Announcements – September 6, 2024

Beloved Ones in the Lord,
This coming Sunday, September 8, our Fall Ministries kick off, and before introducing our sermon I want to make you aware of a couple of them.
Sunday School begins this week at 9:15 AM and there is something for everyone, from birth through our adults.   Our adults will be meeting in the Wordship Center and will be studying ‘The Lord’s Prayer.’  This will be an 8-week class, and I will be teaching the first lesson on the introduction to the prayer that we find in Matthew 6:1-8.
At 10:00 AM each week, we will enjoy a time of Fellowship before Worship. You’ll find refreshments in the Narthex, and we hope that you will take this opportunity to get to know one another better.
I also want to share with you the good news that on August 31, Gannon Miles successfully completed his one-year ministry internship with us.   On September 1, the Session hired him as our full-time Assistant to the Senior Pastor (this is not the same thing as an Assistant or Associate Pastor).  Gannon will be working alongside me and our Session as he continues to prepare for licensure in our Presbytery, and eventually ordination to the Gospel Ministry.  Welcome aboard my dear brother!
This Lord’s Day we will resume our preaching series on the Book of Ezekiel. Our text will be Ezekiel 4:1-8 (be sure to study the larger context of 4:1-5:17).  As you will see very quickly, this passage details a very bizarre series of actions taken by Ezekiel as ordered by the Lord.  Yet, despite what we find here, there is a vital, Christ-centered message for us contained in these ancient, inspired words.
I love you, each and every one, with all my heart,
Mike


ANNOUNCEMENTS

Meals and Fellowship
• Join us this Sunday for Second Sunday Lunch, immediately after worship. A sign up genius will go out by email in the coming days.
• We invite you to coffee and refreshments while extending a welcoming word to any visitors joining us for worship starting at 10am in the narthex.

Directory Pictures – Beginning next Sunday, if you need a picture for the church directory or would like to update your picture, Timothy Alhorn will be set up to take photographs in the narthex before the worship service.

Midweek Church Fellowship – Please join us for church-wide fellowship, dinner, and discipleship for all ages on Wednesday, September 25th from 5:30 to 7:30pm at the church. Dinner will be Lawler’s bbq. Adult discipleship classes include: (1) Gospel Implications for the Care of the Aged and (2) The Calling of One Another Ministry in the Local Church.

New Members Class – The next New Members Class will be on Sunday, September 29, 2-5pm with dinner served at 5pm. This class must be completed prior to becoming a member. There is a sign-up sheet in the narthex.

Women’s Ministry
• Fall Bible Studies are set to resume this coming week. Please join us!
-Tuesdays at 9:30am at the church – “Marriage: 6 Gospel Commitments Every Couple Needs to Make” by Paul David Tripp.
-Tuesdays at 6:00pm at Timbers Edge Clubhouse – “Revelation: Eternal King, Everlasting Kingdom” by Jen Wilkin.
-Wednesdays at 10:00am at the church – “Revelation: Eternal King, Everlasting Kingdom” by Jen Wilkin.
• Women’s monthly luncheon is held the first Thursday of the month at Timbers Edge Clubhouse at 11am.
Senior Sisters monthly meeting is on the third Thursday from 10-11:30am.
• Senior Sisters weekly exercise class meets Tuesdays at the church, 10:00 to 11:30am.
• Family Forum – Fellowship and teaching for our moms with elementary-aged children and younger will be Wednesday, September 18th from 6:30-8:30pm at the home of Leslie Jeffery.

Men’s Ministry
• Men’s Friday Bible study resumes on September 13 from 11:30am – 12:30pm, continuing the study of The Revelation.
• Men’s devotion/prayer time for young and mid-career men meets at the office of Paul Matheny on Tuesdays at 6:30am. This is a great time to get to know other men in the church. Please contact Adam Turnbull for details.
• Senior Fellows – Next breakfast will be at 9:00am on Tuesday, October 1st.

Youth Ministry – Sunday night youth fellowship will resume this Sunday from 4:30 to 6:30pm at the church house.

Career Ministry – Weekly fellowship and Bible study will resume this Sunday, 7:00pm at the home of Jim and Sharon Daughtry studying “The Knowledge of the Holy” by A. W. Tozer. Contact Jim or Sharon for details or any questions.

See christpreshamptoncove.org for detailed news and upcoming events.

PRAYER REQUESTS

Care and Healing – Please pray for the health of the following individuals: Collins Bailey, Maurice Belrose, Bill Cowley, Amy Fortenberry, Ken Galecki (brother of Leon Galecki), Sonny Henry, Elizabeth Holton, Joe Prinzinger (father of Joseph Prinzinger), Joe Sims, and Steve Terry

Expecting – Please pray for the Thornhills due in September and the Kings due in October.

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
Adam & Lisa Venable (Southside Presbyterian Church)