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23rd Mat 2021 Bulletin

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Calendar of Events: - before attending please ALWAYS check against troychurch.net/calendar

MAY

25th – Bible Reading on Zoom – 7:30PM to 8:00PM

26th – Family Time – 6:00PM @ the Church Building

26th – Genesis with Charles – 7:00PM to 8:00PM – in person/Zoom

27th – Bible Reading on Zoom – 7:30PM to 8:00PM

29th – Zoom Prayer Group – 7:30PM to 8:00PM

30th – Worship Service in person and Zoom – 11:00AM

30th – 2T4C Bible Study Group – 5:30PM

- New items added to the calendar will appear in red font when first added

Minister’s Corner

Shalom aleikhem! שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם Peace be upon you!

I hope you are having a good morning and continue to feel the blessings that the Father is surrounding you with. As the summer is fast approaching and a greater sense of normalcy seem to be present in most areas of life I hope to see at our gatherings some of the members we’ve not been able to interact in a very long while.

We are still talking about the value and importance of knowing Jesus during this quarter. Driven by the same desire of the Apostle Paul as he testifies in Philippians 3:10 “That I may know Him…” and in such contrast with the words of Christ to Philip “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time?...” John 14:9. Let us be found among the likes of Paul in our desire to know Christ rather than among the ranks of those like Philip of whom the Lord will ask in disappointment such a question.

This Wednesday – May 26th –Family Time & Bible Study

On Wednesday, from 6PM bring your takeout over to the Church Building for our Family Time. Several of our number get together and have dinner together before our 7 o’clock Bible Study.

From 7PM, in person and via Zoom, Charles will guide us through the book Genesis – God, Creation and Destruction by Dennis Prager. We had a really good discussion on Wednesday, and I look forward to more like it.

Anniversaries this week: Kyle & Pamela McCauley (25th); Patrick & Nadya Oja (27th)

Bi-Weekly Bible Reading Group –

Please join us for our bi-weekly Bible Reading. This week it takes place, as usual, on Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30PM to 8:00PM. We are currently reading the book of Deuteronomy.

Offering

This morning you can make your offering online at https://troychurch.net/give

Or, by sending a check to Lisa Jones. Thank you.

John Cao – Prisoner Update – Now held for 1540 days

John Cao is serving a 7-year prison sentence on charges of “organizing illegal crossings of national borders.”

Pastor Cao, 58, is married to an American citizen and is a long-time resident of North Carolina. The pastor, had been crossing the border between China and Myanmar for three years without incident and with the knowledge of Chinese officials.

In the Wa State of northern Myanmar, Pastor Cao helped build 16 schools that serve 2,000 impoverished children. He also established educational projects to help alleviate poverty among local minority groups.

Experts believe his arrest and sentencing are related to the ruling Communist Party’s attempts to control the house church movement.

Bulletin Date: 
Sunday, May 23, 2021