BIG PLANS for 2019 - And we're on our way!

January 17, 2019 – We have big plans for so many great and positive changes in the Harding Street church of Christ in this new year.  The elders met with several of the ladies about renovating the kitchen and the ladies restroom in the annex to better suit our needs.  New partitions, new cabinets and counters, and a new commercial dishwasher are now in the works.  

We want to be better organized in our service to God, to the church, and to our guests.  The church of Christ at Harding Street is blessed by God with so many gifted and talented members.  It would be so good to have every member using their gifts and talents to glorify God.  So, if you have not yet filled out a “Member Profile Sheet,” please do so this Sunday.  Copies are located on the table in the lobby.  Just fill it out and place it in the plastic holder on the table.  Our desire is to fulfill the Lord’s directive in I Corinthians 14:40.

We have three of the finest men in the church serving as deacons; David Blaylock, Tony Chenault, and Gary Watters.  They have so much work to do and are in need of help.  This Sunday (20th) we begin the process of appointing additional men to serve as deacons at Harding Street.  To the church:  Please read I Timothy 3:8-15 and recommend men of the church who will serve the church well as additional deacons.  We have until Sunday evening, February 3^rd to make our recommendations.  The eldership will then meet with those we have recommended and place the names before the congregation on February 10.  The church will have two weeks to review these men and Lord willing, we will appoint additional deacons on Sunday morning, February 24^th.  Copies of the “Deacon Recommendation Sheet” are located on the table in the lobby.  Please recommend as many men as you deem qualified.  Thank you so much for your love and commitment to the Lord’s church at Harding Street.

Our theme for January on Sunday morning is: “God’s Power through the Principles of Prayer.”  We have looked at the DEMAND that we pray.   Last Sunday we looked at the DESCRIPTION of prayer; “supplications, prayers, intercessions, and the giving of thanks.”  TODAY we will consider the DIRECTION of Prayer.  Jesus spoke about prayer in Matthew 6:5-6 and said, “And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites.  For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men.”  It seems that these people had lost the “direction” of prayer.  They were praying to men.  Jesus said, “Pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.”  We pray to the Father in the name of the Son for everyone and in everything.  This we will do.

We’re in the process of getting our website www.hardingstreetcoc.com up and running again.  Linda Fulkerson from the Downtown congregation has special expertise in this area and is working on our site now.  I can’t hardly wait to see how it will look and all the great things we can do to further the gospel of Christ over the internet.  May God bless our efforts with a harvest of new Christians in the coming days is my prayer!  Our task is to plant and water.  God gives the increase in His own time and pace.