​According to the latest news, there are some new statewide changes taking place on May 4th and that involves churches! Churches will be allowed to resume services as long as they adhere to keeping six feet between people of different households... I think we can do that! However, passing of items like communion will have to wait. 

For more info, here is a link:
https://www.ketv.com/article/gov-ricketts-to-provide-covid-19-update-friday-afternoon/32270236

Looks like we may meet on May 10th!

Pastor Justin

​Hey everyone,

I sure do miss you guys and look forward to when we can meet again. I trust you are all staying up to date with the messages online through Facebook or the website. After last week's message, I just wanted to suggest a couple articles and books on the Kingdom of God:

1.  https://www.thebereancall.org/content/kingdom-dominion-theology
2.  https://israelmyglory.org/article/understanding-the-kingdom/
3. Book 1 = The Coming Kingdom by Andy Woods
4. Book 2 = The Coming Apocalypse by Renald Showers

I am grateful for the positive reports out there going around and the talk of reopening things soon. Nebraska's big update is still May 11th last I knew so we might be able to meet in three weeks. Lord willing, we will have a great Sunday school class like last summer but this year we will be studying "Creation"! And we will do that in person or virtually if we have too.  Please be praying about that as I prepare for it. Please keep praying for each other during this time and encouraging one another! 

God bless,

Pastor Justin

Hey everyone,
 
I wanted to send out an update and another reminder about our Good Friday service on Friday night at 7:00 on Facebook Live, where we will “Behold our King” as He takes up His cross for our sins in John 19. It’s going to be a special evening where we worshipfully reflect the most special moment in history.

Our worship leader Terry plans on being there with his guitar at least to play some music for us and we’ve decided to even have communion together through it. We may not be able to gather as we want to, but we can still celebrate this wonderful Easter moment when together in spirit and in truth, when Jesus gave His body as the bread and His blood as the wine.
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I think it’s going to be a neat time, maybe even a once in a lifetime kind of time. So if you want to, go ahead and get some elements prepared ahead of time. At church, we usually use those little saltine crackers and grape juice. You can use whatever you have on hand – crackers or bread. What exactly you use doesn’t really matter.  What’s important is that we Behold our King’s awesome sacrifice for us. I hope you will join us for this special time.
 
God bless,
 
Pastor Justin

Dear church family, 


It is time to send out another update on the church services. As you know, two weeks ago the guidelines for the number of people gathering was set at 10 for two weeks. Well, two weeks is over and unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the guidelines have been extended by both the president and the state governor throughout the month of April at least. 

That being said, we will continue to have our services online and postpone normal gatherings and events. We will continue streaming services online through Facebook and uploading the recorded videos of that to the website for now. In case you missed it, the HD version of the message is on our website under '2020 sermons' or 'Mark'. We have a YouTube channel now that hopefully we will be able to livestream better quality videos to soon. Out of uncertainty over shutting down completely, the folks at Great Plains came early and set up our internet (praise the Lord), so I expect the quality of our livestream to improve dramatically.  When we get the right equipment and licensing we also plan on now adding our worship team to the livestream. 

Just remember something will always be available on the website (chadronberean.org) after we have time to get it uploaded. This week we will post the sermon under 'Easter Sermons' and '2020 Sermons'. Last year we approached the Easter study looking at Christ as the Lamb of God, but this year we will look at Christ as the Messianic King, mainly from the apostle John's perspective. The title is "Behold, your King!" from John 19:14. This Sunday I plan on studying John 18:28 - 19:16.

On a personal note, it feels like forever since we've met! And I was really wanting to meet again for Easter. I know many of you feel the same way... Easter is one of my favorite times of the year to meet as a church. I am saddened that the kids won't be waving their palm branches while Terry sings "Hosanna" and for Good Friday, celebrating communion apart in our homes (I do plan on having a Good Friday online service! More info later). It will be a difficult month but very rewarding if we look at it as an opportunity to 'be the church' in our homes and super refreshing when we get to meet again. Let's continue to try to be creative with it. If you have ideas, let me know. If you have soap and sanitizer, keep using it. Lastly, remember to rest in the Lord's sovereignty. Let this lead you to Him. He is our Rock. He is good, even in times of adversity. I was personally challenged in my devotional time by Job 2:10 this week about accepting good and adversity from the Lord. 


Take care, 

Pastor Justin