4.11.22 Blog
It is Holy Week! Growing up as a baptist the term Holy Week is something I was not familiar with but was something I observed and participated in each year. Easter week was special in my home growing up. It was a time of intentionality in preparing for Easter morning. I feel it is accurate to say there will be more preparation for our upcoming corporate service this week than for any other week this calendar year and this excites me. I hope you are making plans to join either our services at MCBC or services at another church this upcoming weekend. As you are considering this Holy Week I want to challenge you. While I think it is great we will be more engaged in preparing for services this weekend in regards to larger attendance, our dress, etc. would you be willing to more intentionally prepare your heart and mind for Easter? Remember Jesus said to the religious elites of His day that they should “first clean the inside…and then the outside will become clean too.” (Matthew 23:26) What staining sin might our best Easter dress be covering up as we make plans for this upcoming weekend? I challenge you to spend sometime with Christ this week considering these thoughts and questions in preparing for this upcoming Easter weekend.
As always I encourage all to take a look and consider these request for prayer this week. As always if you have any specific needs that you would like to have included on our list please let me know. Our list this week is as follows….
Edmonds family - Local Elderly Pastor who lost his Wife and Grandson this past week
Prayers for the lost and the unchurched in the our community
Prayers for all the events and gospel opportunities currently on the MCBC schedule
World Circumstances - The Ukraine/Russian War
Prayers for the people - those who have suffered loss, those displaced, those in harms way
Prayers for gospel opportunities in Ukraine and other areas of our world as a result of war
Serhii and family (Brother of Corey’s good friend Dana Spry. Serhii is a native of Ukraine and fighting in his home city of Lviv - Serhii’s wife (Ira) and two young children (Caroline 7, and Roman 3) have evacuated Ukraine for safety reasons)
Betty Jackson and family (Ms. Betty is homebound with Hospice. Prayers for her comfort and this time)
Tina Moore, Daniel Moore’s mom who is continuing to rehabilitate after trachea surgery
B and A - Young couple in a European country I had the opportunity to meet virtually last weekend. They are believers and leaders in their local church serving faithfully in an extremely hard spiritual climate. They are requesting prayers for vision, means, and God’s leading
I appreciate all who take the time to consider these thoughts and needs weekly
Pastor Corey
