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“Nights Of Worship”

Wednesday, July 1st

Beginning @ 6pm

First Alliance Church

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Now \’nau\:

It is true…there is no time like NOW! You might be asking why NOW and not the typical phrase “there is no time like the present”! While the word NOW speaks of the present, there is a little more to it. In fact in the Merriam Webster On-line Dictionary describes NOW as the “time immediately before the present“. Interesting, right?  “Time immediately before the present”,  is that even possible? It comes across as slightly futuristic sounding.

NOW.

As I was thinking about this word NOW a few thoughts came to my mind. The first is that God is in the business of NOW. He is always acting in the NOW, in the “just before” moments you might say. There is constant action and movement with Him, whether that action is visible or not. He is not a passive God. He is not one to sit back and watch things roll on by. He IS on the other hand always at work, always creating, always moving, always speaking, and always looking for those who join with Him in the business of NOW.

The second thought was that the reality of all this  is that God wants us to learn the business of NOW because it puts us in alignment with His purposes and His desires. When you think about it, NOW is really all that we have - it is all that God has given us. Tomorrow as we are often reminded of  is not guaranteed.

There is a lot about the business of NOW that I am still learning and work through myself, but I know that I want to be with God in the NOW. I don’t want to be a few steps behind or a little late. I want to be a part of the NOW - not only for what He wants to do in my life but for what He has for those who are in my church, my circle of friends, my community, my family, and the list goes on.

In light of some of these things and in the way God has been moving, as a staff, we have felt that one of the NOW things God is doing, is calling His people to worship and to prayer. To be fully immersed in His transforming presence & to begin to get serious about aligning our lives with Him.

Will you join us for our first NOW? We have taken the theme of NOW and have used that word to also describe our Wednesday gatherings as “Nights Of Worship”.

Not only are we declaring that we want to be in the NOW with God but that we want to be people who desire to make worship and prayer a priority in our lives and in our church.For some this will be a new experience, for others maybe not, but we encourage you to all come out and join in. Come and be present during these nights and allow God the freedom to transform you.

The time is NOW!

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COMING SOON:

June 30th: Landmarks Committee Meeting @ 6pm.

July 1st: NOW - “Night of Worship”  6pm @ First Alliance Church

July 6th: Public Safety & Quality of Life Committee Meeting @ 6pm

July 9: CB#5 Full Board Meeting @ 6pm

Come out and hear what’s going on in our city…meet a few new people too!