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February 2010

Dear Church Family,

As we face an uncertain world we can know with certainty of God’s love for us. During January I heard our conference treasurer, Rick Roy, recite the entire book of Galatians during our pastor’s meetings. As I heard him share with pathos the message from Paul I was moved. One text in particular struck me: “The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love” (5:6). My goal is that as a church family that we grow closer together by experiencing God’s love in our lives. In fact, I was so moved by hearing him share this passage that I have decided to begin studying the book of Galatians for my fall sermon series.

During February we will also conclude our 40 Days of Prayer by Dennis Smith about the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in our church. We will begin a week of prayer from Monday evening Feb. 8 through Friday evening Feb. 12 at our church. On Friday evening we will have a special Agape feast in conjunction with a celebration of the ordinances of the Communion service. This will be a special time for our church to come together, pray for one another, pray for our community, and to become more united in proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ. For those with young children we have a couple of our older young people who are going to help with some limited childcare during these meetings.

We had a number of significant highlights during the month of January. For one thing it appear that things are continuing to open up for a radio station on the western slope of Colorado. We are going ahead with the application process. At the moment we have received pledges for $1,900 of our $3,000 church goal. Another highlight was the Adventurer camp-in at the school and the Pathfinder Bible Bowl (despite being postponed). I’m so thankful for our church’s commitment to our young people.

During February the worship and music committee is moving forward with a new order of worship service. I am excited about this because this has been highlighted to me as one of the most important needs that our congregation has, and we are now able to become more intentional about planning how we conduct our worship services.

We are going to be blessed with a number of some of the best speakers in the Seventh-day Adventist Church at our church during the month of February. On Feb. 6, Dr. Bill Knott, the editor of The Adventist Review and Adventist World, will be speaking. Because we have some guests from out-of-town we will have a special potluck on that Sabbath as well as the regularly scheduled potluck on Feb. 13. On that second Sabbath (Feb. 13) Elder Maurice Valentine will be coming back to speak at our church. Some of you will remember that he conducted a church health assessment a year ago. In the afternoon he will give a seminar on discipleship. Then on Feb. 20 Elder Mike Ryan, a vice-president of the General Conference, will speak. Finally, on Feb. 27, our Adventurer Club will be leading our church service.

Last but not least, on Feb. 28 (Sunday evening) at 6:30 pm our church will have a school constituency meeting to discuss the school budget for the next school year. Please plan to come and support Adventist education by attending this meeting. Your participation is invaluable.

May the love of Jesus Christ fill your life today and in the coming month is my prayer.

God Bless,
Michael W. Campbell
Pastor

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