Christ Presbyterian Church (PCA)

Month: March 2025

  • Announcements – March 28, 2025

    Beloved Family in the Lord,

    This coming Lord’s Day, immediately following the service of worship, there will be a brief Called Meeting of the Congregation for the purpose of electing Deacons.

    Each of the ten men to be presented to you for election have been nominated by the congregation, trained for this office, and are recommended to you by the Session for your approval.   Please be in prayer for this special moment in the life of our fellowship.  The candidates are:

    DJ Alhorn

    Dean Alhorn

    Rich Bagdazian

    Bert Luoma

    Clint Johnson

    Joshua Fortenberry

    Todd Holloway

    Marc Peterson

    Dave Purinton

    Drew Thompson

    Our sermon for this Sunday will come from 1 Timothy 1:18-20.  As you meditate upon this passage, you will see that Paul introduces, and links together, the images of warfare and shipwreck.  I’ve entitled our message ‘War on the High Seas.’ Let’s pray fervently that our Lord will speak to us, and will richly bless the preaching of His Word.

    I love you all so dearly,

    Mike


    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Officer Election – We would invite all communing members to participate in our officer election for our deacon candidates immediately following our worship service this Sunday.

    VBS – There will be a meeting for anyone who is interested in learning more about ways to serve at VBS this Sunday, March 30th at 5pm in the fellowship room.

    Church Spring Picnic – Please join us for our annual spring picnic on Sunday, April 27th starting at 4:30pm on grounds behind the church house. We encourage everyone to bring their own lawn chair or blanket for the event!

    Children’s Ministry
    • Save the date: VBS 2025 will be June 9-12.
    • VBS Volunteer online signup HERE!

    Women’s Ministry
    • Women’s monthly luncheon is the first Thursday of every month at 11:00am at the Timbers Edge Clubhouse. All ladies are invited!
    • Senior Sisters monthly meeting is on the third Thursday from 10-11:30am.
    • Senior Sisters weekly exercise class meets Tuesdays at the church, 10-11:30am.

    Men’s Ministry
    • Men’s Retreat April 25-26 at the church. The theme – building and maintaining relationships between the men of the church. Please sign up in the Narthex.
    • Men’s Friday Bible study meets 11:30-12:30 in the church fellowship room. The men are studying the miracles in the Gospel of John.
    • Men’s Devotion/Prayer meets Tuesdays at 6:30am at the office of Paul Matheny. We are reading “City of God” by St. Augustine. Contact Adam Turnbull with questions.
    • Senior Fellows – The senior fellows will have their monthly breakfast at the church at 9am Tuesday, April 1. John Patton will be our presenter. Visitors welcome. Email Dennis Sanders to add your name to the breakfast headcount.

    Youth Ministry – Sunday Night Youth will meet next Sunday, April 6th, in the Church House from 4:30-6:30.

    Career Ministry – Bible study & fellowship meets Sundays at 7pm at the home of Jim and Sharon Daughtry.

    See christpreshamptoncove.org for detailed news and upcoming events.

    PRAYER REQUESTS

    Care and Healing – Please pray for the health of the following individuals: Collins Bailey; Maurice Belrose; Amy Fortenberry; Sonny Henry; Elizabeth Holton; Ned Nuwayhid; Dona Sims; Steve Terry; and the fathers of Joseph Prinzinger, Amy Schnorrenberg, and Katie Williams

    Bereavement – The Buck family, Jim Daughtry, and Mitzi Cowley

    Expecting – Please pray for the Bucks and Butlers due in April and the Thompsons due in June.

    Ministries: Please pray for the following missionaries and ministries:
    • Seth and Jessica Lewis (Ireland)
    • Noah and Karleigh Stephens (Thailand)
    • RUF at UAH
    • Marcus and Jessica Nobles (RUF at Alabama A&M)
    • Northeast Alabama FCA
    • Franky and Alaina Garcia (church plant in Canada)
    • Dieter and Marty Paulson (church plant in Scottsboro, AL)
    • The Huntsville Pregnancy Resource Center
    • Adam & Lisa Venable (Southside Presbyterian Church)
    • Amos Williams (Hope City PCA Mission)

  • Announcements – March 21, 2025

    Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus,

    This coming Lord’s Day we will be privileged to hear Dr. Matthew Elliott preach God’s Word from 1 Timothy 1:15-17.  You will likely remember the sweet sound of the beautiful benediction contained in verse 17, as well as Paul’s personal confession that he is the foremost of all sinners in verse 15.  I know we will also be blessed and enriched by Matthew’s message, and please lift him to our Lord in fervent prayer as he delivers God’s Word to us.

    It will also be our great honor to have Noah and Karleigh Stephens with us this Sunday morning.  As you know, they serve the Lord as our PCA missionaries to Thailand.  Noah will be giving us a report on their work among the people of Thailand during our Worship time, and please be sure to meet them both before and after our service.

    I look forward to teaching our Adult Sunday School class and leading our Worship and Communion this Lord’s Day!

    May our Father bless you all with a restful weekend, and I love you dearly!

    Mike


    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Missionary Report – This Sunday, the Stephens will be providing a missionary report from Thailand during the worship service.

    Officer Election – All communing members are encouraged to participate in our next officer election for our deacon candidates. The congregational meeting will be immediately following morning worship on Sunday, March 30th.

    Gardening Ministry – This Sunday, March 23, there will be a short meeting in the Fellowship Room immediately after the worship service to discuss the possibility of forming a Church Gardening Fellowship Ministry. Please try to attend if you would be interested in such a group, or contact Al Bart for additional information.

    Midweek Fellowship – Please join us for church wide fellowship, dinner, and discipleship for all ages on Wednesday, March 26th from 5:30 to 7:30 at the church. The dinner theme is toaster subs and sliders! Our adult discipleship will be a congregational hymn sing and a time of prayer.

    Children’s Ministry
    • Save the date: VBS 2025 will be June 9-12.
    • VBS Volunteer online signup HERE! Our first volunteer meeting is on March 30th at 5:00 p.m.

    Women’s Ministry
    • Tuesday morning study at 9:30am at the church – Revelation study by Jen Wilkin (Childcare provided).
    • Tuesday evening study at 6pm at the church – Esther study by Lydia Brownback
    • Wednesday morning study at 10am at the church – Hebrews study by Jen Wilkin.
    • Women’s monthly luncheon is the first Thursday of every month at 11:00am at the Timbers Edge Clubhouse. All ladies are invited!
    • Senior Sisters monthly meeting is on the third Thursday from 10-11:30am.
    • Senior Sisters weekly exercise class meets Tuesdays at the church, 10-11:30am.

    Men’s Ministry
    • Men’s Retreat April 25-26 at the church. The theme – building and maintaining relationships between the men of the church.
    • Men’s Friday Bible study meets 11:30-12:30 in the church fellowship room. The men are studying the miracles in the Gospel of John.
    • Men’s Devotion/Prayer meets Tuesdays at 6:30am at the office of Paul Matheny. We are reading “City of God” by St. Augustine. Contact Adam Turnbull with questions.
    • Senior Fellows – Next breakfast will be at 9:00am on Tuesday, April 1st.

    Youth Ministry – Sunday Night Youth will meet this Sunday, March 23rd, in the Church House from 4:30-6:30.

    Career Ministry – Bible study & fellowship meets Sundays at 7pm at the home of Jim and Sharon Daughtry.

    See christpreshamptoncove.org for detailed news and upcoming events.

    PRAYER REQUESTS

    Care and Healing – Please pray for the health of the following individuals: Collins Bailey, Maurice Belrose, Bill Cowley, Amy Fortenberry, Sonny Henry, Elizabeth Holton, Ned Nuwayhid, Dona Sims, and Steve Terry

    Bereavement – The Buck family and Jim Daughtry

    Expecting – Please pray for the Bucks and Butlers due in April and the Thompsons due in June.

    Ministries: Please pray for the following missionaries and ministries:
    • Seth and Jessica Lewis (Ireland)
    • Noah and Karleigh Stephens (Thailand)
    • RUF at UAH
    • Marcus and Jessica Nobles (RUF at Alabama A&M)
    • Northeast Alabama FCA
    • Franky and Alaina Garcia (church plant in Canada)
    • Dieter and Marty Paulson (church plant in Scottsboro, AL)
    • The Huntsville Pregnancy Resource Center
    • Adam & Lisa Venable (Southside Presbyterian Church)
    • Amos Williams (Hope City PCA Mission)

  • Announcements – March 14, 2025

    Beloved Ones in Christ Jesus,

    This coming Lord’s Day we will be taking our sermon text from the words of 1 Timothy 1:3-11.  In this lengthy section of the epistle, Timothy will be solemnly charged with the task of standing against the false teachers who have gone astray from the Gospel, and introduced strange and divisive doctrines into the Ephesian church.

    As we will see, the essence of the false teaching being propagated in the church had to do with a fundamental misunderstanding and misapplication of the Mosaic Law. In response, Timothy will be challenged by Paul to counter this heterodox teaching with what the Apostle calls “the gospel of the glory of the blessed God” (v. 11). With these words, the gospel of Christ is set in direct contrast with the “myths and endless genealogies” (v. 4) which have captured the attention of Paul’s opponents.

    As we examine this passage, we will seek to understand what it is that makes the gospel we have believed a most glorious message that is worth fighting for at all costs.

    I love you all,

    Mike


    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Officer Election – All communing members are encouraged to participate in our next officer election for our deacon candidates. The congregational meeting will be immediately following morning worship on Sunday, March 30th.

    Gardening Ministry – On Sunday, March 23, there will be a short meeting in the Fellowship Room immediately after the worship service to discuss the possibility of forming a Church Gardening Fellowship Ministry. Please try to attend if you would be interested in such a group, or contact Al Bart for additional information.

    Midweek Fellowship – Please join us for church wide fellowship, dinner, and discipleship for all ages on Wednesday, March 26th from 5:30 to 7:30 at the church. The dinner theme is toaster subs and sliders! Our adult discipleship will be a congregational hymn sing and a time of prayer.

    Children’s Ministry
    • Save the date: VBS 2025 will be June 9-12.
    • VBS Volunteer online signup HERE! Our first volunteer meeting is on March 30th at 5:00 p.m.

    Women’s Ministry
    • Family Forum – Fellowship and teaching for our moms with elementary-aged children and younger will be Wednesday, March 19th from 6:30-8:30pm at the home of Leslie Jeffery.
    • Tuesday morning study at 9:30am at the church – Revelation study by Jen Wilkin (Childcare provided).
    • Tuesday evening study at 6pm at the church – Esther study by Lydia Brownback
    • Wednesday morning study at 10am at the church – Hebrews study by Jen Wilkin.
    • Women’s monthly luncheon is the first Thursday of every month at 11:00am at the Timbers Edge Clubhouse. All ladies are invited!
    • Senior Sisters monthly meeting is on the third Thursday from 10-11:30am.
    • Senior Sisters weekly exercise class meets Tuesdays at the church, 10-11:30am.

    Men’s Ministry
    • Men’s Retreat April 25-26 at the church. The theme – building and maintaining relationships between the men of the church.
    • Men’s Friday Bible study meets 11:30-12:30 in the church fellowship room. The men are studying the miracles in the Gospel of John.
    • Men’s Devotion/Prayer meets Tuesdays at 6:30am at the office of Paul Matheny. We are reading “City of God” by St. Augustine. Contact Adam Turnbull with questions.
    • Senior Fellows – Next breakfast will be at 9:00am on Tuesday, April 1st.

    Youth Ministry – Sunday Night Youth will meet this Sunday, March 16th, in the Church House from 4:30-6:30.

    Career Ministry – Bible study & fellowship meets Sundays at 7pm at the home of Jim and Sharon Daughtry.

    See christpreshamptoncove.org for detailed news and upcoming events.

    PRAYER REQUESTS

    Care and Healing – Please pray for the health of the following individuals: Collins Bailey, Maurice Belrose, Bill Cowley, Amy Fortenberry, Sonny Henry, Elizabeth Holton, Ned Nuwayhid, Dona Sims, and Steve Terry

    Expecting – Please pray for the Bucks and Butlers due in April and the Thompsons due in June.

    Ministries: Please pray for the following missionaries and ministries:
    • Seth and Jessica Lewis (Ireland)
    • Noah and Karleigh Stephens (Thailand)
    • RUF at UAH
    • Marcus and Jessica Nobles (RUF at Alabama A&M)
    • Northeast Alabama FCA
    • Franky and Alaina Garcia (church plant in Canada)
    • Dieter and Marty Paulson (church plant in Scottsboro, AL)
    • The Huntsville Pregnancy Resource Center
    • Adam & Lisa Venable (Southside Presbyterian Church)
    • Amos Williams (Hope City PCA Mission)

  • Announcements – March 7, 2025

    Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord,

    Before I introduce our sermon passage for this coming Sunday, let me remind you that this Saturday night is the time we ‘Spring Forward.’  Daylight Saving Time begins once again, so be sure to make that adjustment in your clocks before heading off to sleep.

    If you do a quick study of the Epistle’s of Paul, you will find that he begins, and sometimes even ends, his letters with a greeting composed of “grace,” “peace,” and even “mercy” as he does in 1 Timothy 1:2.  Far from being just his usual practice, the Apostle Paul intends that these words set the stage for what he communicates in the body of his letters.

    1 Timothy is no different.  There is a definite reason that as he pens his letter to Timothy, Paul starts with “Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.”

    This Lord’s Day we will seek to understand why Paul initiates his correspondence with Timothy in this way. And we will also explore the depths of each of the three beautiful words we find here so prominently set forth in verse 2.

    I love you all so dearly!

    Mike


    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Second Sunday Lunch – Please make plans to join us this Sunday immediately after worship for our monthly fellowship lunch.

    Officer Election – All communing members are encouraged to participate in our next officer election for our deacon candidates. The congregational meeting will be immediately following morning worship on Sunday, March 30th.

    Midweek Fellowship – Please join us for church wide fellowship, dinner, and discipleship for all ages on Wednesday, March 26th from 5:30 to 7:30 at the church. The dinner theme is toaster subs and sliders! Our adult discipleship will be a congregational hymn sing and a time of prayer.

    Children’s Ministry
    • Save the date: VBS 2025 will be June 9-12.
    • VBS Volunteer online signup HERE! Our first volunteer meeting is on March 30th at 5:00 p.m.

    Women’s Ministry
    • Family Forum – Fellowship and teaching for our moms with elementary-aged children and younger will be Wednesday, March 19th from 6:30-8:30pm at the home of Leslie Jeffery.
    • Tuesday morning study at 9:30am at the church – Revelation study by Jen Wilkin (Childcare provided).
    • Tuesday evening study at 6pm at the church – Esther study by Lydia Brownback
    • Wednesday morning study at 10am at the church – Hebrews study by Jen Wilkin.
    • Women’s monthly luncheon is the first Thursday of every month at 11:00am at the Timbers Edge Clubhouse. All ladies are invited!
    • Senior Sisters monthly meeting is on the third Thursday from 10-11:30am.
    • Senior Sisters weekly exercise class meets Tuesdays at the church, 10-11:30am.

    Men’s Ministry
    • Men’s Retreat April 25-26 at the church. The theme – building and maintaining relationships between the men of the church.
    • Men’s Friday Bible study meets 11:30-12:30 in the church fellowship room. The men are studying the miracles in the Gospel of John.
    • Men’s Devotion/Prayer meets Tuesdays at 6:30am at the office of Paul Matheny. We are reading “City of God” by St. Augustine. Contact Adam Turnbull with questions.
    • Junior Fellows – Next meeting will be a paintball outing on March 8th at 9:30am. Contact DJ Alhorn for more info. RSVP HERE
    • Senior Fellows – Next breakfast will be at 9:00am on Tuesday, April 1st.

    Youth Ministry – Sunday Night Youth will meet next Sunday, March 16th, in the Church House from 4:30-6:30.

    Career Ministry – There will be no career group meeting this Sunday. The regular Bible study and fellowship will resume next Sunday at the home of Jim and Sharon Daughtry at 7:00pm.

    See christpreshamptoncove.org for detailed news and upcoming events.

    PRAYER REQUESTS

    Care and Healing – Please pray for the health of the following individuals: Collins Bailey, Maurice Belrose, Bill Cowley, Amy Fortenberry, Sonny Henry, Elizabeth Holton, Ned Nuwayhid, Joe Sims, Dona Sims, and Steve Terry

    Expecting – Please pray for the Bucks and Butlers due in April and the Thompsons due in June.

    Ministries: Please pray for the following missionaries and ministries:
    • Seth and Jessica Lewis (Ireland)
    • Noah and Karleigh Stephens (Thailand)
    • RUF at UAH
    • Marcus and Jessica Nobles (RUF at Alabama A&M)
    • Northeast Alabama FCA
    • Franky and Alaina Garcia (church plant in Canada)
    • Dieter and Marty Paulson (church plant in Scottsboro, AL)
    • The Huntsville Pregnancy Resource Center
    • Adam & Lisa Venable (Southside Presbyterian Church)
    • Amos Williams (Hope City PCA Mission)