Ephesians 6:21-24 Outline

God’s New Family: An Exposition of Ephesians (LXI)
Conclusion: A Concern for Comfort and A Word of Blessing
Ephesians 6:21-24

Introduction:
1. Paul has sought to give us a big picture of God’s purposes in this letter/book. He has done this by pulling back the curtain and showing us the decree. He has also done this by showing us the importance of the church.
2. Back in chapters one and two he unfolded "God’s purpose, conceived in a past eternity before the foundation of the world, to create a single new human race through the death and resurrection of Christ and ultimately to unite the whole church and the whole creation under Christ’s headship. He has emphasized that a distinctive shape has been given to this divine plan by the inclusion in God’s new society, on an entirely equal footing, of Jews and Gentiles. The old days of division and discrimination have gone. A brand new oneness has emerged, in which through union with Christ Jews and Gentiles are equal members of the same body and equal sharers in the same promise. So now the one Father has one family, the one Messiah–Savior one people, and the one Spirit one body."
3. Especially from chapter four on, he has called on us to live out this reality. "These sure facts of what God has done through Christ and by the Spirit form the basis on which Paul went on to issue his eloquent appeal. His readers must live a life that is ‘worthy’ of their calling and ‘fitting’ to their status as God’s new and reconciled society. They must demonstrate their unity in the Christian fellowship, while at the same time rejoicing in the diversity of their gifts and so of their ministries. They must put away all the uncleanness of their pre-conversion behaviour and live a life of ‘true righteousness and holiness.’ And they must learn to submit to one another in every kind of domestic relationship and so promote harmony in their homes. Unity, diversity, purity and harmony—these the apostle has stressed as major characteristics of the new life and the new society in Christ. It has seemed a beautiful ideal, an obviously desirable goal, and not so difficult to attain." (Stott, 260-261)
4. He has explained to us that we will need spiritual armament to do this.
5. Now he concludes, perhaps writing in his own hand.

Ephesians 6:21-24 21 But that you also may know about my circumstances, how I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make everything known to you. 22 I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may know about us, and that he may comfort your hearts. 23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love.

Introduction:
Paul shows his love for the church, God’s people in his practical concern and thoughtfulness and in his gracious benediction.

I. Paul’s practicality (21-22) [The concrete customs that Paul employed to cultivate congregational communion]
21 But that you also may know about my circumstances, how I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make everything known to you. 22 I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may know about us, and that he may comfort your hearts.
A. A guy named "Lucky" - a beloved brother and faithful minister.
B. Paul’s desire for the believers to know how he was doing and to comfort them.
C. His vision of God’s new society was not mere theory but something he put into practice.
D. Thus, by prayer, correspondence and visits he sought to cultivate the building up of Christ’s body. (Stott)
Quotation: "The holy solicitude which Paul felt about the interests of religion, or, to use his own language, "the care of all the churches," (2 Corinthians 11:28,) was thus strikingly evinced. When death stood constantly before his eyes, neither the dread of death, nor anxiety about himself, prevented him from making provision for the most distant churches. Another man would have said, "My own affairs require all the attention I can give. It would be more reasonable that all should run to my assistance, than that they should expect from me the smallest relief." But Paul acts a different part, and sends in every direction to strengthen the churches which he had founded." (Calvin)

II. Paul’s double benediction (23-24) [Peace {love, faith} and Grace]
23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1. May you know the fullness of God’s favor - enjoyment of the total well-being he bestows
2. May you taste of God’s love - full, fatherly, gracious, free and overflowing
3. May God continue to grant you faith - you see, after all, it is a gift of God.

24 Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love.
1. May God continue is grace to you – God’s free and undeserved favor.
2. This grace is for those who love Christ - "More love, O Christ, to thee"
Benedictions

Note: Benediction literally indicates a "good word" and simply means "blessing." In a Christian worship service, the benediction is a Scriptural word of God's blessing on his people, pronounced or prayed by the minister. The Lord’s Day is the "market day of the soul" and so it is fitting that it should conclude for all those gathered in his house with a word of blessing from God.
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Biblical Priorities for a Healthy Church (2)

How in the world does the church grow?
Biblical Priorities for the Life of Our Church (2) Biblical Preaching
2 Timothy 4:1-4

Introduction (review):
1. On October 22, we began a new series of topical-expository messages on Biblical Priorities for the Life of Our Church
2. On Sunday mornings, we are going to be asking (and giving biblical answers) to questions like: what is the situation in which we as the church and living and ministering? What is the church called by God to do, to believe, to be? What are the characteristics, marks, attributes, qualities and priorities of a healthy church?
3. For the weeks leading up to the Christmas season, and for a few months immediately thereafter, we will focus on the Bible’s teaching about the church and its priorities and commitments.
4. We want to be a church that is faithful to the following important but increasingly rare emphases: expository preaching, biblical worship (both in all of life and in gathered praise), biblical doctrine, a biblical pursuit of godliness, a biblical approach to family life, a biblical understanding of the Gospel, a biblical understanding of conversion, a biblical understanding of evangelism, a biblical understanding of discipleship, a biblical understanding of church membership, a biblical understanding of church leadership, and a biblical view of how the church relates to the world.
5. In our first message in this series, "Where in the world in the Church?," we considered the context in which we live and minister, and we agreed that the Bible teaches us that it is important for us to be aware of our contemporary context, to understand our times (see, e.g. 1 Timothy 3:1-7, 1 Chronicles 12:32 and Matthew 16:3/ Luke 12:56).
6. We also argued that there at least three huge factors impacting the church in our day: individualism, relativism, and consumerism. Individualism - It’s all about me. The world is built around self. The individual is sovereign. Self-interest is the supreme motivation, self-expression is an inalienable right, and self-preoccupation is a virtue. Relativism - There is no such thing as absolute truth. Hence, we have "beliefs" but not truth, "values" but not universal rights and wrongs. We cope with the multiple options we face in our society by declaring them all to be equally valid. Hence, I can believe anything to be true as long as I do not expect others to believe it. Consumerism - we view ourselves, wittingly or unwittingly, fundamentally as consumers – and hence, the customer is always right (which plays into both individualism and relativism).
7. Finally, we said that these cultural myths and assumptions have a massive influence on the church, and often unhelpfully impact the way we view what the church is, should be, does and believes, as well as the way we participate in the life of the church and the way we engage the culture.
8. So how do we compete with this? How do we resist the siren song of the culture? How do we keep from caving in and copying the world? The Bible’s answer is primarily that we do so by having our hearts and minds captured by the word of God.
9. And this has to work it’s way out primarily in the faithful exposition of God’s word - biblical preaching
10. Note: 2 Timothy 3 gives us the theme: live by the book. 2 Timothy 4 gives us the theme: preach the book.

Read 2 Timothy 4:1-4

Introduction:

1. Expository Bible Preaching is not a style but a principle. It’s controlling concern is to expound what Scripture says in a particular passage, carefully explaining its meaning and applying it to the congregation. It is a commitment to hear God's Word and recover the centrality of the Word in our worship. The next generation of preachers must be trained to appreciate the difference between preaching that is Bible-based and preaching that merely uses the Bible as a starting point to discuss the matter at hand.
2. Why are we committed to expository preaching at FPC? Because we aim to live and minister by the book!

I. The solemnity of the charge - before whom does Paul charge Timothy? (1)

1 I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom:

II. The content of the charge – keep on proclaiming the word, message of truth (2)
2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.

See answers to Westminster Shorter Catechism Questions 88 and 89

III. The context of Paul’s charge – people will prefer myths to truth (3-4)
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, 4 and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.

So, if the preaching of the word is so important to Paul. If it is the main way that God converts sinners and builds up saints, how should we prepare ourselves to hear God's word? Or, to put it even more provocatively, how should we listen to a bad sermon? That is, given the importance of hearing the Word preached, how do we prepare ourselves to hear well, even when the messenger is less than stellar (yet faithful)?

Five Answers (by way of applying points II. and III. above):

1. Listen as if your life depended on it (Matthew 4:4)

2. Recognize the seriousness of your life situation (Ephesians 6:12)

3. Realize that it is God’s word you need in such a circumstance (Psalm 119:105)

4. Understand that it is God’s help that you need (Psalm 40:17)

5. Appreciate that communion with God is your goal (Psalm 27:4; 42:1)

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Fed-ex

Busy day! But I have had some time to catch the news...no, no, nothing about the elections: I don't have a vote, after all. I'm just a "legal" alien, you understand. It's Britney I've been reading about.

I've never been a fan of Britney Spears. To be honest, I doubt I'd recognize a single song of hers. And as for Kevin Federline, my immediate response is to ask, "Fed who?" I'm not that interested in the lives of the rich and famous. But millions are interested and the news has been headlining with their impending divorce after only two years. Her first marriage lasted only 55 hours! It is a said commentary on our times that teenage girls (and boys!) see her as role model. The fact that two children and involved makes it even sadder.

"Britneyfication" -- Collins English Dictionary includes the word giving it the meaning, "Girls who aim to look like pop princess Britney Spears" -- is with us for a while, I venture to guess. Her appearance on Letterman this week was a sign of things to come (and no, I didn't see that either). The London Times reported it fully, adding that she had a "shorter haircut and wore an eye-poppingly short mini-dress that showed off her new svelte figure."

Did you know that Revolve is a New Testament for teenage girls designed to resemble a fashion magazine, packaging the Bible as a fashion magazine, with sidebars on fashion and romance? Surely, a case of the medium obliterating the message!

Must go... I hear Britney is releasing a new CD. Must check it out!
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Create Thyself!

Cindy Mercer Photography

“Anything can be made to look good or bad by being redescribed,” declares Richard Rorty. Rorty, emeritus professor of comparative literature and philosophy at Stanford University, assures us that the authentic “self” seeks “consolation, at the moment of death, not in having transcended the animal condition but in being a particular sort of dying animal who, by describing himself in his own terms, had created himself.” Top that as an example of human hubris.

Perhaps Emily Dickinson has the best response:

Death is the common right
Of toads and men,--
Of earl and midge
The privilege.
Why swagger then?
The gnat's supremacy
Is large as thine.

One more response: When I was eleven years old my father took me to see the movie, “Patton.” We took the train to an ornate old theater in downtown Chicago. We rushed to settle into our seats and fixed our eyes expectantly on the plush, red velvet curtains that veiled a huge screen. As many of you know, the opening scene is "memorable." I have seen the film a number of times since then, but it is the final scene that sticks with me. General George S. Patton (George C. Scott) has just been relieved of command. Along with General Omar Bradley (Karl Malden), he walks across a vast plain with a picturesque windmill slowly turning in the background. Bradley goes back to headquarters leaving Patton alone to reflect upon his life and career. These are his final words:

For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of a triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeters and musicians and strange animals from the conquered territories together with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments. The conqueror rode in a triumphal chariot the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him. Sometimes, his children, robed in white stood with him in the chariot, or rode the trace horses. A slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown and whispering in his ear a warning that 'all glory is fleeting.'

“All glory is fleeting.” “Everything that is to come will be futility. Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things. So, remove vexation from your heart and put away pain from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting,” writes the author of Ecclesiastes (Eccles. 11:8-10).

Having tried to “create himself” through the acquisition of knowledge, wealth, physical pleasure, power, and possessions—in other words, sensuality and stuff—he concludes: “The conclusion when all has been heard, is, fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person” (Eccles. 12:13).

Praise God that our consolation in death is His un-fleeting glory.

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Canadian Geese

Every day for the past few weeks I have noticed a flock of Canadian Geese resting near the pond in my local neigborhood. It has brought to mind this poem by John Bunyan:

Of Fowls flying in the Air

Methinks I see a sight most excellent,
All sorts of birds fly in the firmament:

Some great, some small, all of a divers kind,
Mine eye affecting, pleasant to my mind.

Look how they tumble in the wholesome air,
Above the world of worldlings, and their care.

And as they divers are in bulk and hue,
So are they in their way of flying too.

So many birds, so many various things
Tumbling i' the element upon their wings.

Comparison.

These birds are emblems of those men that shall
Ere long possess the heavens, their all in all.

They are each of a diverse shape and kind,
To teach we of all nations there shall find.

They are some great, some little, as we see,
To show some great, some small, in glory be.

Their flying diversely, as we behold,
Do show saints' joys will there be manifold;

Some glide, some mount, some flutter, and some do,
In a mix'd way of flying, glory too.

And all to show each saint, to his content,
Shall roll and tumble in that firmament.

[John Bunyan]

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Watching with Christ in Gethsemane

Photo courtesy of Cindy Mercer Photography

In his collection of essays entitled, There’s No Such Thing as Free Speech, and It’s a Good Thing, Too, Stanley Fish, one of the most influential public intellectuals at the dawn of the twenty-first century, argues that human beings are "so enmeshed in time and circumstance that only circumstantial and timely (i.e., historically bounded) truths will be experienced as timeless."

In other words, Fish clarifies, people wouldn’t recognize an absolute truth "if it happened to pass through the neighborhood." It would be very "difficult to even to say what one would be like," he ponders. "In short, it would not be clothed in any of the guises that would render it available to the darkened glasses of mortal—that is, temporarily limited—man." Even if we grant that such a thing as "truth" exists, it could "only be known from a god’s-eye view," and he, or it, is certainly beyond our limited comprehension.

Not so. "And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth" (John 1:14). "God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world" (Hebrews 1:1-2).

Writing to his friend, Eberhard Bethage, from a prison cell in Germany in 1944, theologian and martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer said, "During the last year or so I have come to know and understand more and more the profound this-worldliness of Christianity." Not to be misunderstood, he emphasizes, "I don’t mean the shallow and banal this-worldliness of the enlightened, the busy, the comfortable, or the lascivious, but the profound this-worldliness characterized by the discipline and knowledge of death and resurrection."

Christian disciples should be "living unreservedly in life’s duties, problems, successes and failures, experiences and perplexities." This means sharing the sufferings "of God in the world—watching with Christ in Gethsemane." Suffering, Bonhoeffer wrote several months before his imprisonment by the Nazis, teaches us "to see the great events of world history from below, from the perspective of the outcast, the suspects, the maltreated, the powerless." "Personal suffering," he says, "is a more effect key, a more rewarding principle for exploring the world in thought and action than personal good fortune."

Bonhoeffer’s challenge is pointed: "how can success make us arrogant or failure lead us astray, when we share in God’s sufferings through a life of this kind?"

Do you remember what Jesus told His disciples in Gethsemane? "And when He rose from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow, and said to them, 'Why are you sleeping? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation'" (Luke 22:45-46). Essentially, Jesus says, "Wake up and pray!"

Lord, help us to pray--and "watch with Christ in Gethsemane."
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Ephesians 6:19-20 Outline

God’s New Family: An Exposition of Ephesians (LX)
The Full Armor of God (4) Praying for Preachers
Ephesians 6:19-20

Introduction (post-lectio):
1. In this great passage, Paul is particularly interested to ask the Ephesians to pray for him and specifically for them to intercede for him for two things: clarity and boldness in proclamation. But I believe that we can actually detect (explicitly and implicitly, by good and necessary consequence), at least six lessons or directions for our own prayer for ministry in Paul’s prayer request.
2. Ephesians 6:19-20 is attached at the end of a great passage on prayer. In it, Paul provides us guidelines for how we ought to be praying for Gospel ministry, and for how you ought to be praying for one another.

I. Christians are to faithfully intercede for ministers (19a) {The Urgency of Prayer}
[Even Paul wanted prayer for his ministry]
"Pray on my behalf"(NASB) – ‘Pray particularly for me’
Application: (We ought to pray for ministers/ministry with urgency because of the need of preachers/importance of the task)

II. Christians are to pray for their ministers’ earnestness and faithful consistency in proclamation (19c) {The Solemnity of Preaching explains the urgency of prayer support}
[Paul indicates the solemnity of proclamation]
" in the opening of my mouth"

Quotations: "That preaching that comes from the soul most works on the soul." (Thomas Fuller) "I preach as though Christ was crucified yesterday, rose from the dead today, and was coming back tomorrow." (Martin Luther) "It is an easier thing to bring our heads to preach than our hearts to preach." (John Owen)
Application: (We ought to pray for ministers/ministry because of the solemnity of the work)

III. Christians are to pray for their ministers to be given a divine supply of truth (19b) {The goal of preaching explains the need for prayer}
[Paul (!) asks prayer for words, clarity of speech!]
"that . . . utterance would be given to me"

Application: (We ought to pray for ministers for utterance because the goal of preaching is supernatural, only God can do it)

IV. Christians are to pray for holy boldness/Gospel freedom (rooted in the fear of God) in ministers’ preaching (19d) {The aim of preaching is to reach the depths of the heart via the conscience} [Paul wants to speak fearlessly]
"to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel," "that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak."
Application: (We ought to pray for ministers for freedom, based on the fear of God, holy boldness in the declaration)

V. Christians are to pray for their ministers to make known the Gospel (19e)
{Preaching must lift up Christ crucified}
[Paul asks for Gospel-focus, Gospel-faithfulness in his preaching]
"to make known . . . the mystery of the gospel,"

Application: (We ought to pray for ministers for Gospel focus and faithfulness in their proclamation)

VI. Christians are to pray for their ministers’ endurance under tribulation (20)
{The obligation of preaching obtains "in season and out of season"}
[Paul wants to be faithful, even in chains]
"for which I am an ambassador in chains"
Application: (We ought to pray for ministers in their trials)

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Stewardship Sermon - November 5, 2006

The Cheerful Giver
2 Corinthians 9:7

Introduction:
1. Last week we considered Matthew 6:19-21 - 19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 "But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; 21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
2. We noted that Jesus teaches there that Stewardship shows the heart. Stewardship is a test.
3. We outlined Matthew 6:21 as follows: (1) the two treasures ["treasures on earth/treasures in heaven"], (2) temporary treasure ["treasures on earth"], (3) true treasure ["treasures in heaven"] and (4) the treasure test ["where your treasure is, there your heart will be also"].
4. To elaborate, we said: I. There are two kinds of treasures: earthly and heavenly, those that last and those that don’t (19a,20a) [The importance of assessing what we really care about, love, treasure, worship in this life]; II. Don’t set your heart on things that are passing away (19) [The eternal danger of setting your heart on temporary blessings]; III. Set your heart on things that will last forever (20) [Place the highest value on eternal treasure]; and IV. Your treasure reveals your heart (21) [What we treasure/desire shows us who our God is: what we value is the evidence of the heart].
5. Today, we turn to 2 Corinthians 9:7 - 7 Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver
6. Here, the Bible teaches us that Christian giving ought to be cheerful giving. As Paul says "God loves a cheerful giver." This is a truly amazing assertion. Paul assures us here that the Lord takes a special delight in those who are joyful, energetic, merry givers. Is there joy in your heart as you give? Can you truly be characterized as a "cheerful giver?"

1. GIVING is a delight when we realize we are giving to God.
The Lord Jesus reminds us that our giving is ultimately to the all-seeing heavenly Father. Jesus said "When you give . . . your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you" (Matthew 6:3-4).

2. Giving is a delight when we view it as WORSHIP.
The Bible teaches that Christian giving is an act of worship. In connection with the previous point, we see this truth stressed in another way in Paul’s word’s "On the first day of every week each one of you is to put aside and save" (1 Corinthians 16:2). Paul here teaches the Corinthians that their taking up of the collection is an act of worship which is to be a part of their regular Lord’s Day worship.

3. Giving is a delight when we realize the privilege of giving to the needy.
The Lord Jesus wants us to practice benevolent or charitable giving. Jesus said "When you give to the poor . . . ." (Matthew 6:2,3). Jesus is specifically teaching about "alms" in this passage: aid, charity, or benevolent offerings for the needy.

4. Giving is a delight when we realize the privilege of giving to support ministry.
1 Corinthians 9:14 So also the Lord directed those who proclaim the gospel to get their living from the gospel.

1 Timothy 5:17-18 The elders who rule well are to be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching. 18 For the Scripture says, "YOU SHALL NOT MUZZLE THE OX WHILE HE IS THRESHING," and "The laborer is worthy of his wages."

2 Corinthians 9:12 For the ministry of this service is not only fully supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing through many thanksgivings to God.

5. Giving is a delight when we realize that in giving we are acting like Jesus.
The Bible teaches that Christian giving should be done in light of the incarnation. Many Christians argue about whether the tithe (10% of our income) is still the standard for our giving to the Church (disputants usually want to show that less than 10% is fine). Paul scuttles the whole debate in one verse. He says: "For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich" (2 Corinthians 8:9). Christ’s self-giving is now the standard for our giving! We begin from the base of the tithe and aim for emulation of his self-sacrifice.

6. Giving is a delight when we realize that God REWARDS for doing our duty.
As Paul says in 2 Corinthians 9:6a and c "Now this I say, . . . he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully." About this matter J.A. Beet once said: "They who in giving think, not how little they can give, as they would if self-enrichment were the aim, but of benefits to be conferred, will receive back on the same principle. As they do to others, so God will act to them." Jesus reminds us of this in Matthew 6:4, where he teaches that our reward in giving comes from our heavenly Father. Matt 10:42 – Jesus will not forget so much as a cup of cold water

7. Giving is a delight when we realize that God doesn’t want our money unless we delight in giving.
The Bible teaches that Christian giving must be willing giving, free giving. We learn this in 2 Corinthians 9:7 "Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion." Cf. Exodus 35:5

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Trampling on covetousness

With Commitment Sunday in mind, I came across this today -- a comment of Jerome on the generosity of Christians as described in Acts 4:35:




"Then, as you know, believers sold their possessions and brought the prices of them and laid them at the apostles' feet: a symbolic act designed to show that people must trample on covetousness." (Letter 71.4).
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Peter Jernberg to Speak at the Men of the Covenant Luncheon on Thursday

This Thursday, November 2nd, we will continue our Men of the Covenant luncheon series with Mr. Peter Jernberg, President and C.E.O. of Jackson Academy, speaking.

We are enjoying a series this fall entitled, "Men and the Message: Pursuing Christ-Like Leadership."

Make plans to join us for lunch from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. in Miller Hall this Thursday. The cost of lunch is $5.00 and reservations are not required.

Peter Jernberg came to Jackson in July of 1988 and served as Headmaster of Jackson Academy for seventeen years before accepting the position of President and Head of the school in 2005. He is currently on the Board of Trustees with Southern Association of Independent Schools and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, as well as the Executive Council for Secondary and Middle Schools Commissions within the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Peter is also serving on the Mississippi Private School Association Accrediting Commission. He is a member at Pear Orchard Presbyterian Church in Jackson. It is a privilege for us to have Peter with us this month.

If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact Ashley Hall in the Discipleship office at: 601-973-9118 or ashleyh@fpcjackson.org
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