IT IS OUR MISSION TO PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS OF THE WORD OF GOD TO THE SAVED AND THE LOST, OUR PURPOSE IS TO DEMONSTRATE,THROUGH EVERYTHING WE DO, OUR FAITH AND TRUST IN JESUS CHRIST AS SAVIOR OF THE WORLD. BUT MORE THAN THIS, WE ENCOURAGE AND INVITE ALL THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO FOLLOW CHRIST TO JOIN OUR FELLOWSHIP, AND SO PARTAKE OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD'S LOVE WHICH BINDS US TOGETHER AS CHRISTIANS. WITH CHRIST AT THE CENTER OF OUR LIVES, WE SEEK TO BRING OTHERS INTO A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS AS WELL; SO THAT THEY MAY KNOW THE GREAT HOPE TO WHICH HE HAS CALLED US, AND THE IMMEASURABLE SCOPE OF HIS POWER IN US WHO BELIEVE. BY- MARK TIFFANY, -- ELDER AND COMMISSIONED LAY PREACHER
THE REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA ( RCA ) WAS ESTABLISHED ON THIS CONTINENT 150 YEARS BEFORE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.THE WORD " REFORMED " COMES FROM THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION WHICH SWEPT ACROSS EUROPE IN THE 1500'S. JOHN CALVIN'S REFORMATION AT GENEVA SPREAD TO THE NETHERLANDS,WHERE IT BECAME OUR ANCESTOR,THE DUCH REFORMED CHURCH, WHICH ESTABLISHED ITS FIRST NOTH AMERICAN CONGREGATION IN NEW AMSTERDAM IN 1628. THE RCA CURRENTLY HAS OVER 960 CHURCHES IN USA AND CANADA. WE BELIEVE THE BIBLE TO BE THE WORD OF GOD AND THE FINAL AUTHORITY FOR FAITH AND PRACTICE. WE BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST AS THE SON OF GOD AND THE SAVIOR OF THOSE WHO HAVE FAITH IN HIM. WE BELIEVE IN THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AS CONFESSED IN THE APOSTLES CREED. ALTHOUGH DUCH IN ORIGIN, THE RCA HAS FOR DECADES WELCOMED PEOPLES OF MANY DIFFERENT RACES, NATIONALITIES AND RELIGIONS INTO ITS CONGREGATIONS. -- BY -- DOMINIC PASSALACQUA, -- ELDER -- ============================================================================================================================================ CHRIS COMMUNITY CHURCH IS HAVING A DUTCH FAIR AND CHICKEN BAR-BE-QUE . THIS WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, SEPT. 6, 1997 FROM 10AM TO 6PM AT CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH, 1414 HERKIMER ROAD, NORTH UTICA . THE BAR-BE-QUE WILL FEATURE HOME MADE DESSERTS AND IN AVAILABLE TO EAT IN OR TAKE OUT. ENTERTAINMENT WILL BE OFFERED DURING THE DAY. AT NOON IT'S SHOWSTOPPER PRODUCTIONS, AT 1PM, UTICA ZOOMOBILE AND AT 2PM COUNTRY DANCIN'. THE ANNUAL AUCTION WILL BE HELD AT 4PM WITH VIEWING FROM 10AM TO 4PM. RUMMAGE, CRAFTS, COUNTRY STORE, FUNNEL CAKES, BOOKS, PLANTS AND MUCH MORE WILL BE AVAILABLE WITH FEE ADMISSION. SEE YOU-ALL THERE !!!!!
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