Announcements
SYMPATHY: to Paul & Karen Albaugh at the passing of stepfather, Richard Stallings, on Tuesday, November 14. The viewing is today at Minnich Funeral Home in Hagerstown from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The service will be on Monday, November 20, at 10:00 am.
LIVE NATIVITY: Volunteers are needed to help with our Live Nativity, which will be for one night only, on Friday, December 1. Please sign up at the Welcome Desk or see Pastor Shutt for more information.
GOOD SHEPHERD CLASS: will be having their annual Christmas dinner on Sunday, December 10, at 11:00 a.m. They are still in need of one turkey and three pumpkin pies. If you can help, please sign up at the Welcome Desk. Thank you!
ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING: The Church’s annual business meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 6, in the auditorium following the service.
From My Heart
It is so hard to believe that Thanksgiving is this coming Thursday! Where did the month of November go? The old saying is true, “Time stands still for no one.” That, of course, means that Christmas is just around the corner! Be sure to keep an eye on the announcements concerning your Sunday School Class Christmas activities. You certainly don’t want to miss anything.
With two of my Pastoral staff fellows out of commission, we are a little short-staffed right now. Please be patient with us while we try to do our jobs and make sure we don’t miss anything. Also, please pray for Pastor Campbell and Pastor Holbrook as they recover and regain their strength. You don’t realize how much someone does until they are unable to do their work and you see the holes their absence creates. Pray the Lord will help and bless these two needed men.
There is no doubt that our country is in a sad place right now! Just as the Lord Jesus said that in the last days there “shall be wars and rumors of wars.” (Matt. 24:6). We are watching Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war, the Israel-Hezbollah war, and now Syria and Iran are talking tough against the US and against Israel. I said way back in 2001, about a month after the 911 attacks, that we had just witnessed the start of WWIII, and I still believe that is true. We are in WWIII - we just don’t know it yet! But this radical element of Islam is not going to stop their jihad until they are STOPPED!
The House of Representatives is about to file charges against Biden and that is going to present a whole new set of issues for America. I think the House will probably vote to impeach him, but the Democrats and RHINO Republicans in the Senate will probably not convict him. This whole process will further weaken the standing of America across the world. I believe the reason we are seeing these wars all over Europe and the Middle East is because world leaders can see the corruption, the weakness, and the wickedness of our political ruling class!
I don’t know about you, but I am so sick and tired of all their corruption! The corruption must stop, but to be honest with you - I don’t think it will! Too many of our politicians have figured out how to get away with their corruption! Even after a clear set of facts will show the Biden crime family’s corruption - the Senate will not likely vote to convict him! What a horrible corrupt bunch of leaders we have in our country today! These people go into Congress with barely a penny to their names, and in no time, they are multimillionaires! Not all of them, of course, but many of them are as crooked as a dog’s hind leg! Please pray for America!
Have a great day, and let’s continue to pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
Pastor Norris