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CHBC Ramblings

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Foundations for Families continues
This past Sunday I preached a message entitled Training a Child Through Godly Discipline as part of the current series, Foundations for Family. We emphasized the truth that corrective discipline is only one aspect of the discipline we need for life. While we did focus for a part of the message on corrective discipline, we spoke of the teaching and training aspects as well. If you would like to hear the message, go www.clairmonthills.org and look for “Webcasts” or call the church office for a free CD of the service.

This coming Sunday is Father’s Day, and I will preach to myself (and other fathers) a challenging message entitled A Godly Father. After that, there will be one final message in the series, Training a Child in the Way He Should Go.

Sabbatical Time in July
During the month of July, we will have our regular Sunday morning activities of study, fellowship, and worship, but we will take a sabbatical on Sunday evenings and Wednesday evenings. In other words, there will be no activities during those evenings or during the week. (Of course, the office will be open as usual.) Why do we take this break? Several reasons. First, everyone needs a sabbatical from the “busy”-ness of life, and July is a time when a lot of our folks are traveling. Second, this year we are doing some repairs and resealing of our parking lot in July, and it is best to do this work in a down time. Third, many of us will be gone on our mission trip in July, and I will also take my annual study break during the month. Finally, a result will be some modest savings in our utility bill versus what it would have been, and this will be helpful in a year when the economy is struggling.

Please Be Here...
Take your place each and every week. And invite someone to worship with us this week. Everyone needs to be part of a community of faith, hope, and love, and that is what God is building here at Clairmont Hills.

The past few weeks I have closed with the question:
Aren’t you glad you are here?

If your answer is “YES!” (as is mine), there is another natural question:
Won’t OTHERS be glad when they are here? And yet they may never find out unless you bring them.

God bless you,
Fred O. Pitts, Pastor

Clairmont Hills Baptist Church