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September 2023

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  Dignitas Ladies' Ministry Dinner Join us for Hawaiian Chicken, fellowship, Word, and a creative project! Friday, September 1st  6:30 PM Labor Day Service and Cookout Following our 11:00 service on Sunday, we will be firing up the grill and enjoying fellowship at our Annual Labor Day Cookout! Join us for worship and fellowship! Sunday, September 3rd 10:00 AM Bible Study 11:00 AM Worship and Cookout Kids Church! Can you say, "Lights! Camera! Puppets!" Join us at 10:00 AM this Sunday morning for a special kids church kick-off to the month downstairs! Sunday, September 3rd 10:00 AM Ministry on Fire Wednesday Join us for a tag team preaching service with special singing and Word! This is going to be a dynamic service! Wednesday, September 6th 7:00 PM  (6:30 PM Prayer Service) Iron Sharpeneth Iron Men's Breakfast Join us for a time of coffee and fellowship! This month's breakfast will be held at Cindy B's in Murphysboro, Illinois. Saturday, September 9th 9:00 AM O...

A Personal Altar

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In Psalm 63:1, David wrote, "O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is." The Christian life, at best, would be described as a walk or journey of faith. At few points are we invited to put down stakes into the ground and sit a spell. Instead, we move through seasons:  -     - seasons of valleys and seasons of mountaintops -     - seasons of plenty and seasons of drought -     - seasons of sunshine and seasons of darkest night -     - seasons of rain and flood, and seasons where we must prime the pump with the waters of yesterday to draw today's sustenance. This journey has a map, to be sure, but the signposts can be confusing at times. Other times, we venture into places without seeming to find direction at all. But the destination is clear. It is in ALL of these times that we must build, time and again, one of the most ...