Weekly Newsletter 02/16/2023

February 16th, 2023
by Dmitriy Zherebnenkov

Greetings, dear church!

I’d like us to dwell a little longer on the words of Jesus, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few” (Luke 10:2). Just as any important thing in life, this important reality can be pushed out of our minds and once again easily forgotten. To avoid this, let us consider a few steps that we can take.

Firstly, include prayer for missions into your daily prayers. We all have our specific plan we stick to for when we pray, either in the mornings or evenings. Why not add prayer for specific unreached people to our existing prayers? What will help you with this is visiting the Joshua Project website or downloading their app which will daily give you a specific nation that has not yet been reached by the Gospel.

https://joshuaproject.net

https://joshuaproject.net/resources/apps

Secondly, learn to notice people of various cultures around you with the goal of evangelizing to them. Many of us are immigrants and people of other cultures in Sacramento are in majority also immigrants. We are naturally in the same boat, and this brings us closer together. An immigrant is more predisposed to listen to another immigrant simply because they share common ground. Why not take advantage of this opportunity?

Thirdly, learn to invite people to your house who are not part of your “comfort zone.” This means inviting those with whom you normally don’t spend much time. This practice will naturally widen your ability to accept people from different cultures and will equip you to reach people who are still living without Christ and eternal life.

Fourthly, remember that everything we own (time, energy, finances, and opportunities), are essentially not ours, but are given to us by God so that we would be wise stewards and would send all this toward the work of spreading the Gospel in this world (Matt. 25:14-30; Luke 16:1-13).

Announcements

Reminder for parents and kids – Children’s choir rehearsals are in the cafeteria every Sunday at 10:30 AM, in between services. This Sunday, we will begin practicing songs for Easter.

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Scripture To Memorize

Acts 17:24-31

²⁴The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man,
²⁵nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.
²⁶And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,
²⁷that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,
²⁸for “‘In him we live and move and have our being’;
as even some of your own poets have said,
“‘For we are indeed his offspring.’
²⁹Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
³⁰The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,
³¹because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”

Upcoming Services and Meetings

Thursday (6:30 PM) – Children’s Bible School (open to all but required for parents), followed by Bible Study (Proverbs) for the whole church at 7:30 PM.
Worship Service in Russian at 9:00 AM
Worship Service in English at 11:15 AM
Family Evening Service at 6:00 PM – Please bring some sweets or fruits to the table for our fellowship afterwards.