fpcm - september 2010 newsletter

First Presbyterian Church, Mission Newsletter* VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 SEPTEMBER INTRODUCING OUR NEW NEW NEW Newsletter! Grace, Mercy and Peace to you from our Lord Jesus Christ. I hope you like our new Newsletter format!!! Pat and I were “wow-ed” when we met with Mission native and newsletter gal, Heather Marks. We loved t he way she made our newsletter come to life and captured our personality at First Presbyterian Church-Mission. It is my hope that this newsletter will be more than just a vehicle to pass on information about the congregation, alert you to upcoming dates and activities, and highlight what we h ave done in the past month. I want to capture the “spirit and story” of First Presbyterian Church-Mission and to speak to the hearts of people outside our worshipping community as well as to our Church family we see each week. Professor Ray Vander Laan- (our Adult Education video speaker) tells us that newsletters actually originated in the Old Testament times and they were called “Massebah” which is Hebrew for “standing stones”. He says - “Just as the people of ancient Israel erected ‘standing stones’ to commemorate God’s supernatural actions on their behalf, God wants each of us to be a “massebah”- a living, standing stone that God is shaping and cutting in order to build his kingdom. In the same way that people in ancient times were reminded of what God had done for them when they saw standing stones, God calls us to live godly lives so that the world will see our good deeds and want to know our God.” My hope is that when people read our newsletter, see our Church and meet each of us, we can share the great things God is doing in our lives! … Pastor Dave+ *PS: I think the first thing we need to do is to name this newsletter , so make sure to drop me an email to [email protected] with your suggestions for newsletter names (and why) and next month we’ll let the congregation choose… ...another RGV Connections publication Where God’s love makes all the difference! First Presbyterian Church — WORSHIP HOURS: Current Schedule : 9:30am Sunday School/Adult Ed 10:30am Worship Starting 10/31/2010: 8:30am Worship 9:30am Sunday School/Adult Ed 10:30 am Worship

fpcm - september 2010 newsletter

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