Sunday, July 17 2011

21Jul11

Full of grace and truth, that’s how John described our Lord Jesus Christ in John 1.  When we say somebody is “full of…” we usually do not intend it as a compliment.   When John says this about Jesus he is remembering his experiences with the Lord.  At every moment of every day what you could expect from Him was grace.  Any time He spoke, He spoke truth.  Grace and truth governed His choices, His passions, His actions, and His Words.  This is as true today as it was for John so many centuries ago.    Interestingly, the “two great things that fallen man stands in need of” Jesus is!

James Boice wrote, “This verse states that Jesus Christ is the basis on which we can know that God is good and that the universe has meaning.”    J.C. Ryle explains it, “The words describe the spiritual  riches that Christ brought into the world…He came full of the gospel of grace, in contradistinction to the burdensome requirements of the ceremonial law.  He came full of truth, of real, true, solid comfort, in contradistinction to the types, and figures, and shadows of the law of Moses.  In short the full grace of God, and the full truth about the way of acceptance, were never clearly seen until the Word became flesh, dwelt among us on earth, opened the treasure-house, and revealed grace and truth in His own person.”

JULY SCRIPTURE MEMORY – Ephesians 4:23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT MEALS – Join us this Wednesday night for a meal at 6pm followed by prayer meeting, Student Impact, and Kid’s Club at 7pm.  To aid in our preparation, please sign up in the lobby if you plan to attend the meal. We are also in need of a host for this week’s meal. Please sign up in the lobby.

DIRECTORY PICTURES SIGNUP – Mark your calendars for August 11-13.  We have set aside those days to take the pictures for our new church pictorial directory. Please take time today to stop by the directory registration table in the lobby to set up an appointment for your family picture.

CHILD PROTECTION MEETING –  Our second Child Protection Meeting is scheduled for next Sunday, July 24, at 5pm.  This meeting is for all children’s workers who could not make the meeting in June. 

FRIENDSHIP DINNER – Parents and teens should mark their calendars for Thursday, July 28 at 7pm when Dr. Stephen Jones from BJU will be hosting a Friendship Dinner at the Crowne Plaza Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport. Registration is online at http://www.bju.edu/friendship and the cost is $5 per person. Prospective students may attend for free.

AWANA TRAINING – All AWANA staff should plan on meeting at Southside next Sunday, July 24, at 2pm for a staff training session.

LADIES’ COFFEE – Tomorrow night, July 18, all ladies are invited to meet at Panera Bread in Eagan at 6:30pm for a time of fellowship over coffee.

QUARTERLY BUSINESS MEETING – The quarterly business meeting has been rescheduled to Wednesday, July 27. All members should plan to be in attendance.

ONLY FIVE WEEKS AWAY – Our small groups begin the week of August 21.  We hope that every adult member and attendee will choose to take part in one of our six groups.  Sign up for groups begins Sunday, August 7.

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