invitation: TUESDAY Together making a difference

Hello Community family and friends –

The new year is off and running, and now we have to remember to write 2011 (it will take me a while to learn). There are so many great things coming our way.

Tuesday is going to be good. At 8am there will be a group of people from our community meeting here at our church to pray for God to transform Martinsville and Henry County. You are invited to pray with this group of people (this group meets at different churches each week). This goes along well with the challenge we received in worship yesterday of prayer and fasting through January 21st.

There will be much work going on in the Clothes Closet Tuesday. There will be a group of ladies working beginning at 9:30am. Tomorrow evening the ladies Bible study group will be working beginning at 6:30pm. Ladies AND men are asked to come help. Because of a water leak we had at church before Christmas, there is much to be done. This Saturday from 9 until our clothes closet is open and we will have our community meal.

Will be you a part of the prayer & fasting challenge? Fasting may be setting aside one simple thing for the next 3 weeks so you can focus more on Jesus. I pray each of us will hear God and grow closer to Him through this challenge.

As we demonstrate the love of God to our community we will be part of great impact and lives being changed here in our community. Hope to see you Tuesday!

With GOD as my guide,

Pastor Michael (James 1:5)

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