What stirs your heart for Jesus Christ?  My guess is you’ve heard me ask that question before.  But I think it’s a question worth repeating and pondering.  In a culture where our affections are stirred in ways that cut against the grain of the gospel of Jesus Christ, we must learn how to fight back so that our wandering hearts stay bound to the grace of Christ.  Years ago a good friend of mine stated as we were walking down the street, “Derek, the way to put away sin is not to think about putting it away, but rather to replace it with something better.”  How true this is.  When I am fighting sin and my heart’s desire to follow the ways of the world, telling myself not to sin, rarely if ever works.  It’s only when I can refocus my hearts affections on Christ and see him as far more beautiful than my sin, that my heart begins to detach from this world and reattach to the Lord.  And the best way we can do that is by continuing to return to what stirs your heart for Jesus Christ?  For me, it’s listening to a good sermon or reading an awesome missionary biography where people are living out their faith in Jesus Christ.  When I listen or read one of these stories, the things of earth grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace.  So what stirs your heart for Jesus?  Take some time in the next week and do that until your heart warms to the gospel once again!
                                         
                                           Pastor Derek

What's Happening At SCC


First Sundays: First Sundays of every month.  We want to be open and transparent about what goes on around Sunbury City Church as well as provide an opportunity to answer any questions you may have through our current sermon series.  First Sundays meet in the fellowship hall on the first Sunday of the month directly following our Sunday Gathering and are open to new people or regular attenders/members.


Prayer Night: July 27 @6:30pm Every other month we gather together to simply pray for a God who hears us and desires for us to seek him.  When we pray we express our utter dependence upon him for our personal and corporate lives.  We would love for you to join us and pray for Sunbury City Church, Sunbury city, and for one another.  

Romans series: All month long.  We value God’s word.  We believe that faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of Christ (Romans 10:17).  Thus we want you to be prepared to receive God’s word.  To help you, we have prepared binders for your sermon notes to gathered together along with lists of each Sunday and the corresponding section we will looking at.  If you need a binder or our sermon list please contact our office at info@sunburycitychurch.com

Hill Night Out:   We value our community.  One of the ways we show this is by serving where our community has needs.  On June 24th at 5pm the Hill Neighborhood Council is hosting its annual Hill Night Out.  They are in need of volunteers to help serve vendors and participants.  Additionally, the church will host a booth to give out more information about the church.  If you are free to serve in any capacity, please contact Pastor Derek at info@sunburycitychurch.com


Outreaches:  It’s that time of year again.  During the summer months, our missional communities host neighborhood and network outreaches to deepen relationships and share the gospel of Christ.  Please pray for each of our 5 missional communities as we seek to engage people in our communities.