We had a great celebration at Church Sunday. The occasion was for the final payment of our new church building. We have been in our current location since 2004. The plans for this building have been a long drawn out process. I believe that I've heard some of the elders of the church talk about fundraising for this starting on this as long as 30 years ago. Our old building was small and inaccessible to many people because of the three-story construction.
We now have a fantastic building, but "The Church" is not a building, it is those people who worship God, and believe that He sent his son, Jesus to pay for our sins. I attend a Methodist Church building, but I am a member of God's nondenominational church. Our new building is awesome. We have plenty of space for now, with room to grow as needed.
This reminded me of something I read a while back.
A Pastor goes to the dentist for a set of false teeth. The first Sunday after he gets his new teeth, he talks for only eight minutes.The second Sunday, he talks for only ten minutes. The following Sunday, he talks for 2 hours and 48 minutes.
The congregation had to mob him to get him down from the pulpit and they asked him what happened.
The Pastor explains the first Sunday his gums hurt so bad he couldn't talk for more than 8 minutes. The second Sunday his gums hurt too much to talk for more than 10 minutes. But, the third Sunday, he put his wife's teeth in by mistake and he couldn't shut up...
Sorry ladies, no offense intended
Much love, Dennis
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ReplyDeleteCongratulations to your church!! Where is it? I have not seen it.
ReplyDeleteOur church is across the street to the North of Chamberlain school.
DeleteI remember as a kid when we had a vote on whether to build a new church or to remodel the church in the top picture. Remodeling won. I still see the stained glass windows that we put in in that picture. So many memories in that church! Glad to hear that the congregation in their new building is as strong as ever. Blessings abound!
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