Happy Anniversary, Radiant Church!
This weekend we are celebrating eleven years together as a church! We have some goodies in store for everyone as well as the much anticipated release of Authentic, Radiant's magazine and business directory! We'll have a FREE copy for all in attendance.
September Family Fun Day
This Sunday, September 7th, Radiant has rented out the Surprise Aquatic Center exclusively for us from 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. Tickets are $3 each and children under one get in for free. You can get your tickets this weeknd at the Family Fun Day kiosk in the lobby!
Baptisms
This Saturday night, September 6th, we're holding baptisms before both the 4:30 & 6:15 p.m. services. If you have committed your life to Christ and would like to be baptized in water, call the church office by this Friday at 4:00 p.m. to sign up.
Child Dedications
Sign up this weekend at the Ministries Counter to have your little one dedicated to God. Our next Child Dedications will be Saturday, September 13th at the 4:30 & 6:15 p.m. services. Click here if you have any questions.
Last Week At Radiant
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Committed Life To Christ
This week: 4
This year: 285
Recommitted Life To Christ
This week: 2
This year: 366
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Weekly Devotional
Every weekend in HD Children's Ministry we lead our kids in prayer time during our services. At times it's the teacher, but most of the time we want children to become comfortable with praying aloud.
Out of habit, I find myself asking the room of children to "bow their heads, fold their hands, close their eyes" because it's time to talk to God. I watch their heads go down, looking peaceful and for the most part, obedient.
As often as I lead prayer or encourage kids in prayer – you might think that I'd become totally comfortable in my own prayer life. But the sad truth is that I've never been much of a prayer warrior. I find myself concentrating more on not messing up than actually thinking through the words I'm saying. Prayer aids on notecards only seem to confuse me and leave me frustrated. Can I ask for supplication before I've adored? Was my adoration section long enough to then move to confession? What if I ask for my needs for a majority of the prayer - have I disappointed God? Are my prayers selfish? Why do my prayers sound the same even when I'm alone and not in front of a large group? My prayers lately all begin with "God, I don't know how to pray. I am going to mess this up somehow."
Sybil MacBeth seems to feel similarly and writes in her book Praying in Color, "...But a short attention span and a proclivity for daydreams hamper my efforts. Five or six sentences or breaths into a well-intentioned prayer, I lose focus.... The words of my prayers and the words of my distractions collide in an unholy mess. On a good day, when words flow with more ease, I become so impressed with my successful articulation that I become the center of my own worship. It is not a reverent sight."
If so many of us feel this way, why even pray? If God's will is going to be done on this earth, do our prayers even matter?
I know why I must pray in spite of any perceived shortcomings. I must pray because of the deep hunger that stirs inside of me to know the Creator of the Universe. Prayer is our direct way to connect with Him. "Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me!" Psalm 66:20.
This weekend join us for Radiant's 11th Anniversary Celebration! Pastor Lee's special message "Don't You Dare Stop Climbing" will leave you inspired and challenged to reach to new heights.
See you there and bring a friend!
Ginger Morby
Children's Creative Writing Specialist
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Saturday night services are buzzing with fun, food and excitement! Check out either the 4:30 or 6:15 p.m. services this weekend!