March 28, 2025

Women’s Retreat Reminder

“The Good Portion” early bird pricing ends end-of-day Sunday, April 6th, and will increase to $180 for retreat registration on Monday. Please encourage your groups to secure the lower pricing if they plan to attend women’s retreat! You can remind them that they can register without paying, and still lock in the discounted price. Register here.

Secondly, this summer we will continue our “Wisest of Women” series in a unique way! Each woman will receive an “ESV Illuminated Scripture Journal: Proverbs” for just $5. We will read the book of Proverbs three back to back times in June, July and August. As we read a single chapter per day, each month will have its own theme and prompts to follow, and we will be able to mark up, highlight, and reflect in our Scripture journals. We’d encourage life groups to hold off on book clubs over summer to instead encourage your ladies to be apart of mining out God’s Word together! You’re welcome to create group meet-ups for follow-up and discussion as you see fit. Sign-ups open April 5th, and scripture journals and an info card can be picked up after a Sunday service on June 1st!

THIS WEEK! The Build My Church Vision Nights

The “Build My Church” vision nights will begin Tuesday this coming week. Remind your Life Group to please attend your respective nights as we begin working towards the launch of this campaign. As a reminder, here is the breakdown for the vision nights.

Tuesday - April 1 (Adventure Club)

1. Hernandez

2. Lee

3. Wells

4. Reidinger

5. Logier

6. Raulston

7. Dunn

Wednesday - April 2

1. Ames

2. Forest

3. Vermilyea

4. Malave

5. Martin

6. Kaufman

7. Bushardt

Thursday - April 3 (Adventure Club)

1. Campbell

2. Kirchmeyer

3. McCain

4. McMillan

5. Mohtasham

6. Sanborn

Wednesday - April 9

1. Petras

2. Rush

3. Webster

4. Van Hemelryck

5. Howard

6. Riehl

7. Thompson

Before Multiplying

Life Group Leaders - As a reminder, before you have conversations regarding multiplication with potential future leaders in your group, please reach out to Pastor Charlie first. A conversation about the couple in question is a critical first step as it provides us the opportunity to identify, strengths, areas for growth, and possible read flags before we get too far down the road.

Sunday’s Sermon:

The Intersection of Pain & Providence
Rooted in the Past; Flowering Toward the Future
Genesis 48

1. Read Romans 15:4. How can you be intentional to benefit from the encouragement and hope God is providing you through former things…like the examples we have seen from Genesis? What has been most encouraging to your faith in the study of this book?

2. Read Deuteronomy 8:2-5. According to this passage, how can difficult trials actually be examples of God’s faithfulness? What should we learn from this time?

3. Read Psalm 78:4-7. How are you seeking to teach the next generation to set their hope in God? What should that look like in your life?

4. If you are over age 50: Read Proverbs 4:18. What will it look like for your faith to shine brighter and brighter even as you get older?

5. If you are under age 50: Read Psalm 23:1. Is this statement really true in your heart? How can you be on track to reflect on God’s faithful shepherding on your deathbed like Jacob did?