Facebookers I need your help!

For those of you on Facebook and other media devices, I have a mission for you! Could you please get the word out about our Easter Service this coming Saturday at 6:30 PM. By doing so you will be helping with our mission statement point # 2. Point Number two is, What's our mission?  Answer: To open as many conversations about Jesus with as many people as possible!

It's not about having a church full of people so we all feel good about ourselves. It's about getting people in a situation where we can have the Holy Spirit do His work in their life. It's about introducing them to the Savior who can change their life. AND it's a way for us to introduce our message to them which is, "God has a plan for your Life!"

So be creative and inviting, let people know about Praise Community Fellowship. Get on your device and start tweeting and face booking. Let the world know that God has a plan for their life and we want to tell them about it this Saturday at 6:30 PM Esic Baptist church.

A Reminder: Tonight everyone is invited to meet the Garden Club at the Show Place here in Edwardsville to see the movie, "God is Not Dead."  We will be attending the 6:45 showing. I hear this movie is doing very well so you may want to get your tickets early.  If you want to go and cannot get a ticket early, let me know and I will get your ticket this afternoon.

OK that's all for now so be a good disciple and start inviting people to find out about the plan God has for them. See you soon.

Love, Pastor Kent

This week!

Praise Community Fellowship and friends, this Wednesday we will be meeting at the "Edwardsville Showplace Theater" to see the movie, "God is Not Dead."  We will be attending the 6:45 showtime. This is a function of the Garden Club and all are invited. Bring your family and friends. I hope you can make it I have heard this movie is really good.

EASTER WORSHIP will be this SATURDAY at 6:30. We will come together to receive communion, and celebrate Jesus' breaking the bonds of death for all who choose to follow Him.

Take Away from Sunday's Service:   Jesus filtered His humanity through God, we filter God through our humanity!

Jesus was able to put aside His own comfort, desires, and preferences by completely focusing on Gods mission for His life.  We have the same opportunity, however we allow our own comfort, desires, and preferences to drown out the still small voice of God. When you grasp this it is very profound.

What's our message?   God has a plan for your life!
What's our mission?    To open as many conversations about the love of Jesus with as many people as possible.
Why do we want to open conversations about Jesus?  So people can discover God's plan for their life.
What's our method of opening these conversations?      To live our life as a demonstration of Jesus' Hope, Love, Forgiveness, Compassion, and Healing to everyone we meet. Because when people discover God's plan for their life, life changes. You are going to be changed when you start walking with God on the path He desires for you. There is comfort and adventure in that relationship.

Prayer: God forgive me for making you second in my life.  Forgive me for tuning your voice out. Help me to hear your voice through my busyness. Help me to hear your voice through the noise of my day. Help me to act on what ever it is you are directing me to do. Give me the  courage to say yes to whatever you place in my path.  In Jesus name Amen!

Hey, God has a plan for YOUR life!
See you Saturday, 6:30.   Love, pastor Kent

Palm Sunday

What does Palm Sunday, which happened over 2,000 years ago, say to you and your life today?
 I hope you will join us tonight and find out.

I keep telling you that God has a plan for your life.  I know some of you believe me and are seeing it start to happen. But for those of you who are still questioning everything about religion and God, welcome to the club, you have found the right church. I am all about questioning everything!

I am about getting to the bottom line, keeping it real.  What do the stories of the bible really mean to me, Kent Schuette and to you?  Is there really a God who hears us today?  If so then why all the crap in my life? If so why am I so frustrated? If so why are so many people bailing out of church?

And so here is what I have to say to all the skeptics, to those who are overworked, worn out, too busy, too frustrated, exhausted, bored, and just not into it.  I get it! But God is real, and he really does have a plan for your life.  Tonight, with the help of the Holy Spirit, (I'll explain more of what that means tonight too) I am going to show you how "Palm Sunday" can speak to YOU! That God is speaking to you and that He really really really does have a plan for ………….(plug in your name).

Hope to see you at 6:30.
Love, pastor Kent

Two thoughts for Saturday

Two thoughts for a beautiful day.

1.) We greatly under-utilize our greatest God given ability which is love. Love manifested changes peoples lives, both the recipient and the one manifesting Gods love.

2.) One of the greatest needs of Christians today is quiet time with God. We live in a very noisy world and God usually whispers.

God has a plan for you but you have to listen closely.

Love, pastor Kent

A Good Days Work

We got off to a good start today building the storage shed for Esic Baptist. Ken Winchester and I were the representatives from Praise Community Fellowship helping Chris Azar and Jerry Curran frame the shed.  Tomorrow it should be under roof. If you can lend a hand it would be appreciated. Work starts at 9:00AM.

Hope to see you all this Sunday!
God has a plan for your life, just keep listening because He will lead you to what He wants you to do.
Love, pastor Kent

Prayer

Dear God, Help me to hear your voice today as I go about my routines. Please be patient and persistent with me as I try to get better at not only hearing your voice but acting on what you are telling me to do. Help me to know how to become your disciple. Help me to live my life as a demonstration of Jesus' Hope, Love, Forgiveness, Compassion, and Healing. Amen

Get ready, because God has a plan for your life.
See you soon, pastor Kent

Work Day

Attention Praise Community Fellowship family:  This coming Friday and Saturday April 11th and 12th there is a work day scheduled at Esic Baptist church. A shed is going to be constructed as well as some clean up in and around the church. All help would be appreciated. Chris Azar will be heading up the work patrol. Work will begin at 9:00 AM both days.  Chris said he will also begin laying out the shed project at the church Thursday.
Thanks in advance for your help.

Sincerely, pastor Kent