Archive for April, 2009

The Grace of Work

Posted by Westside Church | Filed under Services

Today we return to the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes and its Preacher, who meditates on the various frustrations related to work. While the Bible is clear that work is good and part of our original design, our attitude toward it tends to get distorted in one of two directions: workaholism or apathy. In light [...]

Read more | Comments (0) | Apr 28, 2009

Growing Together

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This week, because we baptized two infants, received two school-age children into communing membership, and received several adults into membership, it seemed fit to pause our series in Ecclesiastes for one more week to look at the biblical picture of what a church ought to be. Few parts of scripture are as packed with rich [...]

Read more | Comments (0) | Apr 22, 2009

Baptisms & Receiving into Membership

Posted by Westside Church | Filed under Services

On this day we had the privilege of baptizing two children born into our family of faith: Mary Taylor Debardeleben and Mollie Anna Teachey. In addition to that, two school-age children who were baptized as infants, Payton Jeffrey and Abigail Henegar, professed their faith in Christ publicly, along with several adults coming into membership. Wow!

Read more | Comments (0) | Apr 22, 2009

Resurrection Power

Posted by Walter | Filed under Services

On this beautiful Easter Sunday we worshiped and meditated on Romans 10:5-13, where Paul describes how a person becomes a Christian, which includes “believing in your heart that God raised him [Jesus] from the dead.” In other words, Christian faith is faith in Jesus’ resurrection. His resurrection provides huge benefits to us when he returns [...]

Read more | Comments (0) | Apr 14, 2009

Easter Sunday: Same Time, On Time

Posted by Walter | Filed under Uncategorized

We’re meeting for worship this Sunday at our usual time: 10:30 a.m. There will be a testimony and a few other special elements – it would hardly be Easter if we didn’t sing Christ The Lord is Risen Today – but on the whole it will be a normal Sunday service. That is, with one [...]

Read more | Comments (0) | Apr 10, 2009

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