The Schools in Wilkes County will have asked for help serving breakfast (7:30-8:30) and lunch (11:30-12:30). Below are the numbers for the schools in our surrounding area that may need help. Please contact these schools if you are available in order to see if there is a need for volunteers. Mulberry Elementary (336) 667-4641 Mountain View Elementary (336) 696-5512 North Wilkesboro Elementary (336) 838-2872 North Middle (336) 903-6224 North High (336) 903-4040 Care for those around you who are elderly or immuno-compromised Pick up groceries or medications Call or Send a message to let them know they are not alone Volunteer to help someone who is still working Offer to help with child care due to school closures Run an errand for them while they are at work since many businesses are closing early Support the healthcare workers you know Send them a text message of encouragement Deliver a meal or run an errand while they are at work Donate Foo...
Anytime someone asks me how God speaks to us today, my first response is through the Bible. God's primary means of communicating to us about who he is and who we are is found in his own revelation to us in Scripture. In the Old Testament, he speaks to us throughout history, through poetry, through his law, and by the mouths of his prophets. In the New Testament, he speaks through his Son - Jesus, as we read the eye-witness accounts of the gospels, see the creation and confession of the early church, and are encouraged by the writings of the apostles. God primarily speaks through his word... but he can also speak through our circumstances, through situations and other people. This morning, I was reminded of the latter. In our Sunday School class, we have decided to devote one Sunday each month to focus on prayer. Rather than have prayer be the two shorter bookends to a longer lesson or lengthy discussion, one Sunday each month we have decided to invert our "order of se...