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Well, it’s finally Friday! Yay! And I know you have a ton of things to do but let me give you a couple of ideas for your free time this weekend. First, don’t watch the news. It will just bum you out. Trust me. 

Secondly, if you are a guy of any age, meet me and a bunch of others at Dos Chiles tomorrow morning for breakfast at 8:30. That’s when they open and they will be prepared for us. This men’s breakfast is open to anybody and the meal is free for everybody. There is no agenda, no speaker, no moral high ground. We just wanna eat and fellowship so bring a friend. [Oops! Too late! Still, it was pretty sweet for the 10 guys who made it. — admin]

Third thing to do this weekend is to read Luke 19:28-44. That’s our text for Sunday morning. It relates to Palm Sunday and I would like for you to read it and meditate on it and think about why God wanted this to be in the Bible. It’s in all four Gospels so it must be important. 

Lastly, show up with the rest of the church Sunday morning. You know you will be better for it and if you aren’t there, you are missed! I love you all, my dear family! — Todd

Let’s see…Brian Amerman is preaching this Sunday (not Ben, as had been reported). Then on April first at 7am, the men of Christ Fellowship will meet for breakfast because…bacon. The next Sunday is Palm Sunday and we will do something special. Then comes Easter (kind of a big deal around here) and we will have a party in the park after church. That’ll be fun! I’m looking at my calendar and right after that I have a dentist appointment but y’all don’t need to be there for that. Then, before you know it we will be having Vacation Bible School. There is a lot going on. Everybody is busy. 

But Jesus said, “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself.” (Matt. 6:33) Remember that as you go about your day today and for the days ahead. We are seeking, searching and finding out what God wants for us as individuals and for our church. 
I love you all and can’t wait to see you Sunday! — Todd

Do you believe God hears our prayers? Do you believe God answers our prayers? I have a pretty good idea of your answers and yet, why does it seem like so many of our prayers “don’t work”? Prayer is so simple. It is just talking to God, right? Then why does it seem so hard sometimes? Prayer is one of those things that a small child can do and yet an old, mature prayer warrior can still learn a lot about.

This Sunday at Christ Fellowship, we are going to look at an ancient book in scripture that tells us a lot about the right way to pray, the secret of prayer, if you will. Then, Sunday night we are actually going to put it into practice as we have a good, old-fashioned prayer meeting, albeit with our own spin on it. I really want to encourage you to be here Sunday morning and Sunday night. You will be glad you did and satan won’t like it at all. I love you all! — Todd

If I were God (and let’s all say Amen that I’m not!)  I would do things a little differently. In fact, I would do things a lot differently. Mexican food would be diet food. Fish would be easier to catch. And being short, fat and bald would be considered attractive. But since I’m not God, (and that’s probably best) I want to know God. I want to know what He wants and what He likes and what He considers right. I want to be what He wants me to be. And I especially want to know what it takes to be accepted into His holy Heaven.

People have always had their own ideas about what it takes to get to Heaven. And sometimes what they come up with makes a lot of sense. But since God’s ways are higher than our ways, I want to know what He wants. He makes the rules and being obedient to rules that aren’t His doesn’t make you right. 

This Sunday at Christ Fellowship, we will see what the rules are as found in the book of Job. We are concluding our study of Job with a look at what Job thought, what his friends thought and what God thinks. I think you’ll find it helpful. I can’t wait to see you Sunday morning at 10 and Sunday evening at 6! I love you all! — Todd

I just have one message for you today: if you really want one, pray for revival. That’s it. That’s the message.

I love you all and can’t wait to see you at Christ Fellowship this Sunday at 10 am and 6 pm! — Todd

Questions, questions, questions. We all have ’em. Were the dinosaurs on the ark? Do all dogs really go to Heaven? How can the Father, Son and Holy Spirit all be God and yet be one? What’s the secret recipe for Kentucky Fried Chicken? All good questions and yet we may never know the answers this side of Heaven.

The Book of Job answers a lot of questions but may bring up even more questions than it answers. I think that is part of why it is so fascinating. We don’t know exactly when, where, or by whom it was written or even what language it was written. And the main question Job asks through the whole book is not definitively answered. 

But we have started on a journey at Christ Fellowship to see if we can find some answers to our own grief, depression, and anger from what Job did right and what he did wrong. Can we truly know God? Will we really see God face to face in Heaven? Why does God allow so much suffering? What is the true Gospel? I believe we can learn the answers God wants us to learn about these questions by studying this book.

I can’t wait to see you as we continue through this! And the Sunday night sessions are going to be great! Don’t miss it or you will be missed! I love y’all!
– Todd

The Bible says that after God created Eve “He brought her to the man. And Adam said, ‘This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.’ . . . Therefore, a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh” (Genesis 2:22-24).

And 30 minutes later they had the world’s first argument.

Everybody needs some help in their marriage. Nobody is perfect so no marriage is perfect. Marriage is satisfying and frustrating, and they all could be a little better.

Please join us at Christ Fellowship in Chico (407 W. Kentucky) this weekend for “Compass Course: Pathway to a Godly Marriage.” This amazing and biblical look at marriage will be led by our friends Jody and Trisha Kennedy and is open to anybody. It will be beneficial if you are married, want to be or know somebody who is.

It will be Saturday (tomorrow Feb 4^th) from about 10-3 and then Sunday morning at 10. Lunch will be provided Saturday so please let us know you are coming. And best of all, it’s completely FREE!

I can’t wait to see y’all there! I love you all! — Todd

Genesis 2:24 says, “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.”

God invented marriage. It was His idea from the beginning. And when done according to His rules, He blesses it. So, why is it so hard to make a marriage work? Join us this Sunday at Christ Fellowship as we continue our look at Song of Songs to see what those two lovebirds did to keep it fresh. And then next Saturday and Sunday is our marriage conference. Have you signed up yet? It’s free and will be invaluable to helping your marriage.

I can’t wait to see you Sunday morning at 10! I love y’all! — Todd

Hello to my Christ Fellowship family! I have something to share with you that I am very excited about. I don’t know about you but Valentine’s Day is not big on my list of holidays to celebrate. And our church won’t be having any kind of Valentines party this year but this coming February 4 and 5, we will have a marriage seminar called “Compass Course: Pathway to a Godly Marriage.” Yes, it will be geared to the love between married couples but is applicable to all of us no matter the relationship status. If you are married, want to be married or know somebody who is…this will be helpful to all.

The really good news is it will be conducted by Jody and Trisha Kennedy who are longtime friends of our church and missionaries that we support. They have been married for a thousand years and have seen all the ups and downs a couple could ever imagine. Add in professional training and years of experience in teaching and I promise you won’t be disappointed.

The training will be from about 10-3 on Saturday the 4^th and will continue as part of our worship on Sunday as Jody preaches. We will have lunch provided on Saturday and the whole thing is absolutely free. If you want to show some financial appreciation to the Kennedys, you can Sunday morning but you absolutely don’t have to. Our church supports them and they are glad and excited to do this for our church.

We would like to get a head-count so we know how much food to provide so please let me know if you plan to attend on Saturday. If you have questions or suggestions, please let me know. I love you all and can’t wait to see you!

— Todd

This Sunday at Christ Fellowship we will continue our study on how to know if we are in the end times. And let me put it this way, on the off chance we are not raptured between now and 10 am Sunday morning, we will see Jesus prophecy that He is coming soon! And I’m ready! Come, Lord Jesus, come! Are you ready? What if it were today? Are you living like it could be? We will talk more about it Sunday morning and evening.

Also, our bookkeeper, Cindy, has asked that if you want your tithe and offering amount for tax purposes to call or text her. Let me know if you don’t have her number.

Lastly, Ben mentioned last week about a mashup of songs between whales and stars. Yep, whales and stars! Well, several have asked so I am attaching a link to the video to this email. Okay, you know what would be much easier? If you just google “whales and stars”. It comes right up. 🙂

I love you all very much and appreciate all you do! — Todd