A Bowl of Soup
Sometimes we have to
lose something to be thankful for it; I learned this lesson while in the
hospital with leukemia. After a round of
chemotherapy I completely lost my appetite.
After days of not eating my family was getting nervous. Everyone tried to get me to eat and offered
to go and buy anything I would promise to eat.
But nothing and I mean nothing appealed to me. I had always taken an appetite for granted,
but now I wish I could find mine. But
one day as I was lying in the hospital bed, something strange happened. I was looking at the get well cards posted on
the bulletin board, when one jumped out at me.
It was a drawing of a bowl of chicken soup. I don’t know why but that bowl of soup
clicked in my head and I asked my wife to find one for me. I finished that bowl and ate another, my
appetite had returned. So this Thanksgiving
when I sit down to eat my meal I will be thankful for my appetite. Sometimes loss is the backdoor to
thankfulness. Hope you have a wonderful
Thanksgiving.
high cost of heating fuel and the weak economy have set the stage for a long
hard winter for many people. We at Faith
are trying to do our part to show the love of Christ to hurting people in our
community. We helped five different
families this week with heating and electrical bills. We gave out 15 baskets of food last week as
well as helping other families with needs.
Our resources are limited so many months we
must turn people away because of no funds.
This year our Christmas offering is going to help families make it
through this winter. Please pray about
what God would have you to do. We will
be receiving the offering on Sunday, December 21. Please use the special offering envelopes
located in the pews at church.
speaking this Sunday morning at Faith.Ernie has a ministry
in Mexico reaching out to the poor. He
is coming to pick up some toys we have been collecting for children living on
the trash dumps of Mexico. Ernie has faced
a lot of opposition and difficulties on the field for the Lord. We hope you will join us as we honor a choice
servant of God.
Sunday night Aaron Seay, a student at Appalachian Bible College will be
speaking.
Xerox came up with a
great way to say thanks to our troops.
Just click on this link www.LetsSayThanks.comand send a thank you note to our troops
serving around the world.
THIS
AND THAT
·
Baptized
five people Sunday night
·
We
welcome two new members Gail and Gene Wood
·
Thanksgi
service at Covington Bible Church was a wonderful time in which four churches met together to
praise the Lord, I didn’t
know the mayor of Covington could sing that well! J
·
We are
booked up for the Christmas dinner, but call the church office to be placed on
a standby list. We have the Christmas dinner on two nights to handle the crowd. We meet at Grace Bible Camp for Christmas in
the mountains. Hope you can come.
· You can still bring toys for Mexico but
this will be the last Sunday
· We want to thank the ladies for the beautiful Christmas decorations at
Faith
At the
very core of the Bible is the message of obedience. From Abraham to Christ
obedience is a key factor in our walk with God.
Come join us as learn the freeing truth of obeying our Father. Jesus the ultimate example of obedience will show
us the way to life, blessing and fulfillment.
12.07.08 The Door to
Blessing
12.14.08 Motivated by Love
12.21.08 Christ Our Example
HOPE YOU HAVE A
WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING! SEE YOU SUNDAY.
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