For the Everlasting Good of all Peoples
Fall Missions Conference Thursday-Sunday, September 24-27 Special Guests include: Orin and Rosa Kidd / Serving as Pastor of Global Outreach Paul and Pam Hunter / Discipling in Uganda A Mystery Guest / Teaching English in China Jeff and Julie Shackelford / Serving our military in Germany Greg and Susan Petrie / Directing Village Missionaries Nick and Marian Castillo / Pastoring with Village Missionaries THURSDAY NIGHT Family Fellowship 6:30-8:00 p.m. At the parsonage Enjoy cookies and ice cream as we share in hearing Orin and Rosa Kidd’s testimony. FRIDAY NIGHT International Potluck 6:00-...
Read MoreThe Slavery of Loving One Another
“But through love serve one another.”—Galatians 5:13c This is a very interesting statement. In the context the Apostle is admonishing the believers not to be enslaved again to the various rites and rituals of the law. He affirms that Christ has fulfilled the Law, that in Christ they have been set free from the Law, and that they are called to freedom. Immediately, however, he clarifies that this call to freedom is not an invitation to license. They are not to use their freedom as an opportunity to indulge the sinful passions of the flesh. Rather, he says, “Through love serve one...
Read MoreThe Fear of the Lord is to Hope in His Mercy
“His delight is not in the strength of a horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man, but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.” Psalm 147:10-11 The fear of the Lord is a multi-faceted concept in Scripture. In Psalm 147:10 the fear of the Lord is equated with hoping in the loving kindness, the mercy, the steadfast love of the Lord. This is in contrast to hoping or, to say it another way, trusting in our own strength to face the many and varied challenges that confront us in this life and want to turn us away from faithfulness to...
Read MoreSteps for Life
This year’s Steps for Life is here! Join us in showing compassion to local women and teens – enabling them to choose life for their babies! Visit www.portlandprc.org/events to sponsor a walker or join a team (either SCC Youth Team or SCC Adult Team). To give, scroll to the bottom of the page to select a walker. Then select “Give now” in the top, right column and follow giving instructions. If you’d like to give via credit card over the phone, call 503-256-0808 x 57. This 2-mile walkathon will benefit the Pregnancy Resource Centers of Greater Portland. Please...
Read MoreBe Pressed into Christ’s Mold
“Do not be conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind . . .” —Romans 12:2a In my desk, I have an embossing stamp that I use to mark my books and identify them as belonging to my library. It is a simple tool that has two matching plates, one is raised and the other is recessed, both having the identical inscription. To use it, you simply slide a page between the two plates and squeeze them together using the plyer-like handles. The paper is pressed into the mold of the plates, and the result is a page clearly embossed with the words, “from the library of R....
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