Music Director: Regina Oettinger
Email: regina@montananazarene.org
Praise Team Schedule Special Music Schedule
July -- Amber King, David Grimes, Michelle Williams
July 10 -- Amber King
July 17 -- VBS program
July 24 -- David Grimes
July 31 -- French congregation
August -- Ralph Schulz, Melita Dubach, Greg McClain Aug. 7 -- Bonnie, Michelle, Amanda
Aug. 14 -- Ralph Schulz
Aug. 21 -- Ethan & Amanda Armstrong
Aug. 28 -- Greg & Melita
September -- George & Kristi Armstrong, Michelle Williams Sept. 4 -- Roger Ellis
Sept. 11 -- David Grimes
Sept. 18 -- George & Kristi Armstrong
Sept. 25 -- Regina Oettinger
October -- David Grimes, Amber King, Amanda Armstrong Oct. 2 -- Amber King
Oct. 9 -- Roger Ellis
Oct. 16 -- Ralph Schulz
Oct. 23 -- Michelle, Amanda, Bonnie
Oct. 30 -- French congregation
November -- Ralph Schulz, Melita Dubach, Greg McClain
Announcements and Upcoming Events
Band Practice: every Sunday morning at 8:45
Praise Team Practice: every Sunday morning at 9:00
Band Practice: every Sunday morning at 8:45
Praise Team Practice: every Sunday morning at 9:00
Weekly Word on Worship
“Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, He said to them, ‘Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest’. So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place.” – Mark 6:31-32
This beautiful passage comes right between two major events in the life of Jesus. Right before it, His cousin John the Baptist was beheaded. Now we know that nothing takes Him by surprise, but it still had to be a sad hard thing for Christ to deal with.
Right after this time of rest is the story of the feeding of the five thousand. So much of our life is summed up in the big things. The hard times, the huge successes or milestones. But today, as I’m sitting here by the lake, listening to the sounds of waves hitting the rocks, birds singing in the trees, I’m thankful for the quiet places. The solitary places, where it’s just me and God. I’m thankful that I serve a God Who values rest. He put it right there at the beginning of time. He didn’t need to rest after creating our world, but He wanted to set an example for us to follow.
As an introvert, sometimes I feel like I’m not being very Christ-like when I want a break from people. After all, He was full of compassion and loved people. But verses like this (and Matthew 14:13, 23, Mark 1:35, Mark 6:46, Luke 5:15-16, Luke 6:12, Luke 9:10) remind me that sometimes Jesus needed a break from people too. He needed to spend one-on-one time with His Father to rejuvenate and refresh His soul.
This week I’m trying to soak up as much of Jesus and His amazing creation as possible. There’s a song we sing called “Desert Song.” The last verse goes like this:
This is my prayer in the harvest
When favor and providence flow
I know I'm filled to be emptied again
The seed I've received I will sow
We won’t have anything to give others if we don’t take time to be refilled with His presence and Holy Spirit. I want to be so full of Him that all of those broken places in me just leak Jesus everywhere.
“Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, He said to them, ‘Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest’. So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place.” – Mark 6:31-32
This beautiful passage comes right between two major events in the life of Jesus. Right before it, His cousin John the Baptist was beheaded. Now we know that nothing takes Him by surprise, but it still had to be a sad hard thing for Christ to deal with.
Right after this time of rest is the story of the feeding of the five thousand. So much of our life is summed up in the big things. The hard times, the huge successes or milestones. But today, as I’m sitting here by the lake, listening to the sounds of waves hitting the rocks, birds singing in the trees, I’m thankful for the quiet places. The solitary places, where it’s just me and God. I’m thankful that I serve a God Who values rest. He put it right there at the beginning of time. He didn’t need to rest after creating our world, but He wanted to set an example for us to follow.
As an introvert, sometimes I feel like I’m not being very Christ-like when I want a break from people. After all, He was full of compassion and loved people. But verses like this (and Matthew 14:13, 23, Mark 1:35, Mark 6:46, Luke 5:15-16, Luke 6:12, Luke 9:10) remind me that sometimes Jesus needed a break from people too. He needed to spend one-on-one time with His Father to rejuvenate and refresh His soul.
This week I’m trying to soak up as much of Jesus and His amazing creation as possible. There’s a song we sing called “Desert Song.” The last verse goes like this:
This is my prayer in the harvest
When favor and providence flow
I know I'm filled to be emptied again
The seed I've received I will sow
We won’t have anything to give others if we don’t take time to be refilled with His presence and Holy Spirit. I want to be so full of Him that all of those broken places in me just leak Jesus everywhere.
