What a great blessing it was this past Sunday to hear from Toby DeBause, the President of the Crisis Pregnancy Center of Tidewater. Toby did a wonderful job of expounding Psalm 139, reminding us that God regards human life as precious – and that includes life in the womb.  

For many years, our church has supported the CPC of Tidewater through our Baby Bottle Campaign and through hosting classes for moms to be and dads to be.  This year, we are taking a new step, beginning a ministry called “Great Expectations.”  We will have teams of our members who will come alongside these expectant parents, building relationships and making disciples.  There will be an information meeting about this on Sunday, January 30^th, right after worship.  I am so excited about this opportunity!  It fits right in with the mission of our church, which is “To glorify Christ by making disciples who make disciples, in our community and around the world.”  

This Sunday – weather permitting – we will dig into the back half of John 13, as part of our Upper Room series.  We’ll look at John 13:18-38 and see how “Jesus Prepares Us For The Mission.”   

I know many of you out there have been sick, or have people close to you who have been.  You are in my prayers, constantly.  We also faced some weather adversity last weekend, and it looks like that could be the case this weekend as well.  But I am so thankful for your faithfulness through it all.  God bless you, sweet church family!  

By His Grace, For His Glory, To The Nations,  

Dr. Thurman Hayes, Jr.