Sunday Afternoon Reflections...another great Sunday morning at MVBC!


A young lady in our church took the "3 Circles" and gave some great design to it.  Woohoo, it is catching on to be thinking through the gospel to be ready to share the gospel.

 I just finished up a mini-series on what it means Biblically to be a Biblically healthy church.  We looked at the mission, vision, and values of a church grounded in the word of God.  I couldn't help but think while preaching (I know, that is very dangerous to do) that what I was sharing would be repeated from church to church that we would be assigned to.  How the churches of America need to get back to Biblical mission, vision, and values.

 A summary of this mini-series would be as such.  Our mission is the Great Commission.  Our vision is to be equipped for service and displaying the fruit of the Spirit.  Our values of being devoted to God's word, the fellowship of the church, the worshiping of Christ, the praying to the Father, and the service of one another.  A church that is about these things will be a glory to God and a witness to its community of the gospel.

 Next Sunday we move back to the Gospel of Luke and picking up at chapter 19.  I will have 7 Sundays and 1 Good Friday Service to cover Jesus entering Jerusalem, walking through His final week before the cross and then the rising from the grave.  I'm excited about getting back to Luke and moving through chapter by chapter and verse by verse.  I am also excited to have the provision to give each attender a Luke ESV scripture journal to have as we walk through these teachings.  The ability to look at the same text and have room to jot down by it notes of instruction, I hope will help future personal study of our members.

 For those who are praying for our ministry in Maine, thank you and know that God is working in the life of the church.  The pews are being occupied by people hungry to hear the word of God and members are surging forward to seek where they can serve.  Keep praying as I meet with the pastoral search team for the first time this week.  

 Here is Sunday's sermon and may you have a great week in the Lord.

 Adam



A simple man serving a great God and the local pastor of Stillwater Community Chapel (stillwater-chapel.org). We are in our 38th year of full time ministry. God directed us to this local body of believers on the Western Range of the Rockies to grow with them in mission and mindedness of Christ.

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