UPCOMING EVENTS

Secret Sister forms are on the back table for anyone who would like to join the next round.  This will run from January through June.  Give completed sheets to Bonnie Shovestull.

Crafting with Bonnie!  Craft day on January 24 at Haugh Hall beginning at 9:00 am.  All donations go to Hailey's mission trip. (See Bonnie for details)
Sign up sheets are up for 2026 worship and building duties.  Please consider helping out.

Our next potluck will be January 18 after morning services.

January’s collections will be band aids and dental floss.  Also, we are still collecting clothing for 5-7 year old boys and girls (t-shirt and shorts or dress).  If you want to contribute, but you don’t want to shop, see Amy or Diane.


Mission Trip:  Remember Hailey Stockdill (Shovestull) is still collecting money for her mission trip.  See Bonnie or Chris for details and how to donate.

THE BATTERY
By John Kerr

            I have a three-panel natural gas wall heater in my office area in the cellar.  It is pretty important this time of year to have it on if I am going to spend much time there.  The other day it wouldn’t light.  I went through the usual steps; I set the knob to "Pilot” and held it in while pressing the igniter.  Usually at this point a spark arcs across and ignites the gas.  No spark.  I wondered what had gone wrong and what I might need to tear apart and rebuild.  Turns out it was only a dead battery.

            It is a small battery, a “AAA”.  Without that the heater wouldn’t put out any heat.  Just a small thing can throw a monkey wrench into the works.  I thought about our spiritual life.  A seemingly small thing like anger can render us seriously impaired in our service to the Lord.  James 1:19-20 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

            Paul says failure to recognize the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives causes us to not even belong to God.  Romans 8:8-10 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

          It has become almost a habit for some husbands to dishonor their wives.  Peter points this out as a hindrance to prayer.    I Peter 3:7 Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

KITH - familiar friends.  You may have heard the phrase "kith and kin" which basically means friends and family.

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Preachers:
Lenny Brooks 814-316-4151
John Kerr 814-952-1009
Church office 814-856-2825

Elders:
Bill Fiscus 814-752-2795
John Kerr 814-952-1009
Ernie Kunselman 814-229-6911
Kris Smith 814-229-3290
Ray Smith 814-229-0037