Good Shepherd Weekly 9/1
Growth Group Returns
Date and Time: Friday September 16, 2022 Fellowship begins at 6:30PM with Bible Study at 7PM.
Location: Laliberte Residence – 124 Manila Ave Woonsocket, RI
Growth Groups are designed to be a laid back and casual way of connecting with Christian friends who care about God and each other. In our growth groups we pray together and study the Scriptures together. We add in some food and fellowship and maybe even some good laughs together because we want to build up Christian friendships. Growth Groups are a fun and healthy way of growing spiritually as well as enriching our relationships with other members.
Welcome Home Sunday
You’ve heard that on September 11, we are again having Welcome Home Sunday. The goal is to have 100% of our members in worship that Day.
“God said, ‘Let there be light’” (Genesis 1:3). God wasn’t simply expressing a wish, like walking into a dark home and saying, “Let’s turn some lights on.” God was calling a new reality into existence. “And there was light.” When God speaks, reality results.
Throughout Scripture, God refers to believers as a family. That is more than metaphor. That is God calling a new reality into existence. Our privilege and responsibly is to seize the power given to us through our baptism and live out that reality. We are called by Christ to show the same level of love and self-sacrifice that we would show to biological kin.
On September 11th, we will be holding Welcome Home Sunday. Welcome Home Sunday is a celebration of this reality. On that day, we praise God for giving us a spiritual home. Our goal for that Sunday is to make it into something of a spiritual family reunion. We want to have 100% of our members in attendance. Why? Because God has told us we are family. And when God speaks, reality results. Please, set aside that date and join your brothers and sisters in Christ!
This Week at Good Shepherd
Sunday, Sept 3: Bible Study, 9:00am (in-person)
Sunday, Sept 3: Sunday Service, 10:00am (non-communion)
Sunday Morning Bible Study
Sundays 9:00am In-Person
Upcoming Sunday
Disciples of Jesus need to learn how to pray. We need Jesus to teach us to ask for those things which our Father in heaven promises us. We need to learn to claim in prayer what he wants for us more than what we want from him. However, learning to pray is not like many of the other things we learn to do in our lives. Once we know how to write our name, tie our shoes, or ride a bike, the learning is done. There is virtually no danger we will forget how to do those things. Not so with prayer. Prayer is not something we learn to do once and then know how to do correctly for the rest of our lives. Learning to pray consists of a lifetime of persistence and struggle. But when we struggle with God in prayer, it is not an indication that something is wrong but that everything is right. Struggle is part of the very nature of prayer and at the heart of the blessings it brings in our lives of faith.
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