Spring Is In Full Swing!
The birds are singing, the flowers are blooming and everything is waking up with the breath of new life! Spring has finally come!
God is doing amazing things in our church as well! In our Sunday school class, we enjoyed a six week series on the Armor of God, based on Ephesians 6:11: "Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil". This verse and the following verses in Ephesians 6:13-18 detail the various pieces of spiritual armor and their significance.
The Armor of God is a metaphor for the spiritual protection and strength Christians need to resist spiritual evil. It's not a literal physical suit of armor, but rather a figurative representation of God’s equipping of believers to stand firm against the attacks of the devil.
We had so much fun, learning about each piece of armor…and we threw bean bags at our Sister Kalapali! Thankfully, she had her shield to protect her!
As we moved into the Easter season, we learned about how God keeps His promises and is always worthy of our complete trust. Throughout the Old Testament, we see prophesies of Jesus’ birth, sacrifice, resurrection and the forgiveness of sins for ALL who would confess and believe. We learned about how the Disciples, through their grief and unbelief, came to finally understand the Gospel. We learned that Christianity has spread so marvelously, not only because of everyone who was touched by Jesus’ resurrection, but also because Christianity is inclusive. “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name”John 1:12.
And you’re welcome, too! Please come and be a part of loving body of Believers who want to learn and grow together! We offer Sunday school in English and Japanese. Our pastor is also bilingual and excited to share the love of God with you!
We’re excited to have Sister Kalapali Hettiarachchi, an Evangelist and a businesswoman from Sri Lanka, who is our link to a growing Sri Lankan population in our area. We’d love to welcome this precious community into our church and hope to have activities and events offered in your native language.
ආයුබෝවන්..!
මගේ නම කලපාලි හෙට්ටිආරච්චි වන අතර
ක්‍රිස්තුස් වහන්සේ තුළ මෙතරම් ආදරණීය මිනිසුන්ගෙන් වට වූ මෙම සුන්දර පල්ලියේ කොටසක් වීමට ලැබීම ආශිර්වාදයක් කොට සලකමි.
ඉරිදා දිනවල අපගේ පල්ලියේ දේව මෙහෙයට ශ්‍රී ලාංකික හෝ වෙනත් ඕනැම ක්‍රිස්තුස් වහන්සේට ප්‍රේම කරන සහෝදරියකට හෝ සහෝදරයෙකුට ආදරණීය ලෙස ආරාධනා කරමි.
යේසුස් ක්‍රිස්තුස් වහන්සේ අප හට පැවසුවේ
""වෙහෙසට පත් වූ සහ බර උසුලන සියල්ලෙනි, මා වෙතට එන්න, මම ඔබට සහනය දෙමි." යනුවෙනි
මතෙව් 11:28 NIV
