This year’s Couples Conference will be held at Cambria Suites in Noblesville off Exit 10. Dr. Bob Loggans, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Watertown, WI, will be our speaker. He was ordained in November of 1982 and has counted Psalm 40:8 as a favorite verse throughout his years in ministry: I delight to do thy will, O my God; yea, thy law is within my heart. He has served as the pastor of two churches, as an evangelist, and as a faculty, staff and administrative member of Maranatha Baptist Bible College. He currently teaches at Maranatha on an adjunct basis and serves as a member of the Board of Trustees.

He received an M.A. and an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Maranatha. He and his wife, Pamela, have four children. In his free time, Dr. Loggans enjoys walking, reading, biking, hunting and music.

Session 1- Friday at 7:00 p.m.

Session 2- Saturday at 10:00 a.m.

Session 3- Saturday at 1:00 p.m.

Almost all of us have something that we fear. Some of those fears are a little more unique than others. I read about some phobias this week that I’d never heard of before:

Peladophobia: the fear of bald people.
Chaetophobia: fear of hairy people.
Porphyrophobia: fear of the color purple.
Auroraphobia: fear of the northern lights.
Calyprophobia: fear of obscure meanings.
Odontophobia: fear of teeth.
Phobophobia: fear of being afraid.

I think many of us fear the unknown. Many Christians fear being attacked by a hostile world. Parents fear seeing their children targeted in a world that’s increasingly hostile to their faith.

But in v. 14, Peter tells Christians facing extreme persecution, “Be not afraid of their terror (intimidation), neither be troubled.”

Our response to this world’s intimidation and hostility does not need to be fear. God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, of love, of a sound mind (2 Tim. 1:7).

In fact, v. 15 says there is a hope that is in us. Our response to this world’s hostility should be hope, not fear.

This morning we saw why we should love life. Tonight we’ll see why we should love the good life. Look at verse 10 “For he that will love life, and see good days.”

This is what most people today want-the good life. They want to love life and see good days.

That’s what we say to each other “Have a good day.” Our founding documents say that’s our inalienable right-life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We want a happy life. We want the good life.

The problem is we look in the wrong places. Most people think they’ll find the good life in cars, houses, money, clothes, drugs, alcohol, etc.

Solomon is an biblical example. We saw this in Ecclesiastes. Here’s the man who has everything. 2 Chron. 9:4 says the Queen of Sheba had her breath taken away by all his wealth and power. But Solomon says in Eccles. 2:17 after all his pursuits of happiness, “Therefore I hated life.”

How many people today really love life and see truly good days?

Join us for Sanctity of Life Sunday on January 21, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. We will celebrate life with our annual Baby Dedication and hear why it’s so important to protect the rights of the unborn. We will also hear a testimony from a church member who works each week at the LifeCenters giving hope to young women to help them make the right choice.

On Saturday, January 28, Colonial Hills Baptist Church is hosting a 1-1-1 Purity Conference designed to give tools of success to teens for purity in their generation.  The keynote speakers are Dr. Rand Hummel and Dr. Jim Schettler.  A church van is leaving at 8:30 a.m. and will return at 5:30 p.m.  Cost is $19 with lunch provided.

We’re in a section of this letter where Peter calls us as Christians to submit to God-given authorities. In chapter 2, he tells Christians citizens to submit to government authorities, even pagan authorities. He tells Christians employees to submit to their bosses, even mean bosses. We saw last week that he calls wives to submit to their own husbands, even unsaved husbands, because through her testimony and life, he may be won to Christ.

But in verse 7, Peter turns to the men. So, husbands, if you were “amening” a little too loudly lastly week, if you were thinking “Hey. This is great. I always thought I liked Peter the bold fisherman. He really was a man’s man. He told the women and let us off the hook.” Actually verses 1-6 were just the bait to get us on the hook and this week he’s going to reel us in.

During a wedding rehearsal, the groom approached the pastor with an unusual offer: “Look, I’ll give you $100 if you’ll change the wedding vows. Just leave out the part about ‘love, honor and be faithful to her forever.’ He slipped the minister a $100 bill and walked away satisfied.

On the day of the wedding, when it came time for the groom’s vows, the pastor looked the young man in the eye and said, “Will you promise to obey her every command and wish, serve her breakfast in bed every morning of your life, and swear eternally before God that you’ll never even look at another woman, as long as you both shall live?”

The groom gulped and looked around, and said in a tiny voice, “Yes,” then leaned toward the pastor and hissed, “I thought we had a deal.”

The pastor put the $100 bill into the groom’s hand and whispered, “She made me a better offer.”

We laugh at how extreme those wedding vows are, but many people today would look at our text-and say “That is extreme.” 1 Pet. 3:1 says, “Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands…”

Why does that idea sound so repulsive to modern Americans? Why is “submission” such a dirty word today?

I think the primary reason is abuse, so before we look at what this passage says submission is, let’s see what it’s not?

Moms4Moms meets this Thursday. In fact, M4M meets the second Thursday of every month from 10-11:30 am to encourage young mothers of preschool through school age students and to equip them to grow their families for God’s glory. This year’s teaching series is entitled The Promised One. Come join us as we see Christ in the book of Genesis.

Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament Promo from Crossway on Vimeo.

Remember God’s blessings in 2011 with a special service including a year-in-review video and a light supper. Please bring a dozen sandwiches and chips or cookies for Saturday, Dec. 31st. The service will last from 6-7 pm. Supper will be served at 7:00.

During the Christmas season, we hear a lot of Christmas carols. But one of the most popular is, “Silent Night.” And not just for Christians, but for all Americans.

I was amazed when I went online and found it’s been performed by everyone from the Vienna Boys Choir to Willie Nelson, from Nat King Cole to Neil Diamond, from Johnny Cash to Josh Groban, from Bing Crosby to Boyz2Men.It’s a very popular song.

And to tell the truth, it’s one of my favorites. But even though it’s a popular song, have you ever thought about the words? Was it really a silent night? The night, of course, refers to the night of Jesus’ birth. And for those of you who remember your first baby’s birth, “Was it that silent?”

Remember Mary went into labor that night. And as far as I know most of us wouldn’t characterize childbirth with words like “mild” or “calm” or “silent.” And most newborns aren’t very good at sticking to noise curfews either, are they? Then you add a stable of barnyard animals, and it’s somewhat difficult to believe that it was really a silent night.Maybe it wasn’t really a silent night.

And yet all of us this Christmas want a silent night. And I don’t just mean that the neighbor kid would turn down his music.  I’m referring to the silent night of your soul. “Does your soul feel safe at night? Do you sleep in heavenly peace? What if you passed away in your sleep? Where would you go?

When I was kid I prayed “Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray thee Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake I pray thee Lord my soul to take.”

I was praying for a silent night. That I could rest secure. That I could sleep knowing my soul was safe.

Do you know if you died tonight, that your soul would be safe? Do you sleep in heavenly peace?

In this sermon, we’ll look at three silent nights that will answer these questions.

For the past few years I’ve begun my Christmas sermons with a popular Christmas song-”Silent Night,” “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas,” and last year “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.” Probably all of us have favorite Christmas songs that we enjoy hearing and singing this time of year.

This morning we’re going to look at what many have called the first Christmas song. A song that can bring peace to our worry-filled hearts.

In the first part of Luke 1, the angel Gabriel appears to two women telling them they’re pregnant. Mary’s cousin Elizabeth and her husband Zechariah are “well stricken in years” that phrase was used of people in their 80s, but in v. 13, Gabriel tells Zechariah his wife is expecting. Then in v. 28 Gabriel comes to Mary and tells her she will be pregnant.

Two women find out they are expecting baby boys with two different reactions. One elderly married woman who couldn’t get pregnant was told she would be. Her young unmarried cousin who shouldn’t be pregnant is told she’s about to be.

How would you react if you were Mary? She’s probably about 15 years old, and an angel pops out of nowhere and tells you you’re going to have a baby-who is the Son of God.

Like Mary, you may have a lot to worry about. And so you need to hear Mary’s song.

In a few days, my wife and I will get on a plane with our two girls and head down to Grammy’s house in Raleigh, NC. Now I love my in-laws. And I love southern winters. I lived in the south for eight years. And it’s nice when “a really cold day” is in the low 40s.

And yet there’s something about going out on Christmas day to play football in t-shirts and even shorts, that just doesn’t seem right to someone like me who grew up in Indiana.

A couple years ago, her family took us to see the musical “White Christmas.” You even got a free cookie and hot chocolate at intermission. But all the talk about a “White Christmas” seemed a little artificial since it was in the mid 60s outside. We weren’t even wearing jackets.

I find it interesting that Irving Berlin reportedly wrote the song, “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas” at the side of his pool in LA.

Yet that’s the reason the song is so popular. Because no matter where you’re at this time of year, the song stirs up Christmas emotions.

They say Bing Crosby’s version sold 50 million copies. And when you count other versions, the song has sold 100 million. It’s ranked as the #1 Christmas song of all time.

But what really made the song popular was the way it struck a chord with the soldiers fighting in the WWII. And with their families who were waiting for them back home.

Imagine being a young kid in WWII on the other side of the world. Some of you were. You’re eating army rations or starving in a POW camp. Fearing for your life. Thousands of miles away from your family and your home. Or imagine being a family member.

And think of those words. I’ll just read them and spare you my singing.

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten,
and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white

You see the soldiers’ dream was for more than just frozen precipitation or some Yankee weather. It was what? An aching longing to be home. They wanted the war to be over. They wanted to go home and enjoy their families and live their lives.

For them dreaming of a white Christmas was a noble dream-an aching longing for a better future.

And yet long before WWII, someone else was dreaming a similar dream. Someone else had an aching longing for a better future. And that someone was God.

And here in this passage, 700 years before Christ, the prophet Isaiah tells us about God’s aching longing.

And in v. 18 we read, “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”

This is the white Christmas God is longing for-for us-that our lives stained by crimson-red, would be washed as white as snow.

At the conclusion of Sunday night’s service we will celebrate Pastor’s 60th birthday with a short video and a cupcake reception in the Fellowship Hall. Remember to keep it a surprise and be sure to wear black Sunday night.

Tomorrow (Dec. 10) at Loose’s Carriage House, ladies are invited to “Christmas Memories,” a ladies’ Christmas program and brunch from 10 am- 12 pm. Tickets are $5. Teenage girls are also welcome. Contact the church office at (765) 643-7853 for tickets.

There are a lot of Christmas questions I could ask you today, like…

Will you be traveling out of town?
Will you be seeing friends and family?
Have you finished your shopping?

But my question for you this morning is “Who are you kissing this Christmas?”

Now when I ask that question, the first thing we probably think of is famous song sung in 1952 by a 13 year boy, named Jimmy Boyd who told us about how he saw his mommy kissing Santa Claus. The song was commissioned by Neiman Marcus to promote their store’s Christmas card that year.

But the Catholic Church in Boston condemned the song for mixing kissing and Christmas, but little Jimmy met with the Archdiocese and explained that kissing under the mistletoe has been a longtime Christmas tradition. After the meeting the ban was lifted, and the song went on to become the year’s #1 hit. It has become a classic—sung by many famous artists over the decades. And even made into a movie a few years ago.

Now regardless of what you think of the song, you’d have to admit, that it’s a clever idea. Clearly Santa is just Daddy in disguise, but to little eyes this would be a scandal.

And so that brings us back to my question for you this morning is “Who will you be kissing this Christmas?”

Let me make some recommendations of who you should kiss. Here’s my top 4.

#4 Kiss your mom.

That’s just a no brainer. If your mom’s still alive, kiss her.

#3 Kiss your kids.

I love kissing my little girls they’re so cute and cuddly and kissable.
Maybe you say “But my kids are in their 60s. They’re not cute, cuddly or kissable.” Well kiss them anyway.

#2 Kiss your spouse.

This is something you should do all the time. I read recently that the way a wife can keep her husband loyal is by giving him a 6 second kiss every morning before he goes out the door. Try it this week. You may gross your kids out. You may want to brush your teeth before he goes to work. But kiss your spouse.

This brings us to the #1 Person you should kiss this Christmas. And that is the Person of Jesus Christ. Kiss the Son of God.

If this sounds a little strange, it’s because we need to understand Ps. 2. This was written 1,000 years before the first Christmas—by David the great King of Israel.

Be sure to mark your calendar for upcoming Christmas events this month:

Dec. 10, 10a- Ladies’ Christmas Brunch at Looses’ Carriage House

Dec. 13, 6:30p- Indiana Christian Academy Christmas Program

Dec. 16, 7p- Old Brass Ball Game at Heritage Hall Christian School in Muncie; 5:30p Junior High

Dec. 17, 7p- Teen Christmas Party at Dave and Cindy Luttrull’s house

Dec. 18, 6p- Cantata “Gift of a Lifetime”

Dec. 21, 7p- Caroling and Cocoa

Dec. 24, 5p- Christmas Eve Candle Light service

Dec. 31, 6-8p- New Year’s Eve Year-in-Review service and supper

There are many people today, including Christians, who are angry and bitter and critical. But they would justify it by saying, “But you don’t know what happened to me? This person has hurt me, or mistreated me or let me down. Therefore I have the right to criticize or slander and hold a grudge against him.”

Other Christians say, “I’ve been hurt unjustly, but I will not become bitter, I will not retaliate and criticize and slander. I choose to return evil for good, to bless rather than curse.”

If you had to choose between 2 options this morning:
2 answers on a test, A or B. Would you say…
A) I’m willing to suffer. Or
B) I’m wanting my rights?

I think most people today would want their rights.

Everyone wants their rights-ethnic rights, reproductive rights, immigrant rights, homosexual rights, workplace rights. And they’ll express their grievances with walkouts or boycotts or strikes or even political uprisings.

Now I’m not saying there’s never a place for arbitration between labor and management. The Bible says “the laborer is worthy of his hire” (1 Tim. 5:18). The Bible has a lot to say about working hard and giving an honest day’s work and it also talks about paying people fairly and taking care of the less fortunate.

The question we’re looking at today is: A Christian’s response to government? How should a Christian respond to authority?

If I had gone around the lobby before church and asked the question “What do you think about our government?” I’m sure I would have gotten a lot of opinions, a lot of strong opinions-probably some negative opinions.

Of course this week we had the opportunity to cast a ballot in local elections. Our city elected a new mayor. The city of Elwood elected a mayor whose family comes to our church and whose wife works in our school.

But what happens when you don’t like the results of the election? When you’re stuck with someone as your authority who you don’t like?

Our service Sunday night was a spotlight on our Kidstown children’s church ministry.

The service featured music, games and a Bible lesson chalk talk.

Watch some video clips from the night below:

This Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at Grace Baptist Church in Anderson, IN, we honored those men and women who have served our country with patriotic music, a tribute to all veteran’s present, a military flag ceremony and a special wreath ceremony for those who lost a loved one in military action.

In the evening service at 6:00 we heard testimonies from church members who lost loved ones in war.

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The world is changing around us. But are we changing the world? Are we influencing those around us?

You might say, “But some people don’t want to change.” And that’s true. I heard about a man in Nashville who bought a new radio, brought it home, placed it on the refrigerator, and plugged it in. He turned it to WSM 650, home of the Grand Ole Opry, and then he pulled off all the knobs! That was the only station he wanted. He didn’t want anything to change.

You say “With so many people who don’t want to change, how can we, as Christians influence those around us?”

We look at the life of a man like Steve Jobs. There’s a guy who influenced those around him.

His just-released biography reveals that it was cancer that brought his life into focus. He no longer wanted to go out. No longer wanted to travel the world. He put all his focus on the products.  He knew the couple of things he wanted to do, the iPhone and then the iPad. If we as Christians had that kind of focus, we could influence those around us.

In these two verses tonight we find the two most important issues in the world-men’s souls and God’s glory.

American society is obsessed with self-image. We are told that if we can just have an adequate self-image, then rest of our lives will be successful and well-adjusted.

And yet according to surveys in America:
• 13% of American women consider themselves pretty.
• 28% of American men think themselves handsome.
• 94% of American men would change something about their looks if they could.
• 99% of American women would change something about their looks if they could.

Hall of Fame quarterback Broadway Joe Namath had such a high opinion of himself, he wrote a book titled “I Can’t Wait Until Tomorrow…’Cause I Get Better-Looking Every Day.”

Even today you can go to Barnes and Noble or the local library and read hundreds of books and magazine articles on how to improve your self-image.

But often our self-image is based on what the world tells us we are.

Everyone is invited to the 2nd annual Harvest Family Night at Grace Baptist Church. Here are pictures of last year’s safe indoor alternative to Halloween on Monday, Oct. 31 at 6 p.m. Come enjoy have hay rides, a bounce house, carnival games, apple cider, s’mores, a bonfire and more.

Below are photos from last years Harvest Family Night:

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When you come to the end of your life, will you be disappointed?

• Hugo Grotius, the father of modern international law, said at the end, “I have accomplished nothing in my life.”

• John Quincy Adams, our 6^th President wrote in his diary, “My life has been spent in vain and idle aspirations…”

• Robert Louis Stevenson wrote this for his epitaph? “Here lies one who meant well, who tried a little, and failed much.”

The ultimate disappointment would be to find that everything you lived for- has been in vain. To come to the end of your life and find out that your faith was in vain. Peter’s writing to a group of people who realize their end could be imminent. They’re about to face fiery persecution and so they need to know whether their hope is solid or whether it’s in vain. They need to know that they will not experience ultimate disappointment.

If you look at the last word in verse 6, that’s what that word “confounded” means-disappointed. Peter says “Here’s how you can know that you will not be confounded, you will not be ultimately disappointed. Here’s a rock-solid foundation. There’s a stone that will keep you from being disappointed.”

They say overeating, not the gym, is the reason Americans continue to get bigger and bigger. A CDC study found that every day American women eat 335 calories more than they did 30 years ago and men eat 168 more calories.

According to numbers compiled from the FDA and USDA, the average American consumes a ton of food and drinks every year. Literally 1,996 pounds. That’s 110 pounds of red meat. 124 pounds of wheat and flour. 415 pounds of veggies. 53 gallons of soda pop. But by far the most consumed product is dairy- 600 pounds of dairy products. Apparently all those “Got Milk?” commercials worked.

Unfortunately many of us are also consuming too much spiritual junk food, and not enough of the pure milk of the Word. This morning we’ll look at a diet for healthy growth in our Christian lives.

This morning in church one of my two girls made a really cool pinwheel. Well, on the way home both of my girls wanted the really cool pinwheel. So that set off WWIII. Like Hatfields and McCoys, they attacked and retaliated through the early afternoon.

I won’t ask you to raise your hands, but how many of you have sibling rivalries that develop-even as you’re coming home from church? You’ve just worshipped in the Lord’s house. You’ve just heard from His Word. And boom, the Battle Royale.

Now unfortunately this problem doesn’t just apply to the younger members of our audience tonight. As adults we experience sibling rivalry in church, in the family of God.

We fight and we get offended and get our feelings hurt and retaliate. And often, in light of eternity, we’re fighting over something as insignificant as a pinwheel.

But tonight we’re going to see that the proper response to brothers and sisters in the family of God is not sibling rivalry. It’s sincere love.

Moms4Moms will be going on a fall outing to the Stony Creek Farm in Noblesville on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Bring a sack lunch. Here are some of the activities:

Country Market

Prices Vary

If you get hungry or thirsty, stop by the Country Market for all kinds of goodies! We’ve got corn dogs, hot dogs, chili fries, burgers, and more! If you’ve got a sweet tooth, we can take care of that as well. Elephant ears, apple dumplings, and slushies are among our sweeter menu. Prices range from $1 - $5 per item.

Hayrides

1 ticket per each rider

Children one year old and under are free! Hayrides during the weekend load up near the Greenhouse/Nursery, and run about every 15-20 minutes. It will take you out to the patch to gather your pumpkins, come back around a little later to pick you up, and bring you back to the Greenhouse. This is where you will pay for the pumpkins you have chosen. Cash, checks, and credit cards are accepted at the Greenhouse.

Kiddiepillar

1 ticket per each child

Sounds strange, doesn’t it? The kiddiepillar is a giant, inflatable caterpillar that young children can crawl through. Children enter the front of the caterpillar and come out the end. Shoes are not permitted to be worn inside and must be removed prior to entry. Shoes are kept at the front of the inflatable by the staff member overseeing the activity.

Haunted House

2 tickets per each child

This giant, inflatable haunted house is child-friendly! It is a small, easy to navigate maze with inflatable ghosts, vampires, etc., throughout. Most children are not frightened, but some very young children have expressed fear. Adults may enter with their children for the same ticket cost if they desire. Be assured that nothing in this haunted house can injure children. There are no traps, actors, or any other intense props.

Playground Equipment

FREE

Our playground equipment is free to families who are visiting the farm. We have swings, a fort, a slide, and big ol’ tractor tires for children to climb on. We even have a small tractor buried into the ground for curious kids to check out!

This activity is suitable for children 2 - 12 years of age. Parents, please watch out for your little ones! The Playground Equipment does not have an appointed staff member and is unattended. Please do not leave your children unattended for any amount of time on the Straw Pile.

Straw Pile

FREE

It may look like just a bunch of straw…because it is! However, kids have a blast playing and jumping through it. The straw pile is also free to families who are visiting the farm.

This activity is suitable for children 2 years of age and up. Parents, please watch out for your little ones! The Straw Pile does not have an appointed staff member and is unattended. Please do not leave your children unattended for any amount of time on the Straw Pile.

Farm Animals

FREE

Come out and see all of our adorable farm animals! We’ve got all kinds of furry and feathered friends for you to meet. Goats, donkeys, rabbits, chickens, and more!

Please be aware that some animals may bite! Petting or handling the rabbits, chickens, or ducks is discouraged. Please use common sense! If an animal looks like it doesn’t want to be bothered, it is best to leave it alone.

There is a feeding station nearby so that families may feed the donkeys and goats. Remember, keep your palms flat! Doing so will keep them from accidentally nipping hands. There is also a hand sanitizer station nearby so you may clean your hands afterward.

Parents, please watch your children and teenagers around the animals. Do not let them chase, tease, or hurt any of our furry friends. They are apart of our family, too!

Friday night Karie and I went to the Mainstage Theater here in Anderson to watch the Sound of Music. You’re probably familiar with the story of how Maria goes from being nun to become a nanny for seven children.

In one of the scenes, Maria is in her bedroom at night during a thunderstorm and every time the thunder booms, another couple children run down the hall and jump into her bed. Karie and I have that happen with a little two year old and a four year old.

And it’s understandable. Even as an adult, I’ve been in thunderstorms, that were downright frightening when you see all that power.

To many people when you talk about the fear of God, they picture an angry deity in the sky who’s waiting to zap us with lightening bolts.

That’s the caricature in many people’s minds. No wonder America is not that God-fearing nation that we used to be.

To talk about “the fear of God” is politically incorrect. It’s psychologically unacceptable.

Last month in USA Today, Oliver Thomas wrote, “I suspect that a deep-seated fear of God lies behind much of the neurosis - if not actual psychosis - that we see in the world today. No person is as sick as a person who is sick on bad religion.”

Yet our passage begins with the command to fear God. Look at the end of v. 17 “pass the time of your sojourning here in fear.”
But our passage ends with the command to hope in God. Look at the end of v. 21, “That your faith and hope might be in God.”

Maybe some of you are saying, “Wait, I thought this letter of Peter’s was about hope, not fear? We already have plenty to fear. I thought this letter was the answer to our fears. That’s the series title, Hope in Trials.

Isn’t fear the opposite of what we’ve been talking about? Aren’t fear and hope mutually exclusive? Aren’t fear and joy incompatible? How can you have fear and love? Doesn’t the Bible say “Perfect loves casts out all fear?” Doesn’t it say, “God has not given you a spirit of fear?” Doesn’t God say in other places, “Fear thou not for I am with thee?”

You see when a tragedy hits, especially a tragedy on the scale of 9/11, what’s one of the first questions people ask-”Where was God at the World Trade Towers? Where was God in the hurricane or the tsunami or the earthquake? Where was God?

Sometimes even Jesus’ followers ask this question. And this is not a new. In fact, we’re going to see that 2,000 years ago, 2 of Jesus’ most loyal followers and closest friends, Mary and Martha asked the same question “Where were you, Lord, when tragedy was hitting our family?

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On Sept. 11, 2011 Grace Baptist Church will honor firefighters and emergency personnel from Madison County. As we pay tribute to the 343 FDNY firefighters who gave their lives in New York City, we also want to recognize our own firefighters who put their lives on the line every day.

Come join us for this special service and memorial tribute. During the Sunday School hour, children will enjoy a fire prevention demonstration complete with a remote control fire truck from the Anderson Fire Department. During the service we will watch a special video and Dan Siek, a firefighter in our church will present the Ringing of the Bell ceremony, followed by Amazing Grace on the bagpipes.

After the service you can stay to watch a Jaws of Life demonstration in the parking lot by our own Melvin Wittkamper and local volunteer firefighters.