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SFNAZ Newsletter 01/07/2021
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WEEKLY PASTORAL DEVOTIONAL SFNAZ ANNOUNCEMENTS DID YOU MOVE? If you have moved or have any updates to your contact information, please notify the church office. 2021 TITHING ENVELOPES The 2021 tithing envelopes are now available at the information table. Please fill in your name and address on the same line as the number on your box. Sunday, January 10, 2021 This week Pastor Bill will be teaching “A New Beginning”. Join us for either online…
Pastoral Update – January 7, 2021
I hope that your week has been blessed abundantly by God the Father and the Living Christ. We were so pleased to be able to share the Lord’s Supper with so many of you last Sunday either in person or through live stream. It has been a while since we gave an update on Pastor Bill’s health, so I thought I would do that today. He finished 3 days of chemotherapy on Wednesday, January 6, and will now have 21…
SFNAZ Newsletter 12/30/2020
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WEEKLY PASTORAL DEVOTIONAL SFNAZ ANNOUNCEMENTS COMMUNION SUNDAY Join us in sharing communion on Sunday, January 3rd during morning worship at 9:30am. Those who are joining us online may pick up the elements from the church office Monday – Thursday 10am – 2pm. SFNAZ HOLIDAY SCHEDULE Thursday, December 31st – OFFICE CLOSED Friday, January 1st – HAPPY NEW YEAR! Sunday, January 3rd – ONE SERVICE (NO DISCIPLESHIP CLASSES) CALL TO PRAYER There will be no Call…
Hope for 2021- This is the Way
Comfort the discouraged. Help the weak. Be patient with everyone… Rejoice always. Pray continually. Give thanks in every situation because this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (1 Thessalonians 5:14b, 16-18) As we close out what will be a year that most of us will never forget, I have felt the Spirit challenging me to evaluate all the reasons we have to be hopeful about the coming new year. Here in this passage, as the Apostle Paul moves…
SFNAZ Newsletter 12/23/2020
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WEEKLY PASTORAL DEVOTIONAL CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE: Thursday, December 24th – 4pm Join us in a celebration of the birth of our Lord and Savior with music & a candlelight service. If you would rather join us online, you’ll connect the same way you have in the past via both Facebook and YouTube (Be sure to follow us on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel – SFNAZ Media to know when we are live).…
Advent in the Year 2020: Hope, Peace, Joy, Love
As we approach Christmas day this year many of us have experienced more loss, heartache, distress, and confusion than any other year. As we head into the Advent season it is revealed that we as Christians can simply rest in the truth of the Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love that Christ’s birth provides us. It is comforting to know that even though the world can fall apart around us we know that these things are already provided for us. As…
SFNAZ Newsletter 12/17/2020
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WEEKLY PASTORAL DEVOTIONAL Sunday, December 20, 2020 4th Sunday of Advent – LOVE We are excited to continue the Advent series “Let Earth Receive Her King”. This week Pastor Bill will be teaching “Love”. Join us for either online worship or for in-person worship in the gym at 9:30am. For online worship, you’ll connect the same way you have in the past via both Facebook and YouTube (Be sure to follow us on Facebook…
Biblical Obedience: Love + Trust + Action
“If you love me, you will obey what I command.” John 14:15 (NIV) Let’s pause and think back to the first Christmas. Have you ever stopped to put yourself in Joseph’s shoes? Here was a guy who found out his fiancé was pregnant, claiming she was visited by an angel and it’s God’s baby. And she wanted him to believe her! In an instant, Joseph’s whole world was turned upside down. This was not the way his life was supposed…
SFNAZ Newsletter 12/10/2020
Sunday, December 13, 2020 3rd Sunday of Advent – JOY We are excited to continue the Advent series “Let Earth Receive Her King”. This week Pastor Bill will be teaching “Joy”. Join us for either online worship or for in-person worship in the gym at 9:30am. For online worship, you’ll connect the same way you have in the past via both Facebook and YouTube (Be sure to follow us on Facebook or subscribe to our YouTube Channel – SFNAZ Media…
SFNAZ Newsletter 12/03/2020
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WEEKLY PASTORAL DEVOTIONAL Sunday, December 6, 2020 2nd Sunday of Advent – Peace We are excited to continue the Advent series “Let Earth Receive Her King”. This week Pastor Bill will be teaching “Peace”. Join us for either online worship or for in-person worship in the gym at 9:30am. For online worship, you’ll connect the same way you have in the past via both Facebook and YouTube (Be sure to follow us on Facebook or…
The Middle Way
34 “I give you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, so you also must love each other. 35 This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples, when you love each other.” (John 13:34-35 CEB) John Wesley was a pastor and theologian who lived in the 1700s. Many affirm that the Church of the Nazarene grew out of the evangelistic movement originally started by Wesley. In Wesley’s teachings, he often emphasized the idea of…
SFNAZ Newsletter 11/25/2020
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WEEKLY PASTORAL DEVOTIONAL Sunday, November 22, 2020 1st Sunday of Advent – HOPE We are excited to begin the Advent series “Let Earth Receive Her King”. This week Pastor Bill will be teaching “Hope”. Join us online this Sunday, November 29th and watch the service LIVE at 9:30am via Facebook or YouTube. For online worship, you’ll connect the same way you have in the past via both Facebook and YouTube (Be sure to follow us on…