TFPC EM NEWSLETTER - MAY 3, 2023

Judging Correctly

 Today is May 3, 2023

Welcome to your mid-week!

Jesus does not tell us to judge the way God judges. Jesus tells us that to judge correctly we need to do the will of the Lord.

To do the will of the Lord means we are obeying the Lord.
To obey the Lord means we are trusting the Lord.
To trust in the Lord means we know the Lord.

This means we cannot judge correctly without obedience and trust and knowing who the Lord is; we cannot judge correctly unless we have a relationship with God. For, the more we know someone, the more we know how that person would respond to situations and what choices they would do.

There is a reason that God says the he desires mercy over sacrifice.
There is a reason that God tells us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us.
There is a reason that God sent his son to die for the whole world.

The more we know and trust and obey the Lord, the more we will be understand those reasons and can, in turn,

judge correctly. 

God's blessing upon you as you meditate on what it means to do the will of the Lord and on judging correctly, and I look forward to worshipping with you this Sunday.

Youtube link from last Sunday's Worship: HERE
Cell Group Discussion: HERE

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Announcements​

• Ministry Calendar
• May 5 (Fri) – Beach Cities Small Group. 6:30pm
• May 7 (Sun) – Ministry Council
• May 14 (Sun) – Mother’s Day
• May 21 (Sun) – YMF Cell Group

• Education Announcements
  • Children's Day Volunteers Needed!
    • "Sunday May 7th is Children's Day!
      
      We want to celebrate the gift of children! As we have done so in the past several years, we will be serving grilled hamburgers following the 11:30 a.m. worship service for all students and families in our Education Department.  We would love your help in bringing everyone together to make it a special day for children and families.
      
      We need a few hands to help pick up the food, prep on Saturday 5/6th, set up and serve on Sunday 5/7th.
      
      Thank you so much! God bless you all!"
    • Sign-up HERE

• VBS Early Bird Registration Starts TODAY!
  • Theme: “Twist & Turns”
  • VBS is from June 20-23 (Tues-Fri), 5:30pm-8:30pm
  • $35 per child by May 7. $40 per child afterward.
  • Register here:
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• Finance Office Announcement
  • ​For Online Offering (found HERE) please make sure to select 'English Ministry' and to scroll down and type in where you would want your offering to go in the 'Note / memo' area.   

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