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Upcoming Events and Notes of Interest

GEMS Girls’ Club —

Monday, January 20th at 6:30pm. Jill Graham: 419-799-0316, jill@danielandjill.net

Adult Bible Fellowship—

Wednesday, January 22, 2020 beginning at 6:30pm. Join us on Wednesday nights as we study the book of Colossians. Paul encourages the Colossian Christians to see Jesus as the center of all reality, so they don’t give in to pressure and they remain devoted to the exalted Jesus. Pastor Mark: 419-630-7049, mark@146.148.61.121

Ladies Bible Study—

January 23, 2020 at 9:30am. 1 Peter: A Living Hope in Christ by Jen Wilkin. Renee Pitman: realmm@roadrunner.com

GEMS Girls banquet—

The GEMS Girls 4th Annual Banquet is coming up on Saturday, January 25th @ 5:30pm and will be held at the Kissell Community Building in West Unity. This is the annual fundraiser for the club. The evening will include dinner, music, fun and the ever popular pie auction. Tickets are $10 each (3 and under are free). If you would like to get tickets or if you have any questions, please contact Jill Graham: 419-799-0316, jill@danielandjill.net

Ladies Day—

The Cambria Baptist Church in Hillsdale, MI is hosting their 9th Annual Ladies Day Away on February 29th from 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Special guest is Sherry Anne. You can check out her ministry at sherryanne.com. There will also be coffee, food, jewelry, Christian literature, and much more! Registration fee is $20.00 if before Jan 26th. $25.00 after the 26th. To register call 517-357-4343 or email at cambriabaptistchurch@gmail.com. Cambria Baptist Church, 2772 Lilac Road Hillsdale, MI  

amazon.com—

Did you know that if you place orders through smile.amazon.com and choose Bridgewater Community Church as your charity, we receive 0.5% from your order?  Prices are the same as amazon.com and it doesn’t cost you a penny. Please consider ordering from smile.amazon.com and choose to support Bridgewater Community Church. THANKS

Cancellation Policy—

In the event of inclement weather on Sunday mornings, we will leave a message on the church answering machine (485.8229), have it posted on our webpage (www.bridgewatercc.org) and it will also be announced on WBCL( 89.5 FM). All church related activities on Monday evenings would be cancelled if North Central is closed due to snow or ice. If the weather would get worse following school and we would need to cancel, you can find out by again calling the church, checking our webpage or listen to WBCL.

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Upcoming Events and Notes of Interest

GEMS Girls’ Club —

Monday, January 13th at 6:30pm. Jill Graham: 419-799-0316, jill@danielandjill.net

Adult Bible Fellowship—

Wednesday, January 15, 2020 beginning at 6:30pm. Join us on Wednesday nights as we study the book of Colossians. Paul encourages the Colossian Christians to see Jesus as the center of all reality, so they don’t give in to pressure and they remain devoted to the exalted Jesus. Pastor Mark: 419-630-7049, mark@146.148.61.121

Baby/Child Dedication—

Our next baby/child dedication will be on January 19th. If you would like to have your child dedicated, or if you have any questions regarding what dedicating your child means, please contact Pastor Mark. Pastor Mark: 419-485-8229, mark@146.148.61.121

Soup Sunday/Family Night—

Sunday, January 19th beginning at 5:00pm for our first Soup Sunday of the New Year. No sign up sheet this month as the food is being provided! Sheryl Aeschliman from Simply Scripture will be our guest speaker. Visit her on her website at simplyscripture.org. Sheryl is excited to share her story behind Simply Scripture and how God put the ministry on her heart.  Angela Fritsch: 419- 451-0534, bubbles-1971@hotmail.com

Ladies Bible Study—

January 23, 2020 at 9:30am. 1 Peter: A Living Hope in Christ by Jen Wilkin. Renee Pitman: realmm@roadrunner.com

GEMS Girls banquet –

The GEMS Girls 4th Annual Banquet is coming up on Saturday, January 25th @ 5:30pm and will be held at the Kissell Community Building in West Unity. This is the annual fundraiser for the club. The evening will include dinner, music, fun and the ever popular pie auction. Tickets are $10 each (3 and under are free). If you would like to get tickets or if you have any questions, please contact Jill Graham: 419-799-0316, jill@danielandjill.net

Ladies Day—

The Cambria Baptist Church in Hillsdale, MI is hosting their 9th Annual Ladies Day Away on February 29th from 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Special guest is Sherry Anne. You can check out her ministry at sherryanne.com. There will also be coffee, food, jewelry, Christian literature, and much more! Registration fee is $20.00 if before Jan 26th. $25.00 after the 26th. To register call 517-357-4343 or email at cambriabaptistchurch@gmail.com. Cambria Baptist Church, 2772 Lilac Road Hillsdale, MI  

amazon.com—

Did you know that if you place orders through smile.amazon.com and choose Bridgewater Community Church as your charity, we receive 0.5% from your order?  Prices are the same as amazon.com and it doesn’t cost you a penny. Please consider ordering from smile.amazon.com and choose to support Bridgewater Community Church. THANKS

Cancellation Policy—

In the event of inclement weather on Sunday mornings, we will leave a message on the church answering machine (485.8229), have it posted on our webpage (www.bridgewatercc.org) and it will also be announced on WBCL( 89.5 FM). All church related activities on Monday evenings would be cancelled if North Central is closed due to snow or ice. If the weather would get worse following school and we would need to cancel, you can find out by again calling the church, checking our webpage or listen to WBCL.

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Is Jesus enough?

Paul says in Colossians 2:10, “and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority.” If you are a Christian, you are complete in Him. You are complete in Christ because He is sufficient in every way. The surpassing theme of the New Testament boils down to that simple statement. Everything from Matthew to Revelation speaks to the sufficiency of Jesus Christ.

The Apostle Paul also says in I Corinthians 1:30 that Christ “became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption.” In 2 Corinthians 12:9, Jesus told Paul that “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Paul continues to then say, “Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.” Ephesians 1:3 says that in Christ, we have been blessed with all spiritual blessings in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus. And Hebrews 10:14 says, “For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.”

Having the Lord Jesus Christ is to have everything needed in spiritual life for all time and eternity. To have Him is to have everything. Not to have Him is to have nothing at all. All joy, peace, meaning, value, purpose, hope, fulfillment in life now and forever is found in Christ. And when a person receives Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, they enter in to an all-sufficient relationship with an all-sufficient Savior.

We live in a time when there is a fair amount of confusion on this point. Jesus Christ is simply something that you can add to what you already have. You cannot simply “add Jesus” to what you already have. And you cannot add anything to Him.

Jesus said, “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls, and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.” (Matt. 13:44-46). Jesus’ point is that we give up all because of the significance and sufficiency of the One whom we find—Christ Himself.

That is an exchange of all that I am and have for all that He is.  There are many who want to use the name of Christ and might even say they believe in Jesus Christ, but at the core, it is Christ plus something: human intellect, philosophy, mystical experience, ritual or ceremony, or even self-denial–Christ plus a lot of things. If He is sufficient, you need Christ alone. You add nothing to Christ.  His directive is to abandon anything we can bring to the table and take up our cross and follow Him. And that’s an exchange worth making.