Announcements, March 15, 2026

As we enter the Easter Season, Pastor Joe’s theme will be Sayings of Jesus from the Cross. This week’s text will be Luke 23:34. Sunday evening he will cover the Book of Haggai as we go “Book by Book, The Bible One Book at a Time”.

A Note from Pastor Joe:

Someone asked me a while back how I organize my prayers. Here are 5 ways I organize my prayers:

• I pray Scripture. I do this every day. I identify a phrase or verse in my bible reading, and I think about it and turn it into a prayer.

• I pray for my most important roles in life. I pray for my five roles as a Christian, family man, church pastor and member, friend, and writer. This is usually something different every day, but it helps me pray for the things most important to me. I learned this practice and the next from Jed Coppenger’s book 21 Days to Childlike Prayer.

• I often pray the 5 parts of the Lord’s prayer. I pray that I would be a worshiper, servant, receiver, peacemaker, and soldier. I don’t pray this every day but only when I need it.

• I keep lists. I have a list of top 10 requests for my family. I have all my extended family on a list. I have a list of churches in our area. I have a list of people in our church. I have a list of all my responsibilities and organizations. Having lists reminds me of things that I can and should pray for. I don’t pray for everything on every list all the time. They are fuel for my prayers when I need them. They also keep me from forgetting to pray for a person or area of my life.

• I pray for whatever is on my mind or heart. I’m always willing to drop my lists and plans to pray about whatever I care about. If something troubles me, then I pray. It is more important to be with the Lord than to accomplish praying through a list.

March 28: Men’s Breakfast and Bible

March 29: Westfair Academy Italian Buffett