WELCOME TO PACKS BRANCH BAPTIST CHURCH
December 31, 2023
ERIC DAVIS, PASTOR
It is a blessing to share this Lord’s Day with you and we are glad you chose to wor-ship with us. For those visiting, we are honored to have you. Please fill out a “Visitor’s Card” located in the pew and place it in the offering plate later in the service. If you do not have a home church, please join us tonight and this week in our services. Thank you for coming!
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Psalms 139: 17-18
OUR WEEKLY SERVICES
SUNDAY SCHOOL SERVICE 10:00 am
SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP 11:00 am
SUNDAY EVENING WORSHIP (New Year’s Eve) 8:00 pm
WEDNESDAY EVENING SERVICE 7:00 pm
WEDNESDAY EVENING CHOIR PRACTICE
*Master Club will resume on Wednesday, January 10th
A TRUE friend knows when to listen and when to talk.
It takes courage to cross some
A TRUE friend knows when to listen and when to talk.
It takes courage to cross some bridges and wisdom to know which ones to burn.
Sunday, 12/31/23
New Year’s Eve Service @ 8:00 pm
Light Refreshments for New Year’s Eve
A NEW BEGINNING by Helen Steiner Rice
It doesn’t take a new year to begin our lives anew
God grants us many beginnings each day the whole year through.
So never be discouraged for there comes daily to all men
A chance to make another start and begin all over again!
THE LIFE ETHIC:
Where Does It Come From? The Bible establishes that human life is sacred in Genesis 1:27:
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.”
To be created in the likeness of God means that each human bears His image, and with it, a value beyond our unique characteristics or individual attributes. Nothing else in God’s created order has the distinction of re-flecting His image; it’s a privileged status reserved only for humankind.
This is a bit of a mystery as God’s image in us isn’t something tangible we can see, taste or feel; yet it establishes our significance and worth at the highest level. The Bible says we are “fearfully and wonderfully made.” (Psalm 139:14). From the miracle of life in the womb to the body’s ability to regenerate cells and tissue for healing, we see God’s amazing fingerprint at work. Humans are breathtaking creatures embodying a touch of the Creator Himself and reflected in the wonder of human life.
SAYINGS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
“Stand with anybody that stands right. Stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.”
“Gold is good in its place, but living, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.”
“Universal idleness would speedily result in universal ruin.”
“The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is the reason He makes so many of them.”
“No man is poor who has had a Godly mother.”
“I don’t think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.”