Creation To The Cross

Janice Moss was celebrating a birthday and Wayne Johnson greeted the congregation as we gathered to worship Sunday morning at Mill Creek Baptist Church. Special prayers of healing were requested for Tom Sharp, Doug Cory, Debbie Taylor and Gerald Mason.

"Double Double Toil 'n Trouble" was the title of the devotional given by Linda Abercrombie as she read Nehemiah 9:27. She told a story of toils and trouble we encounter in life. "We must put problems in perspective and learn how to find brightness in the cloudiest of skies.

Ask God to help you see the daylight on the other side of the tunnel during life's difficult times."

Congregational hymns included "At the Cross" and "Revive Us Again" lead by Becky Johnson and Karen Gardner. We enjoyed special music from Jerry Abercrombie who sang "Thanks to Calvary" and Karen who sang "One Day At A Time."

Sunday's sermon focused on the creation to the cross which will be the theme of our Vacation Bible School. Brother Mark Hall talked about God's creation beginning with Adam and Eve and the sin problem. Shelley Hall portrayed Eve in the Garden of Eden and talked of her and Adam eating the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge that God told them to leave alone. Because they disobeyed God and didn't have faith in Him, He made them leave the Garden of Eden. That was the price they had to pay for their sin and for being disobedient to God. In our own lives, we must keep the faith in God to do right and make the right choices. Don't fail God. He will forgive us, but we must have Him in our heart.

Brother Mark told us that after Adam and Eve sinned against God, the whole world became disobedient and that is when God told Noah, a godly man, to build an ark because He was going to flood the earth. He told Noah to take his family and two of each living thing on the earth on the ark to survive the flood. The rainbow is God's promise to never flood the earth again.

Brother Mark continued telling the stories of Moses, the birth of Jesus, Lazarus, Paul and Silas, the cross at Calvary and the ladies at the tomb.

All of these stories will be retold to the children at Bible School Camp which will be held on Saturday, July 29, from 12 to 5 p.m. Children ages four to sixth grade are invited to come and learn about God's creation from the beginning to the cross. We will have lunch, games, music and crafts also. At 5 p.m. we will have family time with ice cream and watermelon. Mill Creek is located 3 1/2 miles east of Noel just off Highway 90. Everyone is welcome.