August 22, 2024
Charles and Allie Marchman move to town tomorrow! They are closing on their house (5257 Saratoga Dr.) in the morning and then unloading their U-Haul later in the day. If you're interested in helping them, please text Seth Winchester first at 601.307.3080 and he will let you know the plans.
Also, don't forget that we want to welcome them not only with love, but also with gift cards to grocery stores and restaurants to stock their pantry and feed their family as they move to town. See the details below.
Pray for their move with three little ones, and for a smooth transition back to the Jackson area and into the life and ministry of POPC. I'm excited that Charles will finally be able to start getting to know our young adults and young families!
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I hope that our mini-series on the "one-anothers" of the New Testament has been an encouragement and admonishment to your soul, as it has been to mine. The word of God is often painful in the way it exposes and reveals our sins of omission and commission, but it is a productive pain, cleansing and scouring and sanding in order to till up the soul for the beautiful fruit of the Spirit to grow. What a joy to know that we are being transformed together, growing in our love for one another and in our knowledge of the grace of the gospel together. Pastor Dean will close out our series this Sunday from Galatians 5, and then it's back to the gospel of Luke in the mornings. In the evening services, we will begin a new series in the book of I John this Sunday. I'm looking forward to getting back to some consecutive expository sermon series, and pray that our Father by His Spirit will continue to mold us and shape us into the image of our Savior.
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Monday night, the Session approved funding the renovation of our new office building at 419 Northpark Drive. Lord willing, by the end of this year, the work will be done and we'll start moving into our new offices!
You'll be seeing several things happening on that property soon. In addition to the work on the inside, the Deacons also voted to allow Christ Covenant School to move the dumpster to the 419 Northpark parking lot and to build a new maintenance shop right behind the new office building. These improvements will not only give our maintenance team a better and more unified work area, but they will open space to beautify and connect the back of our campus, and to provide our children and youth with more activity space on a full-size football field.
Be in prayer for all the construction work that will be happening this fall! Pray that the Lord will enable us to be good witnesses for Christ to those who work on our campus, that the work would be done within budget and in a timely manner, that we would all have patience as we wait for the completion of these projects, and that the Lord would use the finished product for His glory!