Excited about October in August!

I finished up reading chapter 10 of the Gospel of John this morning.  Instead of writing about something I learned or discovered, I really want to point at something I’m getting very excited for.  For the past month, I have been anticipating preaching a 7-week sermon series on the “I Am” statements found in the Gospel of John.  There are 23 times this statement can be found in John.  We will tackle seven of them.  Right now, if everything goes as planned, we will start this series on October 21.  I have the feeling that God is going to do something great with this!

If you would like to check out the “I Am” statements over the next few weeks in preparation for this, I would suggest just go ahead and read the entire Gospel of John.  But if you are like me and have a ton of other things going on and are currently involved in Bible study in a different book, but still would like to check out the verses, look up the following passages:

1.       John 6:35

2.       John 8:12

3.       John 10:9-11

4.       John 10:36

5.       John 11:25-26

6.       John 14:6

7.       John 15:5

*Just a reminder that this Sunday is our congregational affirmation vote for leaders.  We will be passing out ballots and collecting them at the end of service on Sunday.  Members are invited to stick around after service to hear the results.  If you have something immediately planned after service on Sunday, don’t worry.  We will be communicating the results via email and personal calls to those who have chosen to receive church communications this way.