Friday, June 17, 2011

A Celebration and You Are Invited!

Anniversary Open House

You are invited to a 50th Anniversary Open House

in honor of Marv and Ina France

Pine Town Hall, Saturday, June 18, 2:00-5:00 p.m.


Saturday, June 11, 2011

Please Stay for Dinner


After worship on Sunday, please stay for dinner! Here's what's up... Mission Xpress and the PCEFC Mission's Committee is delighted to invite you to lunch on Sunday... right after the service! There will be grilled chicken, hamburgers, potatoes, watermelon, ice cream treats and more! Don't rush off...enjoy the fellowship, support th...e team going to Rio Grande Valley in July and listen to inspiring music from some folks you will know! It is sure to be a great time. There will be a free will offering for the lunch and all proceeds will go towards the expenses of the Mission Xpress Short Term Mission's Team. See you all there!

Monday, June 6, 2011

This Summer's Gonna Be Good!


The book of Psalms has been and continues to be an irreplaceable devotional guide, prayer book, and hymnal of the people of God. The Hebrew title is "the book of praises”. The Greek translation of the Old Testament used psalmos, which means "a song sung to the accompaniment of a stringed instrument." The King James Version adopted the word, and thus we have the book of Psalms.

Some of the psalms are laments to the Lord, written by people in dire circumstances. There are also messianic psalms that point forward to the Lord Jesus Christ. There are also psalms of praise and thanksgiving, royal psalms, wisdom psalms, psalms of affirmation and trust, penitential psalms, and even imprecatory psalms calling down God's wrath on the enemy. We will consider each of these categories as we meet them in our studies

Primarily, the psalms are about God and His relationship to His creation, the nations of the world, Israel, and His believing people. He is seen as a powerful God as well as a tenderhearted Father, a God who keeps His promises and lovingly cares for His people. The psalms also reveal the hearts of those who follow Him, their faith and doubts, their victories and failures, and their hopes for the glorious future God has promised. In this book, we meet all kinds of people in a variety of circumstances, crying out to God, praising Him, confessing their sins and seeking to worship Him in a deeper way. In the book of Psalms, you meet the God of creation and learn spiritual truths from birds and beasts, mountains and deserts, sunshine and storms, wheat and chaff, trees and flowers. You learn from creatures of all sorts—horses, mules, dogs, snails, locusts, bees, lions, snakes, sheep, and even worms. The psalms teach us to seek God with a whole heart, to tell Him the truth and tell Him everything, and to worship Him because of Who He is, not just because of what He gives. They show us how to accept trials and turn them into triumphs, and when we've failed, they show us how to repent and receive God's gracious forgiveness. The God described in the book of Psalms is both transcendent and immanent, far above us and yet personally with us in our pilgrim journey. He is "God Most High" and "Immanuel—God with us."

Join us this summer at Pine City Evangelical Free Church as we spend the “Summer in the Psalms!”

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Take a Journey With Us on Sunday

Join our church on an unforgettable journey from poverty to hope. See poverty through the eyes of a child as we take the "Journey to Jamaa".

Pine City Evangelical Free Church

Sunday, June 5, 2011

10:30 a.m. at the Lighthouse

Please note: Journey to Jamaa is suited for a sixth-grade and older audience and contains mature themes. Children will be offered age appropriate activities with trained staff at PCEFC South Campus site. This is a special hour planned just for our children preschool through 5th grade which is designed by World Vision just for your child. Your children will see a video about a child from Jamaa which will touch their young hearts and minds. Call Pine City EFC at 629.2584 for additional information.

“Journey to Jamaa” is an experience that provides the opportunity for your heart to be broken by what breaks God’s heart.“ We invite you to see an unforgettable journey from poverty to hope through the eyes of a child as we take a journey to Jamaa. Don't miss this Sunday... it's going to be great!