Well, it seems that winter is upon us as much as I hoped it would be minimal this year. El Nino’s and the like don’t always pan out the way you expect when it comes to long-term weather conditions. Despite the snow and bitter cold, we have had some great Sundays recently. It was a great delight to have the Boy Scouts with us a week ago and to see them participate in worship in such a great way. My hats go off to the leaders and the Scouts themselves. While they were with us, they cleaned our Fellowship Hall and set up the tables for our Souper Bowl luncheon. Our Souper Sunday luncheon was a rousing success. We have a lot of great cooks at First Christian and there were just too many soups and chili’s to sample. Congratulations to our winners, 1st place to Martin Schaefer, 2nd place to John Otis, and 3rd place to Larry Steele I love the idea of voting with your pocketbook. What a great way to add to our Outreach offerings. Speaking of Outreach offerings, we kick off our Week of Compassion offering this week and next. If you were present in worship yesterday, you heard me tell of the way that Week of Compassion came to the aid of the people of Hebron, Ohio. This incident with the freak flood that swamped the parsonage basement and many member’s homes or vehicles on the street behind the church was greatly helped by nearly $10,000 from the Week of Compassion. You never know when your offerings might alleviate a disaster that might strike Middletown. Join us each Sunday as we continue to explore the petitions that Jesus taught us as a part of the Lord’s Prayer. With His Love, Pastor Nik

Join us after Worship Sunday February 7th for the Super Bowl! Bring a Soup to share. Voting will be held for the best soup. Also remember your muffin tin so that you can sample all of the soups.