POP Church

This coming Sunday, June 27th, our youth group will host a Fundraiser immediately following service. They will be selling individual servings of delicious and refreshing Fruit Salad. All proceeds will go to benefit our youth attending the upcoming event, “A Closer Walk” from July 15th – 17th.

A Closer Walk is a dynamic Christian youth event designed to help young people strengthen their relationship with Jesus Christ. Now in its 9th year, A Closer Walk continues to reach out to thousands of young Christians offering a weekend of fellowship and renewal. This inspiring event led by the Holy Spirit will touch hearts and change lives.

Families are welcome to join their children. This unique event takes place at Morey’s Piers in Wildwood, NJ. For more detailed information, please visit the website.

Thanks so much for your support!

Tonight our family changed the tone of our prayer before our dinner as we prayed for the families, the victims and all the lives affected by the earthquake in Haiti.  My heart breaks for them during this time. In times like these I am moved with compassion and I am proud to be a part of an organization that is quick to respond with the love and mercy of God, the Alliance.  God seems to have positioned us for such a time as this.   Please join me in prayer for the many Alliance workers and volunteers that will be responding in the days, months and years to come.  I look forward to our time together to seek the Lord for wisdom and direction in regards to our partnership with our brothers and sisters on the ground in Haiti.  I am also in prayer for the Alliance Haitian Association that I am sure has been deeply impacted and prayerfully will be deeply used by God.

May God Bless Each of You this evening,
Pastor Anthony

For more information on relief efforts or to donate, visit http://www.cmalliance.org/give/relief or call 719-265-2039.

I love Snow Days! On a snow day, when routines are suspended and life comes to a standstill, perhaps there is an invitation. We are invited to enter into a Sabbath time. We are gifted with the time, the space, and the quiet that are necessary to be with God and family. We can take some quiet time and not feel like there is something more worthwhile we should be doing. The snow day invites us to experience the gift of Sabbath but it is up to us to engage it with intention. Once we have tried it a few times and begin to appreciate the value of it, then we can promise ourselves that we will go against the culture and regularly give ourselves the gift of Sabbath. It may take a lot of planning and preparation. We might have to be determined. We might have to say no to other invitations. We might have to miss out on other enticing opportunities. We might fail. But I believe the gift of Sabbath is one that contributes to health and happiness in life. Sabbath can help us to engage the rest of life with more energy and enthusiasm. Sabbath transforms our busy lives with a touch of that peace that passes understanding. Sabbath is a very worthwhile discipline and practice. This is age old wisdom that has been neglected in our culture. Perhaps it is time to recapture it.  Let’s thank God for this very real Snow Day and give him thanks.

Genesis 2: 3: “God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; because in it He had rested from all His work which God created and made,”  “It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel for ever; for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed” (Exod. 31: 17).

Alison and I will be spending the morning in a time of family worship with our kids, you can join us in your own home with your own family.  We will sing a few carols and our readings will be from the following advent scripture.  Be Blessed.

Sun. Is. 11:1-10
Mon. Zech. 6:12-13
Tue. Mic. 5:2-4
Wed. Mal. 3:1-6
Thu. John 1:1-8
Fri. John 1:9-18
Sat. Mark 1:1-3

Sun. Luke 1:5-13
Mon. Luke 1:14-17
Tue. Luke 1:18-25
Wed. Luke 1:39-45
Thu. Luke 1:46-56
Fri. Luke 1:57-66
Sat. Luke 1:67-80

Sun. Is. 7:10-14
Mon. Luke 1:26-35
Tue. Is. 9:2-7
Wed. Mt. 1:18-25
Thu. Luke 2:1-20
Fri. Mt. 2:1-2
Sat. Luke 2:21-35