The Pastor’s Blog
Notes, news, information, lessons, and updates from the Pastor’s desk and others.
25
May '25
Order of Service: May 25th, 2025
25
May '25
Order of Service:
Welcome and Call to Worship
Song: “What a Beautiful Name”
Greeting Time
Song: “Rock of Ages”
Song: “Psalm 5”
Prayer for the Offering
Song: “The Law of the Lord”
Dismiss Koinonia Kids (K-10)
Message — Pastor Jesse Davis
“Haggai: A Minor Prophet“
Selections from the book of Haggai
Closing Song
Song: “Soon and Very Soon”
Benediction & Open Worship
Next Sunday Preview: “Zechariah: A Minor Prophet”
Events & Notes
The Fireside Room and Fellowship Hall, as well as FellowSip, are now open starting at 9 a.m. Sunday mornings. Come have some coffee and chit chat before service. Maybe answer the FellowSip question, which changes every week.
- Prayer Meeting – Mondays at 12 p.m. in room #8 to pray for our community.
- Homework Assignment: Grab some of the “Pinewood BBQ” flyers from the foyer table and spread them around town. Thank you!
- Church Work Day – Saturday, May 31st from 9am until 12pm.
Friends Women Fellowship invites you to pray for the following:
PRAISE:
Pastoral Ministry Partner with EFC Nepal for the building of four new worship centers around Nepal.
Hispanic Friends Missionary Mobilizers for attending a Missionary Cooperation Congress where many nations gathered, intent on spreading the Kingdom of God.
PRAY:
Pastoral. Ministry Partner with EFC Nepal for continued revival, growth, and maturity of leaders and believers, a couples seminar, and a leadership retreat.
Hispanic Friends Missionary Mobilizers for their deputations visits, support goals, obedient and sensitive hearts, and much more.
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18
May '25
Order of Service: May 18th, 2025
18
May '25
Order of Service:
Welcome and Call to Worship
Song: “Holy Forever”
Greeting Time
Song: “I Speak Jesus”
Song: “Captain”
Prayer for the Offering
Song: “Here is Love”
Sing Along With the Kids: “We’re Following Jesus”
Dismiss Koinonia Kids (K-10)
Message — Micah Brewster
“Wood or Word: Who Will You Worship?”
Isaiah 44:6-20
Closing Song
Song: “Amazing Grace”
Benediction & Open Worship
Next Sunday Preview: “Haggai: A Minor Prophet”
Events & Notes
The Fireside Room and Fellowship Hall, as well as FellowSip, are now open starting at 9 a.m. Sunday mornings. Come have some coffee and chit chat before service. Maybe answer the FellowSip question, which changes every week.
- Prayer Meeting – Mondays at 12 p.m. in room #8 to pray for our community.
- Homework Assignment: Grab some of the “Pinewood BBQ” flyers from the foyer table and spread them around town. Thank you!
- Mother’s Day Tea: — Saturday, May 24th at 1pm. Please RSVP online using the invite, or circle T on your friendship sheet with your name and contact info.
- Church Work Day – Saturday, May 31st from 9am until 12pm.
Friends Women Fellowship invites you to pray for the following:
PRAISE:
EFM Office: For continuing commitment to reach every Man, Woman, and Child with the Good News on behalf of the Evangelical Friends Church in North America.
Hungary — For the church members organizing a “Thanksgiving Dinner” at the end of May at their charity house, inviting all who have helped so far, and recognizing the work yet to be done.
PRAY:
Hungary — Pray for a successful meeting as we are organizing a church and mission general meeting at the end of May.
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04
May '25
Order of Service: May 4, 2025
04
May '25
Order of Service:
Welcome and Call to Worship
Worship with “The River”
Greeting Time
Prayer for the Offering
Dismiss Koinonia Kids
Message — Pastor Jesse Davis
“Ezekiel: A Major Prophet”
Selections from the Book of Ezekiel
Closing Song
Benediction & Open Worship
Next Sunday Preview: Mother’s Day
Events & Notes
The Fireside Room and Fellowship Hall, as well as FellowSip, are now open starting at 9 a.m. Sunday mornings. Come have some coffee and chit chat before service. Maybe answer the FellowSip question, which changes every week.
• Prayer Meeting – Mondays at 12 p.m. in room #8 to pray for our community.
• The River – GUEST WORSHIP TODAY! Welcome!
• Christian Ed – Meeting today in room #8 after worship.
• Hobby Night – Wednesday, May 7th at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome.
• Stewards – Meeting Thursday, May 8th at 2 p.m. in room #8.
• Mother’s Day – Sunday, May 11th. Happy Mother’s Day!
• The River – GUEST WORSHIP TODAY! Welcome!
• Christian Ed – Meeting today in room #8 after worship.
• Hobby Night – Wednesday, May 7th at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome.
• Stewards – Meeting Thursday, May 8th at 2 p.m. in room #8.
• Mother’s Day – Sunday, May 11th. Happy Mother’s Day!
Friends Women Fellowship invites you to pray for the following:
PRAISE:
Ireland: Missionary is scheduled to begin “activity fundraising in June. Pray for full recovery from surgery and obedience to the leading of the Lord as He is preparing for her financial / prayer support.
Hungary — For the church members who faithfully give weekly help with the work needed at the Friends Charity House.
PRAY:
Hungary — That God will, in His perfect timing, raise up an assistant Pastor to help replace the Pastor who now seeks retirement.
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01
May '25
Cost and Benefit
01
May '25
There is this thing that people do when they are trying to make a decision on a big purchase or an investment, it is called a cost/benefit analysis. You put down the price for the item, and then list out the benefits of that thing. If the benefits are “better” than the cost, it is deemed a good investment or purchase.
We don’t do this for everything, only for the big things. As you think about following Jesus more closely, maybe it would be good to do something similar, to look at the cost of staying where we are versus the benefits that Jesus offers us in following Him more closely.
Two columns, simple, one benefit, one cost. See which seems like the better offering and make a choice based on that. It is a big decision, so it may be wise to go about it in this way. Now eventually these kinds of practices break down when applied to faith and life, but it may be a guidepost on where your heart really is, and that is worth practicing if you ask me.
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