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Happy New Year!
We are now a few days into 2009! Did you make any New Year’s resolutions? If so, how are they going? Usually, resolutions are self-improvement goals like losing weight, or cleaning out the garage, or being on time. You may have huge plans for 2009, such as getting married, or finding a better job. Whatever your plans are, we hope that the most important goals you make will be those that help you to grow spiritually, to have a closer walk with God. Many people choose to read through the whole Bible in one year. There are many ways to do this, and you can find aids online or even Bibles that assist you in this endeavor. Whether you read the Bible in chronological order, or from Genesis to Revelation, or have a plan to read Old and New Testament every day, you will be encouraged and inspired by being in God’s word. If you started January 1 reading Genesis, you will have already seen God’s tender creation of the world, His sorrow regarding man’s sin, and his compassionate comfort and promises to mankind. All that, only in the first week of 2009!
We are excited about all the plans that we have made as a congregation for the New Year. Our workshop next week, January 11, will be a time to share some of those plans with you. Please remember that the workshop, combined with our worship service, will take place from 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM (an extra hour) and plan accordingly. At that time, we will also have our annual financial presentation. We will provide calendars for 2009 with the church activities, and we believe that you will be encouraged by the events and the theme for the year.
We ended 2008 with another baptism --- Olga Aste (pictured above was baptized on December 21st. It’s wonderful to see the Aste family being united in Christ, and we are glad that their family is part of our Northern Virginia church family!
Much love from, Randy and Kay
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