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G
ame
changers.
The NFL likes
to talk about
special players
who made game
changing plays. Anyone who grew up
in Pittsburgh knows that the Steelers’
dominance of the 70’s all began
with one play – the “immaculate
reception” of Franco Harris in the
1972 playoff game with Oakland,
which snatched a win from the jaws
of defeat. Or what New England
fan can forget the snow bowl and
the tuck rule that kept Brady and
his bunch alive in 2001 to eventually
notch their first Super Bowl win?
Certain events or plays made by
special players can shape the destiny
of a team.
Certain figures of history have been
game changers as well – Alexander
the Great, Abraham Lincoln,
Mahatma Gandhi - come to mind.
But clearly, Jesus Christ was
the
greatest game changer
in history.
God arrived in person. As John’s
Gospel proclaims so poetically, “
The
Word became flesh and dwelt among
us… full of grace and truth.
” To a
world that wondered what God’s
thoughts were, what godliness looked
like and how God would handle
human corruption, the answers
came in the life, teaching, death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ. Rome
appeared to be in its ascendency
when Jesus was born. Three
hundred years later, the Emperor of
Rome bowed to Jesus as Lord. The
game had been changed!
Many of us know the outline of the
story of the life of Jesus and of the
start of our faith. Do we realize that
we have in our Bible one of the best
two volume chronicles of the story
ever penned? Luke’s Gospel and his
companion book of the Acts of the
Apostles is a great, inspired history
of the birth, life and death of Jesus
and of the birth of the Christian faith.
This Lenten season, as part of our
sesquicentennial, we want to invite
our whole church family to read and
study together THE Foundations of
our Faith – Luke’s telling of the Life
and Mission of Jesus in Luke and Acts
– 52 chapters in 40 days. In addition
to our daily readings, please join us
on Wednesdays when the pastors
will, in the spirit of NPC’s Wednesday
prayer meetings of the 1800s, offer
a mid-week teaching focusing on the
themes of the next week’s readings.
Our adults groups, youth groups and
children’s ministries will be invited to
walk together through the same texts
The Spire
February 2013
Noroton Presbyterian Church
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2011 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820
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203-655-1451
Inspired History and
Game Changers
Worship Schedule
Chapel - 8:00 a.m.
Sanctuary - 9:00 & 10:30 a.m.
Open Doors - 5:00 p.m.
Upcoming Preaching Schedule:
2/3/13 -
Dr. Timothy Tennent,
The Suffering, Advancing Church
Matthew 11:1-12
No Open Doors on 2/3/13
2/10/13 -
Pastor Sam Schreiner
How Many Portraits Are Needed?
Luke 1:1-4
2/13/13 - AshWednesday
Imposition of Ashes Service
12 noon and 7:30 p.m. Chapel
2/17/13 -
Pastor Sam Schreiner
A Recipe for Disaster?-
Luke 6:12-16
2/24/13 -
Pastor Sam Schreiner
Shocking Truths -
Luke 16:19-31
Table of Contents
Foundations for the Future
...................3-4
150
th
Anniversary ...................................5
Adult Spiritual Formation.....................6
Caring &Women’s Ministry.............7-8
Children’s Ministry.............................8-9
Music & Fine Arts................................ 10
NPNS..................................................... 11
Student Ministries.......................... 12-13
Membership Ministry.................... 14-15
Tot Drop................................................ 16
Congregational Life Ministry....... 17-18
Mission Ministry............................. 19-21
Nominating Committee..................... 22
NPC Calendar of Events.................... 23
NPC News & NPC Staff ................... 24
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