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Pastor Matt Loves to Teach and Preach God's Word!
You can read Pastor Matt's Messages posted every Sunday on his blog.
Pastor Matt Loves to Teach and Preach God's Word!
You can read Pastor Matt's Messages posted every Sunday on his blog.
We’ve been following Jesus through the Gospel of Matthew, and for the last several months, have been following Jesus through that last crucial holy week of His passion. It is Good Friday, and the Lord Jesus has just died on the cross. No longer is it going to get worse. From here on, it just gets better.
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We’ve been following Jesus through the Gospel of Matthew, and for the last several months, have been following Jesus through that last crucial holy week of His passion. And we’ve reached the last day of that last week. Now we’ve reached the last hours. It just gets worse.
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We take a break from our current sermon series for a special message that speaks directly to what we are all experiencing right now. Watch Pastor’s message today.
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The end of all things is near. This has been true for nearly 2,000 years, and the priorities the Bible gives us are timeless for both days of peace and days of uncertainty.
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We’ve followed Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew from before His birth no to the day of His death. We are smack dab in the middle of the worst day in human history. the worst day in Jesus’ life, because it is the day of His death. And it just gets worse.
Read MoreWe continue our slow walk through the crucial events of Passion Week. Jesus has just finished praying in the Garden of Gethsemane and Judas has arrived.
Jesus was Hypocritically Betrayed with a Kiss, Unjustly Arrested Without Resistance, and Painfully Deserted to Fulfill God’s Word.
Read MoreWe have reached not just that crucial last week that we often call “Holy Week” or “Passion Week,” but we’ve also reached that last crucial day. That last 24 hours before the crucifixion of our Lord. Jesus is emphasizing the immediacy of the events soon to come. What does this mean for us? We need to Recognize Our Weakness and Marvel at Jesus’ Strength.
Read MoreFor over two years now, we’ve been following Jesus through the Gospel of Matthew, and we’ve now followed Him right up into that crucial, holy, last week. Today, we enter into that critical final 24 hours leading up to the crucifixion.
Read MoreTurning the corner into the next section of Matthew, we turn back into the crucial events of Passion Week. In today’s passage, a women does a beautiful thing to Jesus.
Read MoreFor the last six weeks, we have been following Jesus up to the Mount of Olives where He has been teaching His disciples about his return. Jesus is teaching here on the doctrine of Last Things, on the End of the World, and on His return and we have reached the end today.
Read MoreLanse Free Church
255 Cotohisc Road
Lanse, PA 16849
Phone: 814.345.6500
Worship Services:
Masks required.
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8:00am
9:30am
11:00am
Prayer Meeting: Wednesday, 7:00pm
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Pastor Matt’s Blog
- A Tight Spot July 8, 2020
- “My Joy and Crown” [Matt's Messages] July 5, 2020
- Masks Required for Everybody at Worship on Campus Starting July 5th July 3, 2020
- “Declaration of Dependence” and an Update on LEFC Ministry Plans July 1, 2020
- "I Press On" [Matt's Messages] June 28, 2020
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If you were granted the opportunity to gain wisdom in one area of life, what would it be and why? God offers wisdom by which to live life and glorify Him. He has revealed Himself in nature (Ps. 19:1), in His written Word (2 Tim. 3:16-17), and in Jesus (Heb. 1:1-4). In our study this week, we learn how God promises to provide wisdom to those who search for Him. Be sure to follow along at home with Session 6 - Pursuing Wisdom.
Hi everyone,
We seem to be having some issues with our phone line. Some numbers are getting an "out of service" message. Know that they church's phone is definitely IN services. It seems that some exchanges are going through while others are not. Zito is working on the issue and trying to fix it as soon as possible.
In the mean time, you can call either Marilynn or Pastor Matt on their cell phones, message us here, or email us at the church.
Hopefully this gets resolved quickly!
Dear Church Family,
I’ve been frustrated recently by how confined I feel due to the coronavirus and all of the health precautions and restrictions that are being called for right now.
It’s really hard to do effective church ministry in these conditions!
I mean, we can meet, but asking everybody to sit at 6' spacing?
To wear masks or face shields?
To make reservations before coming to church?
And then not seeing everyone because we are spread out over so many different worship times?
I get it, and we’re doing it, but sometimes it feels really confining. I feel like we’re in a tight spot with not a lot of room for maneuvering.
And it takes 3 times the work right now for 1/3 of the results. We make the best of it, but it’s kind of frustrating and sometimes exhausting.
We’re kind of in a “tight spot.”
And I don’t know about you, but my tendency when I get in a tight spot is to grumble and complain.
This morning, I was texting with Joel Michaels, and I was complaining about how these conditions make it hard to do effective church ministry. There are all of these roadblocks to getting folks connected to each other, to corporate worship, to good teaching, to effective service.
Roadblocks everywhere, and Joel and I agreed that we need to get our eyes off of ourselves and even those roadblocks and onto the Lord.
Because what does God like to do when we are in a tight spot?
Tonight at Prayer Meeting, we’re going to look together at Exodus 14 when the nation of Israel was in a tight spot. They had just been freed from bondage to Pharoah, but they had not yet made it fully out of Egypt. And the Lord led them to a spot between the approaching Egyptian army in the desert on one side and the deep Red Sea on the other side.
Talk about a tight spot! Not a lot of room for maneuvering.
You know what happened, right?
There was some grumbling and some complaining. That’s what happened!
And then there was some rebuking. Moses said (Exodus 14:13), “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.'” (vv.13-14)
And you probably know what happened next, right?
Moses raised his staff, and then...a miracle happened.
If you don’t know what happened, maybe read Exodus 14 today or come tonight to prayer meeting.
If the weather holds, we’ll have it under the tent and masks will be optional.
If it’s bad weather, we’ll be inside, and masks will be required.
By the way, tomorrow is the deadline to sign your kids up for Kids Bible Story Hour that’s happening at the Ark Park this Saturday. Parents, if you haven’t already, get online and tell us that your kids are coming to that safe, fun, and spiritually nourishing event this Saturday at 10am.
Beginning this Sunday, we are going to have 3 worship times on campus. 8:00am, 9:30am, and 11:00am, and we need to know who is coming to each one. Are you an 8:00 o’clock person? Are you a 9:30? Are you an 11:00?
I’m excited to see the reservations pour in and who all is coming to each service. There’s a bunch of folks who are coming back for the first time this month, and I can hardly wait to see you all!
I’m excited and relieved that we will have a place for everybody. So now it’s time to get everybody in their place! Make your reservation by phone or online by 3:30 on Saturday. Bring your mask or face shield on Sunday. And come join us for worship!
And because I won’t have to run off to the Zoom meeting, I’ll be able to visit with folks under the tent after and between all of the worship times on Sundays. I’m looking forward to having more fellowship time with many of you!
We are still going to have a Family Fellowship Meeting on Zoom (because that’s still the best place for some of us), but the time is moving to 6:30pm on Sunday evenings. This Sunday, July 12th, will be the first Sunday at the new time, 6:30pm. Our first special guest for that will be Greg Shuenke of Vision of Hope Ministries in Haiti. Greg was one of Henoc Lucien’s best friends and helps to lead the stateside part of the ministry. Greg is going to tell us a little bit of how the Lucien family and the churches, orphanage, and school that Henoc helped to start are faring now that he is with the Lord. We will find out more about how we can pray and stay involved in the ongoing work of VOHM. Connection details are in your church email. I hope you can join us.
Are you feeling like you’re in a tight spot right now?
That might be right where the Lord wants you to be.
And He’s asking you and me to get our eyes off of ourselves and our confinements and onto Him.
I’m starting to pray that God does amazing wonders among us during these difficult days.
Wouldn’t that be awesome?!
Let’s get our eyes on the Lord and watch Him work.
See you Sunday!
-Pastor Matt