What: a fabulous brunch for ladies
When: morning of Saturday May 12 (Mother’s Day Weekend)

More details to follow.

“The foundational principle of grace is that God’s kingdom priorities are
completely inverted from those of the world. God’s plan is to magnify His
saving mercy and grace not through human strength but rather through its
weakness…The gospel of grace would remind us that we can’t be used until
we operate not out of our own strength but in weakness, as we depend on
Christ’s Spirit to show the reality of the cross.” Paul Kooistra

John Piper: “Jesus will be the light in which you see mountains and valleys and oceans and rivers and trees and animals and people. Nothing will be the same again when you have him as your light. Everything looks different in the light of Christ. Yes, even earthquakes and tsunamis and suffering and death. Until his light fills the earth as the waters cover the sea—until it and banishes sin and sickness and pain and earthquakes to the outer darkness—until then, even now, his light will help you bear the sorrows of darkness. It will be a soft glow to comfort you in your lonely room after the devastating loss. It will be a lamp on your troubled path. It will reveal the wise and loving face of God behind every frowning providence.”

Gandalf to Bilbo: “You don’t really suppose, do you, that all your adventures and escapes were managed by mere luck, just for your sole benefit? You are a very fine person, Mr. Baggins, and I am very fond of you; but you are only quite a little fellow in a wide world after all!”

— JRR Tolkien

“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
–Jesus of Nazareth

I. The claim(s):
a.) I AM
b.) I am the light of the world

II. The response:
Follow Jesus. The greek word for follow has several different meanings. Each one adds to our total understanding.
a.) Military (“Few Good Men” quote)
b.) Slave/Master
c.) Teacher/Student
d.) King/Subject

III. The Results
A.) Will not walk in darkness
B.) Will have the light of life