Today we gather for prayer at 9:00 a.m.; enjoy a time of fellowship at 10:00 am; and worship together at 10:30 am.

Wednesday children's ministry and adult Christian education classes continue at 6:30 pm.

We are beginning to print a couple dozen half-sheet, paper bulletins that will be placed on the Welcome Center Desk in the Narthex.

Ezra 3:11 “With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the Lord: “He is good; his love toward Israel endures forever.” And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.”

Psalm 7:17 “I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High.”

Psalm 9:1 "I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.”

Psalm 35:18 “I will give you thanks in the great assembly; among the throngs I will praise you.”

Psalm 69:30 “I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.”

Psalm 95:1-3 “Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods.

Psalm 100:4-5 “Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.”

Psalm 106:1 “Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.

Psalm 107:21-22 “Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind. Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of joy.

Psalm 118:1 "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.

Psalm 147:7 “Sing to the Lord with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp.”

Daniel 2:23 “I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors: You have given me wisdom and power, you have made known to me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the dream of the king.”

Our children’s handbell choir, grades 4 - 7th (for those that have participated in our children’s handchime classes) will be meeting during the church service starting on Sunday, October 4 through December, at 10:30 am. We will meet in the missions room on the upper level where we will be practicing for our part in the Christmas special. Please let Kathy Wass or Traci Wass know as soon as possible as we prepare assignments.

The adult handbell choir will start our Monday practices at 6:45 pm on October 5-December.

Is your garage filling up with pop cans? Don’t want to wait in endless lines when you can finally return those cans? Let us worry about storing and returning your cans and we will use the bottle deposit returns for Pastor Chris’ trip to Sri Lanka.

If you would be interested in donating your cans, please contact Pastor Jonathan and he will arrange a time with you to bring your cans to the church building.