Men of the Church Meeting

April 14th, 2012

 

 

 

The Men of the Church had their meeting in April on the irregular day of Saturday, April 14th which was the second Saturday in April rather than the third Saturday. The change in date was as the result of one of the regular attendees desiring to go to Chesapeake, Virginia the weekend of April 23rd to watch his grandson perform (admirably, of course) in the All City Orchestra and to watch the same grandson perform (exceptionally) in a league soccer game.

 

Our meeting kicked off promptly at 8 AM with a trip to the local refurbished McDonald’s restaurant. Upon our return we blessed the food and our meeting and discussed worldly topics such returning troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, the symbolism of the baptism ceremony, and how we can better reach out to the Bealeton community with the message given to us by our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

 

Our devotional this month finally got into the meat of Paul’s letter to the Philippian Church. We focused on the greeting used by Paul at the beginning and ending of the letter. Paul identifies himself and his helper, Timothy, as ‘slaves of Jesus Christ’. To be a slave in Paul’s day was not an uncommon position, but the term does imply ownership by another.

Paul and Timothy are not ashamed to be ‘owned’ by Jesus Christ.

 

Paul addresses his letter to the ‘saints, bishops and deacons’ of the church. We learned that to be a ‘saint’ was not a position bestowed upon an individual by a higher church authority, but that it was a way to describe ordinary people whose relationship to the world is based upon
the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ; ordinary people whose faith in the saving death of Jesus Christ sets them apart from the world,

and ordinary people whose relationship to the world and their faith in the saving resurrection of Jesus Christ are sent out into the world as servants/slaves for Jesus Christ.

 

Our ‘manly projects portion of the meeting was quite productive.  Even though we were few, we did accomplish the following tasks:

 

  • Gutter cleaning
  • Stump removal in the front of the church
  • Assisted with unloading the five (5) beautiful boxwood bushes that were donated and installed in front of the church by Dooney and Betty Messick
  • Repaired the damaged railing section on the handicap ramp
  • Tilled an area near the shed for the future transplantation of more plants and flowers from behind the handicap ramp

 

The May meeting of the Men of the Church is currently scheduled for its regular date which is May 19th, the third Saturday of the month.

Our plan is to continue to study the New Testament book of Philippians plus address any ‘manly’ projects that need addressing. Please contact Tim Waggett at e-mail address jwagstj@aol.com or by telephone at 540-439-8247, with any suggestions for the Men’s Breakfast devotionals and Men of the Church projects.

 

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