Join us this Sunday as we welcome Richard Guenther into membership of the church. 

Our Sunday School youth from grades 1-6 will be presenting Special Music at the 9:30 service.

Pastor will be speaking from Mark 12:38-44.

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Things you need to know:

1. The Appreciative Inquiry event will be held next Saturday, Nov. 14, from 8:30-4 p.m.  Sign up with Bob and Lucy Jerue

2. For the next two Sundays our Fellowship Committee will hold a bake sale featuring fresh homemade baked goods made with locally grown cranberries.  Fresh berries will also be available.  Don’t miss out!

3. Mark your calendar now for our Holiday Festival & Craft Show on November 21 from 10-5.  Photos with Mr. & Mrs. Claus, crafters and vendors, baked goods, and lunch all in the same place.

4. There will be a meeting of all parents of 5th – 8th graders and anyone interested in helping with our Kids for Christ program at 10:45 this Sunday.

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Please remember in prayer ~

Richard Wood

Roger Wolcott

Praise for the birth of Rebekah Lee Channell

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How to be Happy – Read Psalm 146

Everyone wants to be happy. But many fail in their quest to find that elusive prize because they are looking in the wrong places.

Proverbs 16:20 tells us, “Whoever trusts in the Lord, happy is he.” And Psalm 146:5 indicates that happiness comes to those who find their help and hope in God.

The foundation for happiness is a proper relationship with the Lord. But to fully experience that happiness, we must build on that foundation in practical ways. I found this list of Ten Rules for Happier Living:

1. Give something away.
2. Do a kindness.
3. Give thanks always.
4. Work with vim and vigor.
5. Visit the elderly and learn from their experience.
6. Look intently into the face of a baby and marvel.
7. Laugh often—it’s life’s lubricant.
8. Pray to know God’s way.
9. Plan as though you will live forever—you will.
10. Live as though today is your last day on earth.

These are excellent ideas for living a happy life. Undergird each of these rules with praise, and your happiness will be complete. “Praise the Lord, O my soul! While I live I will praise the Lord” (Ps. 146:1-2).

Richard De Haan from Our Daily Bread, January 11, 2007

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This Week in Our Church . . .

Sunday            Cents-Ability Offering

              8:45 Breakfast

              9:30 Sunday School & Worship

            10:45 Refreshments

            11:00 Worship

              1:00 Christmas Musical Rehearsal

              5:00 Family & Friends Freedom USA

Monday

              1:30 Bible Study

              6:00 Senior Youth

Tuesday

Wednesday     Veterans Day

              1:00 Cemetery Committee  

Thursday        

              9:00 PB & J (see John Harvey)

            10:00 Martha Circle at Ida Juhr’s

            12:00 Serve at Sister Jean’s

              6:30 Handbell Choir Rehearsal

              7:45 Chancel Choir Rehearsal

Friday

              6:00 “Back to Mayberry”

Saturday

              8:30 Appreciative Inquiry Event

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Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. - I Corinthians 13:7

 

The Presbyterian Church at Absecon
208 New Jersey Avenue
Absecon, New Jersey 08201