Wednesday afternoon Bible study will be 1:30 pm at Haugh Hall.  John will be teaching Luke 20.  Afternoon studies will last until Spring time change. 

Magi Project donations for November:  We are still collecting toothpaste and toothbrush holders.  See the sign up sheet in the back for clothing needed.  If you want to contribute, but you don’t want to shop, see Amy or Diane.  Thank you for your generosity!

WINTERIZE
By John Kerr

            It is getting cooler.  That time of year has come:  Genesis 8:22 “While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”  Psalm 74:17It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer and winter.

            We need to prepare for winter.  A few things we should do:  seal drafts around windows and doors, clean your gutters, service your heating system, and prepare outdoor spaces by bringing in or covering equipment and outdoor furniture.  Get the motorcycles inside and connect the battery tender.

            I think there is a connection between II Timothy 4:13When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments. ...and… II Timothy 4:21Do your best to get here before winter.  Perhaps I make this connection because I left my favorite vest at my son, Jonathan’s house in Michigan.  It was cold when we got there so I had my vest on, and it was warm when we left so I didn’t need it.  I’m not desperate to get it, but I want it back.

            Winter preparations are important, but not near as important as preparations for eternity.  Romans 6:3Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. 5For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—7because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.

 

THRICE - three times.  It is not a shorter version of the nursery rhyme Three Blind Mice.  How would you sing that?