Monday Updates – February 27th, 2012

Good Morning Bethesda!

Monday morning greetings from your pastor!  I’m very disappointed to have been unable to worship with you yesterday.  However, I praise God that brother Rick was willing to step in for me on short notice and preach God’s message to you.  He is a very able brother in the Lord and I heard good reports concerning our worship service.

As for me, I have been fighting dizzy spells since Friday morning.  Currently, the belief is I have an inner ear infection.  I am on medication and I think I am improving.  The spells are less frequent and less severe.  Thank you for your prayers and I ask that you keep them coming!

Please also pray for our church.  Next Saturday morning, an interrogation committee will meet with brother Dan in preparation to ordain him as a deacon.  The New Testament only refers to two offices in the local church so this is a very important meeting.  Pray for Dan as well as for those who will be doing the interrogation.

And continue to pray for revival at Bethesda.  We need the Spirit to move among us.

May our Lord grant you a great week!

Urgent Prayer Requests

  • Sandy Bunch recovering from a fractured ankle.
  • Sandy Brandel’s mom, recovering but still in need of our prayers.
  • Pastor Bruce and his dizziness.
  • Zachary Mueller, special prayer.
  • Pete & Brenda Koelling
  • Brenda Koelling’s father who is ill.
  • Marilynn Norvell, still in pain
  • Cynthia Wordlaw, her mother, father, and sister suffering physically
  • Gene & Lois Schulze both at home.
  • Caroline, Anne Overton’s sister-in-law,  fight with cancer & her need for Christ.
  • The Overtons as they search for a new church in Indiana.
  • Our church and need for revival

“Sermons stressing the fierce wrath of a holy God, aimed at impenitent human hearts do not fit with the civic meeting hall atmosphere of the local church.”
R. C. Sproul

Upcoming Activities

  1. The Bethesda Academy, Monday, 6:30p.m.
  2. Pastor speaking at the Southern Baptist Founders Conference, FBC St. Peters, Wednesday, 9 a.m.
  3. Bible Study (Nahum) & Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
  4. Men’s Breakfast, Saturday, 8 a.m.
  5. Deacon Interrogation Meeting, Saturday, 10 a.m.
  6. Sunday School, Sunday, 9:15 a.m.
  7. Worship Service, Sunday, 10:30 a.m.
  8. Discipleship Training, Sunday, 5 p.m.
  9. Biblical Greek for Beginners, Sunday, 6 p.m.

Pastor’s Postscripts

You are much in my prayers this week.  Please keep me in yours.  I seek prayer for the dizziness I am fighting, for my message Wednesday morning at the SBFCMW conference, our deacon interrogation meeting this Saturday, and for my message next Sunday.

May Christ be glorified in all!

Pastor Bruce
636-233-0645
TheSaxonHus@hotmail.com

Men’s Breakfast

Men, please remember we will meet at the church for breakfast on Saturday, March 3 from 8-9 a.m.  Bring your breakfast with you and share in a brief time of fellowship. 

“If God be eternal, how worthy is he of our choicest affections, and strongest desires of communion with him!”
– Stephen Charnock