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We are Located at 480 Southeast DD Highway, Warrensburg,  Mo 64093
660-429-3762,  efcwbg@yahoo.com 
We are glad you have visited our website.  
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OUR MISSIONS OF THE month:
Fran and Judy Schmidt
 Guatamala

Wednesday evening bible study

Weekly Bible Study is postponed due to COVID-19. 

tHE Playground is up

Thanks to Dave and all his helpers.  The playground now has swings, a rock climbing wall, a curvy slide, a fireman's pole, monkey bars and a swinging bridge! A cargo net climb is in the works!
BE IN PRAYER FOR:
  1. Pray for the children of the church, their parents, and all of us who are to be models of the love of God.
  2. Pray for our congregation to move forward in Outreach and Benevolence to our community, starting with each neighborhood and expanding to the developments around our meeting place.
  3. Continue to pray for those you know. Do not take for granted that everyone is healthy, joyful and saved.
  4. New Beginnings
  5. Johnson County Christian Academy
  6. Police agencies, Fire, Ambulance personel

Glorifying God through worship,
​evangelism, and discipleship!

                                Pastor Mel Johnson

Sunday WOrship

We will not be meeting this Sunday due to  COVIV-19.
                 Promising Peace
                              Zechariah 8:1-17
  
“As I purposed to bring disaster to you when your fathers provoked me to wrath, and I did not relent, says the Lord of hosts,  so again have I purposed in these days to bring good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; fear not.” –                                                                                                                                     Zechariah 8:34-35
 
The prophets of God are typically seen as bearers of woe, forthtellers of punishment and cataclysm… rightly so, to a degree. What we often miss when in a state of fear or anger is the promise of hope that is included.
 
The promise of peace is not hidden from us by God, but by our own denial of responsibility for the behaviors that bring discipline. The prophets were scorned, mocked as mere story-tellers, and shunned as crazy people. Israel and Judah denied doing wrong. Obedience to the Law of God was considered optional, second to what or who could protect them from trials.
 
Some of the doctrines of the church today follow that line as well. Jesus is seen as a way to avoid trial rather than the invitation to persecution that it is. Jesus knew and preached that following Him would bring opposition.
 
However, being persecuted for the Name of Christ is very different from the judgment of God resulting from disobedience. Accountability for our salvation is in Christ alone. Accountability for our behavior is in us alone. Judgment comes as the promised consequence of disobedience. But peace comes from the grace and mercy of Almighty God.
 
Yes, we must believe we will see discipline, sometimes hurtful, when we ignore the word of God. We may be set adrift when we fail to trust in His Way and Rule. But God always, always offers the promise of peace to those who repent and return to Him in obedience. For there shall be a sowing of peace. “… the vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its produce, and the heavens shall give their dew.” All will be right between man and God.
- Mel
 
Preparation for Next Week (17 May 2020): Practice Justice – Jeremiah 21:8-14
 (Scripture Readings taken from the International Sunday School Lesson Plan, Standard Publishing)
 
Monday: Seeking Divine Help – Psalm 86:1-13
Tuesday: Land Now Belongs to Babylon – Jeremiah 27:1-11
Wednesday: Choose to Love the Lord – Deuteronomy 30:15-20
Thursday: Surrender and the People Will Live – Jeremiah 38:14-18
Friday: Jerusalem Will Fall – Jeremiah 21:1-7
Saturday: Jerusalem Defeated – 2 Kings 24:20- 25:7
Sunday: Choose the Life of Justice – Jeremiah 21:8-14 
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