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Ashland Christian Church
ACC Back to School Festival 2010 - Back and Better
Than Ever! If it's August, that can only mean one thing - school
is about to start again. And if school is about to start again, that only means one thing: there's a Back to School
Festival at Ashland Christian Church! In what has quickly become one of the church's
finest traditions, the BTS Festival is a school supply giveaway, free lunch, and free 'sanctuary sale' for the community to
come and enjoy. It's a no strings attached, completely cost free way for us to say, 'we're here, and we care.' That's it. This year's festival will be at ACC on August 7. Be on the look out for more information as it's available,
including how YOU can be a part!
Kim's Kolumn - 07.19.10 When you think
about your relationships, what comes to mind? Does it put a smile on your face or an ache
in your heart? What’s the dominant theme? Loyalty? Abandonment?
Something else? For
better or worse, past experiences work together to
shape the people we. Some relationships are able to stand the test of time,
but not distance. For others the reverse is true. How
do you engage in a new relationship? Are you actively looking for someone to befriend, or are
you passive and only make friends when someone else makes the first move? Do you perceive yourself as stronger when you initiate,
or when you have the option of accepting or rejecting another person’s advances?
In John 14, Jesus told the Christians not to worry
about the future or whether He loves us: He
was leaving this earth to go to prepare a place for us in His
Father’s house
which has plenty of room. He
didn’t abandon us. He wrote us love
letters that can read
to feel close to Him, and
He’s coming back. If it weren’t true why would He
even mention it? There’s only one way to get to His Father’s house though. Just as some streets
are one-way only, we need to understand Heaven is too. Jesus
said, “I am the way, the truth, and
the life. No one comes to the Father but
by me.” We
get to have a relationship with Christ,
plus the added bonus of being able to look forward to living
with Him forever where there’s no pain, no sadness, nothing bad. Instead of seeing Christianity
as being exclusive, we need to look at it as being inclusive: everyone has the love of Christ, but only the ones
who accept that love and enter into a relationship with Him get the ultimate reward. Whatever your past, the relationship that
shapes the person we
become is the one we do or don’t have with
Christ: it withstands the test of time and distance, puts a smile on your face despite the ache in your
heart, and puts each of us in a position
of power. He’s already taken the first step and
we have the opportunity to accept or reject it. We are
active about our choice, even if we’re just
passive: not making a choice for Him is the same as rejecting Him, just like
any other relationship. What decision
will you make?
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