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Church News
MVGB hosts Splash Bash 2010
Over 75 youngsters, ranging in ages toddler to 5th grade, had a splashin’
good time at the Mount Vernon General Baptist Church’s Splash Bash held
after morning services on Sunday, August 22, 2010.
There was food, water slides, wading pools, a water balloon toss, and lots
of water.
Applications now accepted for Christmas assistance
Applications for the 2010 Posey County Christmas Assistance Program
sponsored by the Mount Vernon/New Harmony Ministerial Association are now
available from the office of Trinity United Church of Christ or from the
Black Township Trustee’s Office.
Children under the age of 18 are eligible as well as those who are 18, as
long as they are full-time students in high school. The deadline for
completed applications is 2:30 p.m. on November 5, 2010.
Applications may be turned in at either Trinity or the Black Township
Trustee’s Office. NO applications will be accepted after that time. Families
will be notified of date(s) that gifts may be picked up. Changes in address
or telephone number after an application has been submitted should be
reported to Trinity Church at 838-3805.
This program would not be possible without the generous donations of time
and treasure from individuals, businesses, churches, and other
organizations. In 2009, approximately 541 children benefited from all these
efforts to provide them a joyous Christmas. For more information, contact
Trinity Church at 838-3805.
Sermon of the Week: Why Does Such an Extraordinary God Care About US?!?
Rev. Doris Beckerman, Poseyville Christian Church, Disciples of
Christ
In Bible School this year, we learned a lot about God. Our theme song was,
“Wild and Wonderful God”. This song teaches that God is “wild & untamable!”
The song goes on: This same “Wild & Wonderful God” is our “Strong Deliverer
& wonderful Savior…a God of mystery & discovery. This song says, “My God is
WILD!…BIG!…AMAZING!…LOVING!”
In another song, we learned that “The Battle Is the Lord’s.” The song goes:
“He is here with you every day. Don’t lose hope—the battle is the Lord’s!”
God is our “Mighty Warrior!” “Our God is undefeatable, undefeatable…Don’t
lose hope—the battle is the Lord’s”
So why would such an extraordinary God care about little ol’ US?!? We can
find some answers in the Bible. Psalm 8 tells why such an extraordinary God
cares about US.
Psalm 8 is a prayer to God. Just like every good prayer, it starts out by
praising God. Every time WE talk to God we should begin the same way,
praising God & thanking God for what’s going right in our lives.
Right at the beginning, Psalm 8 sings praises for God’s majesty and glory,
especially in creation. The Psalm refers to some of the most majestic of ALL
God’s creation—“the heavens”…the moon and the stars”.
Then, v. 4, asks God a very deep theological question: “What are human
beings that you are mindful of them, that you care for them?” In other
words, “Why do you, such an extraordinary & powerful God, care one whit
about us humans?!?”
We all wonder that same thing at times. In our VBS song, “The Power of God”,
we learned that, “In a time of trouble, in a time of need when it seems that
you’re not headin’ where you oughta be, there is just one answer—That’s the
power of God! NOTHING can beat the power of God.”
It’s times like that—times of trouble or need, times when life doesn’t seem
to be going right when we doubt whether God cares about us at all. We can
look at some of the names printed in our Prayer Joys & Concerns to see
examples.
Here is a 14-yr-old who called her grandmother after having surgery for
scoliosis, and told her grandmother she was fine. Now only a person of very
strong faith could be that positive after having a metal rod inserted by her
spine to straighten it.
That rod will hold her upper body absolutely rigid, from her neck down, for
the next several months. As she enters high school this month, how is that
strictly rigid look going to affect her social life?
Here’s another. How can this man be praising God? Last year, he had a neck
surgery where his arm had to be placed in an awkward position throughout the
surgery.
Due to nerve damage incurred in his shoulder during that surgery, he has
been in excruciating pain ever since. I pray that man still believes that
God cares about him.
What about this 9-month-old baby for whom we prayed earlier? His kind of
brain cancer usually is fatal. If his parents didn’t believe in God’s power
to heal, they wouldn’t be praying for a miracle, they’d be planning his
funeral instead.
If you are at a place in life where you are wondering why on earth such an
extraordinary God could possibly care about you, the Bible can help answer
your question in other ways. Genesis, Chapter 1, says that God created human
beings in HIS image—in other words God created us to resemble him, to be
like him.
If God created us to be LIKE HIM, he must think we’re pretty special. Of
course, we don’t LOOK like God on the outside, because God is spirit.
But on the INSIDE, SPIRITUALLY, God intends for us to resemble him. After
all, God is our Father, so our family resemblance is supposed to show.
Just a bit farther in Genesis, Chapter1, God says that human beings are to
“rule over” everything God has created. Another way to translate “rule over”
is to say “be responsible for” or “to take care of”.
Wow! We must be pretty important if God has made us responsible for taking
care of everyone & everything he has created. God didn’t give that
responsibility to anything else he created—not to
aardvarks…..or…..elephants. No! He gave it to us.
Farther down in Psalm 8, we find another answer to Why such an extraordinary
God Cares about us. Beginning in v. 5, the psalmist reminds us that God made
human beings, very special! That God created us, only “a little lower than
the ANGELS”, AND that God “crowned us with glory & honor!“.
That is the God who “is here with you every day.” “Do not fear, do not run
away…Don’t lose hope—the battle is the Lord’s!…”
