Well howdy and good morning friends! It's early and I'm usually not up quite yet. But, the Lord has given us another new day and I hope that we all use the time wisely.
The other day I was reading in the book of Psalms, and Psalm 23:6 caught my attention. King David wrote for us, "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."
God is our Shepherd. Our Shepherd has chosen to attach His goodness and mercy to us. Why? Because our Shepherd longs to shower us with His goodness, mercy, grace, and love in this life now. Then, when this life is over, He will usher us home to dwell with Him forever. We praise and thank our Lord God and the Son who led and shepherded us with their loving care and showered us with goodness with ever-increasing blessing in this life, and the life to come, when we "will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."
Upcoming Events:
This September our Mission Focus would like to draw your attention to the work done at the Sturgeon Food Pantry. They are open the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month and help provide food to those in need. If you would like to pitch in and be a blessing right here in our community here's a great opportunity. In talking with representatives from the food bank it appears their greatest need is paper goods. So, we've started to start collecting paper towels, plates, napkins, tissues, etc for distribution. Please drop off donations on the table at the back of the pews by the door.
Labeled shoe boxes are available in the back of the church if anyone would like to start packing their boxes for Operation Christmas Child. The collection date will be the first week of November. A shoebox shopping table with supplies is set up in the back once again and the labeled shoe boxes are stacked up under the table. We plan to have two Church Packing Parties on October 11th and 18th over in the building in Clark. If you want to be more involved in preparations and packing please talk with Kathy Kurth.
We're having a Night of Worship - tomorrow night September 27th starting at 5pm at First Baptist Church Moberly. Members of our own Cowboy Band and other local musicians join together and share their talents and have a time to worship the Lord in song.
October is actually quickly coming our way, and bringing our monthly Potluck Dinners even closer. So please plan to join us for some food and fellowship Thursday evening after church on October 1st and SUnday after church on October 4th. It's always a great time and great food!
Our Annual Fun Show is scheduled for October 3rd this year. So mark your calendars and come on out. If you're riding we want to see you out there, and if you're not a rider let's get out and cheer one another on at this great event!
We are planning to have a Boots, BBQ & Buckaroos fundraiser October 10th in the form of a BBQ here at the church. This is open to all and we plan to have live music and some horses and ponies around to add to the fun. Flyers are available to that back of the church.
We're having a Round Pen Horse Training Demonstration October 24th with Stan Henderson and Kyle Jones from the Eastern Missouri Cowboy CHurch. I've had the chance to see this done before and believe that you'll both learn some things and be blessed as well.
The Missouri Baptist Convention is asking churches and organizations to conduct Crossover-type events in preparation for the annual meeting this October. Crossroads Baptist Association will be holding a Night of Preaching and Prayer on October 24th at Carpenter Street Baptist Church, where our churches can come together to be inspired by teaching from God's Word, followed by times of corporate and group prayer. Mark your calendars and get your churches ready for God to move mightily in our Association. See the attached flyer for more information.
There will also be an OCC Mission Trip to Aurora, Illinois over Friday to Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend to help process shoeboxes. It is for volunteers 13 and over. If you want more info on that please check with Kathy.
Saturday November 7th is a Fall Open House at Camp Cedar Crest. This is where our youth have been going, and countless others have gone for generations! They are planning to have a pig roast, live music, hay rides, kids fishing derby, and more.
Fun Horse Stuff: Stay Calm: Horses can sense when their human is feeling anxious or stressed. It’s important to stay calm when training, even if the horse is not responding as expected.
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