What They Do Teach You at Moody About Weekends

Unedited by Larry Chiang

November 8, 2013

Updates:

Annual Report: The new 2012-2013 Annual Report is online here. Hard copy versions with full financial details will be at each campus this weekend.

Annual Meeting: Last Sunday, new officers of the church, elders and deacons were elected. Please pray for our incoming leaders. Click here to see the full list.

We want to express our deep appreciation to outgoing deacons and elders for their service to the church over the past three years:

Deacons: Don Barker, Linda Barker, Bruce Ericson, Judy Hobbs, Sue Passailigue, Stephanie Shoquist, Herman Suryoutomo, Monica Suryoutomo, Michael Wagner.

Elders: Don Gielow, Carole Klove, Larry Langdon, Geoff Lee, Colin Park, Karen Prindle, Maya Sewald, John Shenk.

Coming up this weekend: John Ortberg
November 9-10: Neighbor School

In real life, it’s not always easy to love your neighbor. This weekend, we’ll go to neighbor school and take a deeper look at what the Bible says about what it means for us, as Jesus followers, to love the people around us in our daily lives.

Last weekend: John Ortberg
November 2-3: Who Is My Neighbor

What does the Bible means when it says to love your neighbor?

There is a lot of confusion about what exactly love is. It’s not a sentimental thing. The best definition of it is very simple and concrete. To love your neighbor is to intend their good. To love somebody is to intend their good as God wills good, as God defines good. You cannot succeed at life and fail at love, and you cannot fail at life if you succeed at love. Love is what our lives are all about.

This week, spend a few minutes talking to someone passing by…move your neighbor’s newspaper closer to the doorstep. Is there something you can do this week to ‘intend good’ for your neighbor?

Last weekend’s message.