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This Sunday, November 4th,  Praise Community Fellowship will meet again at 10:30am at 800 North Main Street Edwardsville in The Immanuel United Methodist Church. This will be a communion Sunday.  We will once again hear from one of our missions that we support. We meet two times per month. We are an all volunteer church. We have no salaries so the money we collect from free will offerings goes to work to help love people in various ways.  We have no membership requirement’s to be part of our family.

Gary Watson will be sharing another report about our Future Planning Committee’s progress and suggestions as we move forward.

The Raise the Praise Choir and band will meet again this Thursday at 7:00pm in the sanctuary. This group is open to anyone who enjoys singing and worshipping with music. You can come and participate or just come and listen and be part of the fellowship.

Lunches will be packed this Thursday at 4:00pm in the church basement. This is a fun group and it only takes about an hour to pack the 400 lunches. Come and join this group and support this wonderful ministry of feeding local kids.

Being a Christian is so much more than going to church. When it comes to things of this life you have to choose what you are going to make a priority in your life. Let me let you in on a huge secret, going to church does not make you a Christian, and it does not make God love you more by attending. Believing in and accepting the living Jesus as your Lord and savior and then getting to know Him and what He taught and then applying it to your life is what will change the course of your life for the better. If every person who comes to Praise Community Fellowship called me tomorrow and said, “I am no longer going to attend services on Sunday, but instead I am going to read my bible and learn all about Jesus and his teachings so I can go into the world and start loving people like He did!”  I would be elated. I would consider this ministry to be a complete success! That is the goal! Get out of the pews and start living like Jesus.  But what about gathering together as the bible teaches? Trust me, if people gave their life to God and studying his word and then started applying His teachings to their life, there would be frequent gatherings, and meals, and celebrations as people came together to share how God is using them to change the world. It would be what the real church should look like. Not the programmed, 1 hour, stand up sit down, shake hands and say a hallelujah and call it a day for God.  Just saying.

Prayers:

Barb Weiss, a praise report! Barb had her leg surgery and is feeling good. She is already up and getting around and will follow up with the doctor later this week. God we thank you for watching over Barb and for her rapid recovery.

Betty Godin is back in the hospital and needs our prayers of healing and Gods peace.

Mary Knapp, Mary needs our prayers for healing and God’s peace.

Walt Williams continues his treatments for cancer. Let’s lift Walt and Mary Ann to God’s Healing and strength and peace.

Ann Culp, continued prayers of healing and peace for Ann and Mike and her family.

Linda Klingel is still in need of our prayers as she continues her treatments for an autoimmune disease. Please pray for Linda’s strength and for God’s blessing and Peace.

Please pray for our church and the Holy Spirit’s guidance as our future planning committee continues to lay out plans for our future.

If you like the concept of Praise Community Fellowship, an all volunteer church that meets only twice per month but we get involved in helping others, come visit us at one of our services or visit our website at : https://praisecommunityfellowship.com

See you soon. Love, pastor kent