Announcements – November 24, 2023

My Beloved Ones in the Lord,

As we gather together this coming Sunday for worship, we will complete our brief series of messages from 1 Thessalonians, which we’ve entitled ‘Until He Comes.’  This Lord’s Day, our sermon will be taken from 1 Thessalonians 5:8-11.

If I were to pick out just one passage from God’s Word, just one verse that gives me peace and hope for living in today’s world, it would be difficult not to choose 1 Thessalonians 5:9.  In this one simple line of inspired text, the Apostle Paul gives us a foundational truth that all believers in Jesus are to build their lives upon.

What is most interesting about this truth, however, is the way the Apostle depicts it for us in verses 8-9.   Oddly, he describes this promise of salvation in terms of a warrior’s armor!  He mentions a “breastplate” and a “helmet” that each believer is to “put on.”  And he does so in the context of the certainty of the Second Advent of our Lord and King!

So what is Paul talking about here?  How are we to understand this armor?  What does it mean to put it on?

As always, I cannot wait to probe the wondrous depths of God’s Holy Word with you this Lord’s Day!

I love you all, and you are always in my heart!

Mike

Children’s Ministry
• Parents’ Night Out – December 9th from 5:30-8:00 p.m. Register your children on Church Center.
• Nursery – The fall quarter nursery sign up is now out. Please see the link in the email sent recently. Please contact Amanda Dean with questions.

Youth Ministry
• Youth Roots Retreat – The annual presbytery youth Roots retreat will be on January 19th – 21st at CamptoknowHim. Please contact Matthew Elliott for details and registration.

Women’s Ministry
• Senior Sisters exercise class meets Mondays at the church, 10-11:30am
• Monthly lunch 1st Thursday of the month at Timbers Edge Clubhouse at 11
• Save the date for Women’s Christmas dinner, Wednesday, December 6th, at Huntsville Country Club from 6-8pm.

Men’s Ministry
• Senior Fellows – Our next breakfast will be at 9:00am on Tuesday, Dec. 5th.

Career Ministry – Bible study & fellowship meets at the home of Jim and Sharon Daughtry, Sundays at 5:30 pm.

See christpreshamptoncove.org for detailed news and upcoming events.

PRAYER REQUESTS Healing – Please pray for the health of the following individuals: Collins Bailey, Bill Cowley, Elizabeth Holton, Steve Terry and Kristy York

Expecting – Please pray for the Stephens (missionaries to Thailand) due in February and the Beams due in April.

Ministries: Please pray for the following missionaries and ministries:
• Seth and Jessica Lewis (Ireland)
• Steve and Rita Williams (New Zealand)
• Noah and Karleigh Stephens (Thailand)
• Vinnie and Molly Athey (RUF at UAH)
• Marcus and Jessica Nobles (RUF at Alabama A&M)
• Ken and Angie Burnett (FCA)
• Franky and Alaina Garcia (church plant in Canada)
• Dieter and Marty Paulson (church plant in Scottsboro, AL)
• The Huntsville Pregnancy Resource Center