01/01/2023 Newsletter

mosaicnazarene
Jan 1, 2023
3 min read

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Pray for One Another

To request prayer, email mosaicnazarene@gmail.com

or call/text (520) 709-0815

Our pastors, our board and their families

Shelley Butler's Aunt Phyllis

Betty Pimentel

Brenda Hathaway's brother, Wes

Barbara Gionfriddo

Barbara Gionfriddo's friend. Gabrielle

Joe Watts

Tom Burke

Pat Lancos's sister Dottie

Leonard Keeler

Judy McGinnis' family esp. sister-in-law, Norma

The many unspoken requests

Make sure you're a part of our Facebook group to get prayer requests as they come in: https://www.facebook.com/groups/21109057279

Bible Reading Plan

Redemptive-Historical Bible Reading Plan

This year we are doing a 16 part plan that reveals God's plan of redemption in the Old Testament. Here is what the organizer says about it:

"I have outlined redemptive history in 16 stages, from creation up through the open-ended expectation of the Day of the Lord. Then I provide carefully curated sections from the OT that trace this history. I tried to pick at least one chapter from every OT book, but to keep it reasonably short I had to leave some out. I also pepper in psalms along the way. Then, for each stage, I provide a chapters from the NT that bring out how each of those steps of redemptive history (for ancient Israel) are fulfilled in the new era in Christ." Greg Laniers Blog

We will have three to four weeks to read and reflect on each part

Come discuss this plan together in our FORUM. See you there!

Verse of the Week

Click the following to read the verse in context: Isaiah 43

Coming Up...

Mothers Of Preschoolers

FREE CHILDCARE

MOPs.org

Weekly Schedule: (click to go to our calendar)

Note:

➣ Next Soup Sunday will be January 8th

➣ "Friends of God" begins January 4th

This week's lesson is:

Truth Proverbs 30:8

"Keep falsehood and lies far from me;

give me neither poverty nor riches,

but give me only my daily bread."

https://www.mosaicnazarene.org/mosaic-kids

Herald of Holiness

Read This Whole Issue

Opportunities to Give and Serve

We are looking for helpers in the following areas. Please text the church phone at 520-709-0815 and we will get you set up!

⎆Mosaic Cleaning Team

⎆Children's Church helpers

You can Volunteer for once a month, once a quarter, or every time MOPs meets! Contact Bonnie Strunk (480) 296-1831

Humor... Kind of

The Here After

The Pastor came to visit the other day. He said that at my advanced age I should be thinking of the hereafter.

I told him, "Oh, I do it all the time."

"No matter where I am - in the living room, upstairs, in the kitchen, or down in the basement, I am always asking myself: 'Now, what am I here after?'"

NEW PET

A bored young man decided life would be more fun if he had a pet.

So he went to the pet store and told the owner that he wanted to buy an unusual pet. After some discussion, he finally bought a talking centipede, (100-legged bug), which came in a little white box to use for his house.

He took the box back home, found a good spot for the box, and decided he would start off by taking his new pet to church with him. So he asked the centipede in the box, "Would you like to go to church with me today? We will have a good time." But there was no answer from his new pet. This bothered him a bit, but he waited a few minutes and then asked again, "How about going to church with me and receive blessings?" But again, there was no answer from his new friend and pet. So he waited a few minutes more, thinking about the situation.

The guy decided to invite the centipede one last time. This time he put his face up against the centipede's house and shouted, "Hey, in there! Would you like to go to church with me and learn about God?" This time, a little voice came out of the box, "I heard you the first time! I'm putting on my shoes!”

THE KINDERGARTENER

A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom as the children drew pictures. The teacher would occasionally walk around and see each child’s artwork. As she approached one little girl who was working especially hard, she asked what the drawing was.

The little girl told her: “I’m drawing God!”

“But sweety,” the teacher replied, “no one actually knows what God looks like.”

Automatically, the little girl continued drawing and said: “well, they certainly will in a minute!”

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