We had a great day this past Sunday at Enola! We had a good crowd again (131) with just about every Christian and guest staying after the service to visit and discuss life and living in our lobby and in the parking lot (By the way, we just paved and restriped our parking areas). If you haven’t visited with the Enola Church of Christ in a while, come out to the country for a visit.
Now, before you come out, just know that you might decide to stay longer than you thought, maybe even decide to become a member of the church of Christ at Enola. You will find our facilities to be very inviting, comfortable, and beautiful. You will notice that the Christians at Enola love God. We love one another and try to help one another as we have opportunity. Of course, we are not perfect in any sense of the word, but we are trying to be more like our Lord, Jesus Christ in life and living. We often fall short of the Lord’s expectations. We are trying to learn from our mistakes. You will find that Enola is a quiet and peaceful town, a refuge in these times of busyness, strain and stress.
Our Bible classes are literally filled with the Bible; Bible pages turning, Christians reading the Bible, Bible discussion, and just thinking about the Bible, God’s word to mankind. That’s the way it should be.
When we worship together on the Lord’s Day every Sunday we sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs without the use of mechanical instruments of music. Our hearts and voices are the only instruments we use to make melody to the Lord. Simple. Pure. No complications.
We do a lot of praying. We usually pray at least six times every Sunday morning, maybe even more. We pray because we need to talk to our Father about our needs, the needs of others, and the needs of our world in addition to prayers of thanksgiving and communion. Speaking of “communion,” we eat the Lord’s Supper every first day of the week, every Sunday. We remember Jesus when He suffered and died on the cross and we examine ourselves to allow Him to cleanse us of any and every sin and shortcoming. We eat the unleavened bread first then the fruit of the vine because that is the way the Lord and His disciples did it. Paul taught the church at Corinth much about the way the church should share in the Lord’s Supper together (1 Corinthians 11).
Every Sunday we give a portion of our financial means to the Lord to be overseen by our eldership so that the church can be the shining light we need to be in our community and in the world. We are learning and growing in our commitment to stewardship.
Every Sunday I share two sermons; one at 11:30 and another at 5:15. Currently we are studying about commitment on Sunday morning and on Sunday evening we are studying about the seven wonders of God’s love. I am enjoying these lesson series very much. I hope that the church and our guests will grow from these studies from God’s word.
On Sunday morning at 10:00 one of our elders, Brother Eddie Hawkins is teaching the adults on the subject of “Attitudes” and on Wednesday evening at 7:00 I am teaching about the Deep Things of God. We are growing in every way out in the country; growing to love God with a deeper understanding, growing to love one another as Christ loves us, growing to love our family, friends, and neighbors, not just with words but with deeds and in truth, growing to love the world so that we can effectively share the gospel of Christ with whoever will listen.
Come and see. You’ll be glad that you did. Just be prepared to stay a while, maybe even stay and grow with us for a lifetime.
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