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Plans for an upcoming in-person worship service!

Plans for an upcoming in-person worship service!

[video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://www.elimsportbaptist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/An-Exciting-Announcement-for-May-31.mp4"][/video] Here are some specifics: It is planned for May 31 and will be weather permitting.  Pray that God will bless us with a dry Saturday and Sunday.  If there is any significant risk of rain or if our field is muddy we will cancel and have our usual livestreamed service only.  Check back…
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Answers in the Crisis

Answers in the Crisis

Some people are saying that the Corona virus crisis is God's judgment on America (or the world or . . . you pick the target).  Are they correct?  Others are asking, how can a good, loving God allow this to happen?  Does true, biblical, Christianity have any substantial answers for this or just sympathy?  We…
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Trusting God To Provide

Trusting God To Provide

This week we will look at a true story from the Old Testament of a widow and her son in a tough situation.  It illustrates Paul's Words from Philippians 4, "I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and…
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Putting on the New

Putting on the New

After making the command to put off the old and put on the new, Paul now gives specific instruction on just how we are to do that. Here in Ephesians 4:25-32 Paul deals with anger and our speech.  He further explains how important this is because if we speak and act according to the old…
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Why the Old Has to Go

Why the Old Has to Go

It says in 1 Corinthians 4:17 that "if any man be in Christ he is a new creation, old things have passes away, behold all things have become new".  We don't, however, always want to let go of the old, we want to hang on to it.  We are used to it, we are comfortable…
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Defining a Pastor’s Work

Defining a Pastor’s Work

In Ephesians 4 we read: "And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ (NKJV)" Before Easter we studied about the importance of the whole church working together…
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A note from the Pastor

A note from the Pastor

I realize that things are only getting harder for many people.  I just want to say that our desire is to help.  Do you need to talk? Is there something I can pray with you about? Do you have an urgent need and don't know where to turn?  Whether you are a member of this…
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Easter Sunday Service

Easter Sunday Service

A time of music, Scripture, and hope as we look at the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.  We join the disciples in their despair Saturday night and Sunday morning and see the transformation that was produced when Christ rose from the dead, giving them much more to live for, much more to hope in.  God wants…
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Good Friday Service

Good Friday Service

Enjoy a time of music, Scripture, and reflection as we remember the incredible sacrifice God made for us on the cross.  Our focus will be on the Scriptural account and the significance of the events of that terrible day that produced the most wonderful gift. [embed]https://youtu.be/Kww5SQOlXog[/embed]
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