Good morning church family,
537e35c4-3a79-ea54-0609-7c337f7d0f19@yahoo.com>”>GIVING THANKS:
* Karen Stanzione’s son- in- law Jose is progressing day by day. His pain level is decreasing and we give much thanks to God for his physical healing. Prayers for his spiritual walk.
* Mary Lou’s friend Linda who had the foot surgery, is healing very well. She appreciates the prayers!
* Maury Samaha is home from the hospital and doing much better, praise God!
* Thanks to all who showered Matthew DePinho and Kristen Hubbell with their well wishes. The bridal shower was filled with love from everyone and Matthew and Kristen are overwhelmed with gratitude for this church family!
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3fb5f403-e0b8-77a3-4020-9746a28e5c0c@yahoo.com>”>* We give THANKS that Mildred Perkins is doing well! She continues to be as sharp as a tack and remembers everyone at Trumbull! She is being well cared for (last week had a manicure & pedicure) and her caregiver is top notch. Mildred sends her love to all!
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PRAYER REQUESTS:
* Jessica Bonadio is in the ICU (from a UTI). There are some complications and Toni has asked for prayers please. She recently gave birth to Liliana, and this is a very stressful time for all.
* Karen Stanzione’s daughter Kelly is taking a leave of absence from her job. Things have been very stressful for Kelly since Jose’s illnesses and her 86 year old mother-in-law lives with them, so she is dealing with a lot. Prayers all around for Kelly, Jose and family.
* Ronnie Ralph has been dealing with high blood pressure and nothing seems to be helping as yet.
* Nancy Melson’s friend had a feeding tube put in.
* Angela Weber’s mother-in-law Barbara went to the hospital for pneumonia. Prayers for her wellness in all regards.
* Leah Fernandes’ cousin Lisa Toby had good results from her PET/CT which showed that the tumor shrank. She appreciates everyone’s continued prayers for her as she goes through chemo.
* Diana asked for prayers for her son & his family. They’ve all had a the flu, and two of the young children who are handicapped (one is an infant in the ICU) are in serious condition.
* Kevin & Mirtha submitted a prayer request for their Father Eric for the proper medical treatment as he deals with medical issues.
cd1c67cb-bb69-4c12-3b33-84140cfa4713@yahoo.com>”> There is a great benevolence work which has been started for a collection of items for the Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence in Ansonia. Thanks to Eyoko Voronoff for spear heading this effort! Donations can be brought in through the end of March.
66041c9c-8084-1b2d-01ea-e1a2485aad4e@yahoo.com>”>OUR IN-HOUSE CHURCH FOOD PANTRY CAN USE A BOOST!
Canned goods (soups, ravioli, non-perishable foods, pasta’s, cereal, etc. are needed for our in-house food pantry. Those willing to donate grocery store gift cards please see Ron.
2 Corinthians 9:6
“Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.”
These works are such a great opportunity to help others in need. Thank you all!
COMING UP LORD WILLING:
TOMORROW AFTER WORSHIP – Kevon Turner will be teaching us a few new songs to sing! We hope you can stay after for a few minutes and we thank Kevon for his fervor!
e1f449d6-666a-7f76-963c-1e745a3dff73@yahoo.com>”>There will be a young adult “lock-in” April 4-5 at the church! We’ll be meeting around 5:30 Friday evening for pizza, karaoke and a movie followed by breakfast at Old Towne Diner and a devo walk at the Pequonnock trail in Trumbull the next day! Please see Zach or Tori for more details 🙂
Here are a few photos from their last weekend bible study & bowling! Just look at those smiles!
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5f4aa831-6f80-75b5-3d4a-d8e5e8905c48@yahoo.com>”>NEW CONVERTS CLASS HAS BEGUN – Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m. for any newly baptized members, or those considering baptism. Please see Ron if you have interest.
e0a3dee7-eab5-439d-c32f-3690e4a5754e@yahoo.com>”>Tuesday April 1st is the next Ladies Bible study via zoom at 9:30. The study of Revelation is underway and is such a great study. Thanks to Lisa and Mary Lou for leading the mid-week ladies study. Please see Mary Lou if you would like a book.
5a460c75-1a7e-a12c-12cd-9089f58396a4@yahoo.com>”>Friday March 28th – Ladies’ Night at the Church building 6pm. Fellowship with movie to follow – Ordinary Angels to follow at 7pm. Please bring snacks / finger foods and /or desserts to share. Feel free to bring a friend as well.
bf907a88-8c84-8ec6-5bf3-a43d8e621e8c@yahoo.com>”>Sunday March 30th – Please join us for the first Pot luck of 2025! Lord willing right after worship we will enjoy fellowshipping together. Bring a dish for you, your family & a little extra and invite friends & family! \
TORI SARACINO has her junior recital at the chapel at Sacred Heart University – Sacred Heart APRIL 10th at 8:00 p.m. (approximately 45 minutes long) and it is free. Tori would like to invite her church family so all are invited.
22c976ba-1596-766d-3355-a42fa915b000@yahoo.com>”>The next Saturday Ladies Bible class will be on Saturday April 12th from 10:00 – 12:00 noon at the church building. We’ve had to switch up the teachers a bit due to scheduling issues, so this class will be taught by Margaret Rizzio. She will lead us in a lesson on “Self Control”.
AREA CONGREGATION EVENTS:
CONWAY LADIES WEEKEND in Conway, NH – April 4th, 5th, & 6th.
Guest speakers Melina Bora, Jocelyn Price, Bonnie Bonneau, Beth Stafford, Linda King.
RSVP – 603-447-8855
Flyer is on the back table in the auditorium
YOUTH RALLY – April 26th Warwick church of Christ.
Note from Jay…
“I received this from Joshua Hoit. Joshua was one of the two graduates of NEBI in 2024. He is currently interning with his home congregation of Warwick RI and sent this flyer for their youth rally. The speaker Phil Morrison is scheduled to graduate this year from NEBI.”
14ee1ac5-3907-9c18-467d-bb40b4488aee@yahoo.com>”>JUNE MEN’S RETREAT – June 13th & 14th
Men are encouraged now to register for the upcoming Men’s Retreat. Please see Pat Keller for details.
5d3f1c96-31ad-c350-c17d-79a79b9bdbac@yahoo.com>”>TIDAL RIVER CHRISTIAN CAMP
Information is on the back table for TRCC this coming summer! Registration for campers is underway.
Teachers are also needed!
Please see Pat Keller if you have any questions.
ded76cff-bbf8-d1f2-fcff-d766f3fd7fe3@yahoo.com>”>Jesus was with GOD from the beginning.
John 1:1
“In the beginning was the Word,
And the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.”
God’s glory has always existed, whether man has believed in Him, acknowledged Him or not.
15566cd5-f028-ba74-f771-eac0f2af0246@yahoo.com>”>The first family – Adam and Eve, Cain & Able, walked with GOD, yet turned from HIM. They were thrown out of the Garden of Eden because of their disobedience and soon realized the error of their ways. Sin entered into the world and life became difficult. Genesis 3:17-19 God said to Adam,
“Cursed is the ground because of you;
through painful toil
you will eat of it all the days of your life.
It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.
By the sweat of your brow
you will eat your food
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and dust you will return.”
We all fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23
God in all of HIS GLORY, continues to LOVE us. Romans 8:39
He provided the perfect sacrifice for all sin by giving His One and Only Son, JESUS CHRIST.
d631895c-c987-00ae-0da7-dac13c835ae0@yahoo.com>”>Man continues to turn to the foolish things of this world into idols. When nations remove GOD, and replace HIM with other idols (Alcohol, drugs, TV, gambling, relationships, money & greed, lust of the flesh, etc. as we read in Galatians 5:19-21 ) their foolish hearts become darkened and they have no hope.
Psalm 106:36
“They worshipped their idols, which became a snare to them.“
Exodus 20:3-6
“You shall have no other gods before me.
You shall not make for yourself a carved image,
or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above,
or that is in the earth beneath,
or that is in the water under the earth.
You shall not bow down to them or serve them,
for I the LORD your GOD am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children
to the third and fourth generation
of those who hate me,
but showing steadfast love to thousands
of those who love me and keep my commandments.“
eebb194f-6aad-5006-e28a-76d79aed7de2@yahoo.com>”>God’s name is to be exalted and PRAISED – all of Psalm 148
774282ca-dceb-1333-bc43-ffb493fcd550@yahoo.com>”>Glorifying God begins when we hear His word, and choose to believe and obey it. We obey it when we believe that Jesus is God’s Son, and repent of our sins. When we confess Jesus’ name before men and act in obedience to His will, by being baptized to have our sins washed away, and rise from baptism to walk and live a faithful life, we glorify God through the Son.
Jesus Christ is our only HOPE! John 14:6
aac9f13c-38a9-9ed7-ecc6-ea832e78781e@yahoo.com>”>Jesus came to bring us life in abundance. John 10:10
bb09ae1c-e43e-1522-3866-e82a59199af4@yahoo.com>”>After Jesus’ humiliation and torturous death on the cross, He was exalted “above every name, that at the name of JESUS every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth”
Philippians 2:9-11
All angels, demons, and human beings must bow to His glory.
3e61028b-4491-bae3-ecd1-651bc411c967@yahoo.com>”>Jesus humbly emptied himself, giving all He had to follow God’s perfect and glorious plan, for us to have a savior. Jesus went beyond and was willing to die one of the most disgraceful forms of execution as a condemned criminal on a brutal cross of shame. Because he humbled Himself on a cross, God elevated Jesus to His rightful place of glory. God exalted Him to the highest place! The name that is above all names is the supreme name – divine LORD. This name acknowledges Jesus Christ’s absolute Lordship as divine King of the universe and it brings with it the right to be worshiped.
Hebrews 12:2
“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus,
the author and perfecter of our faith,
who for the joy set before him,
endured the cross,
scorning its shame,
and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.“
To glorify God as God, is to acknowledge Him as Creator, and to give him the honor, and glory due His name today and always. To give Him glory we should be doing what we were created to do, believe in Jesus and worship HIM!
c60f6fb3-65ae-b621-1121-353339d780a9@yahoo.com>”>We read in John chapter 17…
Jesus prayed for Himself
John 17:1-5
“After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:
“Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.
For you granted him authority over all people
that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.
Now this eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God,
and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
I have brought you glory on earth by completing your work you gave me to do.
And now. Father, glorify me in your presence
with the glory I had with you
before the world began.”
Jesus prayed for His Disciples
John 17:6-16
“I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world.
They were yours;
you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word.
Now they know everything you have given me comes from you.
For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them.
They knew with certainty that I came from you,
and they believed that you sent me.
I pray for them.
vs. 10 “All I have is yours, and all you have is mine.
And glory has come to me through them.
I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world,
and I am coming to you.
Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name – the name you gave me –
so that they may be one as we are one.
While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me.
None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.
vs 17 “Sanctify them by the truth, your word is truth.
As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.
For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.”
Jesus prayed for the church (US!)
John 17:26
“My prayer is not for them alone.
I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,
that all of them may be one, Father,
just as you are in me, and I am in you.
May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one.
I in them and you in me.
May they be brought to complete unity
to let the world know that you sent me
and have loved them even as you have loved me.
“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am,
and to see my glory,
the glory you have given me
because you loved me
before the creation of the world.
Righteous Father, though the world does not know you,
I know you,
and they know that you have sent me.
I have made you known to them,
and will continue to make you known
in order that the love you have for me
may be in them
and that I myself may be in them.“
“Be faithful, even to the point of death,
and I will give you the crown of life.”
Revelation 2:10
b451c824-b75a-fc7c-5a4b-fd0f62005306@yahoo.com>”>JESUS is the King of Kings, and the LORD of LORDS Revelation 19:16
7c22a685-65d8-4872-3260-5a6fc26aaa3a@yahoo.com>”>JESUS has all the authority and power in heaven and on earth. His power is uncontainable, His kingdom is eternal, and HIS GLORY is EXALTED!!
He sits on the throne of the universe, sustaining all things by His powerful word.
Hebrews 1:1-3
“The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being,
sustaining all things by his powerful word.
After he had provided purification for sins,
he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.”
He triumphed over the devil and his hosts, and holds the keys of death and hades. Revelation 1:17
Before HIM, Kings and nations, will bow down and serve HIM. Psalm 72:11
We have more reasons to REJOICE in the NAME OF THE LORD, than any reason to complain, for HIS NAME ALONE IS EXALTED.
Ephesians 1:18-23
“I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened
in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you,
the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
and his incomparably great power for us who believe.
That power is like the working of his mighty strength,
which he exerted in Christ
when he raised him from the dead and seated him
at his right hand in the heavenly realms,
far above all rule and authority,
power and dominion,
and every title that can be given not only in the present age,
but also in the one to come.
And God placed all things under his feet
and appointed him to be head over everything
for the church,
which is his body,
the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.“
To Him be all glory forever and ever!
KEEP SINGING:
All hail the power of Jesus’ name!
Let angels prostrate fall!
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him LORD of all!
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him LORD of all!
Ye chosen seed of Israel’s race,
Ye ransomed from the fall,
Hail Him who saves you by His grace,
And crown Him LORD of all;
Hail Him who saves you by His grace,
And crown Him LORD of all!
Let every kindred,
Every tribe,
On this terrestrial ball,
To Him all majesty ascribe,
And crown Him LORD of all!
To Him all majesty ascribe,
And crown Him LORD of all!
O that with yonder sacred throng,
We at His feet may fall!
We’ll join the everlasting song,
And praise HIM LORD of all!
We’ll join the everlasting song,
And praise HIM LORD of all!
Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah
Hallelujah Praise Jehovah!
From the heavens praise His Name;
Praise Jehovah in the highest;
All His angels praise proclaim,
All His hosts together praise Him,
Sun and moon and stars on high;
Praise Him, O ye heaven of heavens and ye floods above the sky.
Let them praises give Jehovah,
For His Name alone is high,
And His glory is exalted,
And His glory is exalted,
And His glory is exalted,
Far above the earth and sky.
Let them praises give Jehovah!
They were made at His command;
Them forever He established:
His decree shall ever stand,
From the earth, O praise Jehovah,
All ye floods, ye dragons all,
Fire and hail and snow and vapors, stormy winds that hear Him call.
Let them praises give Jehovah,
For His Name alone is high,
And His glory is exalted,
And His glory is exalted,
And His glory is exalted,
Far above the earth and sky.
All ye fruitful trees and cedars,
All ye hills and mountains high,
Creeping things and beasts and cattle,
Birds that in the heavens fly,
Kings of earth and all ye people,
Princes great earth’s judges all;
Praise His Name young men and maidens,
Aged men and children small.
Let them praises give Jehovah,
For His Name alone is high,
And His glory is exalted,
And His glory is exalted,
And His glory is exalted,
Far above the earth and sky.
ALL TO US
Precious cornerstone,
sure foundation,
You are faithful to the end,
we are waiting on You, Jesus,
We believe You’re all to us.
sure foundation,
You are faithful to the end,
we are waiting on You, Jesus,
We believe You’re all to us.
Precious cornerstone,
sure foundation,
You are faithful to the end,
we are waiting on You, Jesus,
We believe You’re all to us.
Let the glory of Your name,
Be the passion of the Church,
Let the righteousness of God,
Be a holy flame that burns.
Let the saving love of Christ
Be the measure of our lives,
We believe You’re all to us.
Only Son of God sent from heaven,
Hope and mercy at the cross,
You are everything,
You’re the Promise,
Jesus, You are all to us.
Let the glory of Your name,
Be the passion of the church,
Let the righteousness of God,
Be a holy flame that burns,
Let the saving love of Christ,
Be the measure of our lives,
We believe You’re all to us.
Let the glory of Your name,
Be the passion of the church,
Let the righteousness of God,
Be a holy flame that burns,
Let the saving love of Christ,
Be the measure of our lives,
We believe You’re all to us.
You’re all to us,
You’re all to us,
You’re all to us,
Yes You are
You are…
You’re all to us,
You’re all to us,
You’re all to us,
You are…
When this passing world is over,
We will see You face to face,
And forever we will worship,
Jesus, You are all to us!
Jesus, You are all to us!
3344cf18-1252-752a-230c-106fa921eb32@yahoo.com>”>Philippians 2:1-11
“If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ,
if any comfort from his love,
if any fellowship with the Spirit,
if any tenderness and compassion,
then make my joy complete
by being like minded,
having the same love,
being one in spirit and purpose.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit,
but in humility consider others,
better than yourselves.
Each of you should look not only to your own interests,
but to the interests of others.
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
” Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God
something to be grasped,
but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness
And being found in appearance as a man,
He humbled himself
and became obedient to death –
even death on a cross!
Therefore God exalted him to the
highest place
And gave him the name that is
above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that
Jesus Christ is LORD,
to the glory of God the Father.“
7c446bb7-8a7b-3a6c-a3e5-3599fa214e0d@yahoo.com>”>And HIS GLORY, IS EXALTED, FAR ABOVE THE EARTH AND SKY!
And GIVE HIM THE GLORY, GREAT THINGS HE HATH DONE!
Our love in HIM,
Bruce & Paula