Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Matthew 25:14-30 Take the thousand and give it to the one who risked the most. And get rid of this “play-it-safe” who won’t go out on a limb. Throw them out into utter darkness. (Verses 28-30)
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First Christian Church of Decatur has announced the dates and hours for its 10th Annual Christmas Tree & Wreath Sale, featuring quality trees and homemade wreaths, on their front lawn from Friday, November 24, 2017 until sold out. Gentle Spirit Christian Church’s ministries — including our hygiene kit ministry to metro Atlanta’s homeless — are
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Several times a year we distribute nearly 500 personal hygiene kits to local homeless people. Since starting our hygiene kits ministry in 2010, we have distributed thousands of kits. Our goal is to distribute 2,000 kits a year. Our next distribution is planned for Sunday, February 18, 2018 in place of our regular Church Without Walls service. As
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Bless your enemies; no cursing under your breath. Laugh with your happy friends when they’re happy; share tears when they’re down. Get along with each other; don’t be stuck-up. Make friends with nobodies; don’t be the great somebody. (Romans 12:16)
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Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost All Saints Sunday Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Matthew 23:1-12 Do you want to stand out? Then step down. Be a servant. If you puff yourself up, you’ll get the wind knocked out of you. But if you’re content to simply be yourself, your life will count for
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Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost All Saints Sunday Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Matthew 23:1-12 Do you want to stand out? Then step down. Be a servant. If you puff yourself up, you’ll get the wind knocked out of you. But if you’re content to simply be yourself, your life will count for
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Do you want to stand out? Then step down. Be a servant. If you puff yourself up, you’ll get the wind knocked out of you. But if you’re content to simply be yourself, your life will count for plenty. (Matthew 23:12)
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How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help? (1 John 3:17)
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Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Reading: Matthew 7:12 Treat other people exactly as you would like to be treated by them — this is the essence of all true religion. (Verse 12)
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Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Matthew 22:15-22 Then give Caesar what is his, and give God what is God’s. (Verse 21)
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