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Every year in the fall around the birthday of our church we celebrate Heritage Sabbath both in gratitude for what God has done in our past and in faith for the heritage the Lord is building in us for the future. This year’s Heritage Sabbath will take place on October 30^th. The theme for this year is spiritual leadership.

What is a spiritual leader? There are all kinds of leaders in the world, but one of the common traits for a leader is that someone is following them. Spiritual leaders don’t need to have a leadership role or a title or even to be recognized by very many people as a spiritual leader. They are simply ordinary people who because they follow Jesus have qualities that are worthy of being imitated.

The apostle Paul gets to this idea when writing to Timothy. He told him to, “Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.” (2 Timothy 1:13) Notice that Paul highlights both the pattern of sound words and the faith and love of Jesus. It’s both Paul’s understanding of the truth of God’s Word in addition to Paul’s lifestyle of trusting in Jesus and living out the love of Jesus.

Paul was a spiritual leader because he followed Jesus both in understanding the truth of God’s Word and in living according to the truth of God’s Word. That’s what the heartbeat of every
Jesus person should be! That’s just being a disciple of Jesus!

The world around us in so many ways hasn’t a clue about Jesus and how amazing it is to know him. I hope that you have in your heart a desire, from the Lord, to be a spiritual influence on both those who don’t know him and on those who do know him. If we are all pointing each other to Jesus, that is going to be a powerful example of spiritual leadership in the world!

I hope you plan to take advantage of the events of Heritage Sabbath. There will be worship, fellowship, teaching, and some really good food. It is going to be a blessed time!!

Friday Night, October 29:

7:00 pm – Healing and Restoration Service – Worship led by Aaron Andries; Speaker – Pastor Nate Crandall

Sabbath Day, October 30:

9:00 am – Spiritual Leadership Seminar – Pastor Andy Samuels
10:30 am – Worship Service – Worship led by Aaron Andries; Speaker – Pastor Andy Samuels
12:00 pm – Turkey Supper Fellowship Meal
2:00 pm – Spiritual Leadership Seminar – Pastor Andy Samuels
6:00 pm – Dinner Roundtable discussion – Work of the SDB Missionary Society – Reservation required for this roundtable

A blast from the past! Turkey is back!

As we celebrate our Heritage on Sabbath, October 30, at noon, we will also be celebrating our long Heritage of Turkey Supper!

But this time, it is for US! 

We invite you to come and enjoy a turkey lunch with all the trimmings following our service that day.

We will provide the turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, and corn.  Please bring a salad or a pie to share with others if you are able to do so.

Let’s party like it’s Turkey Supper!!

Sign up for Pie or Salad in the Welcome Center or by contacting the church office.