Find out what’s going on this week at the following churches:
- Bethesda Mennonite Church
- Community Bible Church of Lushton
- Countryside Bible Church
- Crossroads Bible Fellowship
- Faith Evangelical Bible Church
- Living Hope Church
- Stockham Community Church
Bethesda Mennonite Church
Pastor Andrea Wall
Pastor Seth Miller
Phone: 402-723-4562
Email: bethesda@mainstaycomm.net
Web:http://www.bethesdamc.org
All events at Bethesda Mennonite Church will be suspended until we can safely meet together again. Sunday services will be live streamed only. Please watch our website at www.bethesdamc.org for updates.
Community Bible Church of Lushton
Pastor Dr. Greg Koehn
205 Gilbert St. Lushton, NE
Phone: 402-724-2369
Due to the request of both Federal and State government, because of the outbreak of the coronavirus COVID-19, we will be discontinuing our services on Sunday and all activities on Wednesday night until further notice.
We have an online recorded service that will be available through YouTube, a link that is available at this website. It will be recorded and therefore available for viewing at any time.
Countryside Bible Church
904 S W Road
Hampton, NE 68843
Pastor Rod Goertzen
Phone: 402-725-3888
Website: http://countrysidebc.org
Watch the Countryside Worship Service Live Stream at http://countrysidebc.org/live-stream
During this time:
Sunday Morning Worship will be Live-Streamed at 10:15 a.m. We encourage you to watch at home. Sing along with Thomas while he leads us. There will be announcements and Scripture, followed by the message.
The Wednesday Night Bible study will also be live streamed beginning at 6:30 p.m. each Wednesday. We will take break from Ecclesiastes and have a study in the Psalms.
Sermon Notes available for download at http://countrysidebc.org
Our Mission: To teach and preach God’s word literally and systematically, verse by verse, to men as they are.
Crossroads Bible Fellowship
Pastor Peter Coon
1002 Road B
Phone: 402-723-4958
Website: http://crossroadsbiblehenderson.org
Faith Evangelical Bible Church
Pastor: Bob Stretch
Youth Pastor Crale Swanson
Phone: 402-723-5888
Email: officefebc@mainstaycomm.net
Website: http://faithebc.net
“Like” us on Facebook at http://goo.gl/t4M96
All church gatherings are on hold till further notice. Our worship service will be live streamed on Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. Past services are also posted and available for anyone to watch.
To join our worship service, go to: http://faithebc.net/live
Living Hope Church
Pastor Luke Haidle
Phone: 402-723-5845
Email: office@livinghopehenderson.com
Website: http://www.livinghopehenderson.com
Church service in the sanctuary, Wednesday night activities, and other events at the church are cancelled for the time being, unless posted otherwise. Check Facebook and the church website for updates.
Join us online at www.livinghopehenderson.com. There you will find all the resources needed for home church: video link, video guide, song sheets, prayer guide and discussion questions, as well as a link for online donations.
Stockham Community Church
Pastor Paul Nauman
Associate Pastor Rick Bartek
409 Scott Street, Stockham, NE
Phone: 402-737-3333
Website: http://stockhamchurch.com/
Join us at 10:00 a.m. on the Facebook page for a live video. The sermon recording will also be uploaded to the website.
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During this time, we will also add a devotion each week to the church schedules.
Jude by Pastor Rick Bartek
24 Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, 25 to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time[a] and now and forever. Amen.
One of my favorite moments as a father is when my children are learning how to walk. Their steps, although shaky at first, start to stabilize over time. This gives them greater confidence to take another step. Ultimately, this confidence carries them to running, and their stumbling bursts forth into vitality.
I find this picture of a child learning how to walk a great illustration for the Christian life. For the believer, the road is more often than not filled with difficulty, but the more we walk in the Spirit with our eyes focused on Jesus, the more confidence we find. To be clear, this confidence is not founded in our ability not stumble and fall but ultimately in God’s ability to keep us upright to the end.
The Letter of Jude is the appeal to “contend for the faith” (Jude 3). I find this exhortation full of encouragement as we see the deterioration of society. Jude’s audience at the time was experiencing various threats to their faith due to the infiltration of false teaching into their congregation. They were being fed the falsehood from ungodly individuals that, as recipients of the grace of God, they could live in their own ungodly passions. Jude instructs that this idea actually perverts the grace of God (verse 4). Although not in the same form, this lie still permeates the air of today’s culture. Much of the advertising from culture has the aim to get us to chase after our own fleshly desires. The target of Jude for both his original hearers and us today is to encourage and instruct us on the importance of living a life that is reflective of our beliefs. But where is our source of power to do so?
Jude closes his letter with a doxology that is packed full of truth for us as we walk our journey. He directs our eyes to the very heart of the Christian life. The journey of life and the battle of sin can be difficult, but it is important to remember that victory has been won. Our ability to stand blameless before the throne of God is not rooted in us, but in Him who is able. Jesus, the blameless one, did not succumb to falsehood, He never stumbled or fell, nor was he defeated by death. King Jesus bore our sin, paid our penalty, and purchased us for His purposes. He sent His Spirit into our hearts so that we might be able to walk by the Spirit and on the last day, stand in the presence of God with great joy. So now we declare praise “to the only God, our God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen” (verse 25).
