tonight we invite you to joy
a joy that...

the world can not take away.
a joy that is deeper than all the disappointment
you can ever feel.
a cushion for the dwon times

we invite you to peace

The peace that comes from being forgiven,
from breaking the power of sin over our lives.
from knowing we are in harmony with the Creator of everything.

A peace thtat cannot be understood by mere logic..
a peace won for us by Jesus when he gave us
his innocence on the cross.

we invite you to love
love of God and brothers and sisters
A love that God had for you before the world began.

we invite you to rest
rest from your labors
from you striving
rest from your pressur to perform
rest from trying to be good enough to please God
or please those around you.


we invite you to power.
to do right and turn from wrong

we invite you to start on a road that will
lead you to heaven.

We invite you to deeper and stronger fatih
Jesus says that even a faith as small as a mustard seed can grow and make amazing things happen.
We invite you take a step on the road to faith, on the road to following the way of Christ

God--Just as an and will never understand the Internet, finite humans will never understand God. Just as a child with teacup will never empty the ocean, we can never understand more than a tiny fraction of the amazing God who made the universe.
A few basic truths about God:
There is one God.
He always existed, always will. He is not bound or affected by time.
He made everything that exists.
He loves you enough to send his own innocent son to die for guilty humans and pay the price for our sins.
Jesus
Jesus is God, the Son He became a human to teach us how to live. Then he gave his life to give us forgiveness. Jesus lived a sinless human life and we try to follow him. His amazing powerful ressurrection proves his power over sin and death.
Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit of God may be the most difficult to understand of all. The Holy Spirit will work in our hearts to give us understanding. The Spirit works to show us our sin, and to help us pray to God when we do not have the words.
Forgiveness, Salvation, New life,
When we decide to follow Jesus, an amazing change begins to take place in our life. The transition from old life to new life involves a process that can take a short or long time.
Learning about Jesus and the Bible is part of the process and continues from beginning to end. We study alone privately and in groups. We will never know all that we need to know. We will never know it all. As we learn more and gain experience, we can teach the beginners.
Faith develops as we study and learn and pray and live and spend time together. Faith is being sure of things we can not see. At some point, our faith becomes strong enough that we are ready to trust Jesus for our salvation.
Learning and faith take place in our hearts and we can choose to be either very private or very open about it. When our faith becomes strong enough that we are ready to trust Jesus, it is time to tell this to other people. Telling about our faith to other people may sound very scary, but it can be very simple. At first, the simple statement like -- I believe Jesus is God's Son. I believe that he died for my sins. I want to follow Jesus. -- is good. But as our faith and confidence grow, by our life and our words, we tell people we believe in Jesus.
The new birth into the new life. The new birth is a physical event with a deep spiritual meaning. It is a quick dip or burial in water. This can be done in a bathtub, a swimming pool, or a river, lake, or sea.
New Birth, New Life, New Family. When we are saved from our sins, we enter into a new life. We are given a new family, a new community of believers for encouragement and to serve God together. This is called the church. It is a group fo people, not a building. Jesus says even if our physical family does not follow Jesus, we gain a hundred times more brothers and sisters, even parents.