A Message From Our Pastor
Pastor’s Note:
April, 2010
Friends in Christ,
Dear Friends in Christ,
Jesus is alive! And because Christ lived, died and rose again, we
have the promise that the day will come when all who know Christ
Jesus, even though they die, will live. What a blessed assurance
this is to my family as we mourn the sudden death of my older
brother, Dr. Ken Bilger. As difficult as it is to experience the
pain of this grief, we are blessed with the assurance that Ken is
now at peace and held in God’s arms of love. And because Jesus is
alive, we know that we will see Ken again!
I thank you all so very much for the outpouring of your love,
prayers, words of comfort and encouragement for my family and me.
May this prayer from one of you be a source of comfort for all who
have experienced this grief: Lord, I offer you my hurting heart
and all the stories of the life and love that I have known with this
very special companion. In your hands I place the loneliness, the
emptiness, the pain, the despair of this brokenness. And especially,
I give you the incredible sadness that has no ritual to mark it. By
your power and grace, may I have the courage to meld this experience
into my life story, that I may become an encourager and enabler of
those who also will walk this path. Fill me, please, with the
abundance of your Presence, and grant me peace. Amen. (by Dr. Kay
Collier-Slone)
If you know anyone who is struggling with any kind of loss, be
attentive to the voice of God asking you to minister with that
hurting person. What an amazing gift and privilege we have as
Christ’s church to be co-(m)missioned with him to carry on the
mission that He began on this earth to make Christ known. Whitelick
Church is…WALKING with Christ into the World to Glorify God…by
PREPARING and SENDING Spirit filled Disciples of Christ!
TEACH – CARE – FEED! Who in your family needs to know that God who
created them has a unique and special purpose for their lives? Are
you willing to teach them? Who in your school or workplace needs to
know that someone cares? Are you willing to be that caring person?
And who in your neighborhood is hungry? Hungry for physical food?
Emotional support? Spiritual food? In this glorious Easter season
let us recommit our lives to Jesus Christ and the ministry of his
Church.
TEACH – CARE – FEED!
Shalom in Christ,
Rev. Joy
"We are God’s work of art, created in Christ Jesus for the
good works
which God has already designated to make up our way of life.”
Ephesians 2:10
Sermon
Scriptures
(Click on blue
highlighted titles to see copies of the sermon)
09/13/09 Matt 28:1-10, 16-20
Witness -To Whom
09/20/09 Romans 5:1-11
Witness - Who Are We as Witnesses?
09/27/09 Matthew
28:16-20
Prayer
10/04/09
Matt. 28:9-10, 16-18
Prayer is the Heart of Worship
10/11/09 Mark 6:30-44
Care - God Cares for Us
01/17/10 1 Corinthians 12:1-11
One Spirit - Different Gifts
01/24/10
1 Corinthians 12:13 - 13:1
One Bread - One Body
01/31/10
1 Corinthians 13
Known, Claimed and Called by God
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