REMEMBER OTHERS
May 22, 2022
Walter de la Mare wrote a poem about Napoleon, the French Emperor who led his army of half a million into Russia only to see half of them die in six weeks from freezing conditions. His grand army was forced to return to Paris empty handed because the Russians kept burning towns and crops ahead of the army to starve it into retreating. Lives were destroyed through Napoleon’s ego. The poem “Napoleon” reads:
What is this world, O soldiers?
It is I.
I, this incessant snow,
This northern sky;
Soldiers, this solitude
Through which we go
Is I.
This poem captures the loneliness of pride. To Napoleon, everything was about him. This leads to self- destruction, but also to the destruction of others. What we need to do is think about others.
Sunday I’m preaching on “Remember Others” from Matthew 7:1-14. I love to preach from the Sermon on the Mount. It makes me feel like a sports announcer who’s able to cover the best athletes in the world during their best game. We’ll talk about “Don’t Judge Others,” verses 1-6; “Pray for Others,” verses 7-12; and “Enter Heaven with Others,” verses 13-14. Please come Sunday and help us turn our eyes upon Jesus and others!
This Friday night is Parents’ Night Out. Our youth will help watch kids, then the youth will stay overnight. Sunday they’ll help lead in our worship service. It’s going to be awesome! Please participate. It will help you remember others!
Love,
Jim Meek
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Mission and Vision
Our vision at El Camino Baptist Church is to help our people become true disciples of Christ in the simplest way possible by helping them Love, Grow, and Serve.
Love – Love God, neighbor, and the un-reached world
Grow – in likeness of Christ through the fellowship of the church
Serve – Being affirmed in their gifts and call, members take on opportunities to serve on ministry teams, our community, and serve local and foreign missions
Generosity runs throughout these as a virtue to endorse and give the church its mission.
Our Life Group Bible Study Ministry fits into the second of those components, Grow. We need to be immersed in the truth and held accountable for growing by God’s people in fellowship with one another in a weekly Life Group Bible Study.
As the members of our Life Group Bible Studies grow, we will grow in the other two areas , Loving God, our neighbors, and the unreached world, and Serving in ministry at El Camino Baptist Church, our community, and missions.
If you would like to host or facilitate a Life Group, please contact our Life Group Director, Carl Turner by email, carl@elcaminobaptist.org, calling the church office, (916) 488-1522, or click here to complete the Life Group Interest Form.