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The Carpenter’s Christian Church Volume 20 Issue #6 NEWSLETTER February 2021 1340 US 127 Bypass, Harrodsburg, KY 859-734-0670 www.carpenterschristian.church th Souper Bowl of Caring is transforming the Big Game into a February 11 1-6pm nation-wide movement inspiring people to give locally and make a Once again The Carpenter’s Christian Church will host a Blood Drive collective impact on hunger. Mobilizing grassroots resources with the American red cross on Thursday, February 11th 1pm-7pm. If including churches, schools, civic groups and caring individuals, you are healthy and feeling well, please make an appointment now to the Souper Bowl of Caring movement has created over $160 donate by using the Red Cross Blood Donor App, million worth of support that stays completely local. RedCrossBlood.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767). The American Red Cross faces a severe blood shortage due to an The Carpenter’s Christian Church will be collecting canned soup unprecedented number of blood drive cancellations during this and crackers during the month of February to deliver to the coronavirus outbreak. Christian Life Center. We hope to fill both grocery carts. Each of these carts are loved in both lobbies. While coronavirus has caused concerns about whether it’s safe to go to blood drives and donation centers, the Red Cross has implemented Those who are attending services online can also bring their thorough safety protocols to make the blood donation process even donations to the church office entrance Monday through Friday safer. “Social distancing doesn’t mean social disengagement,” from 8 till 4 pm. You can leave your donations at the door of the according to the U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams. office entrance if you wish and we will pick it up. TCCC Tee Shirts Coming Soon The Carpenter’s Christian Church will again offer online orders for tee shirts. Shirts in this order will be the I Love My Church, Praying for February 13 at 8am Revival, and God Bless. They will be available in Community Wide Prayer long and short sleeve. Harrodsburg Community Church Watch for more Terry Morrison Hosting information in your Sunday bulletin. Greg Warren, Senior Minister [email protected] Continuing Through the Gospel of Luke I hope you are enjoying our journey together through the gospel of Luke. Let’s make 2021 the year we, as a church family, become more ROOTED IN CHRIST than ever before. Let’s feed on His Word by studying and meditating on it in our private time, coming together to discuss it with one another, and hearing it preached and proclaimed. Most importantly, let’s ask God to help us live it out through the power of the Holy Spirit in us. Remember that you can join others in discussing what you’ve read by attending the class that meets in the gym from 10 – 10:45 AM each Sunday. Any Sunday is a great time to begin. Here are the scheduled readings and sermon topics for the month of February… Week of Weekly reading Sermon text Sermon title Jan 31 – Feb 6 Chapter 12 Luke 12: 13 – 21 Parable of the Rich Fool Feb 7 – 13 Chapter 13 John Kesel preaching on love. Feb 14 – 20 Chapters 14 – 15 Luke 14: 7 – 14 Stay Humble Feb 21 – 27 Chapters 16 – 17 Luke 17: 1 – 2 Don’t Be a Stumbling Block Feb 28 – March 6 Chapters 18 – 19: 44 Luke 19: 1 – 10 Jesus and Zacchaeus God Continues Building His Church Even in the midst of a pandemic, God continues building His church and bringing new folks to our TCCC family. John and I were delighted to have 15 people join us for the January Next Steps class! All for Jesus, Greg John Kesel, Assoc. Minister [email protected] Community-Wide Prayer at Harrodsburg Community Church with their minister, Bro. Terry Morrison Hosting on Saturday, February 13, 8 AM. Please let Bro. John know if you plan on attending and if you would rather be connected by conference call. Never Stop Praying Like most, when I read 1 Thessalonians 5:17 in the Bible, "Never stop praying", "Pray without ceasing", or "Pray at all times", depending on which translation of the Bible being read, I often think how I would ever even attempt to do that. Someone once challenged me with the following: When your heart is full of praise to God - pray. When you are thankful - pray. When you are worried - pray. When you are afraid - pray. When you are concerned about someone, some situation, or even about yourself - pray. We are privileged to be able to talk with The Creator of the Universe at any time of the day or night about anything. The Bible teaches us to pray in Jesus Name. Author Max Lucado writes, "No other spiritual activity is guaranteed such results. God is moved by the humble, prayerful heart. God is moved by prayer." So always seek the Lord first in every situation in life and remember to - never stop praying. Next Steps Class, Sunday, February 21, 2021, 5 PM, Student Center This is an informal two-session class led by our Senior Minister Greg Warren and me. During this time, you will learn about the core Biblical beliefs of our church, what it means to be a church member, hear from other staff members, learn about the many different ministries, and even be given the opportunity to discover how God uniquely designed you to serve Him in His kingdom work here on earth. And if you would like, you can even join in on a tour of our church building, including the children's basement area that is currently under construction. If you plan to attend, please let Bro. Greg, me, or Debbie in the church office know, and we will look forward to seeing you there. Lambkincare Ministry Isaiah 40:11 We at TCCC kicked off Sanctity of We want to thank you for the opportunity to offer this great Life Day in January by handing out ministry. Grief is always hard but during these times of “Bottles of Blessings,” the baby COVID-19 with social distancing and social isolation, even greater bottles to fill with coins, cash and checks for the Haven Care challenges have made the journey of grief harder than ever. Despite Pregnancy Resource Center (you can still pick up a bottle in the the challenges, God’s Holy Spirit has been powerfully present in foyer or give on line). Please return your bottle to the church each and every meeting, comforting and healing broken, grieving no later than February 14th. All funds collected help keep the hearts. We will be coming to the end of this 13-week session on lights on at our Pro-life Center. Thank you Tiffany Johnson, nd th February 2 but will be starting another spring session on April 20 . director of Haven Care, for sharing other details of activities that We meet each Tuesday evening from 6-8PM here at the church. We take place thru the Center! Check out our newsletter are very sorry for the loss of your loved ones and want to help. WE ARE HERE FOR YOU! throughout the year for more information of the expanded Maybe you yourself have come through your journey of grief and services rendered at the Center in the name of Jesus. feel that God wants you to become part of this important ministry by If we have learned nothing else this year, we know ALL Life comforting others with the same comfort with which we ourselves matters; I, as well, have lost a loved one from here on earth. have been comforted by Jesus Christ as 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 tells us. Please, consider giving a gift to Haven Care in their memory! If you have questions and want to participate in the spring session or What a wonderful way to celebrate LIFE!! if God wants you to become part of the leadership team, please Thank you for all that you are about to do in HIS NAME, our contact me at [email protected] or call the church office. giver of LIFE, JESUS! Blessings, If you have any questions, Carolyn Shook give Linda VanderKamp at call at 859-748-9813. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted “(Matthew 5:4) Jacob Bryant, Student Minister [email protected] We are finally up and running with the students at TCCC! It was a long winter break; one that were not accustomed to. We are finally on the go! Praying for no interruptions! With that said, we would love for your student to be involved with our student ministry! Currently, we are meeting in the main auditorium on the campus of TCCC. If you are confused as to where that is, look for the green flags once you come on campus. We meet every Wednesday night from 6:30-8:00. Because of COVID-19, we open the doors at 6:15 for students to come inside-doors will not be unlocked until that time. Social distancing, masks and temperature checks are still required to enter the building for the time being. This past week, we started a new series that we titled “Back to the Basics”. We are taking the month of February to look at the core beliefs of our Christian faith. One of the big things that we strive for in the student ministry, is to equip the students with the biblical truths that they will need to be the leaders of tomorrow.