... Feast of Unleavened Bread for 7 days.... Celebrate the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you planted.... Celebrate the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year when you gather in the crops (Wonderful job Dianne!)
_________________________________________________________________________________________
MONDAY'S QUIZ: What was a mother, who had just given birth, supposed to give as a burnt offering and as a sin offering?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
CALENDAR:
Mon- confirmation 5pm
Tues- quilters 9am-2pm; Bible study 11:30-12:15
Wed- Chili and hotdog supper 5:30; Worship 6:30
Fri- 30 Hour Famine begins at noon
Sat- worship 5pm; 30 hr famine ends at 6pm
Sun- worship 8:30- Sunday school 9:45; worship 11am
__________________________________________________________________________________________
LENTEN SUPPER is Wednesday at 5:30!!!!
This week's menu is chili and hotdogs with all the fixings and toppings and dessert. Come and support your youth with a free will offering!
________________________________________________________________________________________________
WORSHIP is at 6:30 on Wednesday!
Come and hear all about the 40 days and nights that the water covered the earth.
________________________________________________________________________________________________
ANY BABY BOTTLES LEFT?
Bring them to church asap to make sure the money gets to where it has to go in a timely manner so babies can get adopted into a forever home!
__________________________________________________________________________________________
RURAL KING IS DONATING 5% OF TURNED IN RECEIPTS FROM THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY
There is a week and a half left! Get to Rural King and buy some stuff and bring your receipt to the church office!!
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR ADULTS, PARENTS, AND KIDS!!! CHECK IT OUT!!
The kids have started a new program called CROSS EXPLORATIONS, that is very interactive and the kids say it is a lot of fun!! In our adult class we are working through a video based Bible study called "Foundations" with Ken Ham who is the founder of Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum!!
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP GROUP (TFG) IS GOING TO THE CREATION MUSEUM IN CINCINNATI!!!
A great time is planned for August 23-25 as we head to the Creation Museum just south of Cincinnati, Ohio. We will be making a stop at the Abraham Lincoln National Historic Site in Kentucky on the way. Along with the creation museum on Saturday, we will also enjoy a comedy on the Showboat majestic in the evening. On Sunday we will tour the national museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. As usual, cost will depend on the number of people going. As of now it should run about $350 per person, plus meals, or $506 a couple. If you are interested in this trip, please sign the sheet on the counter in the narthex. Again you may invite your friends and family to join us.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
PRAYERS:
For the FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF WIL PRITZEL who passed from death to life last Wednesday and whose funeral is tomorrow (Tuesday).
For the FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF ANITA ALTHEIDE, (a friend of the Klaustermeiers from Hannibal) who passed from death to life this morning.
For AUSTIN HEITGERD as he continues to recover from knee surgery.
For LIL WINTER whose surgery was postponed to this Wednesday.
For CAROL KOHRS who is continuing to deal with pain due to severe arthritis and deterioration in her back and neck and recovery from gall bladder surgery.
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