Service Times
This Sabbath – June 28, 2008
Austin & Manksto – 11:00 AM at the Owatonna Sr. Place followed by potluck and bible study
La Crosse – 10:30 AM at the Sr. Center
Cedar Rapids – 11:00 AM at the Cedar Rapids Heartland Inn
Next Sabbath – July 5, 2008
Austin – 10:00 AM at the Austin Holiday Inn
La Crosse – 10:30 AM at the Sr. Center followed by potluck and bible study
Mankato – 10:00 AM at Madison Lake Community Center
Cedar Rapids – 11:00 AM at the Cedar Rapids Heartland Inn
If you plan to visit services please call ahead to verify location and time.
Spring is the time for garage sales. Have you ever had a garage sale and afterwards it seems that you ended up with more stuff than you started? Many of us have a tendency to accumulate things. We even have a name for those who do this – pack rats. Have you ever cleaned out your garage and found that when you finished you needed to move "selected junk" back into it? Then after several years you find those same things continuing to take up space!
I think there is a spiritual lesson in this. Converted individuals recognize the spiritual “junk” that is taking up space inside them and have the courage to get rid of it. Passover and Unleavened bread is our yearly reminder that we ourselves need a regular “housecleaning” that will leave us clean inside and move out the trash – permanently.
Have we collected personal trash that’s getting in the way of our spiritual progress? Carting away the junk is not a fun job or an easy one for that matter, but at this time of the year God reminds us that it is an important and necessary one.
Now that we have removed the physical leaven from our homes, let’s be dedicated to the real object lesson. We must clean what is ungodly out of our lives and use these Spring Holy Days as a springboard for spiritual growth.
Our family desires that you and yours have a meaningful and joyous Spring Holy Day season and come to an even deeper relationship with God the Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We’re looking forward to being with you all.